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  • Flyover Show 2010 – Saturday 29 May, Hockley Flyover

    Flyover Show 2010 – Saturday 29 May, Hockley Flyover

    http://www.theflyovershow.com/ Lead by award winning saxophonist and rapper Soweto Kinch and featuring a stellar rostra, The Flyover Show returns to Birmingham with dynamic and challenging performances on the 29th May. Now in its third year the unconventional inner city festival transforms the grey space beneath the Hockley Flyover into an oasis of cultural expression, celebrating [...]

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  • City centre news – April 29

    City centre news – April 29

    The city centre news for April 29: Rubery couple ‘too smart’ for superclub Birmingham Mail A COUPLE’S first trip to a Birmingham nightspot ended in disappointment when one of them was turned away for being TOO smart. Magdalena Betteridge and husband Richard, both aged 54, queued up for a night of partying at Broad Street’s multi-million [...]

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  • The new Midland Arts Centre – opening weekend

    The new Midland Arts Centre – opening weekend

    The wait is over and mac is delighted to be opening their doors this May Bank Holiday Weekend. On Sat 1 May, mac will throw open the doors to the public providing access to a building which will change Birmingham’s cultural landscape. The £15 million mac and sampad Building Project, which began in April 2008, has resulted in a newly refurbished, and much improved, [...]

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  • City centre news – April 27

    City centre news – April 27

    The news for April 27: FedEx suspends Jewellery Quarter deliveries Professional Jeweller FedEx has suspended all deliveries to the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter following a series of raids on van drivers. Dancers and musicians will fill Victoria Square with a colourful performance over the Bank Holiday weekend Birmingham Mail VISITORS coming to Birmingham city centre over [...]

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  • City centre news – April 26

    City centre news – April 26

    The city centre news for April 26: Transformation of New Street Begins Birmingham Newsroom The next important phase of work to transform New Street will start on Monday. Network Rail will begin to upgrade platform one, signalling the start of the main work on the station. Platforms will be taken out of use one-by-one but [...]

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  • City centre news – April 24

    City centre news – April 24

    The news for April 24: Power failure closes Birmingham New Street station BBC News A power failure at New Street in Birmingham temporarily closed the rail station on Saturday Birmingham museum scoops top award Birmingham Newsroom Birmingham’s Museum of the Jewellery Quarter has won a top national tourism award – cementing its growing reputation as [...]

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