What’s happening where and when

Birmingham International Airport has announced Peter Vella, Business Development Director has decided to leave the company
28 April 2009

Birmingham International Airport has today announced that Peter Vella, Business Development Director, has decided to leave the company to pursue new business opportunities. Peter joined the company in......

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Looking For Yoghurt - new play inspired by children from Japan, Korea and UK
28 April 2009

Looking For Yoghurt, a funny and touching new play inspired by the imagination and wisdom of children will open at Birmingham Repertory Theatre this Spring. The production is an international......

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Birmingham Restaurant Scoops Healthy Eating Accolade
28 April 2009

Leading magazine Men’s Health has named popular Indian Restaurant Lasan as one of the healthiest in the UK, as part of the third annual ‘Healthiest Restaurants Awards 2009’.The only......

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G Casino signs for Coventry
28 April 2009

Grosvenor Casinos is investing more than £1.6 million to bring its successful G Casino brand to Coventry.Grosvenor Casinos, which is owned by leading British leisure gaming company, The Rank......

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Sampad Announces Exciting New Summer Season Brochure
28 April 2009

Sampad is delighted to reveal the exciting new summer season brochure. This season we will feature a blend of dance, music, conversations and workshops.The first highlight of the season, a dance......

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Star Studded Bank Holiday at Soho House
28 April 2009

To celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, there will be a special ‘Reach for the Stars’ event at Soho House Museum on Monday 4th May.The event is taking place at Soho House as part......

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Birmingham International Airport Launches Nominated Charity – Acorns Children’s Hospice
24 April 2009

More than 50 employees took the plunge down the 32 metre building of Birmingham International Airport’s Head Quarters today and raised over £8,500 for the worthwhile charity, Acorns......

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Dress Up and Get Down For A Boogie Night at The Crescent Theatre
23 April 2009

Dust off your most dazzling disco outfit, fling on your flares and pop on your platforms and join Roddy O’Neill and his friends in a story of love, loss and growing up in the disco decade, the......

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Royal Opening for Severn Valley Railway’s New Visitor Centre
23 April 2009

Although ‘The Engine House’ at Highley, Shropshire - the Severn Valley Railway’s Visitor & Education Centre, opened its doors to the public at Easter last year, it has never had......

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Winner of Strictly Come Dancing 2008, Camilla Dallerup to perform with the CBSO
22 April 2009

After last year's sell-out performances, the popular Symphony Ballroom concerts are back! The CBSO's symphonic big band, together with internationally renowned conductor, arranger and scholar, John......

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Happy First Birthday to Thomas Land at Drayton Manor Theme Park
21 April 2009

Drayton Manor Theme Park, near Tamworth, Staffordshire, has celebrated the first anniversary of its hugely popular Thomas Land™ attraction with a weekend of events on Saturday 18th and Sunday......

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All hands to the pump at Coventry Transport Museum
18 April 2009

Coventry Transport Museum is lending a helping hand to a new exhibition taking place at Broadfield House Glass Museum in Kingswinford.‘Petrol-Heads: Glass Petrol Globes and Motoring......

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National Festival of Music for Youth
14 April 2009

If anyone was ever in any doubt that the music education scene in the UK was thriving, put them on a train andtell them to head to Birmingham this summer! For seven days, young performers from across......

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Ben Ternent achieves his Award of Excellence 2009
14 April 2009

We are delighted to announce that Ben Ternent, Chef de Partie, has achieved his ‘Award of Excellence, Kitchen’ in the Academy of Culinary Arts Annual Awards of Excellence 2009.Ben was one......

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HRH Prince William of Wales to Visit the National Memorial Arboretum
14 April 2009

Friday 24 April 2009Launch of £8 million NMA Future Foundations AppealSpecial travel arrangementsHRH Prince William of Wales is to visit the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire......

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Home of the Wriggler
09 April 2009

It is 3006... the weather is awful!In a disused factory, a team of investigators work to unearth the legends of a city, the fragmented stories of the people who lived there and the mythical things......

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BBC Wildlife Presenter Ellie Harrison attends Premiere Event to officially open Birmingham's First 4-D Cinema
09 April 2009

BBC wildlife presenter Ellie Harrison was at the National Sea Life centre this week to host the European premiere of Planet Earth: Shallow Seas 4-D Experience in Birmingham’s first 4-D......

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Rosie the engine pulls into Thomas Land
09 April 2009

Drayton Manor Theme Park, near Tamworth, Staffordshire, has welcomed Rosie, a freckle faced adorable pink and lavender coloured engine, to the tracks of its popular Thomas Land attraction.Since the......

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Another record year at Coventry Transport Museum
09 April 2009

Coventry Transport Museum is delighted to announce that for the third year running a record number of visitors have passed through the Museum doors during 2008/9.Numbers have reached a massive 367,485......

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A timely revival for Caryl Churchill's Serious Money
07 April 2009

As the world financial markets crumble, Birmingham Repertory Theatre will present a major revival of Serious Money, Caryl Churchill’s prescient satirical play about Eighties City greed.One of......

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Chocolate lure for Easter visitors to the Severn Valley Railway
07 April 2009

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Easter extravaganza at Drayton Manor
07 April 2009

This Easter, Drayton Manor Theme Park, near Tamworth, Staffordshire, will be showcasing a number of new attractions to entertain the whole family. Visitors to the theme park’s hugely popular......

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Get on parade this Easter with scores of exciting events and activities
07 April 2009

It’s Easter in Birmingham and a perfect time to discover what the city has to offer with a fun packed programme of free, family events throughout the holidays.Councillor Ray Hassall, Cabinet......

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BASS Festival Announces Line-Up For 2009
06 April 2009

BASS Festival, the UK’s only month-long celebration of Black Music and Art, returns this June for a celebration of African music and culture.BASS Festival (British Arts and Street Sounds) will......

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Debut For Spoken Word Artist Zena
04 April 2009

Apples & Snakes in association with BAC and Birmingham Repertory Theatre presentSECURITYWritten and performed by Zena EdwardsDirected by Anthony ShrubsallWednesday 22 – Friday 24 April at......

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Midlands Singers in BBC Songs Of Praise
04 April 2009

Town Hall Raises the Roof for BBC Songs Of Praise Broadcast On BBC One, Easter Sunday 12 April & Sunday 19 AprilA spectacular celebration of Handel's Messiah, recorded at Town Hall Birmingham,......

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Eggstra Fun at Coventry Transport Museum this Easter!
04 April 2009

11th – 24th April 2009Coventry Transport Museum has a packed calendar of events for adults and children to have eggstra fun this Easter with crafts galore.Visitors will be able to make Easter......

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