VR: Experience Andy Street being elected as West Midlands Metro Mayor
Conservative candidate Andy Street has been elected the Metro Mayor for the West Midlands. Relive the announcement in 360-degree video and VR in the videos below:
View ArticleVR: Free comic book day in Birmingham
Birmingham’s two biggest comic book stores took part in the annual world free comic book day on May 6th 2017. We captured the atmosphere from both Nostalgia Comics and Forbidden planet. The video below...
View ArticleAUDIO: Why aren’t young people in Birmingham voting?
Around 400,000 students in the UK have yet to register to vote, with under 30% of Birmingham’s young voters in particular voting in the EU Referendum late last year. As a general election approaches...
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Instagram carousel: what are the West Midlands mayoral candidates’ policies?
We’ve used Instagram’s new carousel feature to round up everything you need to know about the six candidates vying to become mayor of the new West Midlands Combined Authority: James Burn of the Green...
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Instagram interview: Liberal Democrat West Midlands Mayor candidate Beverley...
We interviewed three of the candidates for the West Midlands Mayor using Instagram’s new carousel feature (other candidates did not agree to approaches for interviews). In the first of the series, we...
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Instagram interview: UKIP’s West Midlands Mayor candidate Pete Durnell
We interviewed three of the candidates for the West Midlands Mayor using Instagram’s new carousel feature (other candidates did not agree to approaches for interviews). In the second of the series, we...
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Instagram interview: West Midlands Mayor candidate Graham Stevenson...
We interviewed three of the candidates for the West Midlands Mayor using Instagram’s new carousel feature (other candidates did not agree to approaches for interviews). In the last of the series, we...
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Instagram carousel: What powers will the new West Midlands mayor have?
As polls open for the mayor of the new West Midlands Combined Authority, we’ve used Instagram carousel to outline what you need to know about the powers that the new mayor will have. Below we explain...
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West Midlands mayoral election: our Instagram coverage as it happened
We covered the West Midlands mayoral election live from the count using Instagram and its new carousel feature (make sure to swipe to see all the images in these!). Below you can find some of the...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn’s Birmingham rally: 360 degree video
Jeremy Corbyn held a rally in Birmingham’s Eastside Park yesterday – here’s 360 degree video of the event as it happened. (The videos below are compatible with most VR headsets and mobile devices...
View ArticleThe VR /AR Association launches its Birmingham Chapter
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View ArticleAs it happened: Election 2017 LIVE!
We had reporters in five different counts across Birmingham covering events throughout the night as the 2017 General Election unfolded: on Facebook, on Twitter and Instagram @bhameastside – all our...
View Article#UKvotes17: Our Facebook Live stream as it happened
We broadcast live on Facebook throughout the night as results came in and our reporters updated from counts across Birmingham. You can replay our live streams from midnight to 6am embedded below or on...
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#UKVotes17 as it happened on Instagram
We spent election night publishing to Twitter, Facebook — and Instagram. Below we’ve embedded the Instagram updates our reporters posted from the counts for Selly Oak, Erdington, Yardley and Northfield...
View ArticleTwitter Moment: #UKvotes17 highlights from the @bhameastside team
If you missed the live election coverage from the #UKVotes17 team at @bhameastside don’t worry — we pulled some of the best tweets into a Twitter Moment. #UKvotes17
View ArticleInstagram Story: #UKvotes17 as it happened
On the night of 2017’s General Election reporters for Birmingham Eastside posted updates from a live studio broadcast, as well as counts across the city, to a single Instagram story on the...
View Article#Rethink2017: Watch all three live streams of the day’s key moments
We broadcast live on Periscope throughout today’s #Rethink2017 media conference. You can replay any of our three live streams below for the next 24 hours. Keynote from Tim Plyming at...
View ArticleTwitter Moment: highlights of #Rethink2017
We live tweeted throughout the day at the Birmingham media industry conference #Rethink2017. In a special Twitter Moment we’ve brought together some of the highlights of the day on Twitter. #Rethink2017
View ArticleLive: Birmingham Comic Art Show
The Birmingham Comic Art festival is in its second year and is taking place at Birmingham City University’s Parkside Building. The festival day will feature many special guests from the comic book...
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