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The Phoenix Newspaper is proud to formally announce the Award Categories for 2015.  Your nominations will shape these awards, so please send your nominations in - details below!

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Lifetime Achievement Award

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Best Radio DJ/ Presenter 2015

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Best Place of Worship 2015

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Charity of the Year 2015

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Community Outreach/Volunteer Award 2015

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Special Achievement Award 2015

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Business & Enterprise Award 2015

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Sports Achiever 2015

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Best Eatery 2015

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Beauty & Lifestyle Award 2015
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Today, Saturday May 16, sees participants from around the country gather at Birmingham's Bullring, to mark National Good Gestures Day 2015.

The General and Local Elections took place last week but the voting’s not over – people now have the chance to cast their vote for the Birmingham’s Community Flag.

A growing number of time-pressed Britons say they can no longer find the time to start every day with a proper breakfast. As a result, many have revealed that going hungry leaves them tired, moody and affects the quality of their work, according to a nationwide survey by leading oat producer, Flahavan’s.

West Midlands Housing Association, Nehemiah UCHA has recently won a competitive bid process to take over the running of approx. 80 properties including 2 retirement schemes from London based Central & Cecil (C&C) Housing Association located across Birmingham and Coventry.

John Cummings spent 16 years turning an old plantation in Louisiana into a slavery memorial. This year, the Whitney Plantation opened its doors to the public for the first time in its 262 year history, as the only plantation museum in Louisiana with a focus on slavery.

The conference and workshops – 'Driving challenges and choices for older people' – take place on Friday 26th June at the Mobility Roadshow, and are co-hosted by Age UK, The Forum of Mobility Centres and Mobility Choice (the charity that organises the Mobility Roadshow).

Wheelchair users who wished to exercise their right to cast their vote in person may have been discouraged from doing so by a lack of online information about the access arrangements of polling stations, a new study by the charity Revitalise has found.

In the wake of an upsurge in incidents of abuse against children, One Step Forward Consultancy, a UK based Social Work company and the Victoria Climbie Foundation are to stage an International Safeguarding Children Conference in Jamaica during Child Month, which will bring together stakeholders from the UK, United States and the Caribbean.

The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Shafique Shah, led the way as thousands of sore feet pounded the streets of the second city in the inaugural Morrison’s Great Birmingham 10k race.

Birmingham will mark the 70^th anniversary of VE Day with a family day of World War Two-themed activities in Centenary Square on Friday, May 8^th.

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a daughter at 8.34am yesterday morning, the baby weighs 8lbs 3oz and both Her Royal Highness and her child are doing well.

Almost eight in ten British people support the use of renewable energy to provide the UK's electricity, fuel and heat, according to the latest figures from the Department for Energy and Climate Change

From matchmaking mates to setting up a dating profile for a pal, when it comes to love, a little extra help from our friends can go a long way. However, Londoner Maddy Anholt is appealing to the wider community to fund her fledgling love life and help her take her search for Mr Right international. 

FightMe, the video challenge app launches its crowd funding scheme. The pioneering challenge-based app aimed at creating social movements through meaningful video interaction, has today launched its first crowd-funding scheme, which signals a tipping point for app development funding.