Top Birmingham City Council Stories
Head of Children’s Social Care Colin Tucker appeared on BBC Radio WM – discussing tonight’s Inside Out programme which claims the system is loaded against the learning disabled who are more likely to lose their children than keep them. Talked about low morale nationally among social workers and the need for continued improvements in social care.
Big wheel returns to Birmingham (Birmingham Post online) The foundations of Birmingham’s big wheel were laid last night in preparation for the return of the popular tourist attraction.
Birmingham City Council workers honoured at awards ceremony (Birmingham Post online) Birmingham City Council workers have been publicly recognised for their efforts at an awards ceremony in Birmingham.
Remembrance Sunday service at Centenary Square draws hundreds (Birmingham Post online) Birmingham’s fallen soldiers and those serving in current conflicts were honoured in a moving ceremony on Remembrance Sunday.
How many more cases like Khyra? (Sunday Mercury, November 
Social workers are yet again failing to protect families from being torn apart and children at risk of harm from abusive parents. Ofsted inspectors have ruled that the services provided by social workers at Cafcass in Birmingham and the Black Country and ‘inadequate’.
Praise for child care changes (Birmingham Mail, November 7) A campaign group set up in the wake of Baby Peter’s death has praised improvements made by Birmingham’s children’s services department.
New cycle centre for golf course (Birmingham Mail, November 6) A loss making municipal golf course is on track to get a new lease of life as a cycling centre for the city. Cllr Martin Mullaney quoted.
Closure of golf course blasted (Birmingham Mail, November 7) The devastated chairman of Hilltop Golf Club has blasted the city council for not carrying out a consultation process before making the decision to close the course.
Work to start on £12m pool (Birmingham Mail, November 6) Building work can now begin on Birmingham’s first new swimming pool for more than 20 years after city planners gave the scheme the thumbs up.
Regional Headlines
Parents losing children in ‘loaded system’
Against a background of prejudice and out-of-date assessments, six out of 10 parents with learning disabilities are having their children removed for adoption, research by Bristol University suggests.
Cadbury awaits latest Kraft move
UK confectioner Cadbury will soon find out if it will be the target of a hostile bid by would-be US suitor Kraft Foods.
‘Brum Eye’ is to return to city
A 60m-high Ferris wheel is to return to the centre of Birmingham after a three-year absence.
National Headlines
Mother attacks PM sympathy letter
Downing Street has defended the way the prime minister writes to bereaved families after a dead soldier’s mother said Gordon Brown misspelled his name.
Claims of sex abuse by women grow
A huge rise in the number of children calling to report sexual abuse by women has been revealed by ChildLine.
Funeral for nurse killed in 1979
A funeral will be held later for a British nurse who died 30 years ago in Saudi Arabia.
Lottery £90m winners’ details due
The National Lottery’s operator is to announce whether the winners of the UK’s largest-ever lottery prize are individuals or part of a syndicate.
PM at Berlin Wall commemoration
Gordon Brown will pay tribute to “the unbreakable spirit of men and women who dared to dream” at an event marking 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell.
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