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Andy Street has been re-elected as regional mayor by the people of the West Midlands following a nail-biting political battle with Labour candidate Liam Byrne. Announced as the winner with 314,669 votes against Byrne’s 267,626, Street said he was ready to serve a second term as the region’s metro mayor to build something “very special”.
Birmingham-born and bred Saxophonist Xhosa Cole won this year’s BBC Young Jazz Musician over the weekend for what has been described as an incredibly “heartfelt” performance. The 22-year-old from Handsworth, Birmingham, played his way to victory beating four other finalists with a 16-minute set. Cole performed his own composition “Moving Ladywood” as well as “I Cover…
Celebrity Big Brother winner and Ru Paul’s Drag Race legend Courtney Act -who’s been performing an incredible set at this year’s Birmingham Pride – has paid a somewhat hilarious tribute to fellow Drag Race star Vanessa Matteo by way of her very own rendition of Amy Winhouse classic ‘Valerie‘. You would never think an actual (weather-related)…
Niamh Conway has been Miss Birmingham for a whole year. This time last March, the 22-year-old was an aspirational but shy university graduate who struggled with major confidence issues, before surprising herself and being crowned Miss Birmingham 2017/18. Fast forward a few weeks shy of 365 days and the former public relations worker from Sutton Coldfield has not…