Birmingham Mail - Tag - mike sharpe

Your Heroes: Husband and wife prove a top team

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:03:00 GMT

MIKE Sharpe discovered he had kidney failure just before he was due to take the post of Lord Mayor of Birmingham in 2006.

Mike and Thelma Sharpe are Local Heroes

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 01:00:00 GMT

MEET the husband and wife team who beat kidney failure, despite a gruelling public work schedule, to become the latest Birmingham Mail Local Heroes.

Birmingham City Council tells park workers to turf over flower beds to save money

Birmingham Mail — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMT

Roses are an endangered species in Birmingham parks thanks to the latest council cost-cutting drive, it has been claimed.

Birmingham Lord Mayor raises cash to treat rare condition

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

A LORD Mayor of Birmingham, motivated by the death of his sister-in-law from a rare medical condition, has raised an incredible £18,700 for the University Hospital Birmingham.

Green light for Erdington day nursery extension

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

A PRE-SCHOOL children’s nursery on a busy dual carriageway can be extended despite fears for the safety of toddlers, city planners have ruled.

Residents win fight to save Birmingham beauty spot

Birmingham Mail — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

WATER company Severn Trent has been told it cannot run a half-mile road through a city woodland beauty spot following major protests from residents.

'Hideous' car park plans at Millennium Point shelved

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

COUNCIL architects have been sent back to the drawing board after designs for a new multi-storey car park were slammed as the “ugliest building in Birmingham” by the city’s planning committee.

Advert ban on historic Central Methodist Hall

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

THE owner of a historic city centre building has been banned from hanging adverts from its ornate Victorian brickwork after admitting no improvement work will be carried out for a year.

Smashed Erdington sensory garden to be protected

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

CITY councillors have moved swiftly to protect a secret garden ruined by vandals in a late night wrecking spree.

Planners pledge to investigate advert claims

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

BIRMINGHAM’S planning officials have been slammed for taking more than a month to investigate allegations that the owner of a historic building is faking repair work to secure advertising income.