Tag: police
Media Watch - June 27
Top Birmingham City Council Stories Birmingham politicians and parents speak out against Trojan horse scandal (widespread coverage in Guardian online, BBC, ITV, BBCWM) Reports on the 'Hand off our schools' public meeting held on Thursday night. Quotes Cllr Barry Henley. Free school head's fury at officials over funding cut (Birmingham Mail) The angry head teacher […]
Media Watch - May 28
Top Birmingham City Council Stories Drinks giant backs park fitness scheme (Birmingham Mail) A fitness scheme based in Birmingham’s parks is being expanded. Cyclists angry as annual Sky Ride event is cancelled (Birmingham Mail) Birmingham’s annual Sky Ride event has been cancelled. 20mph zones for suburbs (Birmingham Mail) Formal consultation on new 20mph speed limits […]
Media Watch - March 4
Top Birmingham City Council Stories Birmingham City Council: ‘Challenging agenda’ attracted Mark Rogers (BBC) The new chief executive of Birmingham City Council has said he was lured to the £180,000-a-year job by a “challenging set of agendas”. Read more from Mark Rogers on his new blog: http://markrogersbcc.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/ready-steady-go/ New bus lane signs finally put up in […]
Media Watch - Feb 20
Top Birmingham City Council stories Surely I have the right to light… (Birmingham Mail) A woman has complained to the Local Government Ombudsman after houses were built near her home Council in talks to save Capita print base and jobs (Birmingham Post) Birmingham City Council is to open talks with one of its major contractors […]
Media Watch - Feb 6
Top Birmingham City Council stories City speed cameras switched back on (Birmingham Post) Motorists are set to face fixed speed cameras again, less than a year after they were switched off. Police and crime commissioner Bob Jones has ordered a pilot trial of new, cheaper digital cameras Cameron joins deperate battle to save Dunlop Motorsport […]
Anti-social behaviour injunction awarded
Jermaine Pencheon (24) has received a 2-year Anti-Social Behaviour Injunction this week from Birmingham County Court, the conditions of which include: Use or threaten violence towards, verbally abuse, harass or intimidate named individuals; Cause harassment, alarm, distress or nuisance to the residents of named streets; Entering identified areas. Officers from the Safer Communities Team had […]
Media Watch - Oct 22
Top Birmingham City Council Stories Labour back estate plan (Birmingham Mail) Birmingham’s Labour leadership was accused of being ‘vindictive’ after councillors backed a plan to build up to 6,000 homes on green belt. 20mph city speed limit finds support (Birmingham Mail, ITV News, BBC) A leading road safety campaign group has backed Birmingham City Council’s […]
Media Watch - Aug 23
Top Birmingham City Council Stories Bailiffs sent in 80,000 times (Birmingham Mail, Daily Telegraph, localgov.co.uk, credittoday.co.uk, moneywise.co.uk) Birmingham Council bosses sent in bailiffs more than 80,000 times in the last year - the highest in the country. Council quoted as saying the figures are misleading. It’s simply A-mazing! GCSE Results: As the national pass rate […]
Major police-led exercise in city centre - 15 August
West Midlands Police has issued the following information about the exercise: Emergency services and public volunteers will be taking part in a major exercise in and around Birmingham's International Convention Centre on Thursday 15 August. The exercise is part of a European study aimed at further developing the way police, fire and ambulance services respond […]
Media Watch - July 1
Top Birmingham City Council Stories Joy as deal saves Birmingham's historic outdoor market (Birmingham Mail) A deal to guarantee the future of Birmingham's historic retail markets has been agreed by traders and council bosses. City planners slam Sainsbury’s ‘swindle’ (Birmingham Mail) Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has been accused of trying to pull a ‘swindle’ by reneging […]
