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Two elections in one day:

THURSDAY 5TH MAYSix candidates are up for one job as

City Councillor for Tyburn

Police and Crime Commissioner

for West MidlandsFour candidates for the job of public rep-

resentative on the region’s Police Force

JOBS: PAGE 21Chef, bar sta, part-time cleaner, ac-

counts assistant, customer service

assistants, white goods engineer,

senior IT assistant, trainee sales ad-

ministrator, trainee sales advisors

Greenwood Academy Principal

Harry French will be leaving at

the end of the summer term.He will be taking up the job as Principal

of an 11-18 school in North Warwick-

shire in September

Mr French joined Greenwood three years

ago, in April 2013. The new academy hadpreviously been at the lowest point in the

school’s history, when it had suered ap-

paling examination results and months of

ridicule in the regional and national media.

He transformed the school. Always putting

the pupils rst, Harry has combined good

judgement, shrewd analysis, kindness,

honesty, integrity and common sense tohelp the school’s community rediscover

something vital: its self respect.

Harry has been popular with parents, pupils

and the wider community.

Outwardly shy and quietly spoken, Mr

French has had the courage to face up to

the school’s situation, and to help it take gi-

ant strides forward.

A school which was once regarded

worst in Birmingham now has a me

le that is the envy of the city.

Pupils opening their GCSE results

national television earned the p

a national audience, and of the te

crew.

In the past ten weeks, the school hthe focus of a documentary seri

School. The pupils have endeareselves to the viewers, and displaye

of the qualities that Harry and h

have nurtured.

Under Harry’s leadership, the sch

has a sixth form, university entr

growing reputation locally, and the p

of a brand new state of the art bui

2017.

Three years ago, the school’s re

was so poor that only 93 pupils j

Year 7. Each year, that gure has g

September, it will reach 160. An inc

over 72% in three years.

The community of Castle Vale has

thank him for.

Harry to goMeetMaria

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A teenage car thiefhas been jailed for18 months for hispart in a £500,000luxury car theft ringafter he was caughton Castle Vale CCTV.Conrad Ashe, aged 19, ofInnsworth Drive, B35, wasspotted driving a stolenRange Rover in August 2014.Last week, Ashe and severalother members of the gang,were given prison sentencesat Wolverhampton Crown

Court last week. Theirthefts included Audi A6,an Insignia and a PeugeotRCZ.

Jail for car-thiefcaught on CCTV

Conrad Ashe

This edition of Tyburn Mail willbe published on the Queen’s90th birthday. Pictured (left)is Her Majesty The Queen, re-cording a message for Castle Vale’s community radio station Vale FM, in the former library

in Turnhouse Road on a visitto Castle Vale in 1998.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY



Tyburn Mail readershave called for carers tobe vetted more closely.Two cases in recent months haveoutraged local residents.In both cases, fragile 87 year-old pensioners were conned outof their savings by women whoclaimed to be carers.In the space of four months, twomiddle-aged Castle Vale womenhave been jailed in copycat cases.The callous cruelty of the cold-hearted pair preying on helplessand fragile pensioners has shockedthe local community.The thieves worked under a dis-guise of professional kindness andtrust to deceive their victims.These cases have made nationalheadlines.In the most recent case, RachaelRobinson, aged 30, of DavenportDrive, was jailed for two years.She had stolen £20,400 from hervulnerable victim, in a successionof visits to post oces to withdrawthe cash.It has eerily similar echoes of thecase of Doreen Humpage, also ofCastle Vale, who was jailed in No-vember for conning her 87 year-oldward out of £12,000 in a string ofvisits to cash machines. According to police, Humpage wasnot employed by the council or byany agency as a carer.But Robinson was paid by an agencyfor her work, and it begs the ques-

tion: how did she get the job in therst place, and how closely was shemonitored?It was the victim’s family who spot-ted the cash withdrawals on the 87year-olds bank statements. The vic-tim has dementia, and would havebeen unable to spot the defraudingherself.Police claim that Robinson deniedthe oences, even when shown

CCTV footage of herself in post of-ces making the withdrawals.Police mugshots of Robinson and ofHumpage show sullen, self-pityingfaces.Public reaction to the crimes hasbeen one of outrage.DC Taberner added: “Robinsonis a cruel and heartless thief, whotook advantage of an 87-year-olddementia suerer. The victim wasunaware of the fraud and unable toprovide evidence herself. “Thankfully her family were lookingout for her and were able to workout what was happening and alertthe police so that Robinson couldnally be stopped.” The term ‘carer’ is broad in itsmeaning. These two women havebrought shame upon a profession

whose members earn the their title aords them. According to the Council, opeople in the city are carer A carer, says the council,one who provides unpaidto family or friends who manage without this help.This could be caring for apartner or friend who isdisabled, or has mental substance misuse problemcan apply for support, incnancial help.But there are also agenrecruit and pay carers, sohourly rate.One agency told Tyburn Mqualications are needed ta carer. All that is needed

ing licence, and a UK worTraining will be given on thThey pay between £9 andhour for the work.Standards vary from aagency.Some expect NHS experigood recent employmeences. Some pay only the National Living Wage.

CURSE OFTHE CARERThe women who betrayed their tr

Rachael Robinson: “.....a cruel and

heartless thief, who took advantage

of an 87-year-old dementia suer -

er....” say police

Opinion.....I really feel people

work in any kind of car

giving profession shou

better vetted and mon

tored!.....

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The company’s who e

these people should b

forced to repay the fam

back .

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Tyburn Mail website

Police have warned young-

sters and parents to be

vigilant after two abduction

scares on the estate last

week.

A motorist wearing a red coat and hat,driving a white Ford Focus, stopped

his car and attempted to speak to two

young children last Wednesday. The

girls ran away into their house.

Two days later, two girls from Green-

wood Academy were approached by a

man tting the same description. Po-

lice say that no attempt was made to

grab the children.

The father of two of the girls posted on

social media: “...he called them over

to his car and this was after he had got

out of his car walked around them and

their house obviously weighing up hispotential targets.....

“He then had his hands down his

pants whilst asking my children how

old they are.”

One resident says that the Focus driv-

er was parked outside a house for 40

minutes.

Focus driver ‘hadhands down pants’as he spoke to girls

A 16 year-old arsonistwho destroyed cars andproperty in Castle Valehas been told by the court

that his parents must pay£1,188 in compensation,

just a fraction of the totaldamage.The teenager from Nechells, who can-not be named, set re to several carsin Turnhouse Road last November. Healso broke into Tiggywinkles nursery

in the grounds of Pegasus Schooland burnt down the children’s green-house. Later, police discovered he hada knuckle duster on the High Street.The courts last week punished the

teen by placing him on a contract for12 months with the Birmingham YouthOenders Panel. Details of the con-tract are not available.He had destroyed by arson a redHyundai in Turnhouse Road, de-stroyed a Ford Kuga worth £2,000,damaged a Ford Ka, and destroyed aRenault Clio.

Arsonist’s parents topay up for burnt cars

Parents of children at StBarnabas School in Erd-

ington are still in the darkabout the school’s head-teacher, eight months af-ter she was suspended.Heather Powell has been absentfrom her post as headteacher sincethe start of the school year in Sep-tember following the discovery ofnancial irregularities.Since then, the Council say theyhave been conducting an investiga-tion into the matter.The education authority brought inClaire Cowlard to be part-time actingheadteacher while the investigationtook place. Mrs Cowlard is jugglingthe responsibilities of two jobs. She

is also headteacher of St Francis Pri-mary School in Bournville.She may have to juggle for longeryet, because there is still no newsabout the investigation into HeatherPowell. Governors are staying tight-lipped. Chair of Governors ReverendFreda Evans has dismissed Tyburn

Mail enquiries about the sitDeputy Chair of Governors

den refuses to speak abouall other governors.The education authority,Council, has issued a stateing: “We are continuing to sBarnabas C of E School anterim Headteacher and wilto do so until the matter is A mother at the school parents have received notion or updates about thesince January, and have informed who will be hein September when the neyear starts.They have been given no as to when the case is likresolved.

St Barnabas: no news to parenabout headteacher suspension

Heather Powell



I have worked hard to get the best for people across

Tyburn for many years. Every day I speak to residents

across the ward who are nding life tough right now.

Residents are telling me how they are struggling to make

ends meet, how the cost of living is rising the whole time

and Tory cuts to the Police, NHS and the Council have

already caused them very real problems.

Only the Labour Party can give the residents of Tyburn

the future they deserve. I hope I can count on your

support Thursday May 5th.

Councillor Mick Brown

“

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MY PLEDGES

TO YOU:

1

Stand up for you

- I will be there when

you need help and

support. Not just at

election time

2 Stand up for older and

vulnerable people

- I will continue to

support the most

vulnerable in society

3 Stand up for youngpeople and families - I will support the next

generation and

struggling families

STANDING UP FOR YOU IN TYBURNCONTACT YOUR LOCAL LABOUR TYBURN TEAM

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LETTERS ‘n’comments

Dear Editor,

Why is the car park by Costcutteron Farnborough Road used as arubbish tip and drug dealers’ de-light?.Black bags from the ats above theshops dumped on the pavement hop-ing the council will collect them even

though they have no bins.People dumping bags of garden wasteas they are too lazy to take it to thetip even though they can drive to thecar park in the early hours and dumpit.We have disabled people in this areawho use wheelchairs but cannot get

to the shops because of black bags onthe pavement.I am fed up of telling the druggies togo away from my front garden.

Police just say: “Get the registrationnumber of the car.” That is not the point; they are thereevery day but if the police do comethey come with blue lights ashing sothey quickly disappear. A private landlord owns the shops andats but surely he must be account-able for tenants not being able to getrid of their rubbish.Drug dealers are another problem.

name suppliedby email

Car park is drugdealer’s delight

Hi there,

I was wondering if youcould raise awareness ofan issue my parents con-stantly have to deal with.There seem to be lazy people (twodierent people on cctv) who intendon bringing home their shopping us-ing trolleys from Sainsburys mainly,and occasionally from B&M.The residents in question that liveon Halfpenny Field Walk and RoundMoor Walk then dump the trolleys outthe back of their houses in Bond Drivewhich then accumulate.Instead of naming and shaming them,I hope that the Tyburn Mail couldpublicise this issue that my parentsand probably other residents have todeal with on a regular basis.

Thanks in advance for any help withthis problem.Let’s just hope they have a bit of re-spect for their fellow neighbours and

stop doing it!!

details supplied by email

After many years absencewe are delighted to bringback a fun run style eventto Castle Vale.The Deep Fitness Group who run t-ness sessions at Greenwood Academy

and Pype Hayes are working withGreenwood to hold a rst for Castle Vale – The Deep Fitness Pursuit onSaturday 18th June 2016.In aid of John Taylor Hospice this 5kmtrail which can be walked, run (oreven crawled!) will feature a numberof obstacles and challenges along theroute for maximum fun and enjoy-ment. All proceeds will go towards JohnTaylor Hospice and the entry fee is

just £10. For more details please seethe website www.deeptnesspursuit.weebly.com or call Adrian on 07588371 644.Look out for more details in the Mayedition of Tyburn Mail. Adrian DanielThe Deep Fitness Group

Deep Fitness Pursuit5km trial on Saturday 18th June 2016

Trolleys-aaargh

ANNUAL SPRING FAYRSt Cuthbert’s Church, Castle Va

SATURDAY 7TH MAY 20from 11am till 1pm

Many stalls including:CARIBBEAN FOOD, TOMBOLA, RAFFLE

BRIC-A-BRAC, CAKES AND REFRESHMEN

Admission 50pence

RAFFLE WITH £50 PRIZE

Birmingham Model Railway Clu

OPEN DAYSATURDAY APRIL 30th

In club behind swimming pool o Cadbury Drive B3

11.00am til 4.00pm

Lots of models operating; drive a train

ENTRY £1 adult 50p child

TEL Bob 07766923361

Surprise I dreamt Death came the other night

And Heaven’s Gate swung wide

An angel with a halo bright

Ushered me inside And there to my astonishment

Stood folks I’d judged and labelled

As qute unt, of little worth,

And spiritually disabled.

Indignant words rose to my lips

But never were set free

For every face showed stunned surprise;

Not one expected ME

Tom Walker , aged 80+

Castle Vale



MAC have again teamedup with another celeb-rity to design and launcha new lipstickshade for their

Viva Glam collec-tion! MAC often collaboratewith very talked aboutcelebrities, in the pastit has been the likesof Miley Cyrus, ArianaGrande and Rihanna,but now it’s Caitlyn Jen-ner’s turn.Caitlyn’s new shade is arosy nude shade whichshe explains is great forevery day wear.Caitlyn said that she wanted an every

day shade so that people will wearit a lot, meaning that they will haveto buy more, therefore raising morefunds! Nothing wrong with that!

If you are currentlyunaware, Caitlyn Jen-ner, formerly knownas Bruce Jenner, is aretired Olympic goldmedal-winning decath-lete and now a TV per-sonality on Keeping UpWith The Kardashians.Then in April 2015she came out as atransgender womanand soon after ap-peared on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine asCaitlyn.

She then later went on to give anemotional speech at the ESPY Awards

and then a while after won WomanOf The Year at the Glamour Awards,which caused a lot of controversy.

However, we can see why she chosethis phrase for her new lippy.She named it “Finally Free” a phrasewhich she says she uses a lot to de-scribe how she’s felt post-transition.She also mentioned that 100% of thesales will be going to programs fortransgender, as a lot of the Viva Glampieces are currently going towardscauses for HIV and AIDS.Recently MAC released Caitlyn’s adfor Finally Free which shows her lyingin a shimmery, golden gown with as-sistants surrounding her helping herget into get into place.The backdrop is dark grey and theextras are wearing monochrome out-

ts, so Caitlyn is denitely shining inher outt, drawing attention to hernew lipstick.What do you think of MACs latest col-laboration?Taylor Sheldon

Tyburn Mail’s

award winning

fashion journalist

LIP SERVICE A celebrity who has fathered sixchildren is now modelling lipstickfor one of the world’s top brands

Once described as the world’s greatest athlete, Bruce Jenner won the Olympic gold medal for the

decathlon. He fathered six children before becoming a woman, and is now Caitlyn Jenner, transgender

celebrity glamour model. Top US/Canadian make-up company MAC, part of t he Esthée Lauder group,

has taken the controversial and brave step of using Jenner to promote their products.

Entries are welcome from alection, of the following ve

Energy Eciency Schem& Recycling Scheme; GHealthier Lifestyles (Footainable Travel; Natura(Biophilic) Scheme The closing date: Tuesday 3 Applications to: sustainabbirmingham.gov.uk or postebara Street, Climate Changronment Team, Birmingham cil, PO Box 14439, Birmin2JE. Tel: 0121 464 9166

Greener, Heal

Brum Awards

Castle Vale’s Generations Chhearsing for two shows, sayiser Bob Brueton. The rst will be on Saturdaywhen they will be in a speraising awareness in a fun acal way of what is in the fooCalled ‘Crime Food’ it will toutside St Martins Church iRing.Performances are free and midday and again at 2.00pmThe second show will be on28th May at the café in St Church in Erdington High St. memorates Mothers Night Cwas in the building opposite t( look for the blue plaque on There will be a wide range of including ones which would hperformed at the club. Timesand 2pm and entry is free. Also in the church buildinmemorabilia, clothing, CD’s ers from the era.The choir meets Thursdays at Greenwood Academy and new members of all ages.

Choir set two show

FIVE STARBerwood Court Care

Home

Burger King,

Castle Vale Nursery

MJ Taylor Market Stall

(sweets) Phoenix

Court )

OCS Catering (Jaguar)

Raj Spices

Sainsburys

Spitre Cafe

St Cuthberts Church

Hall St Gerards Church

Centre

Ridings Care Home

Tyburn House

Super Whippy Trader

Rye Grass Walk) St

Gerards School

Tiggy Winkles

TK Maxx

FOUR STARBrooks Newsagent

Vale Stores (Quix)

THREE STARTopclie Junior and

Infant School

Wing Wo Takeaway

ONE STAR

Castle Vale F

Chilli Spice

ZERO STChicks

Farnborough

(January 201

FIVE STAR Ahmeds Spice

Kingsbury School

Bagot Arms

Yenton School

Birches Green J and I Schools

Buttery Day Nursery

Cafe Pausa

Cape Race Hotel

Gunter Childrens Centre and

Primary School

Conservative Club

Costa Coee at Fort

Dixy Chicken Kingsbury Rd

Erdington Hall Primary School

Erdington Leisure Centre

Gala Bingo

Greggs two shops on KIngsbury

Rd

Hollyeld Centre clubHappy Days Nursery

Jaray Nursing

John Taylor Hospice

JCs Cafe at Selco

kentucky Fried Chicken Kings-

bury Rd

Kingsbury Cafe

Mc Donalds (Chester RD)

Nandos (Fort)

Papa Johns

Paget Schoo

Phoenix Cafe

Raj Mahal

S & M Butchers

St Barnabas School

St Edmund Campion School

Starbucks

Subway (Tyburn Rd)

Blue Angel Fish Bar

The DigbyLittle Ripley Day Nursery

The Range Coee House

Travelodge (Fort)

Uper Crust

Wheewright News

Winnie’s Cafe

Yenton School

FOUR STARBennetts

Buet Island

Chung Ying Takeaway

Erdington Foodbank

Hastingwood Cafe

Hollywood Rest Home

Hollywood Social Club

McDonalds (1151 Chester Rd)

Ocean Blue

Pitts Farm NewsQueensbury Special School

The Crown

St Peter and Paul School

St Chads

Lions Club

THREE STARBlue Lagoon

Erdington Baptist Church

George Express

Polish Shop, Wood End Rd

Qs and Sons Food Stores

TWO STARDigby Manor Residential

St Barnabas Church Centre

ONE STAR Abbey Rose Nursing

Angel Court Residen

Home

Balti Delight

Fern Convenience StHot Sausage

Star News and Booze

ZERO STARGhaf News and Superm

(June 2015)

Kingsbury Fish Bar (Feb

2016)

Mister Cs (February 201

Council ocers give a hy-giene rating when they in-spect a food business.The scheme applies to restaurants,pubs, cafes, takeaways, hotels, super-markets and other food shops.The food safety ocer inspecting thebusiness checks how well the businessis meeting the law by looking at:how hygienically the food is handled;how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated,cooled and stored; the condition of the

structure of the buildings; the cleanli-ness, layout, lighting, ventilation andother facilities; how the business man-ages and records what it does to makesure food is safe. At the end of the inspection, the busi-ness is given one of the six ratings from0-5.The top rating of ‘5’ means that thebusiness was found to have ‘very good’hygiene standards. Any business should be able to reachthis top rating.The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme(FHRS) helps you choose where to eatout or shop for food by telling you howseriously the business takes their foodhygiene standards.

above: Food Hygiene Ratings B35 Castle Vbelow: Food Hygiene Ratings B24 Tyburn

Tyburn Mail has submitted

a Freedom of Informationrequest to obtain details ofwhy Chicks in Castle Valewas awarded a zero score byfood hygiene inspectors.The owner of Chicks has refused toreveal details of the report.

The Council will not reveal detailsunless an FOI request is made. A re-sponse has been promised within 20days.The Chicks takeaway restaurant wasawarded a zero following an inspec-tion on 18th January. The Council,whose food hygiene ocers con-

ducted the inspection, do ndetails of the reports, othersingle gure rating. A zero score means that urgis required.Tyburn Mail has been promisponse to its FOI request wdays.

Food Heavenor Food Hell



Tyburn Lib Dem Candidateselected to stand in Sutto

Coldfield New Hall as wel

The Lib Dem candidate for Tyburn Ward

been revealed to be standing for electio

Sutton Coldfield Parish Council for New

Ward on the same day, May 5th.

It is no wonder local residents have bee

left asking “what is the point of voting fo

candidate who wants to get elected to

represent another ward. Birches Green,

Castle Vale, Erdington Hall and Pype Ha

communities deserve a Councillor who i

fully committed to us not a part time

candidate who wants to stand in Sutton

Clifton WelchClifton WelchWorking tirelessly for Tyburn Ward all year round

Clifton WELCH X A RECORD OF ACTION

— A PROMISE OF MORE A RECORD OF ACTION

— A PROMISE OF MORE

REMEMBER JUST LOOK FOR THE TREEREMEMBER JUST LOOK FOR THE TREE

Clion with just somethe leaets he deliverall year round to keepresidents updated

Clion has beencampaigning to havethe local canalscleaned up

Clion helping at acommunity clean up

“we’re backing Clion as he is the onlyone working for us all year round!”

Clion has been challenging

the Council over increasing ypping and lier Clion taking acon

to clean up grot spots

Clion isghng Laboursplan to build onparks acrossBirmingham

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The 1975 have alwaysbeen an acquired taste forme. When they rst came about in 2013when they released their rst albumwhich debuted at number one in theUK Album charts.Since then they’ve been a massive hitglobally.They started playing music togetheras a band in 2002.Between then and getting big in2013, they released four EPs them-selves, trying to get themselves asbest they can.Now, in February 2016 they have re-leased their new album ‘I like it whenyou sleep, for you are so beautiful yetso unaware of it’.They’ve poured their hearts out in 17songs which show raw emotions buta much more improved sound thanbefore.The vocals are wonderfully owing

and I cannot fault the album at all. Their rst album took a lot of listen-ing for me to actually like it, but sincethen they’ve turned over a new leaf

and changed for the better.It’s a good album to listen to in what-ever mood, it just becomes mellow

and relaxes you but it can also getyou vibing.I recommend the new album, it’struly one of the greatest albums of2016 so far.It’s something that will be replayed,and truly rinsed but nobody will betired of it.That’s when you know you’ve founda good album, when you never gettired of it.

BrooklyTaylor Tyburn Mail’s music journalist

The 1975 An acquired taste, worth the eort

The Government’s ntional Living Wage law.Workers aged 25 or over and rst year of an apprenticeshgally entitled to at least £7.20an increase of fty pence peThe National Living Wage,

applies to people aged 25 or ople under 25 are entitled to Minimum Wage. The rates ar

The National Minimum W♦The hourly minimum rate faged 21-24 is £6.70♦For people aged 18-20 it’s hour.♦For under 18s it’s £3.87 per ♦For apprentices the nationalwage hourly rate is £3.30

People must be at least of scing age to qualify for TheMinimum Wage (Teenagers school on the last Friday in Juwill be 16 by the end of theholidays.)

National Minimum Wage rateevery October.

National Living Wage rateevery April.The apprentice rate is fotices aged 16 to 18 and thosor over who are in their rst All other apprentices are entiminimum wage for their age

Ann HoltomLiberal Democrat candidate for

Tyburn Ann Holtom was born and broughtup in Erdington. She hascampaigned and fought to improvethe area all her political life and wasa local Tyburn councillor for tenyears.

Ann believes that Labour havefailed Birmingham. Under the Lib

Dems, Birmingham was a well-run, three-star city. Nowthe independent Kerslake report has exposed how far Labour has brought the city down. No councildepartment escaped criticism. This time Birminghamdeserves better.

3 great reasons to vote for Ann Holtom

1

2

3

Works all year – not just at election time

A strong champion for residents

Because Birmingham deserves better

A Record of Action

Ann has been calling for new stations to serve Castle Vale and The Fort

for many years and has been strongly supported by local people in their

fight to improve transport links.

Ann has continued to fight against charges to remove green waste.

Charges that Labour introduced have resulted in an increase in illegal fly

tipping creating eyesores across our area.

Local residents have long told Ann that they want the return of the

lollipop wardens and many signed Ann’s petition to bring them back.

Ann has supported local residents who petitioned the council over this

inappropriate proposal and campaigned against the school on

environmental and public health grounds.

Tyburn

Ann [email protected] www.facebook.com/SuttonErdingtonLibDems

Tel: 0121 384 4548 or 07956 964599

Promoted by T.Holtom on behalf of A.Holtom (Liberal Democrats), both at 3 Hadfield Close B24 0RQ

Vale Station one step closer?

Fly tipping and Green Waste

Bring back the “Lollipop”

Plan for new school on Eachelhurst Road refused

The 1975: ‘songs which showraw emotions’

Matthew Healy, the lead singer

of the band The 1975 had the

good fortune to go out with leggy

megastar singer and fashion lead-

er Taylor Swift for a short while.

Taylor helped him and his col-

leagues along when she wore

The1975 tee shirt to give the bandadvertising impact that money

could not buy.

Oldies might remember Matthew

Healy’s parents (now divorced).

His Mom is Denise Welch, of Coro-

nation Street Fame.

His Dad, Tim Healy, starred in Auf

Wiedersehen Pet, Benidorm and

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The answers to Shakespeare Competition

Tyburn Mail’s March edition

Page Quote Play Speaker

1 We few, we happy few Henry V Henry V

2 or chaos is come again Othello Othello

3 whining schoolboy with his satchel As you like it Jacques

And shining morning face, creeping like snail, Unwillingly to school

4 to be or not to be Hamlet Hamlet

8 barren winter, with his wrathful Henry Vi pt 2 Gloucester

nipping cold

9 Paddock calls Macbeth witch

10 Once more unto the breach Henry V Henry V

After all, brevity is the soul of wit Hamlet Polonius

A parcel of their fortunes

14 that is the question Hamlet Hamlet

15 This other Eden, demi-paradise Richard II John of Gaunt

a short shrift Richard III Ratcli

honourable mettle may be wrought

from that it is disposed Julius Caesar Cassius

18 Love goes by haps, Some Cupid Much Ado Hero Kills with arrows, some with traps

19 thereby hangs a tale As You Like it Jacques

(used in 3 plays - any one would do) Merry Wives of Windsor Hostess Quickly

Taming of the Shrew Grumio

‘Thereby hangs a tail’ occurs in Othello, spoken by the Clown

She doth teach the torches to burn

bright Romeo and Juliet Romeo

There’s language in her lip, her cheek, Troilus and Cressida Ulysses

her eye

22 Get thee glass eyes, and like a King Lear Lear

scurvy politician, seem to see the

things thou dost not

24 Nothing will come of nothing King Lear Lear

Thanks to readers who entered. There were some very impressive performances.It’s television personality Alison Hammond, pictured here at Castle Vale’s GoTalent in 2013. She’s coming back this year, to judge the nals on Wednesda

May at Greenwood Academy

SHE’SBACK

Winner of

the £40 cash

prize, A-level

student Taylor

Billings

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KAY’S HISTORY A monthly series of ancient facts

by local history enthusiast Kay

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ject in Birmingham and WestBromwich. Kay also broadcasts

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He was exhibited as a cu-riosity, deprived of digni-ty, until Victorian sensibil-ities forbade it any longer.

Born inLee Street,L e i c e s t e rin 1862,J o s e p hM e r r i c k ’ si n s i d i o u sc o n d i t i o nprogressedrapidly sincebirth.By 1883,M e r r i c k ’ sanomalies,i n c l u d e d :congen ita lextostoses of the skull, extensivepapillomatous growths, pendulousmasses of epidermis (resemblingcauliower) multiple brous tumours,hypertrophy ( thickening of skin) andan alarming spinal curvature. Befriended by surgeon Sir FredrickTreves(1853- 1923 who erroneouslycalled him John) and Governor ofthe London Hospital Mr Carr Gomm.Merrick was properly presented toLondon society including: AlexandraPrincess of Wales, and celebrated ac-tress Madge Kendal.Treves on Merrick: smooth browed

and clean of limb, whose eyes ashedundaunted courage.

JOSEPHMERRICKA Victoriantragedy

Merrick’s condition in 1888

An engraving of Merrick

Over 300 people bookedappointments at the open-ing weekend of the LindenHomes Sales and Market-ing Suite on Kingsbury

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industrial prime.The end of Cincinnati is an emotionaltime for some old workers.But for many others, particularly theyounger generations, the need fordecent housing is far more pressingthan the urge to reminisce over by-gone times.The Linden homes will provide hous-ing opportunities for social tenantsand for rst-time buyers.The local residents of Woodland Farm

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A Castle Vale headteacher is set-ting up an organisation that couldrun several schools as academies.Ian Lowe, executive headteacher ofTopclie Primary School, has put to-gether an impressive team to serve asboard members of the newly formedCommunity Education Partnership.The team includes Erdington MP Jack Dromey,and Pioneer boss Peter Richmond, who is alsochair of governors at Greenwood Academy.Ian will be the Trust’s Chief Executive Ocer.Topclie School will be the main school - the so

called academy sponsor, when it becomes anacademy in September this year.It is likely to be joined by Firs Primary School,based in Castle Bromwich.Firs should get the go-ahead for academy statusby the end of this month. It has recently appoint-ed Fiona Aris as headteacher.Greenwood Principal Harry French worked as ex-ecutive headteacher for the school for 12 monthsfrom February 2015, in addition to his job atGreenwood.Mr French has recently resigned his post atGreenwood, to take up the job as principal of aschool in Warwickshire. He aims to stay on at theFirs as an unpaid governor.The Trust is also l ikely to create a new free school,specialising in education for children with specialneeds such as autism, and emotional diculties.This could be on the site of The Pines School

which has recently relocated to Stockland Green.Ian has considerable experience with the educa-tion of children with autism, and is regarded asone of the leading experts in this eld.Ian is also executive headteacher of George Dix-

on Primary School near Edgbaston, and hasworked for the Academy Enterprise Trust, theorganisation that is in charge of Greenwood Academy.Ian says that only two schools, Topclie andthe Firs, are signed up for the CEP so far.But he hopes that the Trust will attract otherprimary, secondary and special schools, fromwithin and beyond Birmingham.He hopes that, eventually, the Trust will belooking after the education of around 3,000pupils. “We have established a model which shouldappeal to many schools,“ said Ian. “We do not wish to take them over, or changethem. We will not change a school’s name oruniform. If it is doing well, we want it to con-tinue to do well. We will encourage schools towork with their community. “At Topclie, we hope to work with the Castle Vale community, and are open to setting uptargets in discussion with the local Neighbour-hood Partnership Board.” All schools in Castle Vale, except the Catholicschool St Gerards, are part of academy trusts.They have no need to make a move to jointhe new Trust, though they may be tempted.Several schools across the UK have left theiroriginal academy providers because they areunhappy with the service they provide.Some schools in the rest of Tyburn are not yetacademies. Kingsbury is about to become part ofthe Fairfax Trust. Erdington Hall, like Pegasus, ispart of the Ninestiles Trust.

Paget and Gunter are, as yet, unattachter and St Paul’s Catholic School have nyet to join an academy chain.But the CEP will be happy to be joined bfrom beyond Tyburn, and beyond Birm

All schools must become academies

the next six years.That’s an order from government who

that schools must break away from E

tion Authorities (Councils).

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Academy providers, or academy ch

will run groups of schools, directly acc

able to central government’s Depar

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more educational expertise.

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Trust. Their poor and untracked na

management has allowed shabby acc

ing systems to waste money and direc

the wrong people.

Teachers unions insist that academi

not guarantee improved standards.

are also concerned that the demo

checks that are a part of councils and

cation authorities are not part of the

emy system. They fear that acade

could be led by management bullies.

Labour seems unsure about acade

Two local councillors have criticise

academy system in this edition of T

Mail (see page 22).

But Labour’s Jack Dromey has agrebe part of Ian Lowe’s Community Educ

Partnership.

The project has two factors that re

mend it. First, it promises to enco

schools to work with their communitieSecond, Ian has a track record of s

improvement and innovation, and he

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headteacher within the Castle Vale ar

Topclie boss Ian tolead academy groupHeadteacher hopes more schools will join

new ‘Community Education Partnership’

Ian Lowe, Executive Headteacher of Topclie

School in Castle Vale

Chief Executive Ocer

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Primary School and George Dixon

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♦Pam Garrington National Leader

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♦Greg Watts KPMG

♦Peter Richmond,

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♦Helen Simpson ex City B

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♦Dr Barbara King, health expe

♦Patrick Amili, lead Ofsted Insp

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A local police ocer ishoping to recruit peo-ple who want to dosome good for their lo-cal community. And the projects they set up canbe supported with money seizedfrom criminals. The money isavailable from the Active Citizens’Fund (ACF).It means that money seized fromcriminals will be put back into the

local communities.PCSO Abdul Mannan, based atCastle Vale Police Station, is help-ing to organise the project locally.He wants volunteers who canshow lead or get involved in work-ing with residents to improve theircommunity. It can involve a smallcampaign to clean up streets, orit can establishing larger projectsinvolving supporting young peo-ple.Interested? Contact:

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The 22 year-old model will be representing the city at

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Maria was crowned Miss Birmingham at the regional

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Kind-hearted Jaguar workers in Castle

Vale gave an Easter boost to a charity

that helps families of children who are in

hospital.

JLR sta loaded up three cars with nearly 400 Easter

eggs for Ronald McDonald House.

The JLR team also gave a cash boost of almost £300

to help fund a Willy Wonka themed Easter party for thecharity.

Ronald McDonald House provides ‘home from home’

accommodation for families who need to be close to their

children who are being treated at Birmingham Children’s

Hospital. It also provides support to those families going

through dicult times.

Jackie Commander, who works on the Jaguar F-Type

facility at the Castle Bromwich factory, led the collection

of Easter egg donations on behalf of the company.

JLR boostfor families ofsick children

Pupils and sta at

Chivenor School said

farewell to Hilary Roach

at the end of term.Hilary was the lead learning

mentor at the school. She joined

Chivenor in September 2005.

At her leaving assembly, one of

her colleagues said that Hilary

knew more about family/school

relationships than anyone he

knew.

Assistant head Damon O’Neill

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vice have been greatly appreci-

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Goodbyeto Hilary



Birmingham is better o

than it was ve years ago,

in terms of unemployment. The unemployment map for August

2011 shows a far greater density of

dark blue (areas of high unemploy-

ment).

In 2016, Birmingham is still the worst

city in the UK for unemployment, but

the areas of high density are mostly

conned to central areas, such as As-

ton and Ladywood. The problem in

the central areas of the city needs

to be solved if Birmingham is to be

on a par with other major cities in

the UK.

A total of 770 people areclaiming unemploymentbenet in Tyburn, accordingto statistics published lastmonth. That’s a rise of ve people comparedwith the previous month. The gure forTyburn has gone up by 45 in the pasttwo months. The percentage of unem-ployed in Tyburn remains at 4.9% of theworking age population.The number of young people (aged18-24) unemployed in the ward is 160(down from 165 last month).

Birmingham remains the worst hit city inthe UK for unemployment.Percentage unemployed

Birmingham 5.8% (last month 5.9%)Liverpool 5.2% (5.5% last month)Nottingham 4.8%Glasgow 4.6%Manchester 4.1%Newcastle 3.7%Cardi 3.2%Sheeld 3.2%Leeds 3.1%Bristol 2.1%West Midlands 2.9%UK 2.4%

Better,but stillthe worst

Hundreds of themfans applied for jocently at Drayton for the 2016 seasonThe park is reporting that iclose to 500 applications.Bossess say they have lledsonal positions.In total, 288 are returning previous years and 168 are ncants. Applications were received fas young as 16, to those wready in their 60s.

A senior police ocerhas defended the waythat police are tacklingdangerous motorbikeand quad bike riders.The move comes after bikersperformed wheelies at the funeral ofChris Clarke, also known as ‘Stig’, whowas killed in an accident on the Collec-tor Road last month.Days after the funeral, police raidedthe homes of three bikers in Solihull.Superintendent Sue Parker, from Soli-

hull Police, said: “I’m aware that somepeople are concerned we’re turninga blind-eye and I’ve also heard criti-cal comments about ocers lmingthe dangerous riding at the funeral onMonday. “Although it may look like inaction, itis actually part of our on-going plan to

gather evidence while also main-taining public safety. “The reality is that there are oc-casions where intercepting ridersat the time could directly result inserious injury to them or innocentbystanders.”

Above: The memorial trib-

ute to a motorbiker who

was killed in a collisionon the Collector Road last

month.

Flowers, photographs and

tributes have lined the verge

for several weeks, marking

the spot of the fatal accidentthat occurred a month ago,

on a Sunday afternoon (20th

March). Chris Clarke, aged

32, known by friends as The

Stig, was pronounced dead

at the scene. Two people inthe car sustained minor inju-

ries.

Policedefendbikertactics

Above: police raid a home in Solihull, after ‘wheelie reports’ at fune

Below: Police inspect quadbikes seized during the raids

Drayton Ma

jobs succes

A quarter (23%) of sional women in the U ‘non-white’ sounding have changed their nsound more ‘traditiBritish’ in order to getaccording to a study bycom.It found the incidence ochanging among professiowas lower than women at o(9%). However, while 56% ofthey had been discriminateddue to their ethnicity, neafths (78%) of women felt bgender and ethnicity were bemployment.These ndings come after theOce announced earlier thwill initiate ‘name-blind’ recprocesses for the NHS and vice by 2020.The Prime Minister also pledge to end recruitment biyear’s Conservative Party coin which he referred to a youwoman who had to change hto ‘Elizabeth’ in order to gHowever, Nottx.com highlighnot an isolated case, and eapproximately 50,300 minorhave changed their name iand nance sectors alone, 2them female.

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Work willstart inearly May

The immediate resignation of

Chivenor headteacher Darren Mann

came as a shock to parents of Castle

Vale’s biggest Primary School.Last week, Grin Trust announced in a brief

statement that they were sorry that he has de-

cided to leave the Trust.

They thanked him, wished him well, and an-

nounced that Charlotte Watson-Nash will remain Acting Head of Chivenor School until a substan-

tive appointment is conrmed.

No explanation was oered for Mr Mann’s deci-

sion.

Darren Mann was appointed as headteacher of

Chivenor in July 2013, and came to the school

from Stirchley in the following September.

He had a tough job.

Chivenor had been on a downward spiral for sev-

eral years under the leadership of Melissa Louca.

Ofsted reports had been damning. Inspectors

had put the school into special measures.

In the rst year of Mr Mann’s headship.

Chivenor’s performance in SATs and the school

league tables was even more worrying.

In 2014, before the new headteacher’s policies

had chance to take eect, the school nished

bottom of the Birmingham league tables by a

considerable margin.

It was way behind the others. The Aston Villa of

primary schools in Birmingham.

Last year, Mr Mann was forced to close the

school before the end of summer term to deal

with a long-standing asbestos problem. It was

not a popular decision with parents.

But new appointments, tough decisions, bet-

ter discipline around the school, and a stronger

ethos of success and achievement were starting

to pay o.

Last year’s results suggested that Chivenor was

one of the fastest improving primary schools in

Birmingham.

New uniform, bigger smiles, and brighter fac-

es greeted visitors to Chivenor in the past fewmonths.

The school seemed to be going places.

With the resignation of Greenwood boss Harry

French - he is going to a school in North War-

wickshire - Castle Vale’s two biggest schools

have lost their headteachers in the space of one

week.

Both bosses have made considerable improve-

ments to schools that had been in the d

for several years previously.

Both schools had been in special measu

both schools had come bottom of the

ham league tables before the arrival of

headteachers.

Darren Mann’s sudden departure from

has had a mixed response.

The response of some parents on soc

sites to the news of his resignation last w

laced with unbridled vitriol.

Despite all his good work, Mr Mann ha

upset some parents.

That is an inevitable consequence of a

raise standards. Headteachers across t

try have faced hostile criticism from se

parents, and will always do so.

But the level of bitterness and joy in th

ments about Mr Mann’s resignation to

observers by surprise.

Some comments on Tyburn Mail’s facehad to be removed because of their inap

language.

Social media sites oer a platform for e

including people who put personal gru

fore generous sentiment.

Despite the hostility from some, most o

recognise that Darren Mann has done

job for Chivenor’s pupils and parents, a

Castle Vale community in general.

One anonymous comment on the Tyb

website says: “He was a lovely gentlem

a shame he has gone.”

Chivenor setbackas Darren depart



Eight families celebratedthe completion of a courseat Chivenor School in Cas-tle Vale at the end of lastterm.

The families had been taking partin an eight-week course called FAST(Families and Schools Together).It’s a project that aims to help chil-dren learn at school with the rest oftheir family, including parents andolder siblings. The families, with help

from school sta, undertake a rangeof learning activities.Last term’s graduation ceremony atChivenor School included graduationscrolls and mortar boards to add anacademic avour to the occasion.

Proud Mum, Clare Messaoudi, with her children Ayoub (aged 9) and Tayma (aged 6), both from Chivenor School, and

Lillia, (aged 16), a pupil at Park Hall School, with Nikola Bayliss (seated, centre) Assistant Headteacher at ChivenorSchool, and holding a splendid cake to celebrate the graduation of the eight FAST families

FAST graduation foreight Chivenor families Senior pupils at Chivenor

School were given an end

of term treat for their charity

fund-raising.The youngsters had helped the store

raise thousands of pounds

Relief with their bag-packin

Sainsbury’s community

Sheila Hyland brought the y

an Easter egg each, with Sp

tee shirts, to reward their e

Treat from Sainsbur

Gunter childreraise cash wit

sporty lookalike

Children from a local pri-mary school dressed upas famous sports person-alities to run around the

school site for Sports Re-lief Day.The children and sta from GunterSchool in Pype Hayes came dressedup as tennis players, footballers, rug-

by players, martial artists, gand a whole host of othercelebrities.Headteacher Lucy Riley sschool raised a massive £1,1

wards the appeal. School coorganised the event, would a great big thank you to who helped to raise this phamount of money.”



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LOCAL DEMOCRACY PAGEYour councillors, campaigners and candidates

Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the re anburn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters. Abraham Lincoln, US Preside

Over the last year theLabour Council has al-lowed y tipping acrossthe local area and City

as a whole to spiral outof control. This has happenedbecause the Labour Council decidedto introduce the ‘garden tax’ chargeon getting rid of green waste and the ‘furniture tax’ on bulky waste disposal.Combined with cutting of streetcleaning crews the City has started tocollapse under the weight of dumpedrubbish.The City Council is actually burningthe wood residents take to be recy-cled.This has, combined with the ‘Gardentax’, led to the City recycling ratedropping by a third.

The Conservative Group has putforward fully costed plans to cleanup our City and if we take controlof Birmingham on May 5th then wewill implement these plans, cleaning

up Tyburn and Birmingham for localresidents.The canal system would be improved,unwanted bus gates, like the one onTyburn Road, would be removed,parks would be protected from build-ing and local wards would be given acommunity chest budget to help sup-port local community groups and toimprove local facilities.Erdington and Tyburn is a great placeto live and work, but it could be evenbetter a Conservative Council woulddo everything in its power to makeErdington and Tyburn even better.

This month has seen thelicence application for the24 hour Macdonalds onthe Chester Road, be re-fused.Despite having permission for thestore to open from planning, they donot have permission to serve food ordrink in eect stopping the store op-erating all night.Having been campaigning with resi-

dents against this I am delighted thatthe Licencing department listened toresidents and me on this matter.Over the last year I have been work-ing to help tackle a number of dier-ent issues, from ghting the applica-tion to put a school on Eachelhurst

Road, campaigning against the La-bour Council’s plans to build on atleast 8 acres of parkland a year go-ing forward, tackling the Council for

wasting millions on bin lorries too bigfor many roads and recently cam-paigning for the canal system to becleaned up and turned into a local as-set for residents.I hope you will vote for me on May5th but regardless I will be campaign-ing for you in the year ahead, just asI have in the year just gone.

If I can help you with anything elseplease contact me on 07505745808,[email protected], 96 OrchardRoad, Erdington, B24 9JD.

The recent Tory announce-ment to make all schoolsacademies is I believe not

only based on poor reasoning,but a mistake which could af-fect all children attending Bir-mingham schools.

Even a recent Governmefrom the Education Committhat becoming an academyalways lead to improvemenfact some of the most recen

reports show some academitually failing.Equally worrying is the propannouncement that removesfor all teachers in academfully qualied.Perhaps the most worryinhowever, is the proposed the governance structurwould remove the requiremparent to sit on the schoolsgovernors; a process which move the vital formal link beschool and the community itIn my opinion as a grandpwell as a Tyburn councillor, mingham’s children need isaddress the growing teachage, the shortage of school pthe achievement gap betweevantaged and the rest.

It is improved teaching andopportunities that will impmingham’s children’s attainforced academisation.

Who do you think is mostat risk from drowning?I expect you think the answer isswimmers. Well you would be wrong.Statistics show nationally that themost common cause of drowningis suicide. After that come cyclists, joggers and children using towpathsnear canals.The week commencing 25th of Aprilwill see a National Drowning Preven-tion week when the West MidlandsFire Service, along with the National

Lifesaving Association will go intoschools and local venues to demon-strate their lifesaving techniques and

give some advice on staying safe inand near water.I am pleased to tell you all that in mycapacity as Lead Member on RoadSafety for WMFS, I have been ableto secure an event at CASTLE POOL,FARNBOROUGH ROAD, CASTLE VALEon Saturday 30th April from 11.30amtill 1pm.No pictures for this article but I amsure there will be plenty on the day.Want to know more?Call me on: 07727 923 071.

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Councillor Lynda ClintonTyburn Ward Labour

by Robert AldenConservative campaigner and

Erdington Councillor

What a ConservativeCouncil would meanfor Tyburn

Birmingham schools arealready self-governing.But the progress of children, theirparents and families remain our re-sponsibility. Yes, there may be ward and districtchanges ahead, but even the threatof universal academisation is no rea-son to dispense with the kind of inter-school collaboration being led by BEP.To comment on three issues:•Birmingham schools are alreadyamongst the most improved in theUK.•Schools are already self-governing,a legacy of the Labour Government,post-1997. .

•Birmingham has a unique school im-provement commitment, involving themajority of schools. Although schools are already self-governing entities, LAs have a legalobligation to safeguard children’swellbeing and achievement. This duty

can’t be relinquished to boards andtrustees. Reasons to be careful?•Academisation does not automati-cally result in higher standards.•Half of our secondaries and only a

quarter of primaries in Birminghamare academies. All stakeholders must be involved inconversion: teachers, parents andgovernors.Jeremy Corbyn deplored parents’exclusion from how their children’sschools are run while real problemsremain unresolved, like teacher short-ages or child poverty.Leaders of the Conservative, Labourand Liberal Democrat parties in theLocal Government Association haveunited with councillors across Eng-land to demand that the governmentdrops plans to force all schools to be-come academies by 2022.

by Clifton WelchConservative campaigner

Councillor Mick BrownTyburn Ward Labour

Tory attackon local

education

McDonaldsstopped from 24

hour opening

All schools tobe academies

Councillor Mike SharpeTyburn Ward Labour

What makes the 500 plus,

UKIP councillors aroundthe country so radicallydierent to their politicalopponents?We do not have a party whip system,so we truly represent the people whovote for us, not the party we belongto.We believe that Council Tax shouldbe as low as possible, but that es-sential services should be protected.Councils should cut highly paid coun-cil executives, not front-line sta andservices.Real decision-making should sit withlocal communities, and local homesshould be for local people.

Green spaces should be pnot sold o to build executiveImmigration must be contrelieve pressure on our heacation, housing, police andservicesUKIP Councillors are cochampions; our councillorstheir sleeves and get the jobIf you believe like me, thare just a few of the thingsally matter, then on May 5thchange, vote for UKIP, votedrew Garcarz you local cand

No party

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There are six candidates for the election on 5May for the post to serve as public representa

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Giovanni Esposito – Green

Andrew Garcarz – UKIP

Ann Holtom – Liberal Democrats

Marie Emma O’Connor – Trade Unionist

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21 local Castle Vale residents cametogether for a community orchardplanting at Castle Vale Leisure Gar-dens.Six apple, pear and plum trees were plantedalongside an established orchard of 11 fruittrees planted two years ago. Volunteers alsore-staked, mulched and pruned the 11 treeswith the support of Helping Britain Blossom1,a partnership between HEINEKEN, The UrbanOrchard Project and The Bulmer Foundation,

which is helping volunteers to create andrestore over 100 commmunity orchards acrossBritain by 2017.The Castle Vale Leisure Gardens plantingwas the nal Birmingham community orchard

planting2 this season by Helping Britsom. Among the volunteers were three refrom The Ridings Care Home and cartant, Serena Ford. She said of the mvolunteering: “It was absolutely fantThe residents loved every moment. been back at The Ridings six hours ahaven’t stopped talking about it, askthey can come and join in again. Thstuck in pruning and mulching and ethe physical and the social elements day. “We’re all looking forward to getting in future events at the orchard and gmore residents involved.” Rob Tilling, Helping Britain Blossom’s

ham project manager said: “I was dto be asked to help create a larger oCastle Vale Leisure Gardens. “It’s great to witness the enthusiasmunteers and to help harness their paproviding training, fruit trees and guiensure the community orchard is susin the long-term. “Planting and caring for an orchard iway to bring urban communities togeOrchard benets are much more thafruit they produce; they provide oppoto learn new skills, to join in healthy activities and to hold community evethroughout the seasons.” The Real Junk Food Project were alsoproviding free warm and healthy foodvolunteers. Anyone interested in joining in futureat the Castle Vale Leisure Gardens coorchard should email [email protected] or become a friend of HeBritain Blossom on facebook.To nd out more information about Hing Britain Blossom visit the website:helpingbritainblossom.org.uk

Orchardplanting

by Siobhan FitzPatrickHelping Britain Blossom

Two days after they threatenedspot nes for y tippers, councilenforcement ocers were calledout to deal with a dead, dumpedthree-foot lizard.The poor creature had been left in a shabbycardboard box near a park in Small Heath.The Bosc monitor lizard had no outward signsof harm, and was taken away by council stato be incinerated, as the law demands.In future, y-tippers in Birmingham are to facespot nes if they are caught dumping rubbishillegally.The exact fee is yet to be xed, but the limitwill be set by the Council’s Licensing and PublicProtection Committee next week and will bebetween £150 and £400.The nes will be for small scale oences and

will cut out the need to go through tMore serious oences will continue towith by the courts.The xed penalties are being inthrough new powers granted to locaties under the Unauthorised Deposit(Fixed Penalties) Regulations 2016.Local authorities can set the level of alty, which the regulations state mutween £150 and £400.The nes will be payable within 14 dsue. Failure to pay will result in prose

the original oence. Serious cases wilto be prosecuted.

Fly tippers

dump 3ft dead

lizard days after

spot-ne threat

The dead monitor lizard, dumped in

cardboard box near a park


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‘Stags’ are a friendly golfsociety from our localarea.The name derives from StThomas’ Association club inErdington, where they arebased.The society was formed in Febru-ary 2000, and now proudly boasts amembership of over 40 players.

In the early days, ‘STAGS’ playedmostly on our local municipal golfcourses, but now they venturethroughout the Midlands and beyondplaying on all types of courses. At least once a year ‘Stags’ have asociety weekend away, normally com-prising of a two-night stay and threerounds of golf.

A monthly meeting is held at StThomas’ Club on the rst Friday ofeach month, where members are en-couraged to turn up and have theirsay on the way the club is run. ‘STAGS’ also hold a charity presenta-tion evening once a year, with all pro-ceeds going to local charities.Past charities include, Acorns, Nor-man Laud Association, Help for He-roes and the John Taylor Hospice.Since the formation back in 2000, ‘STAGS’ have raised over £20,000 for

local charities.The new captain and vice captain for2016, are Kevin Day and BrendanDonnelly who have already postedwinning scores, at the rst two out-ings of the year, with scores of 46and 43 points respectably.I bet those scores went down well atthe after-meal presentation.If you are interested in becoming a

STAG, then contact the guys fromtheir website at WWW.stthomasas-sociationgolfsociety.co.uk

The winner of a box ofgolf balls in last monthscompetition is GaryMeade, from RoundRoad, Birches Green.

Tony

RocheTyburn

Mail’s

golf writer

Erdington and Saltley PrimarySchools’ District Football Teamwere crowned 9-a-side cham-pions of the West Midlands. af-ter they beat Wolverhampton6-5 on penalties in the nal ofthe English Schools’ FA PremierLeague Cup. “The boys earned another piece ofsilverware, in what’s been a trophy-laden season!” said team managerPhil Hynan.

“After progressing past Harborne, As-ton, Solihull, Dudley and Brierley Hillin the group stage, they defeatedlocal rivals Sutton Coldeld in thesemi-nals to square up against Wol-verhampton Schools in the nal. Fol-lowing a tight aair, it went all the wayto dreaded penalties. “Unlike the England football team, thepupils of Erdington and Saltley had noproblems from the spot and defeatedWolverhampton after Gunter pupil Rob ‘Robbo’ Callaghan made himself a heroby saving two penalties during theshootout. “The victory made it four cups for theseason, after the boys were crownedwinners of the Bath International Cup,Birmingham Primary Schools’ FA 7-a-side champions and Birmingham Pri-mary Schools’ FA Futsal winners earlierin the season. “It also means they progress to the na-tional nals later in the season.”

STAGS: friendlyErdington golferswith kind hearts

Fancy an exotic, stylishworkout with a weightedboa?That’s a uy scarf, not a constrictor.Fitness guru Rebecca Monaf is start-ing a Burlexercise class in Castle Vale.It’s a class that uses light weights ateach end of a burlesque boa scarf for20 minutes of the session, accordingto Becky.The rest of the time is spent doing

burlesque dance movements - with-out weights.It’s one of two classes on the samenight at Greenwood Academy in Cas-tle Vale. The burlexercise class willrun from 6.30-7.30pm.Later in the evening, there’s a Club-bercise class (7.45-8.45pm), wherepeople exercise to the tune of danceanthems from the 90s onwards.Beccy is oering free entry to therst week of classes.

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Snooker star Mitchehas shown that he able to take the presbig games.His qualication for the Worldonship series at The Cruciblecause he held his nerve in twmatches. Twice he came backhind to win the contests. In ohe made a break of over 70 tmatch.In another, he needed to wtwo frames to avoid defeat.

Mitchell has shown talent froearly age, since his days as Castle Vale School.Now, he is showing a maturittake him to the next level.His televised interview aftethrough to the last 32 showticulate, calm and modest yoHis Dad,

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