Top Birmingham City Council Stories
Tory minister condemns £100,000-a-year councillors (Sunday Telegraph) Article refers to Leader of Birmingham City Council Mike Whitby’s annual pay.
Boycott call over ‘ugly’ Brummie jibe (Birmingham Mail) Birmingham City Council Deputy Leader Paul Tilsley has urged Brummies to boycott the Sun after Britain’s biggest-selling national newspaper reported that Birmingham people are ugly.
City boss’ fury at long phone call (Birmingham Mail) Birmingham City Council Deputy Leader Paul Tilsley has admitted flying into a rage when he phoned the city’s new call centre and was kept waiting.
Nesting falcons delay tower block demolition (PA Newswire and various regional publications) Work to demolish a tower block in Birmingham has been delayed after a pair or peregrine falcons set up home on the building’s roof. http://birminghamnewsroom.com/?p=11585
Raw sewage found at pizza takeaway (Birmingham Mail) The owner of a filthy Birmingham pizza takeaway and his wife have each been fined £2,000 after city council health officers found raw sewage in their backyard.
Bosses defend £65k job ads (Birmingham Mail) The council-funded body responsible for promoting Birmingham (Marketing Birmingham) has been accused of ignoring the Government’s public spending clampdown – by advertising for three new officials at £65,000-a-year each.
Bowled over by inquiry into cricket (Birmingham Mail) Cricket is set to fall under the spotlight of a council inquiry – with the aim of promoting the sport, improving facilities and increasing the numbers taking part.
Rethink move as culture bid fails (Birmingham Mail) Council chiefs were today sifting through the ashes of their failed culture capital bid to see what can be salvaged. http://birminghamnewsroom.com/?p=11577
Fury over cuts in trading standards (Birmingham Mail, Birmingham Post.net) Birmingham’s trading standards boss has launched a scathing attack over budget cuts which it is feared could fuel a rise in illegal activity in the city.
Birmingham: Lord Patten visits site of Papal Mass (Independent Catholic News) Lord Patten of Barnes, the Prime Minister’s personal representative for the State Visit of Pope Benedict XVI visited Birmingham to view preparations for the Papal Mass and Beatification of Cardinal Newman at Cofton Park on Sunday 19 September. Cllr Alan Rudge quoted. http://birminghamnewsroom.com/?p=11509
Regional Headlines
Dudley protest collision ‘not deliberate’
The English Defence League held a protest on Saturday in Dudley There was nothing to suggest a collision in which six people were hurt near an English Defence League protest was deliberate, police have said.
Man charged following Bilston wedding guest death
Thomas Berry, 34, died during a fight A 22-year-old man has been charged with murder after a wedding guest was stabbed during a brawl outside a Black Country pub.
National Headlines
David Cameron to launch Tories’ ‘big society’ plan
Prime Minister David Cameron is set to launch his “big society” drive later.
Teachers to protest over school building cuts
Teachers, councillors and pupils are joining a Westminster rally over the axing of England’s school rebuilding programme.
Servicemen killed in explosions in Afghanistan named
Three British servicemen killed in Afghanistan within 24 hours of each other have been named by the Ministry of Defence.
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