Tag: local government
Media Watch – July 15
Top Birmingham City Council stories Pupils vanishing from classrooms are at risk from radicalisation (widespread national and local coverage): Sir Michael Wilshaw, head of Ofsted, warns that ‘potentially high number of pupils’ disappearing from school registers represents a serious safeguarding issue. Ofsted found 357 pupils had left seven schools in Birmingham and the London Borough […]
Media Watch – June 12
Top Birmingham City Council stories Left to die in the pub (Birmingham Mail): A drunken man died in The Gunmakers Arms, Bath Street, after the bar’s supervisor had locked up the premises to go and have a late night meal, it has been claimed. The premises licence is to be reviewed by Licensing sub-committee next […]
Media Watch – June 9
Top Birmingham City Council stories Tributes to the man who helped change the face of our city (Birmingham Mail): Report on the death of Clive Dutton OBE, former director of planning and regeneration, on Saturday who led on major city projects including the Library of Birmingham and The Cube. Councillor Anita Ward quoted. Rally in […]
Media Watch – May 21
Top Birmingham City Council stories Solihull leader backs plans for a combined authority (Birmingham Mail and Birmingham Post): Solihull Borough Council leader Bob Sleigh indicates the council would sign up to a combined authority. His pledge comes a day after Coventry City Council backed plans for a new body. Also The Post’s coverage also includes […]
Media Watch – May 13
Top Birmingham City Council stories School academy bid sparks teacher strike (extensive local coverage): Report on the strike at Small Heath School today, where members of three teachers’ unions – NUT, NASUWT and ATL – are staging a protest against plans to turn the school into an academy. A council spokesperson said neither the school […]
Flyposter ordered to pay £1,500
A Staffordshire man was ordered to pay £1,500 after illegally flyposting adverts onto traffic lights in Erdington at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (30 April 2015). Luke Madden, 29, of Dimbles Lane, Lichfield, who did not attend court and was found guilty in his absence of one offence under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, […]
Media Watch – April 23
Top Birmingham City Council stories Library protests as users vent fury at opening hours (Birmingham Post and BBC WM): Coverage of the first week of the Library of Birmingham’s new opening hours. City bids for ‘European Capital of Running’ (Birmingham Post and Birmingham Mail): Report that the council is bidding to become European Capital of […]
National award for Bull Ring Markets manager
The woman responsible for running Birmingham’s markets was named Market Officer of the Year at a national awards ceremony yesterday (20 April 2015). Amanda Prosser-Davies - who joined the management team of the Bull Ring Markets in February 2014 - was honoured at the event, part of the National Market Traders Federation AGM, held in Stratford-upon-Avon, […]