Parmjit Dhanda MP : dramatic u-turn
Castle Vale will NOT be getting a parish council. A source has told Vale Mail that The Minister, Parmjit Dhanda, has listened to the advice of local MP Sion Simon and has turned down the proposal from the Parish Council Steering Committee to establish a parish council in Castle Vale.
The [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 23, 2008
NO to Parish Council: Full text of Minister’s Letter
January 22, 2008
Men twice as boozy as women
Men drink twice as much alcohol as women, according to figures released today by the National Statistics Office. Men consume 18.7 units of alcohol per week, on average. For women, the figure is 9 units.
80% of drinkers say the smoking ban does not put them off going into pubs.
68% of smokers say they would like [...]
January 22, 2008
Concert for Malawi
The Young Stars, aged between 7 and 21, will be performing in a Variety Show at St Cuthberts Church on Saturday and Sunday evening from 7pm in a concert for Malawi. Organiser David McLean said: “Most of the children will be performing songs that they have written. There is some real talent here. They [...]
January 21, 2008
Citizens Advice Bureau closure: ‘Efforts are being made..”
Valerie Earle, Business Management Consultant for the National Association of Citizen Advice Bureaux hopes that the closure of their office in The Sanctuary does not mean a permanent withdrawal of CAB services to Castle Vale Residents. She says: “We will continue to provide significant levels of health advice via our links with [...]
January 21, 2008
Radio station tries again
Castle Vale Community Radio has applied for a second time for a licence to broadcast full-time under the name Switch Radio. The station was granted a full-time licence two years ago but had to return it to Ofcom, the Government broadcasting regulator, following an unsuccessful bid to the National Lottery Fund for money to finance [...]
January 20, 2008
Vote for Tyrone
Tyrone Fowles, a student at Castle Vale School, is hoping to be elected as a member of the Birmingham Youth Parliament.
Last year, Tyrone narrowly missed out on election and had to be content with being a reserve. This time, he thinks he gan get there. He said: “I’ve had a year’s experience as a [...]
January 19, 2008
Vale manage a Meir point
A late equaliser from Wilson salvaged a point for Vale FC after they had gone behind in the first half to lowly Meir K A in the premier division of the Midland Combination. Promotion rivals Southam, Highgate and Coleshill all fell victims to the weather; eight of the ten league matches were postponed [...]
January 18, 2008
Vera Duckworth tops Vale Mail hitlist
There are now 230 articles on this newsite, on a wide variety of subjects, mostly public information. But the article getting the most hits today is one that first appeared early in December 2007, indicating the odds on a white Christmas and the likelihood, estimated by William Hill at the time as 500-1, [...]
January 18, 2008
No advice from Citizens Advice Bureau
Castle Vale’s Citizen’s Advice Bureau situated at the Sanctuary has not opened this year, and is closed for the foreseeable future. Birmingham CAB Head Office are making no statement about the situation at the moment, despite the fact that there have been a number of requests from Castle Vale residents needing advice. One estimate [...]
January 17, 2008
St Gerards EcoClub gets top six award
Scorcha Creamer with the Civic Society plaque
Youngsters from St Gerards School Eco Club who have been working on projects to improve the environment have been given a plaque and a cheque for £100 by Birmingham’s Civic Society. Dr Freddie Gick, Chairman of the Civic Society, and Vice Chairman Michael Sheehan praised the achievements of [...]
