Miracle escape as storm brings down huge tree across Kings Heath road

A taxi driver and his two passengers had an extremely lucky escape as the storms felled a huge tree across Queensbridge Road.…

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I have been requested to provide a list of local names representing key

community groups and lead practitioners in Moseley and Kings Heath  who

shall be able to contribute to a discussion concerning Social Inclusion and

Diversity of Place. The discussion will take place on May 1st and is not

expected to last more than half an hour or so.

In attendance will be Ifor Jones, Director of Constituencies, Homes

and Neighbourhoods, Birmingham City…

A new gym company, operating under the famous EasyJet-style banner of Stelios Haji-Ioannou, is set to open in Kings Heath.

The company has agreed terms on the former MFI store at the station end of Kings Heath High Street and…

So which of the candidates are really interested in your vote?

Which ones are standing just to make up the numbers?

And which can't be bothered - perhaps because they have no real chance of winning?

Can you guess?

Every April, as soon as the local election candidates are published, we write to every single one of them and ask them to send us a statement - so we, via the local website, give them a chance to say why they think local people…

Panda couple move into new love nest

After two giant pandas at Edinburgh Zoo hit the media headlines by failing to 'get it together' at mating time, keepers at Birmingham's Nature Centre…

If you're not on the electoral roll to vote in next month's elections (you should have received a polling card by now if you are) today is the final day for geting your name on the register.

Here's a link to the election registration forms for…

Dear Friends,

I’m delighted to invite you to the launch of our new report! It looks at the opportunities for saving and generating energy in our community.

The report includes:

• how we fit into the ‘big picture’ of peak oil and climate change
• opportunities for using less energy in our…

Agenda 25th April

Colmore Junior & Infant School Hall

7- 8pm

8 - 8.30 Chance to chat to Cllrs/Invitees/residents

Overview

There are two sets of shops in the Vicarage Road area- one area is in the Brandwood Ward(Chip shop/One Stop/Tandis Hair flower shop) and the other is in the Bournville Ward( post office/off licence /Raj Store /Fast fit etc. The Coop has recently been given planning permission to create new small store which is welcome by some, but not by…

There are four Birmingham City Council wards for Kings Heath - Moseley and Kings Heath, Brandwood, Billesley and Bournville.  Each of these is represented by three councillors, one of whom faces re-election this year.

Click this link to see ward boundaries

The elections are on Thursday 3…

Some recent decisions shown on our planning applications page

• Hot food takeaway, Vicarage Rd - refused
• Illuminated 48-sheet posters, Lidl, Silver Street - part refused, part allowed
• Expansion of nursery, Vicarage Rd - approved
• Latest application in - extension at King Edward Camp Hill School for Girls

Are you a keen walker or cyclist? Do you think you could inspire people to walk and cycle more often?

Sustrans is looking for people to volunteer as Active Travel Champions.

We need champions to give advice about walking and…

The so-called guerilla knitters of Kings Heath are planning to mark the London Olympics this summer with a colourful woolly make-over for a Birmingham landmark.

The group, based at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath previously decorated a local roundabout in…

Family events within 20 miles of Kings Heath during the Easter school holidays