Caroline visits CVCHA before emergency dash to Conference

 
 
Caroline Spelman (centre) with CVCHA Staff and Chivenor children
Caroline Spelman, Chair of the Conservative Party, found time to speak with youngsters from Chivenor School at an environmental workshop at CVCHA this morning, before rushing off to the Conservative Party Conference at the International Convention Centre to hear an emergency statement by Tory leader David Cameron [...]

Exercise classes on Tuesday evenings

The Sanctuary in Tangmere Drive is running exercise classes each Tuesday evening between 7.15 and 8.15p.m. The classes are billed as  ’total body workouts’ with gentle toning and calorie burning exercises to benefit the whole body ……. inside and out.

Goal flurry gives three points to Vale

Three goals in the space of three minutes  at the end of the first half  gave the half-time team talks some extra spice in the Midland Combination Premier Division fixture between Castle Vale and Meir. Thompson opened the scoring for Vale in the 40th minute; Meir equalised in the 41st, and Crisp got Vale’s second [...]

More rats than humans in UK

If the estate is looking tidier in the past few days, it’s thanks to volunteers who have been working with CVCHA on a project called The Big Tidy Up. It’s aimed at clearing litter from neighbourhoods, and is meant to be a national project. Media reports suggest that some areas of the country are taking [...]

Conservative Party Chair to visit Vale

Caroline Spelman, Chair of the Conservative Party, is to visit Renfrew Square in the week of the Conservative Party Conference which is being held in Birmingham next week. She will viewing the environmental developments being sponsored by Groundworks and Marks and Spencers.

Parkour – dancing for the fearless

  
Parkour is a French dance style that suits active , fit young people because it is high-energy, acrobatic and physically spectacular. The parkour dance workshop, led by tutor Brad Wendes and his London-based team, went down a treat with youngsters at Castle Vale School today.
Click HERE to see the  19 photos.

Petrol price

Unleaded petrol at Sainsbury’s remained at 106.9 pence per litre today.The price has fallen gradually since its high point in July, though there are some fears that it may rise again following an increase in the cost of a barrel of oil in recent days. Brent crude has fallen from over 140 dollars per barrel [...]

House-calls for vote-form defaulters

The City Council are reminding people who want to be eligible to vote in local, national and European elections that they need to return their registration form to the Council Election Office by 6th October.
So far, 47% of the forms delivered to homes last week have been completed and returned. The Council has a team [...]

Bob the book writer

Astral Manager Bob Brueton has written a book based on memories of growing up in the 50s, 60s and 70s in Birmingham. The book, partly autobiographical, draws on Bob’s passion for trains and railways, steam trains in particular, and is appropriately called “All Change” and subtitled: “Memoirs of a Railway Enthusiast.”
It’s priced at £9.95, and [...]

Green-fingered facelift for Pegasus

Local builders have given Castle Vale schoolchildren a new-term treat by transforming a piece of land at Pegasus Primary School into a vegetable garden, complete with greenhouse, compost bin, trellising and fruit trees. The garden was created from scratch by a crack team from Wates Group, one of the UK’s largest private construction companies, [...]