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Labour’s Richard Burden holds Northfield Constituency despite significant Conservative swing
Labour’s Richard Burden has held the Northfield constituency for a fourth term despite a hefty 6.6% swing in favour of the Conservatives. Burden, who has held the Northfield seat since 1992, gained 40.3% of the vote. The Conservative’s Keeley Huxtable gained a 33.6% vote share, giving Burden a 2,782 majority in the constituency. However, Burden’s [...]
Northfield Election Candidates Debate Climate Change at Hustings
The Northfield constituency saw four of it’s potential election candidate’s debate various issues at a recent hustings, with climate change and the environment high on the agenda. The hustings, co-organised by the Northfield Eco Centre, gave voters the oppotunity to question some of their candidates in the lead up to the General Election on May [...]
Birmingham Recycling Champions: hidden treasure or publicised myth?
Confusion as to the status of Birmingham’s Recycling Champions continues, with Birmingham City Council remaining silent on the scheme. The scheme, which seeks out residents for voluntary work spreading the recycling message, has been advertised since 2009. However, the scheme has had little reported success, and the Council is still looking for volunteers. When questioned [...]
EcoTeams initiative comes to Birmingham
Birmingham will become the latest city to be introduced to the United Nations endorsed ‘EcoTeams’ community project, with the city’s first training event to be held on 20th March 2010. EcoTeams, which claims to have 30,000 members, is a community-driven initiative, with residents forming groups to help each other lower their carbon emissions and increase [...]
Birmingham City Council deny theft is to blame for recycling box disappearances
Birmingham City Council’s Environmental Operations Manager has denied any knowledge of recycling box theft, despite evidence suggesting that the issue is as prominent as ever. Jeremy Shields said he was not ‘personally aware of any evidence of recycling boxes being stolen in the legally-defined sense.’ He did concede, however; ‘it is accepted that boxes go [...]
Moseley Swap Shop sees junk turn into treasure
Birmingham Friends of the Earth encouraged local residents to swap their trash for treasure on Saturday (27th February), as they held their first Moseley Swap Shop. The event, which was held at the Prince of Wales, encouraged people to bring along unwanted items to exchange for other items that others had donated to the swap [...]