February 26, 2008

Fixture backlog puts pressure on JKS

  A 2-1 midweek victory for Vale JKS at Greenhill puts the youngsters into 3rd spot in division two of the Midland Combination. Cup fixtures have diverted JKS’ attention away from the league at some points in the season. The local youngsters trail Worcester Academy by just nine points, but they have six games in hand [...]

February 26, 2008

House of Lords awaits Tyrone

Tyrone Fowles
The five successful candidates at the recent 2008 Birmingham UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) elections will be together this week, for the first time since becoming Members of the UK’s Youth Parliament. One of their first jobs will be to start writing speeches they will deliver in Westminster in May – in the historic House [...]

February 26, 2008

Mosquito device at Sainsbury’s used ‘as last resort’

A mosquito device has been installed outside Sainsbury’s in Castle Vale - one of ten Sainsbury’s stores in the UK to have such a device - and is switched on to emit a high pitched noise that is designed to drive away anti-social youths from congregating outside the shop. A spokesperson for Sainsbury’s [...]