Ramadan Advice For Birmingham Diabetics
Throughout Ramadan (2016: 7 June to 6 July) most Muslims are required to refrain from eating and drinking during daylight hours.
But diabetics are exempt from this if fasting would put their health at risk. (Speak to your Imam for...
World’s Greatest Toy Store Hamley’s to Open Up Two Birmingham Shops!
Toy lovers and kids alike, rejoice! Birmingham is getting not one, but two, of the world’s greatest toy store: Hamley’s.
The toy seller super giant first left Birmingham thirty years when it closed shop, leaving Brummies having to travel all...
Hoax Police Calls
Amar Tasadiq Hussain made a hoax 999 call in which he claimed a West Midlands office would be kidnapped by a radical Muslim with relations to the supposed Islamic State.
The 29-year-old made this false call because of a personal...
Walk of Hope
The walk of hope mission for Peace & Harmony arrived in Birmingham. The success of the 2015/16 Walk of Hope which covered a staggering 7500 kilometres over 16 months travelling 11 Indian states is once again being undertaken. The...
Man Shot Dead In ‘Cold-Blooded Killing’ In Birmingham
Police have described the incident in which a man was shot dead as a “shocking and cold-blooded killing”.
The man, who has been identified but not yet named publicly, was shot in Great Hampton Row, Hockley, Birmingham, on Wednesday evening....
Graduate Lands Presenter Gig With BBC’s Asian Network
A University of Wolverhampton alumna and former Miss Brighton has secured a position presenting a BBC radio show.
Shivani Joshi, from Brighton, presented every Sunday in December for BBC’s Asian network. She graduated with a degree in Law in July 2022.
Shivani...
£30million Bill
Argos is facing a bill of £30million in compensation after admitting that thousands of store card customers were overcharged.
The company launched a thorough review into the matter, which relates to “buy now, pay later” plans for some of the...
Peaky Blinders creator appointed to new screen industry body
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, Birmingham-born actor Adil Ray and Coventry’s Debbie Isitt, who created the Nativity film franchise, will be part of a new taskforce to supercharge the West Midlands’ screen industry.
The trio will join other talented and...
Birmingham Social Experiment Films Passerbys Reacting to Theft
A social experiment conducted in Birmingham saw a thief robbing a man as he prayed and recording the reactions of witnesses.
The two men, close family friends, filmed the hoax in New Street, Millennium Pont and Victoria Square.
Check it out...
A Vow of Silence
City academics have released a report stating that some parents in Birmingham do not trust the police and would not speak out if their children had travelled to Syria.
Researchers Dr Imran Awan and Dr Surinder Guru held focus groups...
