Alexander Brock
Local Democracy Reporter at Birmingham Mail
Reporter at Freelance
Local Democracy Reporter @Birmingham_Live. Stories on @bbcmtd and other partners. Covering Birmingham City Council 📧 [email protected]
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1 week ago |
blackcountryradio.co.uk | Alexander Brock
For the past few weeks, enormous piles of bin bags have been blighting many neighbourhoods due to the strike, which was triggered by a dispute between the council and Unite the union. Selly Park is one such area, with residents forced to watch as a huge heap of waste on a street corner grew in size metres from their front doors.
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1 week ago |
birminghammail.co.uk | Alexander Brock
Birmingham was visited by local government minister Jim McMahon and deputy prime minister Angela Rayner this week as the bins strike continuesDeputy prime minister Angela Rayner, local government minister Jim McMahon and Birmingham council leader John Cotton in Birmingham on April 10A government minister insisted Birmingham would always have a "fantastic" reputation despite two years of financial turmoil and bin chaos.
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1 week ago |
birminghammail.co.uk | Alexander Brock
Birmingham's bins strike chaos left enormous piles of rubbish blighting communities across the cityThe street corner in Selly Park on Tuesday, April 8 (left) and a few days later on Friday, April 11 (right)(Image: Alexander Brock)Residents have expressed relief that Birmingham’s huge backlog of rubbish has begun to be cleared - but anger towards the city council remains.
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1 week ago |
birminghammail.co.uk | Alexander Brock
A decision on major plans which could transform brownfield land in the city centre into a “dynamic new destination” has been pushed back. Those behind the proposals want to build a mixed-use development, consisting of apartments, student accommodation and a hotel, on the site of the former Axis Building on Holliday Street. There would be five buildings in total, including a 49-storey residential tower, if the scheme went ahead.
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2 weeks ago |
birminghammail.co.uk | Alexander Brock
Birmingham City Council's planning committee raised a number of concerns over the proposals for a new Lidl storeA visualisation of the proposed Lidl store in Northfield. Taken from planning applicationProposals to partially demolish a Birmingham shopping centre to make way for a new Lidl store have been refused. Plans had been lodged by the discount retailer chain to bulldoze part of Northfield Shopping Centre, with the application site vacant and most recently occupied by Wilko.
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