Graham Young

Public transport is massively failing the squeeze on cars. The next flu pandemic could wipe out thousands of hard-working Brummies! @BrumLeader @BhamCityCouncil @andy4wm @WestMidRailway @chilternrailway @VirginTrains @birmingham_live birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…

@officialKeef @Rubthedub S I d

The big test awaits! How, where and when to see the four marathons in the Commonwealth Games on Sat, Jul 30. Will the men's 26.2 mile record from 1974 be broken or will Brum's route be too hilly?! @birmingham_live @CityLife_Bham @MyJQ @birminghamcg22 birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats…

How the #B2022 opening ceremony's finale fireworks lit up the Council House for thousands watching the Big Screen in Victoria Square. And linked to mascot Perry for some sport! @birminghamcg22 @birmingham_live @CityLife_Bham @andy4wm @BhamCityCouncil birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats…

A brilliant highlights reel... Well done, Birmingham. The glittering star of the greatest show on Earth. @birminghamcg22 @BhamCityCouncil @BrumLeader @andy4wm @birmingham_live @CityLife_Bham @tonyiommi @LennyHenry @Malala

Top work at 10.45pm! Fixing a Colmore Row pothole for the marathon runners on Saturday... @birmingham_live @ColmoreBID @BhamCityCouncil @birminghamcg22

Now that was a party - success in the bags! Victoria Square during the opening ceremony of @birminghamcg22 #B2022 @birmingham_live @CityLife_Bham @MeganArcherFox @Bozzers

Fantastic fireworks finale in Victoria Square at the end of the opening ceremony of @birminghamcg22 #B2022 @birmingham_live @CityLife_Bham @MeganArcherFox @Bozzers @DaynaFarrington @1ZoeChamberlain @rebeccaastill_ @RobsonMcC @graeme_brown @marcreeves @sarahprobert

Beautiful night sky over Victoria Square during the opening ceremony of @birminghamcg22 #B2022 @birmingham_live @CityLife_Bham @MeganArcherFox

He's back: #Tiswas legend @LennyHenry on the big screen in Victoria Square during the opening ceremony of @birminghamcg22 #B2022 But no sign of the Phantom Flan Flinger... Shame! @birmingham_live @CityLife_Bham @MeganArcherFox

Thousands of people here: More stunning scenes from Victoria Square during the opening ceremony of @birminghamcg22 with @tonyiommi @Malala @LennyHenry and... a very famous bull in the ring! @birmingham_live @CityLife_Bham @MeganArcherFox @BlackSabbath

Danny Boyle 2012 'vs' Steven Knight 2022. So lucky to know them both... Fantastic scenes in Victoria Square during the opening ceremony of @birminghamcg22 Wouldn't have missed it for the world. @birminghamcg22 @birmingham_live @CityLife_Bham @MeganArcherFox

Lips aren't in sync on the big screen in Victoria Square but Denise Lewis still looks like she could win a gold medal @birminghamcg22 @birmingham_live @CityLife_Bham @MeganArcherFox

Let the @birminghamcg22 fun begin! The scene in Victoria Square shortly before the opening ceremony... @birmingham_live @CityLife_Bham @MeganArcherFox @BhamCityCouncil

An incredible opportunity lost - as @birminghamcg22 begins, The Crown on Station St remains dark after eight years. Only the birthplace of heavy metal. @BlackSabbath @OzzyOsbourne @tonyiommi @GerardButler @birmingham_live @TheOldRep @ElectricBham birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…

It's here! And it's time to get the party started... @birmingham_live @CityLife_Bham @birminghamcg22 @BhamCityCouncil

"This will also affect services on the mornings of 28 and 31." In other words, does @WestMidRailway think it is more important than @birminghamcg22 and the enormous effort so many have put into making them the best that they can be?

@birminghamcg22 If only @WestMidRailway had got the same clear message from @BrumLeader and @andy4wm et al. Some folks are still waiting for the first train on the city's big day... but the great thing is, the next 11 days will brilliant regardless. @birminghamcg22 birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats…

Good morning, Birmingham. It feels like a good day to show the world what this city's about. Shall we? #B2022

The sorry state of Selly Oak when it comes burglaries. Students... look after your belongings. @unibirmingham @birmingham_live @andy4wm @SimonFoster4PCC @WMPolice birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…

Perry and Lenny - it's love at first sight! The Commonwealth Games mascot, created in Bolton by Emma Lou, now 12, and Tiswas legend Lenny Henry in Birmingham. Smiles all round! @birmingham_live @CityLife_Bham Lenny on our Facebook Live by @RobsonMcC facebook.com/birmingham.liv…

Great to see the always-cheerful city film producer Vinod Mahindru enjoying holding the Queen's Baton for @birminghamcg22 during our second brilliant FacebookLive today by @RobsonMcC @andy4wm @birmingham_live @CityLife_Bham #entry2979528" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats… facebook.com/birmingham.liv…