News - North & South America

On the 15th of August 2017, the world celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the Partition of India. In 1947, India became divided from British India and a new country- Pakistan was formed. This changed the lives of the citizens of this great continent. To mark […]

We are pleased to announce that Distinctly Birmingham will be supporting Waterfront’s Transport-Led Development in the Midlands 2017, which takes place in Birmingham on the 14th November. Since the release of Midlands Connect’s 25-year strategy, HS2’s Royal Assent and the election of the West Midland’s […]

There is some good news for travellers who would like to visit United States more often. In May 2018, low cost airlines Primera Air will start transatlantic flights to New York and Boston from Birmingham Airport. News are good not only for business people, who […]

40 young sports enthusiasts from Birmingham took part in the 2017 Europod exchange programme in Frankfurt between 1st – 7th July. Sport Birmingham co-ordinated Birmingham’s involvement in the Europod exchange for the second successive year, doubling the number of young people involved from the city […]

Plans to support the bid to bring the 2022 Commonwealth Games to the city continue apace. Last week, the University of Birmingham backed the Birmingham 2022 bid – with plans for new squash courts and hockey pitches to become competition venues as part of the […]