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Police blast lazy parents

LOCAL police have turned to twitter to highlight the ‘shocking’ behaviour of parents dropping their children off by car at Bournville Junior School on Linden road.

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Get Walking around Bournville

A series of walks have been published for our area as part of a project by the Ramblers’ Association called ‘Get Walking, Keep Walking‘. The walks go past many of Bournville’s landmarks including local parks, the Village Green, Cadbury factory and Selly Manor.

News from the Birmingham Mail:

• Wheelchair rugby player has sights on Paralympic gold medal

  MIDLAND wheelchair-bound athlete Mandip Sehmi has fought back from being paralysed for life – to go for glory in the Paralympics.

• Plans to turn Bournville art school into college slammed by ward councillor

  PLANS to turn a historic university campus into a college for overseas students have been branded “vandalism” by city councillors.

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• Bournville Ward Commitee Meeting

  THE Bournville Ward committee meeting will be held from 7pm on Thursday at the Rowheath Pavillion, Bournville.

• Birmingham teacher suspended over pupil "bite" claims

  A TEACHER has been suspended from a Birmingham secondary school over claims a child was bitten.

• Former Bournville College site to be city's fifth retirement village.

  DETAILS of another retirement village in Birmingham have been unveiled.

• Birmngham Cadbury worker delivers wedding proposal in fireman disguise

  ALARM bells turned into wedding bells when a crafty Cadbury worker disguised himself as a fireman to pop the question to his girlfriend at work.

• Bournville family delighted at hamper prize after donation to Birmingham Mail and Lord Mayor's £1 Appeal

  EILEEN and Tommy Dempsey had a Christmas to remember – after winning a £500 hamper from big-hearted Birmingham Wholesale Markets traders.

• Bournville schoolboy Steven Steadman remembered by fellow pupils

  A GROUP of Birmingham school pupils have brought a bit of festive cheer to poorly children in memory of a much-loved classmate.

• Dr Who star opens Walsall school playground

  Dr Who actor Arthur Darvill took time out from his character as Rory Williams to return home to the Midlands and open a play ground made out of scrap.