Neil Elkes
Birmingham Mail
United Kingdom
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Universal Credit switch sees 130 Birmingham council tenants a week falling into rent arrears
Council boss urges Government to speed up payments after benefits fiasco sees £5m in unpaid rent → Read More
HS2 to provide 15,000 jobs in two years according to rail industry bosses
Government and HS2 sets out plan for skills and apprentices to work on London to Birmingham railway → Read More
Watch: Probe after shipping container rooftop barbecue winched into place
Sparkhill residents raise concerns over what appears to be a restaurant → Read More
Birmingham's clean air zone given go ahead but critics say it 'taxes people and won't clean the air'
Opposition councillors attack plan to charge high polluting vehicles → Read More
Murder probe as man found dead after fight in Bilston street
Officers investigating whether violence was linked to death → Read More
Man found dead after Bilston street fight
Police carrying out inquiries following disorder on Sunday → Read More
Special needs and disabled children in Birmingham make 'weak' progress at school says Ofsted in damning report
Damning report say SEND pupils are excluded more and achieve less than in other areas → Read More
Union demands criminal investigation into collapse of Carillion
Public projects like Midland Metropolitan Hospital stalled following construction giant's collapse → Read More
Why Birmingham's historic Wheels Raceway is facing closure
40 acre Wheels Park set aside for industrial development set to provide 3,000 jobs in new council planning policy → Read More
Why I love my tower block home and don't want it pulled down
Druids Heath resident argues there could be a future for the tower blocks → Read More
Three men and a firm ordered to pay £45k for dumping eight tonnes of rubbish on city street
A company and three men have ordered to pay more than £45,000 in fines and legal costs after pleading guilty to fly-tipping eight tonnes of waste on a Birmingham inner city street. Ikram Properties and three of its senior staff illegally dumped waste on Tilton Road, Bordesley Green, on April 4, 2016. Under cover of darkness and using a forklift truck, they transported giant piles of waste from… → Read More
People in these jobs will not face Birmingham clean air charge in the first year
But Labour bosses accused of 'taxing car owners for the privilege of using city centre' → Read More
Crunch talks to save Birmingham bin strike deal after deadline missed
Failure to introduce deal struck last autumn is costing council £300,000 per month → Read More
Plans to make Birmingham a single use plastic free city revealed
Lib Dems propose ban on single-use plastics in council buildings, canteens, cafes and events → Read More
Plans to make Birmingham a single use plastic free city revealed
Lib Dems propose ban on single-use plastics in council buildings, canteens, cafes and events → Read More
Birmingham is getting 5G mobile first
5G mobile technology will pave way for driverless cars, faster smartphones and streamlined health services → Read More
Birmingham coroner backs calls for £1 million digital autopsy scanner
Business case for digital post mortems being investigated by city officers following 10,000 name petition → Read More
This bus station is getting a £680,000 facelift
Toilets, information screens and cycle racks being upgraded at Walsall bus sation → Read More
Watch: Footage shows high-speed chase as drug dealer tries to evade police in stolen Mercedes
Adam Ward of Kingstanding received a four year jail sentence following capture and prosecution → Read More
New Sprint bus stops between Birmingham City Centre and Walsall
Route along A34 visiting Perry Barr, Alexander Stadium, Scott Arms and Walsall Broadway → Read More