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Monthly Archives: November, 2007

£90,000 to spend, but still no site for play area

The community group planning to spend £90,000 on youth activity facilities in Alvechurch has decided what to build – but now doesn’t know where to put it.

Essential sums for asset sellers

Get your thinking cap on to tackle tax changes, writes Terry Reed.

Homes go-ahead ‘blinkered’

We have all received letters in Hopwood regarding the decision that affordable housing is, against all logic, going to be sited on Green Belt land in Hopwood.

Government allows Green Belt homes

Hopwood residents have reacted angrily to the decision to allow 20 affordable homes to be built partly on Green Belt land in their hamlet.

Wine wonderland

Noble Rot offers a vast choice of wine – and expert advice to help you choose it.

My Olympic dream

Lickey schoolgirl Emily Richards has her sights set on glory as an international horserider, but needs sponsorship. She tells us what she has achieved so far…

Taking train adds to strain

This morning (Saturday November 17) we had an appointment at the BBC in Birmingham to go live on air at 10.20am. We set out in good time to catch the 9.09 train from Barnt Green.