News archive
News published September 2018
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New exhibition remembers Birmingham’s First World War
Birmingham’s role in the First World War and the impact it had on the city and wider West Midlands is the focus of a new exhibition which opens at the Library of Birmingham next month (5 October).
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Driver fined for transporting injured sheep
Birmingham City Council's environment health team successfully prosecuted a Shropshire man for failing to transport an animal that was fit for the journey, at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (27/9)
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Officers seize more than 85,000 illegal cigarettes in raids across Birmingham
Birmingham City Council’s trading standards officers seized illegal cigarettes worth more than £21,000 in a series of planned raids on 25 and 26 September 2018.
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Waste management modernisation update - 17 September 2018
The following is a statement on the latest news relating to the modernisation of Birmingham’s waste management service:
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Court orders kebab shop owner to pay £1,200 for waste offences
The operator of an Acocks Green kebab house was yesterday (September 13) ordered to pay £1,200 by Birmingham Magistrates for flytipping and related offences after a case brought by the council.
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Joint local area SEND inspection in Birmingham
Response to Ofsted and CQC local area SEND inspection in Birmingham
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Trader sentenced for counterfeit goods
The owner of a Birmingham-based business has been given a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to a number of offences relating to the possession of counterfeit and unsafe goods.
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Have your say on Langley and Peddimore developments
A six-week public consultation on the Langley Sustainable Urban Extension (SUE) and Peddimore Employment development in Sutton Coldfield will begin on 10 September.
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Vote for your favourite park in the Green Flag People’s Choice Award
The experts had their say and in July, 15 of Birmingham’s parks were awarded the prestigious Green Flag Award.
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Cemetery extension opened at Sutton Coldfield site
12,000 additional burial plots have today (3 September) been officially opened at Sutton New Hall Cemetery.