Community news
Bournville Young Singers in Edinburgh
Bournville Young Singers are playing two shows on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe today (Tuesday 23rd) and tomorrow, following their successful appearance last year. They play at St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church at 4.30pm.
Bournville College re-build video
Bournville College have published a new timelapse video of their new college being built on the former Longbridge works site. The video covers the first half of 2010. The college will move from its current Northfield site in 2011.
Happy Birthday Bournville Village!
One year ago today we founded this website with a view to reflecting community life in this beautiful model village of ours. With so much vibrancy, history and local charm, the lack of coverage of what’s going on in the area felt like a real shame – we hoped the Bournville Village website would become [...]
Linden road Mary Vale road – most dangerous
Bournvillevillage.com has received information from West Midlands Police about the volume of accidents on Linden Road and Watford Road in Bournville. The data was made available after a Freedom of Information request. It reveals the junction to be the most dangerous on this stretch.
Election Expenses revealed
The winning candidate for Selly Oak constituency in May’s General Election spent twice as much as his nearest rival to secure victory. Details of election expenses also reveal that Labour’s Steve McCabe spent £13813 on unsolicited leaflets and £165 on balloons.
Bournville Choir at School Fete
Bournville-Vocal-Ease Ladies Choir will be helping to celebrate the start of summer later today with a performance at Wychall Primary School fete in Northfield from 4pm. Visitors can look forward to performances from four local choirs, a barbeque, face painting, a bouncy castle, and a whole host of traditional stalls.
Cadbury Worker Compensated for Asbethos Exposure
A former publications officer at Cadbury’s Bournville factory has received £100,000 compensation after developing the fatal asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma.
Bournville Junior School considers Academy future
Bournville Junior School is considering its future status having registered an interest in becoming an Academy School with the Department for Education. It’s one of 21 Birmingham schools that have enquired and two others in our area have also asked the government for further details.
Upcoming Neighbourhood Tasking Meetings
Here’s a full list from the Police of upcoming Neighbourhood Tasking Meetings in and around our area.
Maria Sharapova comes to Cotteridge
Our neighbours in Cotteridge had a visit from one of the world’s greatest tennis players at the weekend when Maria Sharapova dropped in to show support for the park’s new tennis coaching sessions and to promote the Aegon Classic tournament at the Priory Club in Edgbaston next week.
