The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan met up with Arsenal midfield maestro Mesut Ozil during a recent trip to London. The Indian actor watched Arsenal beat Newcastle United 2-0 and, at the match at Emirates Stadium, posed with an Arsenal jersey with midfielder Ozil, as well as his fiancée, Turkish-Swedish model and actress Amine Gülse.
Radio presenter, blogger and proud brummie, Dave Massey is the founder and curator of BrumHour; a community where Birmingham businesses, blogs and freelancers can network. The brand has amassed 25k followers on Twitter. We caught up with the man behind BrumHour to find out what five years of the online community has brought to Birmingham, and where he plans to take…
The Bullring in Birmingham was a scene of absolute mayhem and chaos this afternoon, as over 7,000 fans of international celebrity YouTuber James Charles packed the shopping centre in the hope of catching a glimpse of the make-up artist open new store Morphe. Over 20 police officers were reportedly called to the shopping centre to control…
Shocking footage has emerged of a group of people laughing as they burn a cardboard model of Grenfell Tower on an outdoor bonfire. Branded as “sickening and disgraceful”, the video – which has been shared widely across social media – shows a home-made model of the tower being set alight.
Internationally renowned singer Sinead O’Connor has revealed she has converted to Islam and changed her name. In a recent tweet to fans, the 51-year-old Irish singer announced she had become a Muslim and changed her name to Shuhada Davitt. The news comes after O’Connor legally changed her name to Magda Davitt only last year.
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A Birmingham man has been convicted of stirring up racial hatred with a string of Islamophobic tweets, as West Midlands Police warns that anyone who posts inflammatory messages risks arrest for committing hate crimes. Rhodenne Chand, from Finchley Road in Kingstanding, posted 32 tweets in the space of a few days in the wake of…
Alan Sugar has come under fire for posting a ‘racist’ tweet about the Senegal World Cup team that compares the players to individuals – specifically of African descent – selling sunglasses and handbags on beaches. Lord Sugar, 71, tweeted: “I recognise some of these guys from the beach in Marbella. Multitasking, resourceful chaps,” accompanied by a photoshopped image of the national team…
A fake news story and video about “Muslim gangs” in Birmingham has gone viral all around the world, despite the individuals in the footage not being Muslim or from Birmingham. Not only was the footage not filmed in Birmingham, it isn’t even from the UK. Yet, that hasn’t stopped it from being shared thousands of…
Either Damian Green has gone straight from his Government job as first secretary of state to managing Poundland’s Twitter account, or the store’s festive Elf on the Shelf has deliberately gone rogue. Recent photographs of the Elf appearing on Poundland’s social media platform show him engaging in everything from playing strip poker and farting on Donald Trump…