Top Birmingham City Council Stories
Peace at ASBO OAP complex (Birmingham Mail) Birmingham City Council has despatched a team of peacemakers to a sheltered housing complex where they threatened residents with ASBOs after they had a party.
Staffs Hoard still a golden draw for city (Birmingham Mail) Almost a year since the discovery in a farmer’s field, the Staffordshire Hoard is still attracting 1,000 visitors a day to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. http://birminghamnewsroom.com/?p=11834
Closed baths set to reopen (Birmingham Mail) Newtown swimming baths in inner-city Birmingham will reopen on August 16 following the completion of a £170,000 repairs programme. http://birminghamnewsroom.com/?p=11844
Bedblocking cost sparks new probe (Birmingham Mail) Council health chiefs have launched a no-holds barred review into hospital bedblocking – as the cash-strapped local authority faces a £2.2 million bill due to the problem in the coming year.
£188m Birmingham library taking shape (Express and Star) Birmingham’s new £188 million central library is starting to take shape after months of ground work.
Connexions workers to be hit hard in cuts to Birmingham children’s services (Children & Young People Now) Connexions workers are set to bare the brunt of a swathe of job cuts in children and young people’s services revealed by Birmingham City Council.
Regional Headlines
Royal couple visit Birmingham’s new QE Hospital
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, have visited Birmingham to take a look around the city’s new “super-hospital”.
‘Mocking’ killers of three-year-old boy jailed for life
A couple who murdered a three-year-old boy in their care, inflicting more than 70 injuries on him, have been jailed for life.
Severn Trent plea to conserve water supplies
Water supplies still need to be conserved, despite the recent rain, Severn Trent has said.
National Headlines
Ministers to set out ‘radical’ welfare reform options
Ministers are to set out options for reforming the benefits system and moving people from welfare into work.
British Airways reports £164m loss
British Airways has revealed a steep loss for the April-to-June quarter after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud.
Trident costs must come from MoD budget
The full £20bn cost of renewing the UK’s Trident nuclear deterrent must be paid for by the Ministry of Defence, George Osborne has said.
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