More delays to the proposed Stadium development on Farnborough Road have come to light. Vale Mail was told at the beginning of November that the City Planning Committee had received an application following the ‘flood risk assessment’.
The flood risk assessment got the go-ahead, but a confusion arising from a change in architect meant that a [...]
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Centre Park’s second open air Christmas Carol Concert is drawing support from across the Vale. Sponsors include the 2005 Group, The TRA, CVCHA, Merlin, the Neighbourhood Partnership Board, and three High Street shops: NISA, Flowerworx and the Chip Shop.
The concert will feature a children’s choir, popular carols and an [...]
After over three years of research and persuasion, local historian Kay Hunter has finally managed to convince the authorities that they have had their facts wrong.
The story concerns the case of Philip Matsell, the last man to be executed in Birmingham. Read Kay’s letter, on our letters page. (Click here)
Three Birmingham youths have been banned from the City Centre for two years for their violent behaviour to shopkeepers and shoppers over a period of months. They have been issued with an emergency interim ASBO which will take effect immediately and relieve the problem while the courts are preparing to deal with the case on a criminal basis.
But [...]
Despite taking an early lead thanks to a goal by Mal Power in the fifth minute, Vale FC were comprehensively beaten at home, 4-1 by a well organised Walsall Wood in the Premier League of the Midland Combination last night (Wed 28th). Vale boss Gareth Palmer said: “We’re not playing well but I [...]
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Local performers who have been trained by an African drumming tutor will be proving how much they have learned at a MOBO (Music of Black Origin) night at the Residents Club in Yatesbury Avenue this Friday (30th November).
The project was started as part of the City’s ‘Black History Month.’
Tickets are £2.00 and available [...]
The Good Food Show Opens today (Wednesday 28th) at the NEC, from 10am-6pm daily until 2nd December.
This year, HM Revenue and Customs have got a stall, in which they will be demonstrating unusual methods that have been used to smuggle drugs into the country, including chocolate bars laced with cannabis and beer cans containing cocaine.
Diesel has gone up again, this time to 103.9 pence per litre at Sainsbury’s, the cheapest filling station in the area, along with Asda at Minworth. A week ago on 20th November we reported a price rise to 102.9 for diesel at Sainsbury’s - the first time they had broken the £1.00 per litre mark.
For every litre [...]
Castle Vale FC can move up to 2nd position in the Midland Combination Premier League if they beat mid-table Walsall Wood at the Vale Stadium in Farnborough Road tonight (Wednesday), kick-off 7.45pm.
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A family on Farnborough Road is not going to do things by halves this Christmas, judging by the display of lights and festive inflatables on show in their front garden. A giant Santa, a snowglobe, and a snowman are lit up for all to see alongside an array of coloured lights.
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