Aug
2009
Articles from 4th Aug 2009
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The long road to privatisation of streets management in Birmingham
Aug 04 2009 | West Midlands News
Six years ago, Mike Whitby declared his outright opposition to the Birmingham highways PFI on the grounds that it would remove responsibility for road repairs from direct council control. Read
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Amey lands £2.7bn contract to manage Birmingham streets
Aug 04 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham’s battered roads are in line for a £2.7 billion makeover after engineering giants Amey won a contract to manage the city’s highways network. Read
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CCTV image released of Ashley Blake carrying pole before attack
Aug 04 2009 | West Midlands News
This is the moment that BBC presenter Ashley Blake brandishes the pole that he used to attack a teenager. Read
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Ashes match at Edgbaston gives £12m boost to city economy
Aug 04 2009 | West Midlands News
Australia’s batsmen forced a draw on the final day of the third Test at Edgbaston yesterday but Birmingham businesses may still be winners as the cricket match has proved a real boon for the city’s economy. Read
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Ashley Blake fears TV career is over after guilty verdict in wounding trial
Aug 04 2009 | West Midlands News
Television presenter Ashley Blake feared his career was in tatters after he was found guilty of hitting a teenager with a wooden pole. Read
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Brum gangster film 1 Day accused of 'glamorising gun crime'
Aug 04 2009 | West Midlands News
A gangster movie shot in Birmingham’s most notorious gun-crime neighbourhoods was accused of glamorising the lives of real life killers. Read
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Conservationists rue demolition of old Selly Oak gun factory
Aug 04 2009 | West Midlands News
Conservationists in Birmingham are mourning the loss of another historic building which has been demolished in Selly Oak. Read
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Restoration prize for Chillington Hall
Aug 04 2009 | West Midlands News
Chillington Hall already had much to shout about. Read
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Great Barr pensioner is locked up for sexually abusing girl he was babysitting
Aug 04 2009 | West Midlands News
A former dairy worker who serially sexually abused a young girl he babysat over the course of four years has been jailed for two years and four months. Read
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Police reveal plans for cracking down on any trouble at V Festival
Aug 04 2009 | West Midlands News
Tens of thousands of revellers heading to this year’s V Festival in Staffordshire are being warned to behave or face eviction. Read
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Child abuse findings still missing from council website
Aug 04 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham city council officials were left red-faced last night after a pledge to reveal the findings of investigations into the cases of eight children who died from suspected abuse or neglect backfired. Read
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Birmingham medic on how he came to be chief of Camp Bastion Hospital, Afghanistan
Aug 04 2009 | West Midlands News
Any war zone hospital needs leaders who know how to get things done. Read
