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  15,000 step out for Birmingham half marathon

  October 25, 2011 / Local News, Local Sport, What's On in...

  Birmingham was awash with a sea of colourful superheroes, cuddly animals and  even giant fruit yesterday as thousands of runners donned costumes to raise cash  for charity. Some 60,000 supporters lined the streets to cheer on the runners in the Bupa Great Birmingham Run which was screened live on Channel Five. Many were there to catch a glimpse of Ethiopian running legend Haile Gebrselassie, who won the race with a time of 61 minutes and 29 seconds. A host of elite [...]

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  Modern art centre for Birmingham city centre launched

  October 25, 2011 / Going Out in..., Learning in..., Living In..., Local Lifestyle, Local News, Visiting..., What's On in...

  Birmingham’s leading modern art gallery is set to launch a second venue at the heart of a new city centre creative industries village. The Ikon 2 is one of three new galleries to be based around a new square  outside the historic Curzon Street Station at Eastside. A neighbouring museum of contemporary art and  exhibition space will be launched with works from leading artists and sculptors David Hockney, Anthony Gormley, Henry Moore, Francis Bacon and Bridget Riley under a scheme designed [...]

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