Youngsters have been designing hallowe’en costumes at their half term youth club at Castle Vale School, ready for the end of week party, before an evening of trick or treating.
Entries from October 2008
October 30, 2008
Free financial advice from Birmingham City Council and partners
People with money concerns in the wake of the on-going credit crunch will be able to get free help and advice at free event in the city centre on Saturday 1 November.
Birmingham’s Financial Inclusion Partnership, led by the city council, is hosting a financial inclusion day in Victoria Square. Experts from the council’s illegal money [...]
October 29, 2008
Cold snap continues
October snow and a sharp frost brought havoc to roads around the West Midlands last night. Temperatures are set to rise to 7 degrees during the day, and down to 1 overnight – slightly warmer – but not much.
October 29, 2008
Rookery House closure suspended
Following intense pressure over a number of weeks from Erdington’s Conservative Councillors (Cllrs. Alden, Beauchamp and Compton), Birmingham City Council has suspended plans to close Rookery House, Erdington, to the public.
Coun Robert Alden (Cons, Erdington) said: “ This House is a historic building that is vital to the local community. Sadly to many buildings in [...]
October 28, 2008
Living in sin
Couples in Birmingham cheating the benefits system by living together but not declaring it are being targeted by a joint campaign by Birmingham City Council and the Department of Work and Pensions. The campaign will focus on couples who live together but continue to claim benefits without telling the authorities about their change in circumstances [...]
October 27, 2008
Gardeners’ frost alert
Gardeners across the region will be scampering to get their delicate plants under cover tonight, following a warning by the Met Office that the season’s first widespread ground and air frost is expected, with temperatures falling to zero degrees.
October 27, 2008
Short back and sides for paddock
After years of lying fallow, following a soil pollution scare, the paddock in Farnborough Road may be ready for use again soon. Today the tractor gave its jungle-high grass and weeds a crop.
Below, a goldfinch takes a final peck before the tractor scythes down its food supply.
October 26, 2008
Vale make hay at GSA
A 2-1 victory against bottom club GSA Sports helped Castle Vale FC to move up to 9th position in the premier division of the Midland Combination. Vale have games in hand over most clubs ahead of them. Top of the table are Southam, seven points clear of Vale.
October 25, 2008
Clocks go back tonight
Darker nights are with us… and more so after tonight, when the clocks go back an hour. It means that we move from British Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time for the winter months, so that the mornings will be lighter, earlier.
October 25, 2008
Standing ovation as Carole gets posthumous award
Tracy Barrington,with her father, George Rafferty
A packed Residents’ Club audience gave a standing ovation as Carole Rafferty, who died in June, was given a special posthumous award at last night’s Vale ‘Oscars’ Ceremony. Tracy Barrington, Carole’s daughter, accompanied by her father, paid tribute to the work that her mother had done and to the [...]
