Bournville Village | 2009 August

Bournville inspires new green village

By Your local reporter ⋅ August 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Telford might not look like it has much in common with Bournville, but a new village is being designed based on the pioneering spirit of Bournville itself

Bournville students achieve top results

By Your local reporter ⋅ August 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Students at Bournville College, who collected their results last Thursday, achieved unprecedented results.

Selling Bournville to India

By Dave Harte ⋅ August 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

..a bit like the chocolate bar itself, I’m not sure this has been produced in Bournville at all…

Bournville children's singing course announced

By Your local reporter ⋅ August 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

If your child is itching to become the next Leona Lewis, or warbling wobbly tunes along to the radio, perhaps they would like to sign up to a new Children’s Singing Course, to take place in Bournville, announced today. The course will take place in the February half term in 2010, running for one week [...]

Meet your councillor – Timothy Huxtable

By Dave Harte ⋅ August 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

This is the first in a series of posts profiling your local councillors in Bournville ward. First off, Councillor Timothy Huxtable, Conservative. Coun Huxtable was first elected in 2002, gaining 43 per cent of the vote and helping the Conservatives increase their seats in the City Council which was still at that point Labour controlled. [...]

Stalker in Bournville given five-year ASBO

By Your local reporter ⋅ August 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A man who parked his car on driveways across Birmingham and shone his headlights into windows to aggrevate residents has been given a five-year Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) at Birmingham Magistrates Court today. A report in the Birmingham Mail says 42-year-old james Doyle followed women home in all areas of Birmingham, including Bournville. A total [...]

Rowheath 5k – race report

By Dave Harte ⋅ August 14, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Thursday’s 5k race around Bournville, organised by Rowheath Athletics Club, is a regular in my running calendar. Over the past four summers I’ve run at least one, and usually more, of the three race series. Even though the race doesn’t start until nearly 8pm it’s often quite hot to be running competitively but last night [...]

Racers take to Bournville's streets

By Your local reporter ⋅ August 13, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

The Chairman of the Bournville Harriers said ideally they’d like to see a Harrier win the race, but this time the title went to African-born John Ndayisenga who crossed the finish line after just 15 minutes and 19 seconds.

Bournville man wins world trip to blog

By Your local reporter ⋅ August 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A Bournville man has won a dream trip around the world after entering a competition to blog for the Birmingham Mail. Paul Hooper, 53, has won the 10-stop ticket which will see him visit travellers’ hang outs including New York, Barcelona, Paris and Tunisia with his wife Toni. The trip was the prize for a [...]