Media Watch - March 20

Top Birmingham City Council Stories

Birmingham sets its sights on sovereign wealth funds. (BBC R4 Today) Leader of Birmingham City Council, Cllr Mike Whitby, interviewed about how Birmingham is offering a partnership to cash rich sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) as a means of attracting around £1 billion of investment into the city's property portfolio.

Military council homes unveiled (BBC, BBC WM) Birmingham City Council unveils three completed homes which are part of a development specifically for ex-military personnel. Cllr John Lines interviewed.

Youth clubs to get cash boost (Birmingham Mail) Two schemes to keep young people in Bartley Green out of trouble have received a cash boost.

Girl, 9, fights cuts to library (Birmingham Mail) A schoolgirl has launched a campaign against cuts which will hit her community library.