Bringing Communities Together
In celebration of the Sikh New Year festival, Vaisakhi, Leicester Metro Bank has donated over 100 food items to the Guru Ravidass temple. One of the fundamental traditions of Sikhism, is for the temple community kitchen (Langar) to serve meals free of charge to anyone – irrespective of religion, gender, race or economic […]
London city lawyer, Fraz Butt is set to climb Mount Everest in September to raise significant funds for severely malnourished children in forgotten communities around the world. A senior commercial lawyer at the established city law firm Saracens Solicitors, Fraz, together with a group of friends hope to raise in excess […]
Neelam Aggarwal, from Northampton, joined Mel Giedroyc to get the Royal Jubilee party planning started at a special Big Jubilee Lunch event in Her Majesty The Queen’s Buckingham Palace Garden. Seasoned organiser, Neelam, shared tips as people across the UK start planning their own Big Jubilee Lunch celebrations from 2-5 […]
Millions of people across the country will be able to make greener, cleaner journeys as almost 1,000 green buses are rolled out with the backing of nearly £200 million in government funding. Twelve areas in England, from Greater Manchester to Portsmouth, will receive grants from the multimillion-pound package to deliver […]
The UK’s community bank, Metro Bank, gives every colleague a Day to Amaze – essentially a paid day off to support a local charity or good cause. Colleagues from Metro Bank’s Birmingham store decided to use their Day to Amaze by volunteering for SIFA Fireside where they helped prepare over one hundred meals for […]
DUE to popular demand, eco-friendly, electric boat company GoBoat has today announced the opening of a brand-new Birmingham location, their first site outside of the capital, with bookings now open to the public. The new site will open from April 8, where groups of up to eight guests can […]
Seven baton bearers – athletes and students from the University of Melbourne and University of Birmingham – marked the Queen’s Baton Relay arrival in Australia, running with the Baton across the Parkville campus in Melbourne. The event, hosted by the University of Melbourne and the University of Birmingham, celebrates the […]
London is the UK’s most fitness-obsessed city, new research can confirm. A new study by fitness experts BarBend analysed Google search data for each of the UK’s cities, for fitness-related terms such as ‘gyms near me’, ‘workouts’ and ‘healthy snacks’ as well as opposing terms like ‘pizza delivery’ and ‘takeaways near […]
An incident that saw waste dumped approximately 400 metres away from a Birmingham Household Recycling Centre has led to a man being ordered to pay £2,690 for his offences. The punishment was handed down by Birmingham Magistrates’ Court to David Biddulph, aged 34, of Churchill Road, Handsworth, following an incident […]
On 14 March 2022, Commonwealth Day, the Ambassadors of the UK, Pakistan and Malaysia in Ashgabat joined together to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee, and the 70th anniversary of her role as Head of the Commonwealth. The representatives planted a jubilee plane tree and unveiled a commemorative plaque in the […]
