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Birmingham 2022 has announced the artists and performers that will be part of the seven magnificent Neighbourhood Festival Sites which will be held in locations across the Commonwealth Games host city.

The programme at each site will reflect a different aspect of the Games, from the ‘warm-up’ in Castle Vale, to the notions of speed and boundaries in Sparkhill.

With Eid ul-Adha 2022, the second of the two major Eid festivals celebrated by Muslims each year, now here, this year’s festival begins this evening (Saturday 9 July) as it follows on from Eid ul-Fitr, which was marked at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan (Monday 2 May).

Honouring the famous story of the willingness of the prophet Ibrahim (known in the Christian Old Testament as Abraham) to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God’s command, it is based on the sighting of the moon, which means it cannot be calculated with complete accuracy.

Humanitarian NGO Human Appeal has partnered with FareShare, the UK’s biggest charity fighting hunger and food waste, to help families struggling with the cost of living crisis in the UK.

The food distribution collaboration will cover the UK’s West Midlands and coincides with the Eid Qurbani, one of the most importants celebration in the Muslim calendar.

West Midlands leaders have issued a rallying cry to the region to get behind Birmingham’s bid to become the new national headquarters for Great British Railways. The #DESTINATIONGBR #VOTEBRUM campaign is now launched after Birmingham’s bid, led by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), was among those shortlisted by the Department for Transport.

A campaign has been launched to highlight the impact climate change could have on Birmingham with shocking graphics showing how landmarks would look clouded in smog.

Pollutants produced by industrial, domestic and traffic sources mean air quality in Birmingham is a serious concern for the environment and for public health.

West Midlands Cycle Hire (WMCH) is offering everyone in the region two free half-hour rides per day during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The free cycle hire offer, announced today, is just one of many measures such as free spectator shuttle buses and extra public transport services being put in place to ensure visitors and athletes get to venues on time and the region keeps moving during this summer’s festival of sport.

Voice4Parents will be putting the kettle on at a new venue from next week.

Its popular coffee mornings for families of children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) are moving into the City of Wolverhampton Council's Strengthening Families Hubs.

On 28th June 2022, at an event held at the Nehru Centre (London), Mohanji was awarded the ‘Mahaveer Award’ by the Indian Vegetarian Society, a prominent institution of the Jain community. This prestigious award is awarded to those who are working to reduce the suffering of animals and instil compassion in the hearts of humankind.

Youngsters across Wolverhampton are being invited to join a special squad of Recycle Rovers and work as a team to keep the city green.

City of Wolverhampton Council’s waste and recycling team joined children at Whitgreave Primary School in Low Hill to kick-off the new campaign, which aims to help families learn more about what items they can and can’t recycle.

The embassy of Saint Kitts & Nevis yesterday donated five English-language books written by authors from the Caribbean country to the National Central Library to promote cultural understanding between the two allied countries. At a ceremony at the library attended by educators and officials from the ministries of foreign affairs and education, Saint Kitts and Nevis Ambassador to Taiwan Jasmine Elise Huggins said the donation brings the people of her country and Taiwan closer together.

Keep Britain Tidy and the Mayor of the West Midlands concluded a successful partnership to deliver the West Midlands Great Clean Up - a litter-picking campaign to spruce up the West Midlands region ahead of the Commonwealth Games this summer.

Working alongside Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Wolverhampton and Walsall councils, they mobilised an army of volunteer #LitterHeroes to clean up the region’s parks, streets and waterways over 23^rd, 24^th and 25^th June and beyond.

The council’s Chelsea Flower Show gold medal-winning display goes on display for the people of Birmingham and visitors to the city to enjoy. The display celebrates our Proud Host City status for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

SCC, the Birmingham-headquartered international IT services firm, and Canal & River Trust (‘the Trust’), the charity that looks after and brings to life 2,000 miles of UK waterways, have restored green space in Birmingham under the Trust’s canal adoption scheme.

Survival, a fear of failure and a sense of duty. Twenty-two women from Commonwealth countries tell their migration story for the first time, in the year that Birmingham hosts the Commonwealth Games.

Keep Britain Tidy and the Mayor of the West Midlands are working in partnership to deliver the West Midlands Great Clean Up - a litter-picking campaign to spruce up the West Midlands region ahead of the Commonwealth Games this summer.

Working alongside Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Wolverhampton and Walsall councils, they will be mobilising an army of volunteer #LitterHeroes to clean up the region’s parks, streets and waterways on 24th and 25th June and beyond.

The UK has announced further funding to support grassroots human rights defenders and advance equality and freedom across the Commonwealth. Despite welcome progress in recent years, many LGBT people in Commonwealth countries continue to face discrimination and criminalisation.