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Nelson Mandela :18 July 1918-5 December 2013
Valerie Vaz MP: PR 10 Dec 13
The House of Commons paid tribute to former President of South Africa , World leader and Civil Rights activist Nelson Mandela who died on 5 December 2013.
Westminster
Tributes to Nelson Mandela | Commons debates
TWFY: Valerie Vaz MP (Labour) Walsall S 9 Dec 13
May I start by thanking all Members for their contributions and you, Mr Speaker, for allowing this tribute to the first black South African President, who came to speak to this House on 11 July 1996 ? I am a new Member, so I was not here then…
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Service of thanksgiving for Nelson Mandela
Common People: Pelsall 9 Dec 13
A service of thanksgiving for Nelson Mandela is being held at Pelsall Methodist Church on Saturday.
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Shop owner quizzed over ‘Bernard Manning-style’ Nelson Mandela gags
Birmingham Mail 8 Dec 13
Neil Phillips furious after being DNA swabbed and finger-printed over close to the knuckle web comments about the late former South African president…
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Crowds pay respects to Mandela
Express & Star 7 Dec 13
The grief over Nelson Mandela’s death continues to reverberate in the UK, even as mourners in South Africa spent a second night on the streets to pay tribute to their beloved leader.
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Midlands-born journalist shares his memories of Nelson Mandela
Express & Star 7 Dec 13
Midlands-born journalist Chris Bishop, now based in South Africa, share his memories of meeting Nelson Mandela.
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When pop and rock’s biggest names staged a Wembley tribute to Nelson Mandela
Birmingham Post Comment 6 Dec 13
Enda Mullen remembers a spring day at Wembley Stadium in 1990 when some of the biggest stars in music performed at a concert to celebrate the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in South Africa.
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Birmingham remembers Nelson Mandela visit as world bids farewell
Birmingham Mail 6 Dec 13
City politicians and campaigners pay tribute to Nelson Mandela 20 years on from South African leader’s visit to Birmingham…
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Uni of W’ton lecturer talks meeting Nelson Mandela
Signal 107 6 Dec 13
Former South Africa resident talks to Signal 107 Tributes have been pouring in for Nelson Mandela, who died last night at the age of 95 , but Signal 107 has been speaking to a University of Wolverhampton lecturer who met him by chance.
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Nelson Mandela: Pay your tributes in our book of condolences
Coventry Telegraph 6 Dec 13
Share your thoughts on the former South Africa president…
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Nelson Mandela
Lichfield Cathederal 6 Dec 13
To mark the passing of Nelson Mandela, and in particular solidarity with Bishop Steve Diseko and our companions in the diocese of Matlosane in South Africa, the Cathedral Eucharist on Saturday 7 December will be a Requiem at the High Altar.
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Mandela – Birmingham book of condolences
The Birmingham Press 6 Dec 13
Visitors to the city can add their names in remembrance.
Council
Nelson Mandela book of condolence
Birmingham City Council News PR 6 Dec 13
Anyone wishing to pay tribute to former South African president Nelson Mandela following his death yesterday (December 5) can do so by signing a book of condolence, established by Birmingham City Council.
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Free Mandela star in call for action
BBC News 6 Dec 13
Jerry Dammers, writer of protest song Free Nelson Mandela, calls for action in memory of the former South African president.
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Jesse Jackson makes Birmingham tribute to Nelson Mandela
Birmingham Mail 6 Dec 13
American civil rights campaigner spoke about former South African President at event in city…
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World mourning for Nelson Mandela
Express & Star 6 Dec 13
Tributes flooded in from across the world after it was announced that South Africa’s first black president Nelson Mandela had died at the age of 95.
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Light has gone out in the world: PM
Express & Star 6 Dec 13
David Cameron led tributes to South Africa’s first black president Nelson Mandela, saying “a great light has gone out in the world”.
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Goodnight Madiba
Gavin Drake 5 Dec 13
The statue of Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square, London © Gavin Drake Nelson Mandela has died, it has been confirmed tonight.
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R.I.P. Nelson Mandela 1918-2013
Cllr Andrew James: Conservative - Mercian Ward 5 Dec 13
Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon, passed away at 20:50 local time tonight, Thursday 5th December 2013.
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Nelson Mandela Dead: Former South African President Has Died At 95
Female Imagination 5 Dec 13
Nelson Mandela has died today at the age of 95, according to South African President Jacob Zuma.
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Heat’s on for Allesley Park firefighters in scorching Sahara charity run
Coventry Telegraph 3 Dec 13
ndy Miller and Pete Drummond will take on 50C heat and the scorching African sun next Easter…
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THE UK GOLD
Birmingham Jubilee Debt Campaign 27 Nov 13
After the film “The UK Gold” last night my mind went back to a conference of the Student Christian Movement fifty years ago.
Sport
Rugby World Cup Villa Park fixtures announced
Express & Star 27 Nov 13
Villa Park will host Australia and South Africa in the Rugby World Cup 2015 after the fixtures were announced today.
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Facebook Focus on Staffordshire Police
Staffordshire Police: Lichfield District 25 Nov 13
Staffordshire Police are being highlighted by the world’s largest social networking site in the first-ever case study by the Facebook Politics & Government Programme in the Europe, Middle East & Africa region.
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X-Class Flare Hurls Off CME Into Space – 20th November
Brierley Hill Solar 20 Nov 13
With all the recent solar activity it was only a matter of time before another flare occurred.
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Master chef cooks up a fundraising treat in Halesowen
Halesowen News 19 Nov 13
A MASTERCHEF quarter finalist cooked up festive treats with a Halesowen chef to raise hundreds of pounds to protect African children from deadly malaria.
Sport
Centurion Kevin Pietersen to play until at least 2016
Express & Star 19 Nov 13
England batsman Kevin Pietersen today revealed he wants play for his country until at least the 2015-16 tour of South Africa.
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Coventry Women’s Voice’s “Kindy” talks spending cuts on BBC WM Chatback
Coventry Women's Voices 11 Nov 13
Coventry Womens Voices member and lead author of the report “ Layers of Inequality: A human rights and equality impact assessment of the public spending cuts on BAME women in Coventry” , Kalwinder Sandhu (or better known as Kindy by Coventry …
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Child Soldiers – A simple guide?
Vic the Vicar 9 Nov 13
According to one source (and they all vary quite markedly) around 300,000 child soldiers exist in the world (a third of them in the continent of Africa).
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Eden Project Baobab Fruit Review
ET speaks from home 5 Nov 13
Farmers from Africa joined the team at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
Events
Family Storytelling with a laugh
Newhampton Arts Centre 4 Nov 13
Stories from Africa and the Caribbean – 30th Oct 2013 “The storyteller was enthusiastic with an infectious laugh.
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England legend Will Greenwood praises Birmingham’s Rugby World Cup 2015 preparations
Birmingham Mail 1 Nov 13
In just under two years Villa Park will host a pair of England 2015 matches, Samoa-South Africa and Australia versus a qualifier nation…
Business
Chessington ad complaint rejected
Dudley News 30 Oct 13
EVEN Oscar Wilde, credited with popularising the phrase “expect the unexpected”, may have struggled to convince readers that the gateway to the sprawling African plain lay within the confines of a Surrey theme park.
Local news
Jeun Restaurant
Digbeth is Good 29 Oct 13
When: Saturday 9th November, 18:00-midnight Where: Jeun Restaurant, Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth, B9 4AA Tickets: £ various Jeun Restaurant is the newest addition to Digbeth’s food scene, specialising in Nigerian cuisine.
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Daily Office – Oct 29
Vic the Vicar 29 Oct 13
James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885 Psalm 32 Happy the one whose transgression is forgiven, and whose sin is covered.
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Shut Out
Mental Health Cop 28 Oct 13
A recent programme from South Africa on mental health provision in the country.
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Stourbridge artist Pascale to open her home for annual charity exhibition
Stourbridge News 28 Oct 13
A STOURBRIDGE artist is getting set to open up her home for an annual exhibition which raises cash for poverty stricken kids in Africa.
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I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING
Hands on Handsworth 28 Oct 13
As a African Black female, I always look forward to Black History Month because across the city there are always events hosted to help educate us all on our roots, where we come from and to really appreciate the many great men and women who in …
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Black History Event at the Public – 25th Oct 2014
OSCAR Sandwell 23 Oct 13
Sandwell Council in partnership with African Caribbean led organisations (including OSCAR Sandwell) is hosting a Black History Event at The Public, West Bromwich on Friday 25th Oct, 10am – 3pm.
Business
Birmingham centre inspires project in Togo
Birmingham Post 18 Oct 13
Willmott Dixon’s 4Life Academy staff working with UK charity Dekamile to deliver an academy in West Africa…
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Shangaan Electro dance workshops
We Are Eastside 15 Oct 13
This vibrant South African dance style is soon set to visit Birmingham as part of the Capsule curated Discovery Season and you can learn their moves and dance alongside the collective by joining a free dance workshop.
Westminster
Entry Clearances: Africa | Home Department | Written Answers
TWFY: Richard Burden MP (Labour) Northfield 14 Oct 13
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what efforts are made by High Commission staff in Tanzania and Kenya to determine the urgency of individual applications for visitor visas to the UK; and what arrangements are in place…
Westminster
Entry Clearances: Africa | Home Department | Written Answers
TWFY: Richard Burden MP (Labour) Northfield 14 Oct 13
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what efforts are made by High Commission staff in Tanzania and Kenya to determine the urgency of individual applications for visitor visas to the UK; and what arrangements are in place…
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Birmingham & Solihull coach Henno Venter saved from meningitis by his wife
Birmingham Post 13 Oct 13
South African thought he had a severe headache – but his wife spotted more dangerous symptoms…
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Migrants
Hammerwich Wildlife 10 Oct 13
These two moths were seen for the first time in Hammerwich on October 5 th .
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Half again
Birmingham Central 10 Oct 13
Sunday 20 October 2013 marks the third BUPA Great Birmingham Run and the largest Birmingham half marathon to date with 20,000 runners set to run the 13.1 mile course from the city centre to Bournville and back again.
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G4S sacked by South Africa after ‘losing control’ of violent prison
Guardian 9 Oct 13
Country’s prison services to take over running of Mangaung facility owing to ‘worrying deterioration of safety and security’ South African authorities have announced they will take over the management of a maximum security prison run by G4S after the…
Event
Aar Maanta plus guests
Birmingham Symphony Hall 9 Oct 13
British Somali singer Aar Maanta mixes contemporary urban music with 70s Somali sounds Friday 18 October, 8pm £8 advance Ticket Information: £8 advance plus transaction fee*, £11 on the door pBritish Somali singer strongAar Maanta/strong is at the…
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Silhillians are invited to Small Heath to walk or run and raise funds for disadvantaged Ugandan youngsters
Our Solihull 8 Oct 13
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Small Heath: raising funds for disadvantaged Ugandan youngsters
Our Birmingham 8 Oct 13
From his base in Uganda, Ben Parkinson – Director of the Butterfly Project - is organising a parallel fund-raising Slum Run in Small Heath on Sunday, 13th October 2013, at 2pm.