Top Birmingham City Council Stories
UK has officially come out of recession (Financial Times,BBC WM, BBC News) Recession is technically over in the West Midlands, according to Birmingham Chamber of Commerce. BCC estimates that the regional economy will shrink by 0.2 percentage points more than the national average during 2009.
Birmingham seals deal to host US track team (Birmingham Post) Birmingham showed the speed off the starting blocks of Usain Bolt and the stamina of Paula Radcliffe to bring United States athletics team to the city to prepare for 2012 Olympics in a deal worth an estimated £9 million. Council Leader Mike Whitby quoted.
A summit is to be held to discuss how to ensure the Staffordshire Hoard receives a permanent home in the West Midlands (BBC WM, BBC Birmingham online)
Planning push for city vertical theme park (Birmingham Post) A crucial announcement on project funding for the world’s first purpose-built vertical theme park line up for Birmingham is set to be made in the New Year. Planning application to be submitted in Spring 2010.
Regional Headlines
Cross Country commuters in Warwickshire and Birmingham face a second morning of disruption due to vandalism.
Unions attack an announcement by the Forensic Science Service that it will close its Birmingham laboratory.
National Headlines
BNP leader Nick Griffin uses his Question Time appearance to criticise Islam and defend a past head of the Ku Klux Klan.
Children’s services in Cornwall have been condemned as “inadequate” in a detailed report by Ofsted inspectors.
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