Jun
2009
Articles from 30th Jun 2009
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Birmingham City Council adds strings to Warwickshire's £20 million Edgbaston loan
Jun 30 2009 | West Midlands News
Council leaders yesterday reaffirmed their intention to lend Warwickshire County Cricket Club £20 million for ground improvements at Edgbaston - but the city cabinet attached new conditions that have to be met. Read
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Study into new contemporary art museum linking Arcadian with Digbeth
Jun 30 2009 | West Midlands News
A feasibility study is being undertaken into developing a museum of contemporary art in Birmingham. The proposal, first revealed by The Post in 2006, came from Jonathan Watkins, director of Ikon Gallery and Ikon’s chairman, the architect Glenn Howells. It has since received enthusiastic support from Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota Read
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What a difference five years has made to Birmingham City Council
Jun 30 2009 | West Midlands News
Paul Dale looks at the fortunes of Birmingham City Council since the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition came into being Read
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Birmingham teenager struck by lightning dies in hospital
Jun 30 2009 | West Midlands News
A Birmingham teenager struck by lightning has died in hospital. Read
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Birmingham stands at 'fork in the road' warns minister Liam Byrne
Jun 30 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham must “raise its ambitions” to improve social mobility, education and housing, a government minister has warned. Read
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Standards at Stafford Hospital may be happening elsewhere, BMA hears
Jun 30 2009 | West Midlands News
The pressures experienced by Stafford Hospital, which led to patients dying needlessly, could be happening elsewhere in the NHS, doctors warned. Read
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Health bosses warn about staying safe in heatwave
Jun 30 2009 | West Midlands News
Soaring temperatures have sparked warnings by health bosses for Midlanders to stay safe in this week’s heatwave. Read
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Peregrines under attack in West Midlands
Jun 30 2009 | West Midlands News
Crimes against peregrines are on the rise and some of the most gruesome cases have taken place in the West Midlands, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) claims. Read
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Birmingham international food fair whets the appetite for more
Jun 30 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham’s first international food fair has been hailed a success after attracting a quarter of a million visitors in just nine days. Read
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Recession roadshow events in Dudley
Jun 30 2009 | West Midlands News
Support and advice will be offered to hundreds of people at recession roadshow events in the Dudley borough. Read
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Birmingham swine flu girl "suffered in her short life", father tells inquest
Jun 30 2009 | West Midlands News
A six-year-old Birmingham girl who died after contracting swine flu had "been through a lot" in her short life, her father told an inquest today. Read
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Widow jumped to her death after drinking bottle of vodka, inquest hears
Jun 30 2009 | West Midlands News
A nurse who turned to alcohol when her former husband died jumped to her death after drinking a bottle of vodka, an inquest heard yesterday. Read
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Frank Skinner next on Birmingham's Walk of Stars
Jun 30 2009 | West Midlands News
Comedian Frank Skinner is to be honoured on Broad Street Walk of Stars in Birmingham. Read
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Council has ‘betrayed’ care home workers, Unison says
Jun 30 2009 | West Midlands News
Almost 200 Birmingham care home workers facing redundancy feel let down and betrayed by the city council, union leaders said last night. Read
