º£½ÇÊÓƵ

Load mobile navigation

Birmingham City Council

Birmingham 'should lower expectations' as cuts continue to bite
Sir Albert Bore
City council presents bleak picture and warns of further cuts next year as authority bids to lower demand for its services
Bookmark
City council pledges votes for sixth formers
Politics
Birmingham backs calls to allow 16 and 17 year olds the vote in the EU referendum and says it is considering a similar move for council-run polls
Bookmark
Birmingham tops table for dearest parking permits
Economic Development
City joins Manchester at top of a countdown of º£½ÇÊÓƵ's most expensive places for a resident's permit and even beats London borough Islington
Bookmark
Anger at demolition of one of Birmingham's oldest buildings after fire
University of Birmingham
The future of Northfield Manor House, formerly home to the Cadbury family, is causing concern to Birmingham conservationists
Bookmark
Birmingham should 'set out to be fastest growing city'
Sir Albert Bore
City council leader Sir Albert Bore has told colleagues Birmingham is line to see a level of economic success not experienced for 50 years
Bookmark
Michelin star restaurant Adam's reveals plans for Waterloo Street move
Colmore Row
Popular restaurant, headed up by star chef Adam Stokes, submits plans to move to the heart of the Colmore business district
Bookmark
Former Birmingham regeneration chief Clive Dutton dies
Commercial Property
Tributes paid to man who worked on Library of Birmingham development and 2012 Olympic legacy project
Bookmark
Student project on Calthorpe Estate poised for go ahead
Edgbaston
City planners expected to award the green light to regenerate former petrol station site with six-storey, 50-bedroom complex
Bookmark
Building spree to transform Birmingham skyline
Birmingham city centre
The city is embarking on an unprecedented building spree which will see a huge amount of construction completed by 2017.
Bookmark
Probe into Birmingham Labour councillor's victory
Economic Development
Politician Ansar Ali Khan won the Washwood Heath ward seat with 78 per cent of the vote which has now been challenged amid claims of undue spiritual influence
Bookmark
Forget parochial rivalries - grasp the elected mayor and the billions to go with it
Opinion
The pitiful devolution deal a result of fear and tribalism by our council leaders
Bookmark
Vulnerable Birmingham children 'still at risk'
Economic Development
City council's children's services chief says a plan to improve the department still has a long way to go after first 12 months of three-year mission
Bookmark
Birmingham City Council inquiries scoop two national awards
Economic Development
Authority praised for reports into child sexual exploration and living with dementia by the national Centre for Public Scrutiny
Bookmark
West Midlands council leaders vow to create combined authority
Economic Development
Eight local authority chiefs enjoy audience with Chancellor George Osborne but shelve thorny discussion of elected mayor and new body's name
Bookmark
Plans for 'tallest office scheme outside London' at old NatWest Tower
Economic Development
The 103 Colmore Row building will stand more than 800ft above sea level and house 2,000 workers once completed
Bookmark
George Osborne urges region's leaders to get behind elected mayor
George Osborne MP
Chancellor tells West Midlands council leaders to crack on with creation of combined authority and confirm enterprise zone expansion to cover HS2 station
Bookmark
Brasshouse Language Centre is being 'run down' deliberately, claim users
Broad Street Birmingham
The Brasshouse Language Centre in Birmingham centre could be forced to move as the building is ‘unviable’
Bookmark
Plan for glass conference centres on Fort Dunlop roof
Fort Dunlop
Proposals also include new meeting areas and landscaping on its roof, as well as creating multi-storey parking and shaking up a shopping parade
Bookmark
Three Snowhill development gets green light in Birmingham office boost
Snow Hill
Developer Ballymore has go-ahead complete a triumvirate on the Snowhill estate with a 400,000 sq ft building over 16 storeys
Bookmark
Left Bank scheme for hotel and apartments on Broad Street gets go-ahead
Broad Street Birmingham
Permission granted for 22-storey apartment block next to 18-storey hotel despite concerns about noise levels
Bookmark
Plans for 335 Birmingham apartments end 'supermarket war'
Economic Development
New city centre homes proposed, alongside communal facilities such as café and gym for residents
Bookmark
Historic ballot could see Sutton Coldfield get its own town council
Economic Development
Birmingham City Council is to give residents of the area a say on whether or not they want the area to have its own town council by conducting a consultative ballot
Bookmark
New secrets of Staffordshire Hoard revealed
Economic Development
Pair of objects rebuilt dating back to seventh century Anglo-Saxon England are placed on display at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Bookmark
City dispute with Amey stepped up
Birmingham City Council
Council has £2.7bn contract with Amey but has been locked in a dispute since the autumn over the quality of road repairs meaning an independent adjudicator is being brought in
Bookmark
Story Saved
You can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.