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Author: Matthew Farrington
Matty Le, the captain of the mixed martial arts (MMA) society at University of Birmingham(UOB), is confident the sport is ready to be adopted by the governing body of all university sports, BUCS. This comes after seven universities competed in a large scale MMA competition organised by UOB, at the H suite last Sunday. Competing in it were; the University of Birmingham, the University of Bristol, the University of Nottingham, University College London, York University, Cardiff University and Oxford university. As the sport of MMA isn’t governed and funded by BUCS, the event cost the University of Birmingham’s MMA society…
Nearly £20,000 has been raised for charity from a boxing event organised by a Birmingham gym. The event was organised by the charity Ultra Events and the Sutton Coldfield gym, Boudica Boxing, taking place at Aston Villa’s Holte suite on March 26. A total of £18,302 was raised by volunteers, which was donated to Cancer Research UK. In a series of white-collar boxing bouts, novice volunteers from across Birmingham had the chance to train and fight for charity. Each participant was given an eight-week training camp to prepare for their bouts. Head coach of Boudica Boxing, John Ryan, who helped train…
Birmingham’s mental health hospitals are underfunded and understaffed despite increasing pressure on them, claims an NHS Healthcare Assistant. An NHS Women’s Mental Healthcare Assistant in Birmingham outlined just how in danger the mental health services are. She has opted to stay anonymous to negate any risk of her being fired for speaking out. Photo by gorden murah surabaya from Pexels She said: “we are underfunded both within hospitals and even more in the community. “There’s a lack of suitable accommodation properties to discharge patients from wards. “Patients are not supported well enough on discharge thus, ‘the revolving door’ effect occurs…