Benjamin Zephaniah

There have been tributes across the city since the poet and Brummie legend died in 2023, aged 65.

Sixty-five poems are read out before being attached to trees in the writer's memory.

The council says Zephaniah was "a man of compassion who never forgot the community that shaped him”.

The founding members of Black Sabbath are set to receive the Freedom of Birmingham.

The heavy metal band and late poet are seen as core parts of Birmingham's cultural heritage.

The 65 trees will be planted in a park to honour the poet who died in December.

Zephaniah's wife and the university where he was a professor announce plans for an event in April.