Burn FM Sport were lucky enough to be invited to a spectacular tour of the University of Birmingham’s new £55million Sport and Fitness club before its official opening on 22nd May The clubs opening has been eagerly anticipated by all members of the Birmingham Community. On the tour, I was accompanied by Burn FM Sport’s …Read More
Conservative candidate and former John Lewis boss Andy Street has been elected as the metro Mayor for the West Midlands, it was announced last Friday. The result follows the local elections held on Thursday 4th May, which were the first of their kind since 1981. The vote followed calls for devolution of power from Westminster …Read More
Cricket correspondent, Oli Lathrope, reports from Edgbaston where Warwickshire were beaten at home by Lancashire in the Royal London One Day Cup, losing by 26 runs. Captain Croft sinks Bears Steven Croft’s magnificent 123 off just 78 balls was the catalyst for Lancashire as they picked up their first win in this year’s Royal London One …Read More
Re-Live Burn FM Sport’s live blog as Warwickshire played host to Lancashire in the Royal London One Day Cup today. The Bears were desperate for a win after a poor start to their 2017 campaign, will the reigning champions get back to winning ways today? Ian Bell won the toss and elected to BOWL first. Lancashire …Read More
Cricket correspondent, Oli Lathrope, reports from Edgbaston where Warwickshire suffered their first defeat of this year’s One Day Cup campaign, losing by 72 runs to Durham. A wonderful innings of 139 from Keaton Jennings inspired Durham to 2 73 run win over Warwickshire on bank holiday Monday at Edgbaston today. Due to overnight rain the match …Read More
A United States President’s first hundred days are incredibly important. It’s a statement of intent; the world’s first glimpse as to how the winning candidate will govern as Leader of the Free World. The term was coined by FDR in the thirties and it stuck, and in 2017 we still look to an American President’s …Read More
Theresa May has called a snap General Election for the 8th of June. This announcement follows her repeated claims that “the next election must be held in 2020”, yet the thin majority of 17 Mrs May holds within the house of commons has, it would appear, broken her resolve. The Prime minister declared that she …Read More
Better Mental Health – Better Lives Every year at The Vale Festival, the organisers select charities to support with 100% of the proceeds from the year’s ticket sales, having donated over £150,000 in years gone by. Since 2004 ValeFest, as Europe’s largest student-run charity music festival, has championed a number of worthy causes, last year being The …Read More
The birth of Brexit In 1994, a man named James Goldsmith was faced with a challenge. He had created a political party, and had but three years to nurture its persuasive prowess into rivalling the comparative titans of Labour and the Conservatives. Luckily, Goldsmith was a man of some means, a multi-millionaire in fact, and used …Read More
Every year at The Vale Festival, the organisers select charities to support with 100% of the proceeds from the year’s ticket sales, having donated over £150,000 in years gone by. Since 2004 ValeFest, as Europe’s largest student-run charity music festival, has championed a number of worthy causes, last year being The Birmingham Children’s Hospital and …Read More
