The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A Small Heath mosque has pledged to hand out gifts to Birmingham Children’s Hospital and help the needy during the cost-of-living crisis as Muslims prepare to celebrate Eid al-Adha next week. Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre (GLMCC) is delighted to announce the celebration of Eid al-Adha, one of the most significant festivals in the…
A free public event has been organised as the Queen’s Baton Relay tour comes to Birmingham’s Small Heath Park on Wednesday. The iconic baton, which has toured through 72 countries, is now almost within sight of the opening ceremony which will take place on Thursday as the much-anticipated Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 finally get underway.
The date for Birmingham’s traditional Eid prayer and celebrations in Small Heath Park have been announced, including free car parking available at St. Andrew’s stadium for worshippers. Thousands of people are expected to attend the Eid al-Adha prayer service and festivities in the grounds of Small Heath Park on Saturday 9 July.
Residents in Birmingham have been forced to clear up the rotting carcasses of dead geese from a local park after the council failed to remove the decomposing animals, they claim. A resourceful group of volunteers cleared up dead geese from the mucky lake in Small Heath Park after the dead waterfowl were discovered by shocked park visitors who then…
A group of Brummies from Small Heath have formed a volunteer group to cleanup dangerous drugs waste from streets and parks across the Midlands region to motivate communities and to make families feel safer when visiting parks. A group called the Waste Warriors have been conducting cleanup operations in Birmingham and the Black Country and removing…
Police have rebuked a ‘fake’ video being shared on social media which aims to demonise Birmingham Muslims by claiming they are congregating at a mosque in Small Heath during the coronavirus lockdown. In recent days, the video has been circulating across social media allegedly showing a large group of worshippers entering and leaving a mosque following…
West Midlands Police have charged a man from Small Heath in Birmingham with murder following a fatal stabbing at a flat in Sparkbrook last week. Police officers discovered Sayed Abuker Mohamed Ahmed with knife wounds to his chest and leg at a multi-occupancy property in Brighton Road, Sparkbrook, on the afternoon of Monday 16th March…
A man wearing a balaclava violently attacked and robbed a teenager at Tennyson Road Mosque in Birmingham on Friday, according to claims made by the family of the victim. 16-year-old Farhan Raheem was robbed and left bleeding by a masked thug who forced himself into the mosque in Small Heath, according to family members.