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American Airlines are launching direct flights from Birmingham Airport to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. The first one will departure on 8 May 2015. Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport CEO expects this to bring more tourists into our region as well as strengthening business […]
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Aston Villa’s Kicks programme has inspired major league soccer club, Chicago Fire to set up a similar programme stateside. The Chicago club visited Aston Villa in February 2014 and was extremely impressed by Aston Villa’s approach of engaging young people in ‘at risk’ geographic areas in […]
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Dr Naren Basu, of the University of Birmingham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, has been selected to take part in the annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium in Chicago, one of Birmingham’s sister cities. The symposium, which attracts 800 physicians, is an annual professional educational event […]
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Some great reviews of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group’s performances have been publicised in the Washington Post last month. On 8th and 11th April, the Music Group was on stage at the Library of Congress where they played various pieces by Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Britten and Bridge, […]
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The Association discussed the city’s involvement in North America as well as current and future projects concerning the four areas of education, culture and sport, public service and business and trade. The Association also discussed the forthcoming visit from the Chicago Consul General. More details about […]