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Sonny Rackham

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Birmingham
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Covers:  Hospitality, art, music, culture, history.
Doesn't Cover: There's a story in everything.
News reporter @bromstandard @redstand @malvernobserver. Featured in @dailymirror @birmingham_live @businesslive. sonny.rackham@bullivantmedia.com

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Sonny Rackham’s Biography

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Journalism student on award winning NCTJ course at City of Wolverhampton College.

Experienced hospitality manager at The Colmore Tap on Colmore Row, named in the top 4 best craft beer bars in the UK at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) Business Awards 2022.

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CBSO revive relaxed concerts for SEN children and adults

CBSO revive relaxed concerts for SEN children and adults

For over one hundred years City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has been at the heart of musical excellence …

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Restaurant boss hits back after customer tries to get him to pay parking fine

Restaurant boss hits back after customer tries to get him to pay parking fine

A restaurant boss has offered a diner a bus pass - after the cheeky customer tried to get him to pay a motori…

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City pub shortlisted for independent craft beer gong

City pub shortlisted for independent craft beer gong

A Birmingham city centre pub has been shortlisted for UK's best independent craft beer bar. The Colmore on Co…

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Brummie boasts one of the world's biggest collections - of beer mats

Brummie boasts one of the world's biggest collections - of beer mats

A swift pint in a Belgian pub with his dad sparked a life-long fascination for Birmingham's Tim Stannard. Whi…

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Hundreds of cyclists flood streets of Birmingham for Dom Whiting's Drum and Bass On The Bike

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By Sonny Rackham Verified
| wolvcoll.ac.uk
Hundreds of cyclists took to the streets of Birmingham on Easter Sunday for DJ, Dom Whiting’s latest drum and bass community bike ride. The 26 year old from Buckinghamshire live-streams his drum and bass DJ sets whilst riding a tricycle fitted with a mixing deck and loud speakers. The events started in March 2021 with a solo ride in Marlow, Buckinghamshire and has led to Dom touring the UK and internationally, riding with hundreds, if not thousands of people.
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UK's disability pay gap widened to 13.8% in 2021

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By Sonny Rackham Verified
| wolvcoll.ac.uk
The UK’s disability pay gap grew slightly to 13.8% in 2021, up 0.3% on the previous year. According to new data, released by the Office for National Statistics, disabled employees are on average £1.93 an hour worse off than non-disabled employees. The data, collected from the ONS Annual Population Survey and the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, placed average hourly earnings at £12.10 for disabled employees and £14.03 for non-disabled employees.
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Beatboxer Chonky Beatz appeals against busking ban issued by Birmingham City Council

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By Sonny Rackham Verified
| wolvcoll.ac.uk
A beatboxing busker will appeal against an abatement notice preventing him from performing in Birmingham. The indefinite notice was served to John Hicks-Spencer, 33, by the city council on December 10 at Lower Temple Street. It said he caused a statutory nuisance defined as a “noise that is prejudicial to health or a nuisance and is emitted from or caused by a vehicle, machinery, or equipment in the street”.
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