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Birmingham to welcome new HS2 chairman 

16 Jan 14

Birmingham is to host a high-level conference with new HS2 chairman Sir David Higgins as the leaders of local authorities across the country that will benefit from the project come to the city.

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Media Watch – Jan 16 

16 Jan 14

Top Birmingham City Council Stories Potential asset sales (Widespread local and national coverage) Further coverage of Birmingham’s equal pay liability and the possibility that council assets may need to be sold to meet the current funding…

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Open Data in Birmingham – podcast 

15 Jan 14

In the sixth of seven Smart City podcasts to be hosted on Birminghamnewsroom, the open data agenda is discussed by Heike Schuster-James of Digital Birmingham.

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Asset sales statement 

15 Jan 14

The following is a statement in response to reports about the potential sale of city council assets to meet the authority’s equal pay liabilities.

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Media Watch – Jan 15 

15 Jan 14

Top Birmingham City Council Stories Council considers asset sales (BBC WM, BBC Online, BBC Today) The council’s £1.1bn equal pay liability means the sale of assets such as the NEC are being considered, the BBC has claimed.

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Better broadband voucher offer for city firms 

14 Jan 14

Plans to extend a scheme to support SMEs across Birmingham in accessing faster broadband connections by providing eligible businesses with grants to support connection costs are due before the city council’s Cabinet on January 20.

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Media Watch – Jan 14 

14 Jan 14

Top Birmingham City Council Stories: Council urged to repay thousands of bus lane fines (Birmingham Mail) Birmingham City Council has been urged to follow the example of Colchester and pay back bus lane enforcement fines issued unfairly to…

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Gritting Alert – Jan 13 

13 Jan 14

Our gritting crews are heading out to treat the Birmingham roads from midnight.

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Green Bridge grants for growing business 

13 Jan 14

Cllr Tahir Ali Cabinet will be asked to approve further support for growing business across the region when the Full Business Case for the Green Bridge Supply Chain Programme is presented on 20 January.

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Green light sought for green cycling routes 

13 Jan 14

A package of improvements to cycling routes in Birmingham’s parks and river valleys is due before the city council’s Cabinet on January 20.

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Media Watch – Jan 13 

13 Jan 14

Top Birmingham City Council Stories Spare room subsidy loophole (Sky News) Cllr John Cotton critical of the Government after it emerged that many people were wrongly identified as liable for the Spare Room Subsidy, commonly known as the bedroom…

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Gritting Alert – Jan 12 

12 Jan 14

Our gritting crews are heading out to treat the Birmingham roads from midnight.

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Gritting Alert – Jan 11 

11 Jan 14

Our gritting crews are heading out to treat the Birmingham roads from 6pm.

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Media Watch – Jan 10 

10 Jan 14

Top Birmingham City Council Stories: Big families losing £400 a week in benefits after cap (The Times) Large families have been losing up to £400 a week since the introduction of the weekly benefit cap, according to DWP figures.

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Health boss welcomes sugar campaign 

9 Jan 14

Birmingham Director of Public Health, Dr Adrian Phillips, today welcomed a campaign aiming to reduce the amount of sugar added to food and soft drinks in an effort to tackle obesity and diabetes in the UK.

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Gritting Alert – Jan 9 

9 Jan 14

Our gritting crews are heading out to treat the Birmingham roads from 7pm.

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Media Watch – Jan 9 

9 Jan 14

Top Birmingham City Council Stories: Sir Albert interview re budget  (Pete Morgan Show, BBCWM) Ideas from the public on how we can save money.

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SMARTSPACES project – podcast 

8 Jan 14

In the latest Smart City podcast to be hosted on Birminghamnewsroom, Nikki Spencer of Digital Birmingham discusses the SMARTSPACES Nikki Spencer – Digital Birmingham  project – an initiative launched to help public bodies such as Birmingham…

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Media Watch – Jan 8 

8 Jan 14

Top Birmingham City Council Stories Lord Mayor Elect: I’m honoured (Birmingham Mail) A Birmingham councillor has said he is ‘honoured’ and ‘privileged’ to have been chosen by colleagues to be the city’s next Lord Mayor.

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Media Watch – Jan 7 

7 Jan 14

Top Birmingham City Council Stories ‘Benefits Street’ (Channel 4, BBC WM, Birmingham Mail) City councillor John O’Shea is reported to be amongst viewers to complain about the Channel 4 documentary based on the lives of people living in James…

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Budget consultation: Last chance to have your say 

6 Jan 14

Cllr Sir Albert Bore The consultation about Birmingham City Council’s budget for 2014-15 draws to a close on Friday 10 January.

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Media Watch – Jan 6 

6 Jan 14

Top Birmingham City Council Stories: Green belt proposals spark protest march (Birmingham Mail) Scores of Sutton Coldfield residents staged a protest walk around threatened green belt land.

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Media Watch – Jan 3 

3 Jan 14

Top Birmingham City Council Stories: Council set to confirm chief (Birmingham Mail) The appointment of a new Birmingham City Council chief executive (Mark Rogers) is expected to be rubber-stamped in a public meeting next week.

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Media Watch – Jan 2 

2 Jan 14

Top Birmingham City Council Stories: New year honours for great and good of the Midlands (Birmingham Post) Includes Tapshum Pattni, assistant director, Adult Social Care, BCC, who has been awarded an MBE.

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DISCOVER project – podcast 

31 Dec 13

In the latest of an ongoing series of Smart City podcasts, Heike Schuster-James, Programme Manager at Digital Birmingham, talks about a project that aims to support the carers of older people in cities such as Birmingham.

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Gritting Alert – Dec 28 

30 Dec 13

Our gritting crews are heading out to treat the Birmingham roads from 7pm.

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Gritting Alert – Dec 27 

27 Dec 13

Our gritting crews are heading out to treat the Birmingham roads from 8pm tonight.

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Digital Logbook – podcast 

27 Dec 13

In the third of an ongoing series of Smart City podcasts on Birminghamnewsroom, Annette King, Digital Birmingham Programme Manager, discusses ‘Digital Logbooks’.

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Gritting Alert – Christmas Day 

25 Dec 13

Our gritting crews are heading out to treat the Birmingham roads from 6.30pm.

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Gritting Alert – Christmas Eve 

24 Dec 13

Our gritting crews are heading out to treat the Birmingham roads from 6pm.

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Plain speaking: We need standardised packs now 

23 Dec 13

Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, Cllr Steve Bedser, who chairs Birmingham’s Tobacco Control Alliance and also leads on smoking for the Local Government Association Community Wellbeing Board, sets out his New Year’s Wish for…

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This week’s council meetings: Dec 23-27 

23 Dec 13

Click on the link below for details of this week’s Birmingham City Council meetings.

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Media Watch – Dec 23 

23 Dec 13

Top Birmingham City Council Stories Residents’ anger at £600 bill for lights (Birmingham Mail) Story about three faulty streetlights which are not covered by the council’s highways contract with Amey.

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Gritting Alert – Dec 22 

22 Dec 13

Our gritting crews are heading out to treat the Birmingham roads from 8.30pm.

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Frankfurt Market donations to local charities 

20 Dec 13

Cllr Ian Ward Deputy Leader for Birmingham City Council Cllr Ian Ward, stallholders from Birmingham’s Christmas Frankfurt Market and the Salvation Army have marked the stallholders’ annual donation to local charities for the homeless.

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New Chief Executive Appointed 

20 Dec 13

Birmingham City Council has appointed Mark Rogers as its new Chief Executive.

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Media Watch – Dec 20 

20 Dec 13

Top Birmingham City Council Stories: Budget cuts for city ‘are unfair’ (Birmingham Mail) The government is penalising Birmingham while authorities in the south-east prosper, Sir Albert Bore has said following the local government settlement…

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New Year’s Eve in Birmingham 

19 Dec 13

Starting at midnight there will be five minutes of fantastic fireworks in the heart of Birmingham city centre to bring in 2014 with a bang.

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Webcast: Your budget questions answered 

19 Dec 13

Tuesday 7 January 2014 7.15-9.15pm (following Full Council) Cabinet members will be online to answer your budget consultation questions in a special webcast on 7 January.

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Gritting alert – Dec 19 

19 Dec 13

Our gritting crews are heading out to treat the Birmingham roads from 8.30pm.

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Media Watch – Dec 19 

19 Dec 13

Top Birmingham City Council Stories Axe may fall on outsource deal, council boss admits (Birmingham Post) More coverage of recent story that the council is reviewing its contractual arrangements with Service Birmingham – with an end to the…

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Sir Albert on “staggering unfairness” of funding settlement 

18 Dec 13

Birmingham City Council Leader, Sir Albert Bore, today gave a furious response to the announcement of local government funding plans for the next two years.

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Council warns Christmas consumers about counterfeit alcohol 

18 Dec 13

Birmingham Trading Standards is warning people to be on their guard this Christmas after officers found popular brands of fake alcohol in shops across the city.

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Free city centre WiFi – podcast 

18 Dec 13

In the latest of a series of Smart City podcasts on Birminghamnewsroom, Richard Williams, Digital Districts Programme Manager at Digital Birmingham, talks about the recently launched free WiFi service in Birmingham city centre.

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Media Watch – Dec 18 

18 Dec 13

Top Birmingham City Council Stories Anger as city airport rejected for upgrade (Birmingham Mail, BBC) Angry business leaders accused a Government-backed inquiry of issuing a ‘sticking plaster’ report into UK air travel after rejecting…

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Flu: It’s not too late to vaccinate 

18 Dec 13

Birmingham health bosses today reminded people eligible for a free NHS flu jab that it’s not too late to vaccinate.

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Media Watch – Dec 17 

17 Dec 13

Top Birmingham City Council Stories Handsworth leisure centre renamed after Nelson Mandela (BBC, Birmingham Mail) Handsworth leisure centre is to be renamed Nelson Mandela Health and Wellbeing Centre, officials said.

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Media Watch – Dec 16 

16 Dec 13

Top Birmingham City Council Stories: Neighbour from hell is given ASBI (Birmingham Mail) A man from Kings Norton has been given an anti-social behaviour injunction after Birmingham City Council took him to court Library’s one in a million…

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Nelson Mandela book of condolences: clarification 

14 Dec 13

In response to the story ‘A shabby way to honour Nelson Mandela?’ in today’s (Dec 14) Birmingham Mail: http://www.

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Library of Birmingham welcomes its millionth visitor 

13 Dec 13

Today, Friday 13 December, just 100 days after the public opening, the Library of Birmingham welcomed its millionth visitor through the doors.

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