Top Birmingham City Council Stories:
Investment could flow from Jamaica link-up (Birmingham Post p17)
Talks on cultural and business link up with Jamaica high on the agenda as Cllr Whitby begins four day visit to the Caribbean. Cllr Whitby will also be a dinner guest of Usain Bolt’s mother, as Lord Coe praises city’s efforts to reap rewards from 2012.
City planning row that keeps big screen silent (Birmingham Post p19)
10 months after being submitted planning application to turn on the Victoria Sq big screen is still ‘in the system’ with no prospect of being heard – with sources claiming it is because objections were so compelling as to make case for rejection seemingly overwhelming.
Crafts make sparks fly (The Independent – education supplement)
Birmingham used as an example of an education authority where closer links with professional artists and craftsmen reverse the trend of dwindling interest among pupils in traditional craft/art disciplines.
Care homes going under the hammer (Birmingham Post p34)
Auctioneer predicting strong interest as four Birmingham and Black County former care homes are up for auction. He says units are too small from BCC to make economically viable due to overheads. Sites for sale include Victoria Yates Home, Hockley; 137 Kingsbury Rd, Erdington and 45 Sutton Rd, Erdington.
Birmingham likely to sign up to CO2 cut (Birmingham Post p42)
BCC likely to sign up to Government new 10:10 campaign (to cut CO2 emission by 10% by 2010) especially since it is already working to targets which are equally/more challenging in any case.
Regional Headlines:
Takeover authority tells Kraft Foods it must either make a takeover bid for Cadbury within a month, or be forced to wait a further six months to consider it again.
Coventry taxi maker MBH is to cut jobs after a 9% fall in sales
National Headlines:
Indonesia death toll passes 450
The UK’s biggest manufacturer, BAE Systems, is set to face charges over alleged bribery, which could cost it up to £1bn.
Judges who will form a new Supreme Court in the UK are set to be sworn in a major milestone in British legal history
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