Black Country news and blogs Thursday 16 January 2014
Honours
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Blog feature
Youth theatre funding cut after 30 successful years 
Central Youth Theatre 16 Jan 14
Youth theatre funding cut after 30 successful years Community groups budget scrapped in council cutbacks just months after their director wins an MBE.
Blog feature
Celebrate with Halos n Horns Zingy Orange #CNY #11
ET speaks from home 14 Jan 14
Mandarin oranges play a major part in our Chinese New Year.
News
Walsall Professor who helped halve baby death rate to be given…
Walsall Advertiser 13 Jan 14
THE highest honour of the borough is to be bestowed on a consultant paediatrician who helped halve the death rate of newborn babies within five years of coming to Walsall.
Sport
Red Bull sign up BTCC champ Andrew Jordan after the latest in…
Lichfield Mercury 13 Jan 14
AWARDS just keep coming for British Touring Car Champion Andrew Jordan as the Lichfield ace and his team landed another major gong this week.
News
Pelsall Ladies Choir musical director June Davenhill to receive…
Walsall Advertiser 10 Jan 14
HER accolades include raising thousands of pounds for charitable causes and enriching the lives of choir members and audiences.
Blues
Clark Misses Out On December Award
Vital Blues 10 Jan 14
Clark Misses Out On December Award Vitalfootball:Birmingham:10/01/2014 08:31:00 Birmingham manager Lee Clark missed out on the December Championship Manager of the Month award, Derby County manager Steve McClaren picked up the gong.
Blues
Clark in frame for gong
Sky Sports 8 Jan 14
Lee Clark, Billy Davies, Mick McCarthy and Steve McClaren are up for the Sky Bet Championship Manager of the Month award for December.
Business
Estelle recognised for work inspiring girls into engineering education
Midlands Business News 8 Jan 14
Moseley based Estelle Rowe, National Director of leading education charity EDT’s Headstart and First Edition schemes, has been awarded an MBE in the 2014 New Year Honours.
News
Good Hope Hospital librarian Cecily Gilbert picks up a BEM in New…
Lichfield Mercury 4 Jan 14
A DEDICATED bookworm who has served patients from Lichfield for five decades has picked up a top award in the New Year’s Honours list.
Blog comment
New Year’s Honours and Staffordshire does us proud
Staffordshire CC: Leader's blog - Cllr Philip Atkins 3 Jan 14
I would like to wish everyone a happy new year and I do hope you had an enjoyable time over the holidays.
News
Cradley Heath disabilities champion and charity founder gets MBE
Halesowen News 3 Jan 14
THE Cradley Heath founder of a charity for people with learning difficulties has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.
News
Troubled families leads dominate as New Year Honours list recognises social care professionals
Community Care 2 Jan 14
Community Care Six managers responsible for turning round the lives of “troubled families” were among several social care professionals recognised in the New Year Honours list.
Council
Media Watch – Jan 2
Birmingham City Council News PR 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.
News
New Year’s Honours for top West Midlands policemen
Birmingham Mail 1 Jan 14
Retired Chief Superintendent Neil Evans and DCC Dave Thompson to be presented with the Queen’s Police Medal at Buckingham Palace…
News
VIDEO: Honours announced for West Midlands
BBC News 31 Dec 13
Nearly twelve hundred people receive New Year Honours, including more than 60 in the West Midlands.
Blog feature
Women Over Take Men – As 611 Women Named In New Years Honours List First Time Ever
Female Imagination 31 Dec 13
More women than men have been named in the New Year Honours List for the first time ever.
Council
Ann’s New Year honour
Coventry City Council PR 31 Dec 13
The Leader of Coventry City Council, Cllr Ann Lucas says she is “thrilled” to have been awarded an OBE in this year’s New Year’s Honours list.
News
CBE honour for Stafford Hospital fighter Julie Bailey
Express & Star 31 Dec 13
Two women who exposed appalling care at Stafford Hospital were today recognised in the New Year Honours list.
News
New Year honour for businessman nicknamed Mr Coventry
Coventry Telegraph 31 Dec 13
Well-known Coventry businessman Joe Elliott, nicknamed Mr Coventry, has been made an MBE for services to museums.
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West Midlands Police see in 2014 with a double celebration in New Years Honours List
WM Police Sandwell 31 Dec 13
WEST Midlands Police are seeing in 2014 with a double celebration as the Queen honours a senior police officer and a recently retired…
Local news
New Year Honours List: CBE for Karren Brady and OBE for Birmingham Labour Party Chair
Tyburn Mail 31 Dec 13
Here are the Birmingham high fliers, as recognised by the New Year’s Honours List CBE : John Edward Kitson Smith , University of Birmingham Chair and Pro Vice Chancellor, and Chair of Student Loans Company Karren Brady (Solihull) , Vice …
News
Let’s hear it for the girls in New Year honours
Birmingham Mail 30 Dec 13
Ex-Blues boss Karren Brady and Birmingham tennis legend Ann Jones get gongs – and former CBSO conductor Sir Simon Rattle and Stafford Hospital campaigner Julie Bailey also recognised…
Business
Brady gets CBE as local business figures recognised in New Year’s Honours
TheBusinessDesk 30 Dec 13
BUSINESS figures from the West Midlands have been recognised in the New Years Honours.
News
WWII firefighter, 99, in medal honour
BBC News 15 Feb 13
Medal for man who fought flames during Blitz…
News
Getting an MBE from Queen is simply knockout
Birmingham Mail 13 Feb 13
Former Birmingham boxer and Olympic hero Robert McCracken over the moon with award…
Sport
PGA chairman recieves OBE from Prince Charles
Coventry Observer 13 Feb 13
BUCKINGHAM Palace teed up a special day for PGA chairman and course manager at Coventry Golf Club Phil Weaver when he received his OBE from Prince Charles.
News
So where are our OBEs?
Walsall People 25 Jan 13
SINCE reading last week’s Walsall Advertiser I have to say I’m getting extremely annoyed.
Local news
Doug Mellis awarded British Empire Medallist
Bournville Village Council 12 Jan 13
DOUG MELLIS HAS BEEN A VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR ALMOST THIRTY YEARS AND NOW HIS NAME HAS APPEARED IN THE NEW YEAR’S HONOURS LIST 2013 AS A ‘BRITISH EMPIRE MEDALLIST’; FOR HIS ‘SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY IN BOURNVILLE’.
Blog
For I’m a Jolly Good Fellow (of the RSA)
Andy Mabbett: Pigs on the Wing 10 Jan 13
I may have been overlooked, once again, in the new year’s honours list, but in mid-December I received an unsolicited and very flattering email; I’d been nominated, by their Regional Programme Manager, to become a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures …
Blog
New Year’s Honours 2013
BRiMMiN 8 Jan 13
Apologies for the delay in writing this post, I guess this gets harder the longer it is since I lived in Brum.
Blog
Honours list recognises hard work of town trio awarded top accolades
Sutton Coldfield People 4 Jan 13
CELEBRATIONS erupted across Sutton Coldfield this week to commemorate the high-ranking achievements of those named on the New Year Honours List.
Local news
BEM award was ‘lovely surprise’ for long-serving civic guardian
Sutton Coldfield People 4 Jan 13
A CIVIC campaigner from Sutton has received an award in the New Year Honours List.
News
Solihull businessman David Bucknall awarded OBE in Queen’s New Year’s Honours list
Solihull News 4 Jan 13
A STALWART of Britain’s construction industry and long-time resident of Park Avenue in Solihull has been recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list.
Local news
Honours list recognises hard work of town trio awarded top accolade
Sutton Coldfield People 3 Jan 13
CELEBRATIONS erupted across Sutton Coldfield this week to
commemorate the high-ranking achievements of those named on the Queen’s New
Year’s honours list.
News
Sandwell based MEP Cashman gets awarded CBE
Halesowen News 3 Jan 13
WEST Midlands MEP Michael Cashman was awarded a CBE in this year’s New Year’s Honours List.
Blog
Honour makes yet another record for golden girl Ellie
Walsall People 3 Jan 13
Helen Draycott THE pride of Walsall has been given the royal seal of approval with Paralympics golden girl Ellie Simmonds and long-standing MP Richard Shepherd among those recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s honours list.
Blog
It’s not about me, but the kids and the school
Sutton Coldfield People 3 Jan 13
THE principal of the North Birmingham Academy has described being named in the New Year Honours List as a “great privilege”.
Blog
‘Not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire’
Walsall People 3 Jan 13
MAY I wish you a Happy New Year and an untroubled year ahead.
Local news
Local Recognition in New Year Honours List
Sutton Coldfield Local 2 Jan 13
This year’s New Year Honours list saw a number of locally based people being recognised for their commitment and services across a range of areas in Sutton Coldfield.
Blog
Local names given New Year’s honours
Walsall People 2 Jan 13
The traditional New Year’s Honours List was released at the weekend, and there were a few local names featured.
Local news
Teacher ‘thrilled’ after receiving knighthood
Sutton Coldfield People 2 Jan 13
Christopher Stone, the Executive Headteacher of Sutton’s Arthur Terry School, has spoken of his delight at being awarded a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours List.
Business
Christine Braddock becomes a Dame
Midlands Business News 2 Jan 13
Dr Christine Braddock, the Principal and Chief Executive of Birmingham Metropolitan College Group has been made a Dame in the New Year’s Honours in recognition of her work in the Further Education sector.
News
Rugby’s Beryl Emery to get British Empire Medal for services to charity
Coventry Telegraph 2 Jan 13
AN INSPIRATIONAL pensioner who launched Rugby’s first Parkinson’s Disease support group was recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours.
Business
Birmingham business leaders receive New Year honours
Birmingham Post 1 Jan 13
Some of the region’s most recognisable business faces have been recognised in the New Year Honours list.
News
Silhillians recognised in New Year’s Honours List
Solihull News 31 Dec 12
A TIRELESS volunteer and a Member of the European Parliament are among the Silhillians celebrating their place in the New Year’s Honour’s List.
News
Solihull businessman David Bucknall awarded OBE in New Year’s Honours List
Solihull News 31 Dec 12
A stalwart of Britain’s construction industry and long-time resident of Park Avenue in Solihull has been recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list.
News
Coventry and Warwickshire names on the New Year Honours list
Coventry Telegraph 29 Dec 12
Sports stars, volunteers and businessmen are among those in Coventry and Warwickshire recognised in the New Year’s Honours.
News
Ellie’s OBE
Free Radio 29 Dec 12
Walsall’s Ellie has been awarded an OBE on the New Year Honours list.
News
OBE For Ellie
Free Radio 29 Dec 12
Walsall’s Ellie has been awarded an OBE on the New Year Honours list.
News
Walsall swimming champ Ellie Simmonds tops New Year Honours list
Express & Star 29 Dec 12
SWIMMING sensation Ellie Simmonds today led a charge of Olympic and Paralympic heroes recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours list.