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Bournville Blue Plaque to honour Suffragette Julia Varley

A Blue Plaque is to be unveiled in honour of Julia Varley OBE in Bournville on 24 May. A suffragette and trade union activist, Julia Varley moved to Bournville in 1909 and set up a branch of the National Federation of Women Workers at the Cadbury factory.

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Exclusive – all change at New Street for Bournville rail commuters

Bournvillevillage.com has been given an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the new concourse at Birmingham New Street station. From late April the current concourse will close and commuters on the cross-city line will experience a whole new station.

News from the Birmingham Mail:

• Charity walkers barred from Birmingham pub's toilets Walk for Kids fundraisers hiking 26 miles around city told they could not spend a penny at The York, in Hall Green
• Teenager who repeatedly helped save pal's life wins St John Ambulance award Robyn Cook, 14,  helps Megan Smith, 15, whenever she suffers a seizure
• A round-up of the best comedy, music, theatre and exhibitions, May 21-22 Highlights include Brian McFadden, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham, and Strictly Come Dancing: An Evening with the Stars, Solihull Arts Complex
• A round-up of the best comedy, music, theatre and exhibitions, May 20-21 Highlights include Steve Earle & The Dukes, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, and Derren Brown, New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
• Pictures: Thousands take part in the Walk for Kids in Birmingham Cash raised from Free Radio’s Walk For Kids event is set to be split between three charities – including Birmingham Women’s Hospital’s neo-natal intensive care unit.
• Woman airlifted to hospital after Bournville crash Firefighters, paramedics and police officers were called to the scene of the incident in Bournville at around 9.30am.
• Birmingham suffragette Julia Varley honoured with blue plaque Birmingham Civic Society erecting memorial on former Bournville home of women's rights campaigner 
• A round-up of the best comedy, music, theatre and exhibitions, May 14-15 Highlights include Alistair McGowan, Artrix, Bromsgrove, and Death and the Maiden, Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
• A round-up of the best comedy, music, theatre and exhibitions, May 13-14 Highlights include Lana Del Rey, O2 Academy,  Birmingham, and Derren Brown, New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
• A round-up of the best comedy, music, theatre and exhibitions, May 10-16 Highlights include Lana Del Rey at the O2 Academy 2,  Birmingham, and Grease at The Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham
• A round-up of the best comedy, music, theatre and exhibitions, May 3-9 Highlights include Leona Lewis at The NIA, Birmingham, and Yes Prime Minister at the Wolverhampton Grand
• A round-up of the best comedy, music, theatre and exhibitions, April 30-May 1 Highlights include The Phantom of the Opera, Birmingham Hippodrome, and Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
• Urban Walk: Mohini Howard's weekly rambling column Mohini Howard's weekly rambling column this week starting at Bournville Station.
• A round-up of the best comedy, music, theatre and exhibitions, April 26-May 2 Highlights include Beyoncé World Tour, at the LG Arena, Birmingham, and Hamlet, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon
• A round-up of the best comedy, music, theatre and exhibitions, April 23-24 Highlights include Hadouken, at The Institute, Digbeth and The Producers, at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham