Monthly Archives: March 2010

Save Birmingham City Council Conservation Department: Sign the Petition – Acocks Green Focus Group

Great concern has now been expressed by Birmingham’s conservationists at the 23rd February 2010 Council approved Budget plan to disband Birmingham City Council Conservation Department, in order to save £3050,000 a year.

Brum high-speed rail link is on the wrong track – Evening Standard

Nasty piece of work says “we have a modern economy in the South-East with a huge soup kitchen-cum-industrial theme park attached”.

Jenny from Capsule meets Ozzy Osbourne

She tells him about Home of Metal and he tells her that “a sign of success in Birmingham was being able to drink mid week” .

Although Wordle make everything look like a shoe, the MAC’s #brumwords is getting interesting: “Birmingham Word Cloud | As part of ‘plug in’ – the opening exhibition at the new mac gallery space in Birmingham – we are generating a city word cloud, entirely constructed from words submitted by the general public and associates. You can contribute your keywords (up to 5 please) by emailing Neil.Holland@macarts.co.uk or via twitter using the hashtag #brumwords”

Where Have You Been All My – Online – Life? A Guide To RSS – Student Birmingham

Danny Smith takes over at the Student Birmingham website — and starts by trying to give student types in Brum an idea where else to head online.

BBC cuts

I’ve just got this from punch records and while it might not be _your_ niche Asian Network is an important part of the BBC’s output in Brum and I think you should have the chance for a read (and if you’re in a more sweary or indie mood — Derek and Clive try to save 6Music this is not suitable for the prudish): Why The BBC Asian Network Still Scratches My Niche. Please sign the petition: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/BBCcuts?source=homepage#petition The UK Asian radio & Media marketplace is thriving. Zee, TV Asia, Star and a galaxy of local stations like Sunrise & XL are still loud and proud; jostling for advertiser revenue. So why, you ask, is the one British Asian media giant that doesn’t have to worry about sponsorship bailing out in a bull market? How has the Asian Network gone from hyped powerhouse to the BBC’s most expensive listen? The answers are simple. On the air, the station has a clear line up of winners, all setting the pace for UK Asian music culture. In the back office, the BBC management has no clue what the station is for and partitions its airtime from above like Mountbatten in 1947. When...

Dudley Park Road/Warwick Road Bus Lane Goes

One of the most ill conceived bits of road layout ever finally removed – see it on Google Street View it meant that you had to look both ways at a very busy traffic island, and caused all sorts of mayhem.

Yardley tennis club fighting for survival

“This is among the four or five oldest clubs in the world and it would be a real shame if it were to be lost,” “The membership is down to ten people who try and play for an hour a week but the courts aren’t really even up to that. “Their membership just about covers the rent from the council but there is nothing for repairs. “Realistically, we need £80,000 to make it work and turn this back in to a great place for sport.”

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