Month: November 2021
WOWs 2022: Westside BID calls for nominations for district’s top awards
30th November 2021 - News / by Luisa Huggins
The Wonders of Westside are back! And this time, following various virtual events during in lockdown, winners will be picking up their a...Read more
Art for all palettes as Ikon unveils new programme
26th November 2021 - News / by Tony Collins
There will be loads more art for visitors to Birmingham to enjoy as Westside venue, the Ikon Gallery, unveils its forthcoming programme ...Read more
Westside: clubbers should be reassured at ‘very low’ drink spiking case numbers
25th November 2021 - News / by Tony Collins
Nightclubbers on Birmingham’s ‘golden mile’ should be reassured by recent police statistics which reveal very low cases of drink spiking...Read more
Tony, Bev, Jasper and Ray: a real ‘stars in his eyes’ week for our man on Westside
24th November 2021 - Olley's Oracles / by WestsideTeam
From Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi to 1970s Aston Villa star Ray Graydon; and from another old rocker Bev Bevan to renowned comedian Jasper...Read more
Dive into the ultimate underwater adventure on Westside this Christmas
- News / by Tony Collins
There is something extra special to enjoy at the National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham this Christmas, as Santa makes a welcome visit i...Read more
Westside offers anti-drink spiking measures to nightclubs
23rd November 2021 - News / by Tony Collins
Nightclubs on Westside are being offered free testing strips to help protect revellers from the threat of having their drinks spiked. ...Read more
Penny Holbrook obituary: ‘the city will be very different now’
22nd November 2021 - News / by Mike Olley
Penny Holbrook – a fine servant of Westside, Stockland Green and the whole of Birmingham – has passed away. Details of her death are unc...Read more
Local media cover Westside ‘spiking’ roundtable between clubs, police, students and MPs
- News / by Birmingham Live
Leading nightclub managers on Westside have met with students, police and local MPs to discuss precautionary measures to keep clubbers s...Read more
Rock legend Tony Iommi comes face-to-face with his 469 million-year-old fossil
19th November 2021 - News / by Paula Young
Some might already call him an old fossil, but legendary Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has now come face-to-face with a pre-histori...Read more