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Birmingham City Council adds strings to Warwickshire's £20 million Edgbaston loan

COUNCIL leaders have 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

Birmingham City Council adds strings to Warwickshire's £20 million Edgbaston loan

COUNCIL leaders have 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

Council has ‘betrayed’ care home workers, Unison says

ALMOST 200 Birmingham care home workers facing redundancy feel let down and betrayed by the city council, union leaders said.Read

Birmingham international food fair hailed a tasty success

BIRMINGHAM’S first international food fair has been hailed a success after attracting a quarter of a million visitors in just nine days.Read

Whitby was close to breakdown\n

CITY Council leader Mike Whitby today revealed how he almost suffered a breakdown through overwork soon after taking control of the “basket case” local authority.Read

Whitby was close to breakdown

CITY Council leader Mike Whitby today revealed how he almost suffered a breakdown through overwork soon after taking control of the “basket case” local authority.Read

Municipal golf course plan sparks fury

BIRMINGHAM’S new leisure boss was locked in a row today after revealing revolutionary plans for the city’s municipal golf courses.Read

BIRMINGHAM’S new leisure boss was locked in a row today after revealing revolutionary plans for the city’s municipal golf courses.

Coun Martin Mullaney wants to transform five of the city’s seven public facilities into pitch and putt venues or even three and six-hole courses combined with “adventure golf” centres where teenagers use child-friendly clubs and reduced flight balls.Read

BIRMINGHAM’S new leisure boss was locked in a row today after revealing revolutionary plans for the city’s municipal golf courses.

Coun Martin Mullaney wants to transform five of the city’s seven public facilities into pitch and putt venues or even three and six-hole courses combined with “adventure golf” centres where teenagers use child-friendly clubs and reduced flight balls.Read

Midland MP calls for retractable floodlights at cricket ground

A BIRMINGHAM MP has launched a last-ditch attempt to prevent 150ft-high permanent floodlights being installed at Edgbaston cricket ground.Read

Birmingham Central Library not falling apart after all

COUNCIL leaders were today urged to issue a public apology to the man who designed Birmingham Central Library after an independent study found no evidence to back claims that the 1970s building is falling to bits.Read

Anger at £15,000 pay rise for top Birmingham councillors

FOUR top Birmingham city councillors have each been handed a whopping £15,000 pay rise without doing any extra work, it was revealed today.Read

Birmingham councillor angry over golf leaflet errors

A BIRMINGHAM City Council campaign to recruit ethnic minority golfers plunged into the rough when a leaflet in Punjabi was found to be littered with poor grammar and spelling mistakes.Read

Edgbaston cricket ground plan can go ahead

Communities Secretary John Denham, in one of his first decisions since taking office in the cabinet reshuffle, ruled there were no grounds to intervene.Read

Brum's Gay Village is to get a £550k makeover

PART of Birmingham’s Gay Village is set for a £550,000 makeover with better street lighting, wider pavements and outside eating areas for cafes and bars.Read

Birmingham City Council spent £53,000 on bottled water

BIRMINGHAM City Council spent £53,000 on buying bottled water for staff last year.Read

Planners of £193m library snub Birmingham culture chief Hassall

The politician responsible for Birmingham’s cultural services has no direct involvement in planning the city’s new £193 million library, it has emerged.Read

Architects were paid £10m for Birmingham library 'cage' design

ARCHITECTS behind the cage-like structure of Birmingham’s new Centenary Square library were paid £10 million by the city council for their efforts, it has emerged.Read

Randal Brew formally enters race to lead of Birmingham City Council

RANDAL Brew has formally entered the race to become the next leader of Birmingham City Council.Read

Birmingham planning committee backs Edgbaston cricket ground plans (with video)

A controversial £32 million redevelopment of the Edgbaston Test match ground looked certain to go ahead today after Birmingham planning committee backed the scheme.Read

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Paul Dale has been writing about local government in the West Midlands for more than 20 years. The Post's public affairs editor, he is a previous political editor of the Coventry Evening Telegraph and Local Government Correspondent of the Oxford Mail.

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