Black Country news and blogs Sunday 20 April 2014
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Community Centre Helps Long Term Unemployed Back To Work 
B14 News 19 Apr 14
Steve McCabe MP, Birmingham Selly Oak, visited the 8 week taster course organised by the Brandwood Centre with Jobcentre Plus which helps longer term unemployed people back into work.
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EU Lorries To Become Safer After MEP’s Agree On Improvements
B14 News 17 Apr 14
Liberal Democrat MEP and Transport Spokesman Phil Bennion has hailed a huge vote by the European Parliament to improve lorry safety across Europe through tougher design standards today.
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New Independent Shoe Store Steps Into Kings Heath
B14 News 15 Apr 14
York Road – home of independent retail in Birmingham – is pleased to welcome a high quality children’s shoe shop to its all-encompassing mix.
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Stirchley & Allens Croft Improvement Project Begins
B14 News 14 Apr 14
Work has got underway to transform the well-known grotspot tunnel linking the Stirchley and Allens Croft neighbourhoods between The Worthings and The Pathway.
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Step Out For Stroke Sponsored Walking Event For The Whole Family
B14 News 14 Apr 14
Step Out for Stroke is a fun sponsored walking event for the whole family.
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Robbery Suspects Sought After Park Sword Attack
B14 News 13 Apr 14
Police are appealing for information after a lad was attacked by two masked teenagers brandishing a sword in a Birmingham park last month.
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Don’t Lose The Right To Vote – Register By 6 May
B14 News 13 Apr 14
People in the B14 area could be missing out on the their right to vote in the upcoming City Council and European Elections on Thursday 22 May.
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School Kids Design & Programme Computer Game’s
B14 News 13 Apr 14
Children from Yardley Wood Community Primary School were among the first in the country to take part in the Programming for Primaries Awareness Week.
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Aquarius Launch Support & Advice Cafe In Maypole
B14 News 12 Apr 14
Would you like some advice and support around your alcohol use? Why not come to the Recovery Cafe? We are here each Friday and can offer advice and support to you.
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New City Wide Campaign Urges Dog Owners To Clean It Up
B14 News 12 Apr 14
Birmingham City Council is launching a new tactic in the fight against dog fouling this week, to encourage dog owners to take more responsibility for their pets.
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Yardley Wood Man Banned From Keeping Animals For Life
B14 News 11 Apr 14
A man who punched and kicked his dog has been been banned from keeping animals for life.
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Wilko Continues To Help Communities in B14
B14 News 10 Apr 14
Team members at the Wilko stores on High Street, Kings Heath, and the Maypole Retail Park, are offering a helping hand to community groups and charities in the area who need extra support in 2014.
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Mother And Partner Jailed For Kings Heath Toddler Death
B14 News 4 Apr 14
A mother and her boyfriend have today been jailed in connection with the death of toddler, Kieron Barley, at their Kings Heath home.
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Fire Crews Tackle Kings Heath House Fire
B14 News 4 Apr 14
Firefighters from Billesley Community Fire Station where called to a house fire in Kings Heath yesterday.
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RSPCA Appeals For Information Following Suspicious Crow Deaths
B14 News 3 Apr 14
The RSPCA is appealing for information after wild crows have been found dead in Kings Heath.
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Kings Heath’s Royal British Legion Cements Future Legacy
B14 News 3 Apr 14
Kings Heath Royal British Legion is the last memorial club in the West Midlands area and has recently been getting somewhat of an external facelift.
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St Alban’s Primary Pupils Learn How To Be Smart With Their Money
B14 News 31 Mar 14
Steve McCabe MP opened St Alban’s Primary School’s very first bank and offered some wise words about saving money.
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Kings Heath Spring Fete Kicks Off Oxfam’s Mother Appeal
B14 News 18 Mar 14
Mothers are some of the world’s most powerful people.
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Kings Heath Teen Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Murder
B14 News 17 Mar 14
Azeem Akhtar has today been sentenced to life imprisonment to serve a minimum of 16 years and three months after he admitted the murder of sixteen year old Azim Azam.
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Local MP Takes Action To Protect Respite Care Bungalows
B14 News 15 Mar 14
Steve McCabe MP has put questions to Andrew Lansley, the Leader of the House to raise the plight of carers who face losing Kingswood Drive respite services because of bureaucratic tricks.
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Teacher Arrested For Suspicion Of Possessing Extreme Pornography
B14 News 15 Mar 14
Two people arrested on suspicion of possessing extreme pornography have been bailed this afternoon following a 11 month investigation by police.
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Police Appeal: Land Rover Stolen In Wythall Car Key Burglary
B14 News 14 Mar 14
Police are appealing for information about the theft of a £50,000 Land Rover from Wythall.
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Kings Heath Hydroponic Sellers Sentenced In West Midlands First
B14 News 11 Mar 14
Eleven hydroponic shop owners and workers have been sentenced today after they knowingly sold specialised gardening equipment for drug cultivation in Birmingham and the Black Country.
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Out of The Shadows Kick off Springs Lazy Sunday Sessions
B14 News 8 Mar 14
Award Winning Out of The Shadows kick off Walk of Fame’s Spring Lazy Sunday Afternoon Sessions Come for a Lazy Sunday Afternoon of nostalgia on 6th April at Fletchers on York Road in King’s Heath as the award winning West Midlands group …
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KingshEATh Streetfood Market Relaunches This Saturday
B14 News 8 Mar 14
The official relaunch of BRUM YUM YUM’S KingshEATh Streetfood Market takes place this Saturday 8th March at 12noon.
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Updated: Firefighters Tackle Kings Heath High Street Blaze
B14 News 6 Mar 14
Firefighters from Billesley and Highgate were called to Kings Heath High Street at around 8:20am Thursday to reports of a fire inside Body Care shop.
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MPs Outraged At Council Plans To Close Respite Care Bungalows
B14 News 4 Mar 14
MPs Steve McCabe and Richard Burden held a joint meeting on 17 February 2014 with families and carers of adults with learning difficulties who have been receiving respite care at the Kingswood Bungalows, Kingswood Drive, Monyhull Hall Road …
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New Dog Control Orders For Birmingham
B14 News 1 Mar 14
Dog owners across the city will see new regulations from 1 March as the city council implements five new Dog Control Orders.
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“Cooking With Poo” Celebrity Chef Set To Visit Druids Heath
B14 News 28 Feb 14
Celebrity Chef Khun Poo, famous for her hugely popular book “Cooking With Poo” is set to visit Druids Heath as part of her first UK Tour.
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Police Search For Elderly Man Missing In Birmingham
B14 News 27 Feb 14
Police are becoming increasingly concerned for a 79-year-old man who has gone missing from a residential care home in Balsall Heath.
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Wildlife Trust To Open Up Forgotten Meadow Area At Moseley Bog
B14 News 26 Feb 14
A treasured local Nature Reserve is to be expanded to include a forgotten meadow area and new entrance that leads towards other nearby attractions The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country have secured over £40 000 of funding to …
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Teen Faces Life Behind Bars For Murder Of Student Azim Azam
B14 News 25 Feb 14
“A shocking waste of two young lives” – that’s how a leading West Midlands Police officer described the knife killing of Birmingham student Azim Azam as a teenager faces life behind bars for stabbing him.
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Appeal To Help Community Project In Stirchley & Brandwood
B14 News 25 Feb 14
A local community grime and ASB hotspot on the Brandwood and Stirchley border is finally in line for a make-over, but is in need of some extra help from local community groups, residents and local businesses to get the project over the finish line …
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Maypole Sub Station Fire Leaves 4480 Homes In The Dark
B14 News 22 Feb 14
4480 Home owners where where left in the dark last night after a 11000 volt switch failed at a sub station on the Alcester Road South in Maypole.
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Shadow Children’s Minister Goes Back To School
B14 News 19 Feb 14
MP Steve McCabe visited Colmore Junior School in Kings Heath, Birmingham, to experience first-hand ChildLine’s ground-breaking service for primary aged children.
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Police Appeal For Witnesses After Cash Point Attack
B14 News 18 Feb 14
Police want to speak to a man after a woman was attacked as she used a cash point in Kings Heath.
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Green Recycling Collections Set To Start
B14 News 18 Feb 14
Green fingered residents are being reminded collection rounds for Birmingham’s new chargeable green recycling service begin next week on February 24th.
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Lucky Escape For Driver As High Winds Return
B14 News 15 Feb 14
West Midlands Ambulance Service was again called to a number of incidents involving falling trees as the high winds returned to the region last night.
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West Midlands Ambulance: No Broken Hearts This Valentine’s Day
B14 News 14 Feb 14
Ambulance bosses are urging the public to ensure there is no heartbreak this Valentine’s Day by learning how to ‘mend’ a broken heart.
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Winter Science Lessons With The Highways Agency
B14 News 9 Feb 14
Pupils at a Kings Heath school have been learning how salt and ice don’t mix – and now their classroom experiments are set to go national.
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£260,000 ‘Park and Ride’ Extension For Yardley Wood Train Station
B14 News 8 Feb 14
Commuters using Yardley Wood train station are to get more free parking thanks to a £260,000 ‘Park and Ride’ extension by Centro.
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Safety Warning As Bad Weather Closes In On Birmingham
B14 News 7 Feb 14
Met Office forecasters are warning that heavy rain and gale force winds will continue to affect the UK as we head into the weekend, bringing the possibility of further disruption.
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Four Arrested In Connection With Hollywood Robbery
B14 News 7 Feb 14
Four people have been arrested in connection with a robbery in Hollywood, North Worcestershire, in which a couple were threatened with a knife.
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Anniversary Appeal Following Forest Road Death
B14 News 5 Feb 14
Police have released CCTV footage of potential witnesses one week after Phillip Floyd lost his life on a Moseley road.
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Bright Pupils Raise Cash For New Cancer Centre
B14 News 5 Feb 14
Budding future business leaders of Birmingham have raised £1,000 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital’s £4million Cancer Centre Appeal.
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath’s Smoking Ban In Cars Moves A Step Closer
B14 News 1 Feb 14
Birmingham health chiefs welcomed the news that a ban on smoking in cars carrying children has moved a step closer after a House of Lords vote.
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Mystery Surrounds Moseley Death
B14 News 1 Feb 14
Detectives are appealing for information after a local man lost his life on a busy Moseley road this week.
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Cancer Helped Me Find My Girlfriend
B14 News 30 Jan 14
A local student who survived cancer has the disease to thank for finding him love.
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Local Restaurant Recognised By MPs Tiffin Cup Competition
B14 News 29 Jan 14
Yardley Wood’s very own Sweet Chillies restaurant has been presented with an award from Selly Oak MP, Steve McCabe and Councillor Alex Buchanan for being highly commended by the judges of the annual Tiffin Cup competition.
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Concerns Grow For Man Missing From Druids Heath
B14 News 28 Jan 14
West Midlands Police are becoming increasingly concerned for a man who has gone missing from his home in Druids Heath.