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The Great Birmingham Run is an annual half marathon road running event held in Birmingham, UK in October. Formerly known as the Birmingham Half Marathon, from 2011 it became part of the Great Run series of road races. [1] Established in 2008, it incorporated the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. [1]
Birmingham News covered stories from Made in Birmingham's broadcast area of Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull. The programme first aired as The Midland on the opening night of Big Centre TV on Saturday 28 February 2015, before relaunching as Big News on Monday 4 April 2016.
A more radical move in this direction took place in 2006 when the West Midlands Region piloted the BBC's Local TV initiative, with television news programmes produced for six local areas, all much smaller than the traditional TV regions, and in the case of Birmingham and the Black Country, even smaller than those covered by local radio stations.
Organised by Birmingham City Council and sponsored by EDF Energy, it was the second edition of the mass race which attracted over 9000 runners in 2008. [4] A total of 12,068 people signed up to run the Birmingham Half Marathon. [5] A total of 47 IAAF member federations sent athletes to the championships, the highest number since the 2002 ...
The Birmingham International Marathon was a long-distance running event held in Birmingham, UK. It formed part of the Great Run British Marathon Series . The first event was held on 15 October 2017, the same day as the existing Great Birmingham Run in the city centre. [ 1 ]
BBC Midlands Today is the BBC's regional television news service for the West Midlands. It was launched in 1964 and is presented by Nicola Beckford, Joanne Malin, Mary Rhodes , Nick Owen , Elizabeth Glinka, Rebecca Wood and Shefali Oza .
Black Country Radio began life as two separate stations. 102.5 The 'Bridge started broadcasting on FM from studios in Stourbridge on 1 January 2008, targeting a 25 - 55 year old audience with an emphasis on local news, sport, events and good causes. In 2015, they merged with Black Country Community Radio, an online station operating nearby, to ...
Brief news updates air each weekday at around 06:25, 07:25, 08:25, and 09:05 during BBC Breakfast. A 15-minute lunchtime bulletin airs each weekday, between 13:30 and 13:45, following the BBC News at One. A 30-minute main edition of East Midlands Today airs each weekday, between 18:30 and 19:00, following the BBC News at Six.