eastside Archive

  • City centre news – January 16, 2012

    City centre news – January 16, 2012

    News on aston, broad street, building, crime, digbeth, eastside, events, five ways, food, hs2, jewellery quarter, market, newtown, transport, and victoria square

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  • Walks for Artsfest

    Walks for Artsfest

    With the weekend of 11th & 12th September seeing Birmingham host the annual ArtsFest, Sparks68 thought visitors may want to enjoy another free attraction that requires no booking, has been around for some years but does not get the attention it deserves.  So, if you are going to Birmingham for the ArtsFest weekend, he recommends [...]

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  • City centre news – 25 June, 2010

    City centre news – 25 June, 2010

    The city centre news for 25 June: Points failure causes delays at New St station Birmingham Mail DELAYS of up to an hour and a half just after 5am yesterday morning were caused when a points failure hit rush hour trains coming in and out of Birmingham New Street station. Finally underway: The £600m New [...]

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  • City centre news – 11 June, 2010

    City centre news – 11 June, 2010

    The city centre news for 11 June: Midland Metro extension in Birmingham put on hold Birmingham Post The long-awaited extension of the Midland Metro through Birmingham city centre has been officially put on hold. Transport Secretary Philip Hammond announced he was suspending plans to build a new section of the Midland Metro tram route, running [...]

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  • City centre news – May 17

    City centre news – May 17

    The city centre news for May 17: Council Commissions New Eastside Masterplan Birmingham Newsroom One of the UK’s leading architects has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to help the authority consider the impact proposals for a new High Speed Rail 2 station and line will have on their proposed locations within the Eastside area [...]

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