Engineers from Central Networks have had to stop work on a cable laying project in Park Lane, Castle Vale because they have discovered a substance that may be asbestos. The ‘contaminated’ area is now fenced off. The engineers have dug test holes to see how far the contamination extends and have now begun digging the [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 30, 2009
Free swimming for over 60s
If you are over 60 you can swim for free from 1st April onwards at the Castle Pool or at any of the other council run swimming pools in Birmingham.
Leisure cards which will guarantee free entry are available from the pools to those who bring a proof-of-age document such as a passport, driving licence, [...]
March 29, 2009
Castle Vale’s Got Talent auditions this week
Local wannabes and stars of all ages will be getting nervous about the auditions for Castle Vale’s Got Talent to be held this Wednesday at the secondary school in Farnborough Road.
The successful ones will go through to the finals on Wednesday 29th April at 7pm.
March 28, 2009
Cup thriller for JKS – both Vale teams reach finals
JKS scraped through to the final of the Presidents Cup beating West Midlands Police in the semi final, but it took 210 minutes of football and a penalty shoot out to separate the two teams.
Trailing by 3-2 after the first encounter earlier this month, the score after extra time today was 5-4 in JKS’s favour. [...]
March 27, 2009
Dolly’s fine pair makes Vale’s men happy
strong>Two excellent goals from striker Mark ‘Dolly’ Parton gave Castle Vale Veterans victory in the Central Warwickshire Over 35s League Division Three final against Dosthill at the Farnborough Road Stadium.
Parton’s first goal was an opportunist strike from distance which deceived the keeper. He made it 2-0 when he latched on to a long ball from [...]
March 26, 2009
Award for ‘clean’ Birmingham
Birmingham has won an award for being a clean city.
12 of the 18 cities that entered this year’s Clean Britain Awards were given the highest ‘five-star’ grading. Some cities chose to be judged on the quality of cleanliness of the whole city, while others asked to be judged on a smaller area within the city. [...]
March 25, 2009
Local Rileys Snooker Club survives
Rileys Snooker Club in Kingsbury Road, Castle Vale is one of the 129 clubs bought by Valiant Sports, the company taking over from the Rileys which has gone into administration.
30 Rileys snooker clubs, including one in Sutton Coldfield, are closing immediately.
The suddenness of many company closures is a feature of this recession. An illustration [...]
March 25, 2009
Squeezing in the soccer
Local soccer teams are having to squeeze in their remaining fixtures because of postponements caused by the poor winter weather. Castle Vale Orion, who play in the Sutton Sunday league, still have 13 games left before they complete their season.
If they were to play only on Sundays, their season would not end till mid July. [...]
March 24, 2009
Sainsbury’s charity cycle heroes
hree Sainsbury’s Staff cycled 34 miles each to raise money for Comic Relief. Lorraine Hillsdon and Derek Allen from the Human Resources team were joined by bakery manager Steve Harris on a six and a half hour charity bike trip that started at Sainsbury’s in Castle Vale and took them to [...]
March 23, 2009
Man in court over damage to cars in Vale
A 25 year old man has appeared at Sutton Magistrates Court today in connection with criminal damage and break-ins to a number of cars in Castle Vale. Many of the vehicles have been damaged in the Topcliffe House car park in recent weeks.
Police would not confirm that the man, from outside the Castle Vale area, [...]
