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First aid sessions staged in city centre
Birmingham’s citizens have been learning how to become the difference between a life lost and a life saved during free first aid awareness sessions today (September 1).
Birmingham City Council’s Resilience Team held the sessions in partnership with St John Ambulance.
A second round of the special hour-long sessions are being held outside the city’s Indoor Market [...]
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Statement on Appledore Centre
A Birmingham City Council spokesperson said:
“Like all other City Councils, Birmingham is facing a very challenging time in terms of the budget position for the next few years. A number of areas within the children’s directorate are under review, including the de-commissioning of Appledore Residential Family Assessment Centre and re-provision of the service through a [...]
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Media Watch 1st September
Birmingham City Council Stories
Library books and jobs axed (Birmingham Mail)
Details of proposed spending cuts in the Leisure, sport and culture department includes 1 16% reduction in book buying for central library and 12% reduction in staff numbers for the department. Labour criticise the moves saying it is example of cuts hitting ‘essential’ services.
Pilgrims pulling out [...]
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Facing up to the financial facts
Stephen Hughes, Chief Executive at Birmingham City Council, has written the following open letter to staff on the financial situation that the authority currently faces.
It appears in the latest edition of the council’s staff magazine Inner Voice, which was published today (August 31).
The new Government has set, as its first priority, reducing the national public [...]
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Papal pilgrims must have pass – travellers advised
People travelling to Birmingham hoping to attend the Papal mass in Cofton park are being advised that the Birmingham diocese’s allocation has now been used up.
Birmingham City Council is aware that some people from the travelling community have made the pilgrimage from Ireland in order to attend the mass.
Attendance at the Cofton park mass is [...]
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Speedway gets planning permission
Speedway’s future in Birmingham has been given a major boost after Council planners granted permanent planning permission for the sport to continue at the city’s Perry Barr Stadium.
The decision will allow local team the Birmingham Brummies, who currently sit second in the sport’s Premier League, to continue to entertain thousands of fans into the future.
The [...]
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How not registering to vote can affect your finances
Make sure you register on the electoral roll or it might not just be the right to vote you lose – You could also be turned down for credit or find difficulties in obtaining a mortgage or even a mobile phone, warns Birmingham City Council.
Each autumn the Birmingham Electoral Registration Office compiles a new electoral register [...]
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Media Watch 27 August
Birmingham Headlines
Residents concern over Papal restrictions (BBC WM)
Residents in immediate vicinity of Cofton Park express concern that they fear they will be virtual prisoners in their own streets during Papal visit and say there has been a lack of information on arrangements.
Hordes of travellers descend on city/Special sites for Pope Gypsies (Birmingham Mail, Sun, Tepegraph, [...]
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Council takes possession of tenant’s property
Birmingham County Court has granted an anti social behaviour injunction (ASBI) against a council tenant and granted Birmingham City Council an outright possession order of her home, bringing an end to her reign of drunken, disorderly and abusive behaviour that has blighted the lives of Northfield residents.
Julie Davis (42), of Hoggs Lane, Northfield was today [...]
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Private sector scheme to help homeless
Birmingham City Council has set up a Private Sector Housing Scheme to meet its statutory duty to provide short term housing to homeless households.
The scheme gives value for money in the provision of temporary accommodation and helps the council reduce costs and ensure that it can continue to provide quality accommodation to meet the needs [...]
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BCC DIY
