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The UK has become the world’s first country to approve a new Covid vaccine, which targets two different strains of the virus. If given the green light by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI),...
Birmingham’s green spaces are worth celebrating anytime of year. They kept us sane during lockdowns, offering respite and escape during those stressful times. We gained a new appreciation for our green spaces, as we dis...
We can’t quite believe it. We’ve been pinching ourselves all morning. Next year, it will be 25 years since Birmingham hosted the Eurovision Song Contest. Now we have the opportunity to do it again. Friday morning (Augus...
Following the announcement that Ukraine has been ruled out as the host for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest due to the war, despite their epic win in this year’s event, the UK has stepped forward to take its pl...
Look to the sky at 2.35am on Friday morning (August 12) and you’ll see a stunning supermoon, much larger and brighter than usual. It’s known as the Sturgeon Moon, and you might even see Saturn near the moon...
Remember last month when the country was essentially melting? Well, that’s about to happen again, just to a lesser extent. While temperatures aren’t likely to hit those record levels again, an amber…...
We’ve all had that chat haven’t we, dreaming about the perfect job. We’ve all been sat in a pub at some point, and stopped to think, mid-sip, ‘what if I could actually do this for a living?‘...
It takes some confidence to wrestle in on Birmingham’s curry scene. Birthplace of the balti, locals will know instantly if your food isn’t up to scratch. But that’s exactly what Dishoom did when it opened its Birmingham...
Is this some kind of steampunk fever dream we’re having? Someone has let a big, mechanical bull loose in Centenary Square. It was last seen storming into Alexander Stadium at the Commonwealth Games’ Opening...
If you’re heading into the city centre anytime soon, you might be in for a shock. And with all the celebrations going on currently in Birmingham, it’s highly likely you will be. So let us be the first to warn&hell...