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Design students create costumes for Birmingham 2022 Festival opening
Talented Birmingham City University design students have created costumes for the opening event of the Birmingham 2022 Festival as part of the Commonwealth Games. Alongside London-based Costume Designer Sophie Donaldson, second and third-year Costume Design and...2022-03-20 862 0 -
Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity helps shape ITV’s new £80m equity drive
Birmingham City University’s Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity has helped ITV develop plans to improve racial equity and disability equity in its programming content. The broadcaster has just announced plans to reserve £80m of...2022-03-19 669 0 -
Man fined after rubbish dumped near Household Recycling Centre
An incident that saw waste dumped approximately 400 metres away from a Birmingham Household Recycling Centre has led to a man being ordered to pay £2,690 for his offences. The punishment was handed down by Birmingham...2022-03-17 1429 0 -
Hydrocephalus Awareness Week: Mum Reveals Impact Condition Has Had On Life
A mum diagnosed with a potentially fatal brain condition more than two years after a Hospital Trust failed to spot a tumour is calling for lessons to be learned. Samia Tahir has now spoken for the...2022-03-14 1071 0 -
MAK HALAL CONTINUES TO EXPAND
The UK’s most vibrant Halal burger chain is set to open 10 stores by late 2022. Since launching back in 2016 Mak Halal has opened four branches in Birmingham. In 2021 they began to take their...2022-03-14 1467 0 -
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity Named as Finalist for National Film Award
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity has been shortlisted for a national Charity Film Award alongside other charitable causes. The charity’s film, produced in collaboration with creative agency DRPG, is now through to the final round following a...2022-03-11 1338 0 -
Government backs innovative businesses with new £150 million loan scheme
Some of the UK’s most innovative businesses are set to benefit from a new series of loan competitions offering up to £150 million to support their research and development projects, the government announced today. The loans...2022-03-10 1673 0 -
Birmingham to develop an online portal to help women suffering domestic abuse
Birmingham City Council is to launch an online portal where women experiencing domestic abuse can find advice and information on support services as part of its Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign. Birmingham was chosen as one...2022-03-08 1055 0 -
Her Majesty Sends Her Gratitude to Walthamstow Food Bank
Wednesday 2nd March saw The Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, who is the personal representative Queen Elizabeth II, in Greater London, visited the PL84U AL-SUFFA food bank in Walthamstow. The food bank, which is supported by...2022-03-06 1109 0 -
Birmingham City Council celebrates National Empty Homes Week
Each year National Empty Homes Week, which this year runs from Monday 28 February until Sunday 6 March, highlights the need to bring empty homes back into use and tackle their negative impact on neighbourhoods In...2022-02-28 1440 0
