Jun 06, 2013 11:33 BST Kingsbridge As Birmingham City Council announces plans to sell off and close Leisure Centres across the City, Kingsbridge Community Sports suggests an alternative approach to the Council's dilemma. Whilst sympathetic to the need for reductions in Council spending, Kingsbridge believes that the local authority is too hasty to consider selling off facilities, when alternative solutions could be considered.
Jun 03, 2013 16:30 BST HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) Three men who tried to steal over £4.7 million in an alcohol tax fraud have been jailed after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Apr 22, 2013 13:04 BST HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) An independent tax advisor from Birmingham, who stole £400,000 of taxpayers’ money in a VAT and income tax fraud, has been jailed for 18 months at Worcester Crown Court.
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Feb 05, 2013 11:42 GMT Kingsbridge Following several months of deliberation about the future of the ‘Holders Lane & Pebble Mill Playing Fields’, Birmingham City Council officials have put residents minds at rest by stating that their intention is no longer to “sell off or lease the site”, but rather to “safeguard its future for the benefit of the community.”
Aug 30, 2012 23:32 BST Kingsbridge London 2012 Olympics vision to 'Inspiring a Generation' breathes fresh courage into a South Birmingham Community's attempt to save their local playing fields.
Aug 24, 2012 15:39 BST Birmingham Children's Hospital
Jun 08, 2012 07:00 BST Kingsbridge The 2012 Olympics could yet deliver a lasting legacy to Grass-Roots Projects like Kingsbridge Community Sports. In the year when sport is the subject on everyones lips, communities across the UK as never before need to stand together and ensure that the provision of grass-roots sports facilities in increased to meet the demands of current and future generations.
Jun 01, 2012 00:10 BST Kingsbridge University College Birmingham's ambitious plans to expand its student campus, almost succeeded in derailing the Kingsbridge Project- a local grass-roots community project, in Birmingham. Birmingham City Council had commenced a Community Asset Transfer of the Holders Lane Playing Fields to the Kingsbridge, but in May 2011 everything suddenly changed. Now Kingsbridge has discovered why...
Apr 27, 2012 11:49 BST Kingsbridge Birmingham City Council prides itself on being progressive, hence the tag-line 'Forward'. Its recent policies include Birmingham's Big Society Prospectus and Sports Strategies including a new model of Community Sports Hub, yet earlier this year the Council appeared to have back-tracked on its good intentions of Community Asset Transfer of Holders Lane Playing Fields to a Grass-Roots Sports Group.