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Birmingham Heritage Week, a city-wide festival that celebrates Birmingham’s rich and diverse heritage, is set to return for a fourth year after securing vital sponsorship funding. Sponsors who will be supporting this year’s festival include The University of Birmingham, Historic England and Colmore BID as Gold Sponsors and the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce as…
Birmingham based spoken word artist Amerah Saleh has been confirmed as taking part in the official Birmingham 2022 handover ceremony on Sunday 15 April 2018, which will see young people and artists from the city perform as part of the Closing Ceremony of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. 25-year-old Amerah Saleh joins film maker…
Plans are well under way for the official Birmingham 2022 handover ceremony on Sunday, 15 April 2018, which will see young people and artists from the city perform as part of the Closing Ceremony of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Film maker Daniel Alexander, rapper Lady Sanity and choreographer Rosie Kay are the first…
Local West Midlands hope Lewis Anderson will be gunning for glory when he competes in the prestigious Dunlop British Junior Open in Birmingham this weekend. The 16-year-old from Warwickshire will be one of 220 English players and 650 overall in action at the biggest event in junior world squash, which features over 30 nations up to…
England’s Sarah-Jane Perry, the world No. 7 squash player, hopes to inspire the sport’s next generation when she competes in a star-studded exhibition evening at the Dunlop British Junior Open tomorrow. Perry will play rising star Millie Tomlinson on the all-glass show court at the new University of Birmingham Sport & Fitness’s Munrow Arena, which will also…
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) today announced that it has selected Birmingham, England as the host city partner of the XXII Commonwealth Games in 2022. At a special Media Conference staged at the Arena Academy school in Birmingham, CGF President Louise Martin CBE applauded the city’s ambitious and innovative vision to engage and benefit its…
Hollywood stars Julie Walters and David Harewood are joining with over 60 top sports stars to back Birmingham’s bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Multi-BAFTA Award winning actress, Dame Julie Walters, DBE, was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham and raised in Smethwick.
Following the Commonwealth Games Development Unit (CGDU) visit to Birmingham this week, the Birmingham 2022 bid team has announced three further sports and venues to feature within its bid plans, benefiting the wider West Midlands region. The venues include the new-build Sandwell Aquatics Centre will host Swimming, Para Swimming and Diving; the Ericsson Indoor Arena,…
Birmingham 2022 today announced its partnership with University of Birmingham for its official 2022 Commonwealth Games bid. University of Birmingham is one of the UK’s leading sporting universities, where sport takes centre stage. Its reputation for providing a world-class training environment on its Edgbaston campus attracted Team Jamaica for its preparation camp ahead of the…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI39NoEzNJo&hl=en_GB&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1] FILM: Preparations for the BookCrossing Valentine’s Event (14th Feb) LOCATION: Urban Coffee Co., Church Street, Colmore Row, Birmingham DATE: Thursday 11th February, 2010