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Lady Gaga Christmas Flash Mob Starring Richard Bacon

See the moment where news reporter Robin Powell is interrupted during a live report in Birmingham by an army of rogue, dancing santas. Fronted by TV personality, Richard Bacon and in aid of us!

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The Blues give a Christmas gift to our children!

Patients, families and staff had a lovely surprise yesterday when Birmingham Children’s Hospital had a visit from Birmingham City Football Club players.

Members of the first team squad took time out of their busy Christmas training schedules to visit patients, pose for photographs, sign autographs and give presents to patients who will be in hospital for Christmas. It is part of their ‘Blues Give a Gift’ campaign.

Louise McCathie, Head of Fundraising at Birmingham Children’s Hospital said:

“We were delighted that the Blues came to visit us here at the hospital to give out gifts. They have been visiting us for several years now but this was the best visit by far! They put smiles back on the faces of our patients, as well as their parents and staff.”

Family lawyers bring cheer to local charities

Local charities including Birmingham Children’s Hospital, received a combined donation of over £2500 at the Resolution West Midlands and Family Law Bar Association’s twelfth Charity Christmas Reception, held at St Philips Chambers in Birmingham on 8th December.

The joint annual event was attended by over 200 solicitors, barristers, judges, and court staff as well as guests from the wider business community. It gave the West Midlands’ family law community a chance to raise funds for the three local charities in a relaxed environment.

Sponsored by Barclays Wealth, Probe Investigations, Towry and Trimega Labs, the reception was also a culmination of year long events hosted by Resolution, a group of over 6,000 family lawyers in England and Wales, who are committed to resolving family disputes in a non-confrontational way.

Philip Barnsley, chair of Resolution in the West Midlands and a partner at Higgs & Sons Solicitors, said: “The evening provided an ideal opportunity for Resolution to thank its members, along with other family lawyers and professionals for all their efforts over the last year, as well as focussing on the challenges in this area of law, whilst also raising money for Birmingham Children’s Hospital.”

Fidelis Hynam, Corporate Partnerships Manager at the hospital concluded: “Resolution has been supporting the hospital for a number of years. This year’s donation will help to refurbish our outdated Emergency Department, which sees over 40,000 young patients a year. There are currently no funds within our NHS budget to complete the refurbishment so are extremely grateful for Resolution’s ongoing support to help us help the region’s children’.