Top Birmingham City Council Stories
City’s white, working class areas to get help (Birmingham Post) Traditional white, working class neighbourhoods are to be targeted by new Government grants to counter a belief that they have been unfairly ignored. Cllr Alan Rudge quoted.
Villa Park and St Andrew’s hospitality just the ticket for Birmingham council (Birmingham Post – online edition) Birmingham City Council bosses have wined and dined corporate guests at 19 Villa Park and St Andrew’s matches in the last year as part of a £1.4million marketing and sponsorship deal with the Premiership clubs. Cllr Paul Tilsley quoted.
Council chiefs fear chance missed to raise cash from Anglo Saxon treasures (Birmingham Post – online edition) A City culture watchdog has launched an inquiry into Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery’s handling of the Staffordshire Hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure to see if money making opportunities were missed. Cllr Martin Mullaney quoted.
Birmingham New Street model to go on public display (Birmingham Post) A model of the future Birmingham New Street Station goes on display to the public today.
Birmingham boosted by Classic extension (Birmingham Post) Birmingham took a small but important step on the road to becoming a centre of excellence for tennis yesterday with the announcement that the AEGON Classic will remain in the city for at least another year. Meanwhile the council are working with the LTA and EPC to put together a deal that would transform not just the provision for the city but the shape of the whole sport in England.
Architects are appointed for Longbridge scheme (Birmingham Post) The £100million redevelopment of a new town centre for Longbridge has taken another step forward with the appointment of architects for the scheme.
Birmingham forges links with Jamaica (The Gleaner) Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby returned from a hugely successful trip to Jamaica confidently predicting a bright future for business, sporting and cultural links with the Caribbean island.
Regional Headlines
Serious fall in standards at Midlands hospitals (Birmingham Post) Standards at more than a third of NHS hospitals and health trusts in the West Midlands have deteriorated dramatically in the past year, prompting urgent warnings that managers are putting more effort into finances than patient care.
Life prisoner absconds on visit
A prisoner serving a life sentence for murder has absconded while on an escorted visit to a town centre.
Police officer charged with rape
A West Midlands Police officer has been charged with rape. The Crown Prosecution Service said Sgt Nicholas Clarke, 48, had been charged with one count of rape.
Road closed after chemical spill
A road in the West Midlands was cordoned off after a chemical spill. Six fire engines were called after hydrochloric acid from a plastic tank on the back of a lorry leaked onto Queen Street in Walsall.
National Headlines
Watchdog vows to get tough on NHS
One in eight NHS trusts has been told it must urgently improve the care it provides, by a new regulator publishing ratings on England’s 392 trusts.
Speaker backs expenses repayments
Commons Speaker John Bercow has signalled his support for backdated caps on MPs’ expenses, despite anger among many politicians.
Child abuse reviews ‘inadequate’
More than a third of official inquiries into the most serious cases of child abuse in England are inadequate, the official watchdog Ofsted has warned.
UK’s car crime hotspots revealed
Car owners in parts of London, County Durham, Yorkshire and Manchester are most likely to have their vehicles stolen or broken into, a study says.
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