Tag: police
Media Watch - June 12
Top Birmingham City Council stories Tide turns in favour of the wheelie bins (Birmingham Mail) With wheelie bin collections underway in Birmingham, the Birmingham Mail looks at the arguments for and against. I’ll do my best for Scouts and Guides - Lord Mayor (Birmingham Mail) Birmingham’s new Lord Mayor has taken up office - with […]
Media Watch - May 20
Top Birmingham City Council stories Revealed: Devastating impact of ‘bedroom tax’ sees huge leap in demand for emergency hardship handouts for tenants (Independent, i, Mirror, People, Guardian, ITV, Huffington Post, PA Newswire) The extent of the suffering inflicted by the “bedroom tax” can be revealed for the first time today as figures show a 338 […]
Media Watch - May 14
Top Birmingham City Council stories City ‘facing a housing crisis as bedroom tax hits home’ (Birmingham Mail) Feature on families that are struggling to cope following the introduction of the ‘bedroom tax’. Cllr John Cotton quoted. Mum fumes as girl faces long trek to school (Birmingham Mail) A mum is unhappy after being offered a […]
Media Watch - April 19
Top Birmingham City Council Stories ‘Fares upfront’ taxi plans axed (Birmingham Mail) Council chiefs have refused a bid by city cabbies to allow them to demand passengers hand over fares upfront - to prevent them ‘doing a runner’ Outcry over expansion at day nursery (Birmingham Mail) A children’s day nursery has been condemned by city […]
Media Watch – April 12
Top Birmingham City Council Stories: Child abuse report wait is slammed (Birmingham Mail) A charity has accused child protection bosses in Birmingham of 'incompetence' after waiting two-and-a-half years for a report into rape and grooming at a nursery. Birmingham has lower reoffending figures than national average (BBC WM) Cllr Waseem Zaffar interviewed on breakfast programme […]
Media Watch - April 3
Top Birmingham City Council Stories How to get ahead … as a director of public health (Guardian) Changes to public health will increase the professional profile of public health and bring new career paths. Birmingham Director of Public Health, Dr Adrian Phillips, quoted. Calls to widen crisis handout scheme for poor (Birmingham Mail) City council […]
Media Watch - April 2
Top Birmingham City Council Stories ‘Garden tax will see leaf pile-up in city streets’ (Birmingham Mail) Birmingham’s controversial ‘garden tax’ will leave streets knee-deep in leaves with thousands of residents refusing to pay up, a councillor (Cllr Keith Linnecor) has claimed. Last of Midland speed cameras are turned off to save £1 million a year […]
City praised for tackling gang and youth violence
An in-depth Home Office report has commended the city for its work on tackling gang and youth violence delivered by Birmingham Community Safety Partnership and the sub-group, Birmingham Reducing Gang Violence. Following the publication of the cross-government report 'Ending Gang and Youth Violence' in November 2011, the Home Office identified 29 areas across the country […]
Media Watch - Dec 21
Top Birmingham City Council Stories Chapter closes as battle to keep Central Library is lost (Birmingham Mail, BBC) A last-ditch attempt to save Birmingham’s Central Library was unanimously rejected by planners. Keep on rocking (Birmingham Mail) An apartment development which could have threatened the existence of one of Birmingham’s premier music venues (The Hare and […]
Media Watch - Nov 5
Top Birmingham City Council Stories Miliband promotes ‘living wage’ (widespread coverage) Birmingham City Council identified as one of the pioneers as Ed Miliband unveils plans to deliver a “living wage” of at least £7.20 per hour for millions of people, if Labour wins the next election. Cockroaches found at city curry house (Birmingham Mail) The […]
