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Boy meets Prime Minister & Wife
Milan Paul Kumar, aged 10, from Bolton Greater Manchester was invited to 10 Downing Street with a personal invitation from the Prime Minister for the Christmas tree lights switch on. Milan met both Rishi Sunak...2022-12-05 899 0 -
Council wins Peace and Sport Award for its role in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
The council’s role in the delivery of this year’s hugely-successful Commonwealth Games has been recognised with “Institution of the Year” status at the Peace and Sport Awards 2022. At a ceremony last night (November 30), the...2022-12-03 1290 0 -
Human Appeal launches 7th Comedy Takeover to raise festive cheer
UK humanitarian aid charity Human Appeal announces the launch of its seventh annual Comedy Takeover, which will take place across 12 cities across the country from the 15th to the 31st December. This year, the much-loved comedy tour...2022-12-03 620 0 -
UK Athletics and City Council unveil Performance and Innovation Centre at Alexander Stadium
UK Athletics (UKA) has confirmed that Birmingham will host a new Performance and Innovation Centre from summer 2023, after agreeing a partnership with the City Council. The facility will be situated on the redeveloped Alexander Stadium...2022-11-22 1847 0 -
West Midlands National Park announces award winners and visiting professorships
West Midlands National Park (WMNP), the visionary long-term project to drive social, economic, and environmental transformation in the region, led by a Birmingham City University (BCU) academic, has announced twelve award winners and three new visiting...2022-11-19 1834 0 -
ETHNIC COMMUNITIES COME TOGETHER FOR FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
Oceanic Sports is putting on the first ever Scottish Minorities Football Cup (SMFC) on the 20th of November. This one day event will be hosted at Dalziel Park Golf Club from 4pm to 8pm with the...2022-11-18 1254 0 -
Fever’s Candlelight concerts brings special programs for the holidays to Birmingham
Fever’s popular classical music series, Candlelight, brings some special concerts to Birmingham for the holiday season. Birmingham Cathedral, St Philip’s Cathedral, St Paul’s Church, and The Birmingham Botanical Gardens will be home to different programmes for this multi-sensory...2022-11-17 1681 0 -
Call for evidence to help shape new inquiry into improving physical activity opportunities for Birmingham’s disabled citizens
An inquiry is being launched to look at how the Commonwealth Games legacy will improve access to physical activity opportunities – both participating and spectating – for disabled citizens. The council’s Commonwealth Games, Culture and Physical...2022-11-15 2439 0 -
Street scene success for new Love Your Environment project
The first six in a series of new Love Your Environment (LYE) events have seen 750 bags of litter collected, 500 graffiti tags removed and 100 dumped fridges and 50 tyres taken from city streets. As...2022-11-15 1451 0 -
Warwick Women in Translation Award Shortlist Announced
Warwick Women in Translation Award Shortlist Announced Seven titles have been shortlisted for the sixth annual award of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. The prize celebrates writing by women translated into English by any...2022-11-14 579 0