r/brum 5h ago

Advice for what to do with young kittens, no mom!!

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Hello I hope everyone who reads this is well. Apologies for any typos and for the weird format, I’m on mobile.

My nextdoor neighbours received 2 kittens today I think they’re both aprox 5 weeks, one of their kids said their friend dropped them off with him?? Not knowing what to do with them, they’ve handed them over to me and i’m appalled they haven’t been fed all day and they’re much too young to be away from their mom. I bought kitten food ASAP and they’re fed and good for now, (but they won’t stop trying to eat the litter!)

i really need to know what the appropriate line of action is after this? Are there any rescue centres in Brum that i should call up? I’ve looked some up but i’m just asking here too in case anyone has suggestions

I can look after them for a few days but unfortunately i can’t keep them, it’s just not an option for me right now 😓


r/brum 5h ago

A cycling adventure from London to Dublin - via Birmingham, Liverpool & North Wales :) [A 4-minute narrated film]

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Hi r/brum- if anyone is interested here is a narrated film I made recently of a bicycle adventure from London to Dublin. Via Birmingham, Nottingham, Peak District, Manchester, Liverpool & the North Wales coast :) Thank you


r/brum 11h ago

Visitor Parking Permits

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Does anyone know if it's possible to buy one-day visitor parking permits from the council for the Jewellery Quarter? You active them on the days you want. It appears to have existed once, but I can't find anything about it on the council's BRUM website.


r/brum 11h ago

Under Aston Expressway

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r/brum 11h ago

Can I get some advice on moving for work or not?

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I live in Birmingham. I have an option to work for a dessert Shop in wolverhampton. The issue is that they might want late night staff so travel might be hard. I also have a great room, an ensuite for £500 with all bills, a big room, laundry, kitchen backyard and everything in Birmingham. It's a really nice house and finding something like this in Birmingham is a massive steal.

So I'm just confused if i should go for the role in wolves or not, I've never been to the city so I have no idea what it's like, I like being in Birmingham too so I'm confused. The job is something I have got after 7 months of job search. Should I just move to wolves? Is it a nice place?

I like a breathable city , with things to do there. And I've been scrolling over spare rooms and not finding anything nice, I'm so emotionally connected to my room now.It sounds stupid ik but the job, is just a job, nothing too crazy. But literally the only lifeline I've got after so long. What do I do any advice?


r/brum 11h ago

News Is Birmingham's tall building boom what the city needs?

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r/brum 13h ago

Concept for new Birmingham county

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For context Im from Wolverhampton and wouldn't want to be called a brummie ( No offense love you lot) but the name west midlands stinks of poo we can all admit it. Its just not catchy I think our problem is coventry. They dont belong with Birmingham wolves dudley etc and + if we want to actually be the second city we gotta unite properly to beat greater manchester so im proposing 3 things

  1. We rename to Birmingham and the Black Country ( no ones left out)

  2. We give Cov back to Warwickshire they don't belong with us. Imo they more similar to Leicester over there than to Brum

  3. We add those little towns that surround the area with no identity like kiddy, Redditch, Tamworth, Cannock, Bromsgrove and Lichfield

(ngl kidderminster, lichfield, tamworth and redditch are a stretch though


r/brum 14h ago

The odyssey tickets

9 Upvotes

Anyone want two tickets to The Odyssey today at Cineworld at 3:10? Can’t make it anymore.


r/brum 14h ago

Happy Ozzy Day 🤘🏽

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60 Upvotes

CBSO performing in the Bull Ring for Ozzy Day.


r/brum 14h ago

Happy "Ozzy Day" Brum!

54 Upvotes

Fantastic to see to many goths, metalheads, rockers etc. In the city centre today, back to the 90s!

Sad that the museum didn't add much to their exhibit but happy to have met so, so many people that have travelled 100s or 1000s of miles to visit our Brum.

Hopefully the council can see and feel the impact of tourism and double down on our metal roots.

The Birmingham Orchestra will be travelling around today to various locations playing Sabbath tunes so keep posted as they're really good.

Shoutout to Polywood for Ozzy the bulls massive ozzy specs x


r/brum 15h ago

News National Express bus drivers speak out on 40°C conditions - The Guardian

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r/brum 18h ago

Metro

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Hello, I’ve been lucky enough to work in Birmingham for the last three weeks. My commute involves using the metro from snow hill to bilston each day - I’m curious because as an outsider this seems a decent system with new trams. But in the three weeks I’ve done it, at least once a week there has been a major failure causing the system to stop and passengers asked to disembark and wait on trains platforms until issues are resolved. This seems to mainly be due to trams breaking down or developing faults. Is this a known problem with the trams and is it being rectified? It feels like a ridiculous level of issues for what is a modern system.


r/brum 1d ago

Question Digbeth club venues

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Hi,

Current DJ and club promoter in Digbeth ATM having issues with trying to scale up

Our night runs in single capacity venue with limit of 200. We're looking for various reasons at moving venues to somewhere with capacity of 500 and at least 2 rooms

Lot of the places in Digbeth reached out to have either not responded, have issues with meeting to discuss things or there would be clashes with regular run nights

We find Digbeth perfect as we run alternative nights and Digbeth has the right vibe for it. So looking for recommendations of where to reach out to around there.

Edit: I should highlight where I have reached out to. Mainly to not have repeats but don't want to name and blame anyone as I know people are busy to respond to messages Secret space The drop inn Mama roux The printmakers Rainbow Sophy's

May have been more but this is off top of my head. Ideally got an interesting response from the printmakers and they're a good fit for what we do, but been ghosted in responding to messages. But as said could be due to various reasons.

Trying to sort this as while we do have our current venue which is doing well, it's about looking at the future of the club

Also thanks to venues who reached out after this initial post, will be looking to chat and visit for further discussion soon 🖤🖤


r/brum 1d ago

Any south asian mans?

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Any south Asians (I'm sri Lankan Tamil but born here)? Down to bun up etc


r/brum 1d ago

Question Residents of East Birmingham needed for a 5-minute research survey on antibiotics!

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r/brum 1d ago

What's with all the seagulls?

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I'm in Moseley and they have been incessant for the last few hours - so many of them and so much noise.

Why does landlocked Birmingham have so many seagulls?


r/brum 1d ago

Movie Quiz @Spoilers Digbeth Spoiler

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How's your movie knowledge? Do you fancy testing it out with a quiz? See how you get on at Spoilers Digbeth on Thursday July 23 for a 7pm (ish) start. The quiz will be £3 per person and maximum 6 people team. Good luck!


r/brum 1d ago

Meta Littering

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I've just walked through Small Heath Park for the first time in ages.

I don't think I've ever seen littering that bad in a public park probably ever.

Granted, there were barely any bins to be seen, but still.


r/brum 1d ago

News I built a map of every police-reported injury road collision in Great Britain (2000–2024). This link opens it centred on Birmingham. You can look for blackspots and see details of individual collisions

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r/brum 1d ago

News Woman says she been subjected to racist attacks for six years

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r/brum 1d ago

Has anyone seen a lunch bag

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Bit of an ask but accidentally left my lunch bag this morning in a lime basket on station street at around 7:55am wondering if anyone may have seen it or handed it in this morning. Ordered replacement via Amazon but would be good to see if still retrievable.


r/brum 1d ago

Photo Simon Webbe (Blue) on growing up in Birmingham

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r/brum 1d ago

Inspiration needed ! If you were making some Birmingham themed candles what scents would you suggest?

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Looking for fun ideas that would also be realistic scents that others would enjoy, but more comical ones welcome.

First one that came to mind that I plan on making is Ozzy inspired both the legend of music and the bull art piece.


r/brum 1d ago

Police crush man’s legal £6k e-bike by mistake.

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West Mids Police using pointless test to determine legality of e-bikes. Seize and crush man’s £6k Tern cargo bike supplied through council scheme.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvl7ld06r8o


r/brum 2d ago

Does anyone know where to get 'Rum Truffles'?

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If your as old as me, you might remember Woolworths. Me and my mum used to go in and get Rum Truffles from the pick n mix.

I've been craving those things for years, anyone seen them sold anywhere?