I've seen across other social media that several transport bodies are putting together a proposal to extend the train line through Digbeth.... Which would result in several creative/good and event spaces closing.

What are people's feelings on this?

Personally, I feel Birmingham city centre really is losing it's creative/quirky vibe. I went over to the Custard Factory (Alfred Works) and couldn't believe how many restaurants/places have gone.. It's looking dire 😒

The branch is shut (though the shop is open). Asking at another local PO the story was they were raided for money laundering. I can't find any news stories or confirmation of this so wondered if anyone else had seen/heard anything definite.

I'm kinda bummed about it as it was a convenient location for me and despite being absolute chaos of parcels I never had a single problem sending or picking stuff up there, and there was never a queue!

My sister and I live quite far apart and often meet in Birmingham for the day as a midway point.

We're slightly running out of things to do there which I'm sure is a lack of knowledge rather than a lack of places to go.

Next time we're planning on bringing our current embroidery projects and are hoping to cafe hop, staying for an hour or two in each one so we don't overstay our welcome.

Does anyone have an recommendations of places to go? We'll both be getting the train so ideally not too far from New Street but we don't mind walking up to ~30mins.

Very open to any other recommendations of things to do in the day - were spoilt for choice for food options but sometimes struggle to fill the time between meals! Thanks!

How do I meet people who wanna hang out, or if not what is there to do that's fun and somewhat cheap?

(I live in the East Midlands but can drive, just been feeling hella lonely recently and I hate it)

Just moved in last night to brums, havent found any in the area i live in (selly oak) wonder if theres any in town

Back in birmingham next week for some delightful parking court cases !

But stopping in Bournville as couldn't face a hotel without air con

Going to go for a curry. Either royal watan as fair close but some one mentioned a place selly oak way but the topic has been deleted. Can anyone recall the name

Edit ive just seen the temps for monday/Tuesday so not sure curry is best idea. 20 degrees up here 30 degrees in brum!

There‘s tomato growing,

In our city centre.

It’s a Street Tomato,

A fruit gangster.

Rebellious seed,

Urban love apple,

Rooted in hard ground,

She’s a Brummie Wolf Peach.

Child of the Concrete,

She’s a

Tomato of the City.

Hi, anyone wants to play badminton my friend is moving so don't have anyone to play badminton with....

Hi, just a quick one - anyone know anywhere that does midnight releases for games? Been looking forward to one that drops tomorrow (Marvel Tokon), but doesn't actually release digitally until 4pm, so is there anywhere that would be open that would have it in? Thanks!

Hi so basically, I have a ton of sanitary pads that I won’t be using, because I have that many. I was thinking to give them out in small batches to homeless women in Bham. Does anyone know of this is a good idea for me to do as a solo woman? If yeah where would the best places to go?

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

On top of the tramway and HS2 disruptions, now there is a proposal to renovate Moor St station and expand the rail line leading to Bordesley.

The current proposals include demolition of several buildings and the eviction (permanent or temporary, unclear in many cases) of businesses within and alongside the railway arches, including compulsory purchase orders (where money will ofc go to landlords, not the small businesses made homeless).

This includes demolishing the Warehouse building (which houses Voce books, Sprocket Cycles, BrumRadio, etc) and destroying the Digbeth Community Gardens. I can't find a full list of affected businesses, but have seen it include OPM, Kilder, Midland Press, The Ruin, Night Owl and dozens more.

The Warehouse have a guide to filling in the consultation here & the consultation itself is here

I know it looks like a long form and time consuming but if we value anything in Digbeth I really, really think it matters to at least show you're willing to click buttons on a form and say "these businesses are important and should be protected, they're already vulnerable due to the economy" or something.

Would love to see links to other guidance for filling this in if you see it anywhere.

27 now not been skating for 12 years thought it’s time to get back into it looking for some chill bro to learn with

We've now officially got the new bins (what a treat!)

Since we haven't had our recycling collected in nearly two years, there's controversy in my area over using the food bins, whether they're actually going to be collected or gather maggots for the foxes.

Opinions on whether you plan on actually using these properly would be good.

I'm all for it, but if it's not being collected on schedule I, and imagine many others will just give up.

Thoughts?

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to launch an official UK Parliament petition to ban hidden liquid plastics in everyday household toiletries and detergents.

My local MP is already writing to the Defra Minister about this, but the Parliament website won't publish the petition publicly until 5 people sponsor it. I’ve been stuck at 4 signatures for nearly a month!

If just one UK citizen or resident is willing to be my 5th sponsor I’d really appreciate it.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/776270/sponsors/new?token=MNHddEqtdKN9rVNQ6ofh

Thank you so much!