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NEW POWERS TO TACKLE TEEN YOBS
New powers allowing police to disperse gangs of teenage yobs in Birmingham have come into force in time for the school summer holidays.
Under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act, officers can break up gangs causing a public nuisance and arrest them if they return to the area within 24 hours.
The move aims to curb delinquency around Hollybank Road in
Kings Heath.

DELAYS TO 'GAS ATTACK' RESPONSE
Emergency services have admitted there are lessons to be learned over delays in their response to a simulated nerve gas attack at Birmingham's NEC.
It was more than four hours before all the "victims" of the attack were decontaminated and treated.
Talks will now decide if a multi-agency team would be better able to improve the response time in a real attack.

HOMES HIT BY NEW POWER CUT
An electricity substation temporarily crippled by fire nearly a year ago is still leaving thousands of Staffordshire households in the dark.
The latest problem at the Burntwood site cut power for 45 minutes at 55,000 homes in the town as well as neighbouring Cannock and Hednesford.
Supplier Central Networks says it is trying to solve the recurring problem.

WOMAN 'MAY HAVE KNOWN ATTACKER'
A young woman subjected to a serious sexual assault after a night out in Stratford-upon-Avon may have spoken to her assailant earlier in the evening.
The 18-year-old was subjected to the ordeal by a man thought to be called Paul on the town's canal towpath as she walked home, Warwickshire Police said.
They are looking for a white man in his late 20s, 5ft 8in and of stocky build.

TWO SOUGHT AFTER MAN SHOT
Police have launched an investigation after a 29-year-old Dudley man was shot during a dispute with two other men.
The victim, whose injuries are not said to be life-threatening, was targeted by a man in Wellington Road, Dudley.
West Midlands Police are appealing for witnesses but a spokesman confirmed that the argument involved three black men, two of whom fled in a car.

UNEMPLOYED PAIR LOANED £20,000
A Burton-on-Trent branch of Lloyds TSB loaned an unemployed couple on benefits £20,000 even though they could not afford to repay the money.
The group admitted its actions broke the Banking Code, according to BBC documentary The Real Story.
It was said a large proportion of the money borrowed was to cover loan insurance against unemployment.

PLAN TO COMBAT BAD NEIGHBOURS
A Birmingham MP has drawn up plans for a new law to stop evicted neighbours from hell being replaced with another set of nightmare tenants.Hall Green Labour MP Steve McCabe's proposed Bill would force landlords to vet their tenants, while neighbours would have a right to veto.
He said: "It's time we left 'neighbours from hell' with nowhere to go."

LOTTERY BOOST FOR PARK
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £45,000 to Rugby Borough Council to produce a conservation management plan for the town's Caldecott Park.
The council says the windfall will help the first step of a two-stage plan to restore the park to its former glory.
 

MP CONCERNED OVER WEED OUTBREAK
Worcester MP Michael Foster has called for urgent action to tackle an outbreak of Japanese knotweed in the city's historic Fort Royal Park.
The Labour politician has contacted Worcester City Council about the weed, which can undermine buildings and is notoriously difficult to kill.
Mr Foster fears the weed could damage a 10ft-high wall along London Road.
It will also help the park - which is celebrating its centenary - meet community needs for the next 100 years.

REGION'S MEN MOST THOUGHTFUL
Men in the West Midlands put the most effort into gift buying, new research has revealed.
A total of 37% of men in the region admit to spending two hours or more hunting for the perfect present compared to 11% in the South East.
The survey by Catalink revealed that the average Briton will spend more than £21,000 on gifts in their lifetime.

CAR PARK PLUNGE: INQUEST OPENS
The inquest is due to open into the deaths of a five-year-old girl and her father who plunged 80ft from a multi-storey car park in Wolverhampton.
Shanice and Noel White were found lying in the roadside after falling from the 11th floor of the city-centre building.
Police have been unable to find a motive for the deaths, but believe there was no third party involvement.

EXTRADITED PAEDOPHILE IN COURT
A paedophile karate instructor will appear before Stafford Crown Court to be committed to prison after fleeing to Spain during his trial.
Graham Phillips, 53, was arrested in Majorca in June and extradited on a flight from Madrid to Birmingham.
In his absence, he was sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of nine indecent assault charges.

BY-ELECTION WINNER TAKES SEAT
Newly-elected Birmingham Hodge Hill MP Liam Byrne is taking his seat in the House of Commons for the first time.
Mr Byrne enters the chamber just days after winning the ward for Labour in an intensely fought by-election.
He beat Lib Dem Nicola Davies by just 460 votes. Predecessor Terry Davis, who stepped down to take a post in Europe, had a majority of more than 11,000.

WOMAN 'MAY HAVE KNOWN ATTACKER'
A young woman subjected to a serious sexual assault after a night out in Stratford-upon-Avon may have spoken to her assailant earlier in the evening.
The 18-year-old was subjected to the ordeal by a man thought to be called Paul on the town's canal towpath as she walked home, Warwickshire Police said.
They are looking for a white man in his late 20s, 5ft 8in and of stocky build.

JUDGE TO RULE ON CHURCH WORK
A judge considering unauthorised renovations at a historic Staffordshire church is set to reveal if it will get retrospective planning permission.
Judge John Shand was told at a rarely convened Consistory Court that the work at the Grade II listed St Mary and All Saints Church in Trentham was unlawful.
The clergyman and two wardens could be forced to foot the bill for work.

NEW 'GATEWAY' TO COUNTY
A pair of 28-tonne, five-metre high, 19th century steam hammer frames have been erected at a Shropshire tourism centre to promote industrial heritage.
The frames form part of a "Gateway" information point at Telford Welcome Break service station on the M54.
Joy Edwards, Welcome Break's general manager, said they make the service station a shop window for Shropshire.

TWO SOUGHT AFTER MAN SHOT
Police have launched an investigation after a 29-year-old Dudley man was shot during a dispute with two other men.
The victim, whose injuries are not said to be life-threatening, was targeted by a man in Wellington Road, Dudley.
West Midlands Police are appealing for witnesses but a spokesman confirmed that the argument involved three black men, two of whom fled in a car.

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY: BOY ARRESTED
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery following an incident in Church Gresley, Derbyshire.
The teenager, form Burton-on-Trent, is being questioned over the incident at Primrose Stores on Oxford Street.
Police are still hunting a second person believed to have been involved in the incident.

LOTTERY BOOST FOR PARK
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £45,000 to Rugby Borough Council to produce a conservation management plan for the town's Caldecott Park.
The council says the windfall will help the first step of a two-stage plan to restore the park to its former glory.
It will also help the park - which is celebrating its centenary - meet community needs for the next 100 years.

DEAF CHILDREN IN BIRMINGHAM MAKE QUILTS TO HELP OTHERS

Deaf children at Birmingham Deaf Children's Society had it all sewn up when an award-winning quilter visited the society on Wednesday 14 July. Pauline Barnes, winner of the Quilters Guild Challenge at the Festival
of Quilts 2003, taught the children how to quilt so they could make comfort blankets for other children.
Quilt squares made by the society will be displayed as part of a
massive quilt wall at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham this August. After the festival the quilt wall will be sewn into individual quilts and donated to Project Linus, a charity that gives handmade quilts to traumatised children in hospitals, children's homes, hospices and refuges.
The National Deaf Children's Society and Project Linus are the
festival's nominated charities.
Lisa Curtis, Secretary of Birmingham Deaf Children's Society,
commented:
"Birmingham Deaf Children's society supports families with deaf children in Birmingham and the surrounding area. It's great to be able to link up with another charity and extend our support to them. The children really enjoyed learning a new craft and Pauline was so patient with us. Lets just hope when they're added to the quilt wall the professional quilters don't show us up too much!"
Andrew Salmon, managing Director of Creative Exhibitions, organisers of the Festival of Quilts, commented:
"We have over 1,000 squares for our quilt wall already and with over 20,000 visitors expected from all over the world we hope for quite a few more. The children's creations will be a delightful and important contribution to the largest show of its kind in Europe."
The International Festival of Quilts takes place on 19-22 August 2004 at the NEC. The four-day festival showcases quilts in traditional cotton, silk and linen to those using contemporary plastic fabrics, photo-transfer and digital techniques. The festival brings together some of the world's top international artists.

RELEASE YOUR ADRENALIN FOR BIRMINGHAM FOCUS ON BLINDNESS

The charity Birmingham Focus on Blindness are inviting the Birmingham public to show their sense of adventure with the launch of their ‘Dual Challenge.’ The challenge is to zip-line and then immediately abseil, one after the other, from the roof tops of the new BBC offices at the Birmingham Mailbox.
Alec Longhurst, Marketing Manager of Birmingham Focus on Blindness comments, “On the one side you have the speed and excitement of a zip-line and on the other, you have the exhilaration and unbelievable adrenaline rush as you go over the side of a tall building when doing an abseil. We thought why not ask the Birmingham public to do them ‘back to back’, hence our dual challenge.”
To make the heart beat faster the zip-line will be across the canals at the Birmingham Mailbox, whilst the abseil will be down the side of the Mailbox.
The challengetakes place on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th July at the Birmingham Mailbox and the charity currently has places available for individuals or corporate teams wishing to participate.
The charity hope to have over 400 people take part over the weekend in order to raise £60,000 to help support the needs of the children and adults in the Birmingham area that have sight impairment. The services and support ranges from information and practical advice, living aids, rehabilitation services, low vision assessment, volunteer support and multiple disability services. Your support will help rebuild lives devastated by sight loss. To register, companies and individuals should call Ann at Birmingham Focus on 0121 428 5069.

NEW ITV1 COLLECTABLES TELEVISION SHOW
LOOKING FOR CONTESTANTS
• Is your loft or garage full of collectable junk?
• Do you need a hand clearing the clutter from your home?
A new collectables TV show is being launched on ITV1 and we are looking for contestants to take part. This is a chance for you to make cash from your clutter. Our expert will value your items, set you a target, and then it’s up to you to sell as much as you can at the boot sale / antiques fair.
If you’d like to take part, please contact:
office@oriontv.co.uk
Or phone 020 7793 4044