Media focus on Black Sabbath Bench as Ozzy and pals voted ‘Freemen’

Media focus on Black Sabbath Bench as Ozzy and pals voted ‘Freemen’

29th January 2025 - News / by Tony Collins

TV cameras were panning across the Black Sabbath Bench on Westside this week as the band’s original members were all voted City Freemen....Read more

Crowne Plaza donates 1,500 pillows and piles of bedding for the homeless

Crowne Plaza donates 1,500 pillows and piles of bedding for the homeless

- News / by Steve Dyson

One of Birmingham’s longest standing hotels has given away more than 1,500 pillows, hundreds of duvets, mattress toppers and protectors ...Read more

VIDEO: When Ozzy met Ozzy – on ‘Freedom of Westside’ tour

VIDEO: When Ozzy met Ozzy – on ‘Freedom of Westside’ tour

28th January 2025 - News / by Graham Young

Midland artist Ian Morris has taken his new painting of Ozzy Osbourne and Ozzy the Bull on a tour of Westside, meeting the Black Sabbath...Read more

Coaches for Change helping Westside businesses get fit on YouTube

Coaches for Change helping Westside businesses get fit on YouTube

- News / Wellbeing / by Tony Collins

An increasing number of staff employed within the Westside BID area are taking up the offer to join live weekly wellness classes on YouT...Read more

VIDEO: old Paradise Circus car park flattened for new skyscraper

VIDEO: old Paradise Circus car park flattened for new skyscraper

27th January 2025 - News / by Graham Young

The old Paradise Circus car park on the edge of the Westside district has been demolished to make way for a new skyscraper. A fleet o...Read more

FILM REVIEWS: The Brutalist, Flight Risk and Presence

FILM REVIEWS: The Brutalist, Flight Risk and Presence

24th January 2025 - Reviews / by Graham Young

BBC Radio serial The Archers picked up a Broad Street Walk of Stars Award back in 2009, a timely honour given that that was the year cas...Read more

Blues ‘supergroup’ to make welcome Henry’s return at Snobs

Blues ‘supergroup’ to make welcome Henry’s return at Snobs

- News / by Tony Collins

The weather may not be as hot as their last appearance on Westside, but an all-star blues band is certain to turn up the heat again when...Read more

New Ikon exhibition will focus on city’s Muslim community

New Ikon exhibition will focus on city’s Muslim community

- News / Reviews / by Tony Collins

A new exhibition exploring Birmingham’s rich Muslim community and some of the issues surrounding it is to open on Westside this spring. ...Read more

How to help the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch on Westside

How to help the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch on Westside

23rd January 2025 - News / by Graham Young

It’s the world’s largest garden wildlife survey ... and here’s how you can help to make sure that the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2025 is ...Read more

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