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B4U presents Diwali at Millennium Point
31 October 2008Birmingham’s Diwali celebrations will once again light the skies over Millennium Point this year, as some of the UK’s hottest Asian artists take to the stage on Sunday 9 November from...... Continue reading
The Polar Express 3D Returns to IMAX Cinema
30 October 2008Back by popular demand, The Polar Express 3D (U) returns this winter to IMAX Cinema, Millennium Point on Saturday 8 November.
“The Polar Express 3D has become a Christmas tradition for many...... Continue reading
Oriental Restaurant launches Hot Wok Friday
30 October 2008With December 25th just around the corner, Christmas shoppers will be in manic overdrive trying to get everything done. With so much ground to cover on our feet, there’s no time to stop for long...... Continue reading
Birmingham to Host Caribbean Trade Conference…
29 October 2008The city of Birmingham will host a groundbreaking Caribbean Trade Conference on Monday 10th November 2008, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Birmingham.The event will focus on promoting increased trade...... Continue reading
Drayton Manor Theme Park Welcomes One-Millionth Visitor
29 October 2008Drayton Manor Theme Park’s phenomenal 2008 season has been capped by welcoming its one-millionth visitor.Mark Dodsworth from Sandiacre, near Nottingham, visited the park, near Tamworth,...... Continue reading
Have a 'Roaring' Christmas At The REP with Narnia Classic
29 October 2008Birmingham Repertory Theatre is off to Narnia this Christmas with a magical production of C. S. Lewis’ timeless classic The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe from 26 November – 17 January....... Continue reading
Doctor Who stars at Kidderminster ‘Sci-Fi & Steam Family Fun Day’
28 October 2008Stars from the BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’ series will be mixing and mingling with visitors at the Severn Valley Railway’s new ‘Sci-Fi & Steam’ Family Fun Day, this...... Continue reading
Serving Those Who Serve: Poppy Man Launches the 2008 Poppy Appeal at the National Memorial Arboretum
28 October 2008The National Memorial Arboretum had a very special visitor today in the form of Poppy Man, the symbolic representation of the help The Royal British Legion gives to serving and ex-Service people and...... Continue reading
First Ever EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon is a Huge Success
27 October 2008The first ever EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon was staged in Birmingham city centre today (Sunday 26 October). The event, which was the first major road race to be staged in the city for more than...... Continue reading
Birmingham International Airport Welcomes New Chief Executive Officer
27 October 2008Birmingham International Airport is delighted to announce that its new Chief Executive Officer, Paul Kehoe, has joined today. Paul brings with him a wealth of experience in the aviation industry,...... Continue reading
Things that go Bump in the Black Country
27 October 2008As Halloween approaches, Black Country residents are clubbing together to investigate the ghostly goings-on in their neighbourhood. Online classifieds site Gumtree.com has seen a haunting number of...... Continue reading
Life's nagging questions leave Brummies asking for MORE sleep
24 October 20083:00 in the morning: That's the time nagging questions are most likely to wake the people of Birmingham and destroy a good night's sleep.A new YouGov survey, commissioned by Ask.com has revealed that...... Continue reading
Trinny and Susannah Scout a Stunning New Face in Birmingham
24 October 2008Earlier this year, during Birmingham’s Style in the City event, Trinny and Susannah announced a search to find the next model to help launch their Spring/Summer collection at Littlewoods...... Continue reading
Alesha Dixon and Scouting For Girls at the Christmas Lights Switch On
23 October 2008Birmingham City Council and BRMB today made the first announcement about this year’s Christmas Lights Switch On event, with Alesha Dixon and Scouting For Girls confirmed for the annual free...... Continue reading
Cleveland Watkiss at The Drum
23 October 2008“Watkiss has been acknowledged as one of the worlds most outstanding male jazz singers" The Guardian As part as this seasons Livebox events, The Drum is pleased to welcome award winning jazz...... Continue reading
GBOB and Bass Genius Awards
23 October 2008Global battle of the bands returns to Birmingham. Rock legends are set to welcome a new generation of budding superstars to Birmingham when the city's leading live entertainment venue, The Jam House,...... Continue reading
Triumphant Win for Lasan at British Curry Awards
23 October 2008For the second year running Lasan restaurant in St Paul’s Square, has walked away with the 2008 British Curry Award – West Midlands regions, at a stunning ceremony at the Grosvenor House...... Continue reading
Millennium Point Reaches Milestone
23 October 2008Millennium Point was always an ambitious project for the city of Birmingham, but opened to the public on-time and on-budget, back in September 2001. Seven years on and Millennium Point, the largest...... Continue reading
Explore Extreme Climates at Thinktank
23 October 2008It can rain cats and dogs, but can it rain frogs?It did in Sutton Coldfield in 1954. That’s just one of the amazing facts visitors will discover at Thinktank, Birmingham science museum this half...... Continue reading
Join in the Countdown to Christmas at Merry Hill
23 October 2008Santa’s coming to town and he’s bringing a whole host of events with him as an action-packed festive season at Merry Hill shopping Centre begins…. 14th November Children In Need:...... Continue reading
Rising Stars of Street Music Take to the Stage
23 October 2008An innovative new Birmingham Repertory Theatre show is putting street music performers centre stage to pioneer Grime Theatre. 8 Sixteen 32 is inspired by hip-hop, poetry and Grime - a UK music...... Continue reading
Arty Half Term Fun at Coventry Transport Museum
23 October 2008Coventry Transport Museum 27th - 31st October 2008There's lots to do at Coventry Transport Museum this Half Term with a different craft activity every day!Visitors young and old can drop in at the...... Continue reading
Music to the Ears
23 October 2008Town Hall & Symphony Hall Appoints Director of Marketing and Business DevelopmentTown Hall & Symphony Hall, Birmingham has announced the appointment of Frances Mann to the senior management...... Continue reading
US Airways Announces Birmingham – Philadelphia
22 October 2008Birmingham International Airport is celebrating the news that US Airways, the fifth largest US airline, will start flights to Philadelphia from summer 2009. Starting on 13th May 2009, the new service...... Continue reading
Global Battle of the Bands Returns to Birmingham
17 October 2008Rock legends are set to welcome a new generation of budding superstars to Birmingham when the city’s leading live entertainment venue, The Jam House, hosts the UK heat of the world's biggest...... Continue reading
Laroche Wine Dinner at the Malmaison
17 October 2008On Wednesday 19th November 2008 Malmaison Hotel are hosting another exclusive 4 course Wine dinner.Tickets are £39 per person; you will experience a 4 course menu with Southern French Wine to...... Continue reading
Alison Steadman stars in Alan Bennett's Enjoy
17 October 2008One of the UK’s best-loved and most prolific actresses Alison Steadman will be appearing in Alan Bennett’s comedy Enjoy at Birmingham Repertory Theatre from 10 – 15 November.
Alan...... Continue reading
New Chef at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry
17 October 2008The Ricoh Arena’s new head chef Tom Harris is used to living life in the fast lane.The 32-year-old has moved to the £113 million complex in Coventry from Silverstone in Northamptonshire...... Continue reading
Grace Jones UK Tour to open at Birmingham Symphony Hall
17 October 2008Musical maestro Grace Jones today announces her UK strike as she prepares to travel the across the country in January 2009 with the Hurricane Tour.Enigmatic Grace, who this month releases her first...... Continue reading
Black Risotto Tickles Taste Buds on Filini’s New Menu
16 October 2008A Birmingham award-winning restaurant has launched a new menu for the autumn – the highlight of which is an unusual black seafood risotto.Filini, at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Beetham Tower, has...... Continue reading
CBSO’S Christmas Charity Appeal
16 October 2008The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is spreading some Christmas cheer by offering local charities the chance to raise important funds through a series of bucket collections at the...... Continue reading
Help for Survivors of Domestic Abuse
15 October 2008A service that offers help and advice to survivors of domestic abuse was today re-launched in a bid to further promote the service.Bharosa (Trust) Domestic Abuse Service provides a service to all...... Continue reading
Community’s Unsung Heroes Set for Recognition
15 October 2008A ceremony to recognise the efforts of those who are making Lozells a safer, greener place in which to live is being staged on October 22 thanks to joint support from Birmingham City Council, Urban...... Continue reading
Milton Weekend at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
15 October 2008A number of free events and activities will be taking place at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 October to mark the 400th anniversary of the birth this year of John...... Continue reading
Discovering the Future Through Hello Digital and Hello World
15 October 2008Discover the future at The Midlands’ first digital festival, Hello Digital, taking place at Millennium Point from Oct 23rd-26th. Celebrating the awe inspiring possibilities of the modern world,...... Continue reading
Birmingham’s Jewel in the ‘Crowne’
14 October 2008The £16m refurbishment of the Crowne Plaza Birmingham City Centre is complete with weekend occupancy rates already up by 18 per cent.
The 13 month project sees the opening of B1, a new...... Continue reading
Antiques for Everyone Returns with Childhood Memories
14 October 2008Antiques for Everyone is returning to the NEC from 30th October to 2nd November 2008 with a fascinating feature of childhood memories.
A selection of antiques dealers from around the world have...... Continue reading
Europhile Britons put Local Dialects in Danger
14 October 200885% can decipher foreign phrases, but over half can’t understand Britain’s diverse dialectsIt’s official! Brits are becoming more Europhile by the day as they turn their back on...... Continue reading
Birmingham Art to Wow America
13 October 2008An exhibition of work by Birmingham-born artist David Cox (1783-1859) is set to wow American audiences when it goes on display in the US from 16 October 2008 until 4 January 2009 at the Yale Center...... Continue reading
The Observer Food Monthly Awards Have Launched
13 October 2008The Observer Food Monthly awards have launched for 2008 marking the start of the search for the best restaurants, retailers and chefs in the country. Now in their sixth year the awards have...... Continue reading
The Legendary Shaolin Monks Return to the UK
13 October 2008For the first time in four years, the shaolin monks, legendary warrior monks of China’s Shaolin Temple, bring their unique display of physical feats to the UK with their hit show Wheel of Life....... Continue reading
The Birmingham Drum presents Cool Rules and Fams
10 October 2008The Drum is proud to welcome British dance guru’s Jonzi D and Benji Reid and their thrilling double bill of hip-hop theatre Cool Rules and Fams, Sat 18 Oct, 7.30pm. The show features two...... Continue reading
Birmingham Half Marathon Family Fun Run and Junior Race
10 October 2008In conjunction with the EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon, Birmingham City Council is staging a one mile Family Fun Run and a one mile Junior Race to encourage even more local people to be active....... Continue reading
Staying Cool at the Rotunda Receives City’s First Ever Five Star Rating
10 October 2008Today Staying Cool – the hip independent serviced apartment operator – received Birmingham’s first ever five star accommodation rating for its one and two bed and penthouse...... Continue reading
Viking Invasion at Birimingham Museum & Art Gallery
10 October 2008There will be a fascinating opportunity to journey back to over 1,000 yearsago at the free Viking Weekend at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery onSaturday 11 & Sunday 12 October (1 - 4pm both...... Continue reading
Edward Scissorhands Return to the Birmingham Hippodrome
10 October 2008Acclaimed choreographer MATTHEW BOURNE and NEW ADVENTURES return to Birmingham Hippodrome this autumn with the acclaimed magical dance adaptation of Tim Burton’s gothic fairytale EDWARD...... Continue reading
Rich Pickings at Apple Day
10 October 2008Apple juicing, honey tasting and medieval ‘mummers’ plays will be amongstthe many highlights at this years Apple Day at Blakesley Hall on Sunday12th October.Now in its seventh year, this...... Continue reading
EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon Attracts Nearly 9,000 Runners
10 October 2008Birmingham City Council, organisers of the first ever EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon have announced that just under 9,000 people have signed up to take part in the event which will be held in the...... Continue reading
Rising Star of The Spoken Word Scene Brings City Tale To Life At The REP
09 October 2008Following sell-out shows at London’s Southbank, Birmingham writer and performer Steve ‘Polarbear’ Camden brings his groundbreaking show If I Cover My Nose You Can’t See Me to...... Continue reading
Birmingham's Creative City Awards 2008 Announced
09 October 20084th Creative City Awards comes to the ICC on Saturday November 29thBirmingham City Council proudly announces its plans for the Creative City Awards 2008.The Creative City Awards 2008 is a prestigious...... Continue reading
Stellar Line Up For Climate Change Debate
09 October 2008Birmingham’s Response to Climate Change - How Radical Should It Be?
Birmingham Town Hall, Tuesday, 14th October 2008
Birmingham was the cradle of the Industrial Revolution; what should it now...... Continue reading
Airport Staff Raise Over £1700 For Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
09 October 2008Birmingham International Airport staff and directors have raised over £1700 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). The charity’s annual West Midlands Walk to Cure Diabetes...... Continue reading
Local Hotel to Become Holiday Inn Birmingham – Bromsgrove
08 October 2008The Bromsgrove Hotel is going green in more ways than one. As well as adopting a new environmental policy, all things green will begin to appear over the next fortnight, as late October will see the...... Continue reading
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo at Birmingham Hippodrome
07 October 2008Wednesday 5 – Saturday 8 November 2008The legendary Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo bring glamour to Birmingham Hippodrome as part of a Dance Consortium tour. The company, who have...... Continue reading
The National Wedding Show TV Favourite at Birmingham NEC
07 October 2008The National Wedding Show at the Birmingham NEC is the nation’s biggest and best wedding experience chosen by both Sir Alan Sugar and Gok Wan, to feature in their top rating TV shows in the past...... Continue reading
Birmingham’s brightest musicians to lighten up the Symphony Hall with Music
07 October 2008Symphony Hall, Birmingham will host Birmingham’s brightest music talent in a unique concert to be conducted by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s Assistant Conductor Michael Seal on...... Continue reading
£300,000 bonus for Aston Hall & Park
07 October 2008A much loved local landmark is set to receive a £300,000 bonus grant from Aston Pride NDC, enabling additional works to be carried out as part of the current major redevelopment project to...... Continue reading
Sly and Robbie Perform Live at The Drum
07 October 2008“I close my eyes, the bass in my hand, and my channel open to God,” Robbie Shakespeare Musical geniuses Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare are one of reggae’s most prolific and long...... Continue reading
Trade and Consumer Forum tackles mobile phones
07 October 2008Members of the public who have concerns about mobile phone deals are invited to a Trading Standards meeting tomorrow night (Tuesday 7 October).The Trade and Consumer Forum meeting will look at...... Continue reading
Promising progress on transformation programmes
07 October 2008The future prospects of children and young people in Birmingham are looking brighter thanks to early progress made on a £41.7 million portfolio of projects, Cabinet members will be told on...... Continue reading
Programme of Events for Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day
06 October 2008The National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield, which comprises 150 acres of trees and memorials, including the striking Armed Forces Memorial, has confirmed its programme of events for Remembrance...... Continue reading
Hotel Group Adopts The Encephalitis Society
06 October 2008Pedersen Hotels are delighted to adopt The Encephalitis Society as their chosen charity and hope to raise in excess of £5,000 this year, in support of them.Encephalitis is inflammation of the...... Continue reading
Birmingham’s brightest musicians to lighten up the Symphony Hall with music
06 October 2008Symphony Hall, Birmingham will host Birmingham’s brightest music talent in a unique concert to be conducted by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s Assistant Conductor Michael Seal on...... Continue reading
A Psychic Night at Drayton Manor Theme Park
03 October 2008Drayton Manor Theme Park,near Tamworth, Staffordshire, is proud to announce a special appearance by one of the UK’s top psychic mediums, Gary Dakin.Mr Dakin, who has performed live readings...... Continue reading
Lord Michael Heseltine Visits Millenium Point
03 October 2008On Monday 29 September 2008, Lord Michael Heseltine visited Millennium Point to see how the multi-million pound development has grown since, on behalf of the Millennium Commission, he came to...... Continue reading
'... Come to Birmingham... it's nicer than you think...'
02 October 2008The Conservative Party conference venue is far better than the pretentious Labour one says Times columnist Matthew Parris.
'... Birmingham is... and I realise at once that I was never cut out to...... Continue reading
Revelations at Soho House
02 October 2008There will be live music, fascinating exhibitions and a celebration of a famous local recording studio amongst the entertainment and activities taking place as part of the free ‘Handsworth...... Continue reading
UK’s leading convention centre completes sales team with new appointment
02 October 2008The International Convention Centre, Birmingham, has completed its Conference Sales team with the appointment of a new Sales Director.Karen Ward, who took up her role at the award-winning conference...... Continue reading
Mein Ve Khuker Kha Saan (I want to eat chicken too)
02 October 2008After the success of Pendu Peo London Wich, The Drum is pleased to present its second language theatre piece for the Autumn season on Sat 19 Oct, 7.30pm, the hilarious production of Mein Ve Khuker Kha...... Continue reading
Testimonials from Conservative Party Conference
02 October 2008“The ICC is fabulous, everything has run really efficiently, and it’s a beautiful venue. This is my first visit to Birmingham and the variety of places around the city is really great....... Continue reading
Chance Meeting Leads to New Sponsorship Deal at Ricoh Arena
02 October 2008A chance meeting at a top exhibition led to a new sponsorship deal at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.Chief executive Daniel Gidney and marketing director Liz Cooper travelled from the £113 million...... Continue reading
Hollywood Spectacular at Symphony Hall, Birmingham
01 October 2008The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s Assistant Conductor Michael Seal will open the Orchestra’s Friday Night Classics series with an evening of John Williams’ very greatest...... Continue reading
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