Three years since his sell out performance at Symphony Hall, the retro jazz-pop singer is back with the same intensity and a new album, Momentum, which The Independent has tipped as ‘maybe his best’.

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Picture Caption: L-R Keith Edwards corporate sales manager, Megan Adams, centre host, Niki Meller, sales administrator, Keeley Hanlon, sales administrator, and Ralph Bailey business centre manager

Customers and staff at a Birmingham car dealership will be swapping their cars for kitchens by holding a charity bake off to raise money to help fight breast cancer.

Lexus Birmingham, part of the Vantage Motor Group, will be holding the Great Pink Bake Off on Friday 18 October to raise money for national charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

Organised by centre host Megan Adams, who lost her sister Jill to breast cancer in 1998, the fundraiser will begin with a cake bake off event. This will see members of the public invited to submit their cake creations for judging by an expert panel which will include former Great British Bake Off contestant Natasha Springer and radio personality Ed Doolan MBE.

The bake off will take place at the dealership in Fort Dunlop from 11am to 3pm and there will be a host of events open to the public throughout the day including a bring and buy coffee morning and an afternoon raffle.

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England, 1914. As World War 1 begins, Joey, young Albert’s beloved horse, is sold to the Cavalry and shipped to France. But Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find and bring him home. A remarkable tale of courage, loyalty and friendship.

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Celebrating the very best of British Asian Music, the BATV awards will feature a spectacular variety of unseen performances and appearances from the biggest and very best names in the industry.

For tickets visit www.theticketfactory.com

Enjoy a month of family fun activities themed around transport in miniature. Highlights include miniature trains at The Great Electric Train show and a half term week with LEGO Technics drop in activities, a Children’s Digital Photography workshop, Halloween family crafts and miniature Steam Engine rides.

Visit www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk

The annual Midlands Fashion Awards, hosted by ITVs Lucy Kite are back. The event provides finalists with a launch pad to a successful career whilst visitors can mingle with the top fashion designers of the future. Every ticket holder will receive a stylish limited edition Midlands Fashion tote bag filled with goodies.

Visit www.midlandsfashionawards.co.uk

A Moseley family and their friends are putting on a fundraising event in memory of Vanessa Rose, a 46 year old wife and mother of two teenage girls who passed away last year from bone marrow cancer. The Remembering Vanessa Rose Show hopes to raise funds for local and national charities that were close to her heart, including Myeloma UK, Cure Leukaemia and St Mary’s Hospice. To kick-start the fundraising, the charity has arranged a comedy event featuring Edinburgh Fringe Festival hit, Double Booked. Billed as ‘Bridget Jones meets Outnumbered’ the one woman show, starring Ginny Davis, is suitable for both adults and teenagers. Karen Georgevic, a friend of Vanessa, said: “Vanessa was a big personality, who brought joy wherever she went. She did so much to help others and it is only apt that we keep her memory alive and continue to raise funds and support the causes that were dear to her. “This will be a great afternoon of fun and laughter, which would be just up Vanessa’s street, and we hope as many people come along as possible.”

Tickets cost £25 for adults and £20 for students, which includes afternoon tea.

Book online at http://www.ruddockpac.co.uk/ or tel:  0121 472 9585. The event is being staged at the Performing Arts Centre, King Edwards School, Edgbaston and doors open at 2pm.

Mrs Barbara Nice hosts the Women & Theatre’s annual comedy fund as the company celebrates its 30th Anniversary year. The comedy character’s creator is founder member, Janice Connelly who has starred in Phoenix Nights, Thin Ice and Max & Paddy.

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Previously known as the Birmingham Book Festival, this event run by Writing West Midlands has been a staple of the city’s autumn calendar for fifteen years. Using some of the city’s most interesting venues headline events include a specially commissioned lecture from Shami Chakrabarti and an ‘urban sermon’ on the subject of multiculturalism from Benjamin Zephaniah.

Visit www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org

Wing Yip’s Young Chef of the Year 2014 competition offers aspiring cooks the chance to showcase their culinary talent, develop their skills and win a once in a lifetime trip to Hong Kong. The competition is going nationwide this year and applicants aged between 18 and 25 years who are employed in the hospitality industry or training at college or university are invited to enter.

Entrants will be required to create an Oriental menu using ingredients of their choice. The panel of judges which includes TV Chef, Ching He Huang, Michelin-starred Birmingham chef, Glynn Purnell, and British Culinary Federation President Peter Griffiths, will put the finalists through their paces.

The competition will be judged in two stages: a paper-based entry for the first round (closing date 10 January 2014), followed by a competitive cook-off at the University College Birmingham on 21 February 2014.

The winners will be announced at an official awards dinner at the University College Birmingham following the competitive cook-off.

For details of how to enter visit www.wingyip.com