Monthly Archives: May 2008

Last night was Edgbaston Conservative Associaton’s Annual Dinner at the Botanical Gardens. 150 people gathered to hear Lord Hurd of Westwell (Foreign Secretary 1989-1995)give a very entertaining speech – at times serious and thought-provoking but with some very amusing anecdotes … Continue reading →

Last night was the first meeting this municipal year of the Edgbaston Ward Committee. Cllr James Hutchings took over as Chairman from Cllr Fergus Robinson.The meeting was held at St Mary and St Ambrose Church Hall on the Pershore Rd. … Continue reading →

Birmingham is leading the way on Climate Change by running a special Climate Change Festival from May 31st to June 8th. The City will showcase steps already taken to address climate change – for example in waste management and recycling, … Continue reading →

It’s been quite a week! First thing on Monday morning, I headed to the Orange Studio in Cannon Street in the centre of Birmingham to hear David Cameron make a speech on the subject of living within our means. He … Continue reading →

One of Edgbaston Constituency’s pledges last year was to reduce the incidence of grass fires on the Woodgate Valley Country Park. This was successfully achieved, and to try and make sure the same happens again this year, the lead agency, … Continue reading →

Yesterday saw the annual Mayor-Making ceremony at Birmingham Council House when Labour Councillor Chauhdry Rashid took over the role of Lord Mayor from Northfield Conservative Councillor Randal Brew. This was the first Full Council meeting for Birmingham’s new Councillors who … Continue reading →

This lunch time I joined children from two Harborne schools at Harborne Library to help launch a huge Games Expo which will be taking place in Edgbaston the weekend after next. Following last year’s successful first staging of the Games … Continue reading →

Mention the words police box and I tend to think of the Tardis! However residents at tonight’s Quinton police meeting were told about a new type of police box which will shortly be appearing around Quinton. The police plan to … Continue reading →

Last Wednesday I represented Birmingham City Council at the LGA Conference in London on the subject of Post Office Closures. The conference was a sell out, showing the great concern there is from people across the country about this issue. … Continue reading →

As you can see, Cllr Jane James and I had a great time at the Quinborne Centre’s Open Day today! Also there was Quinton’s newest Conservative Councillor – Peter Smallbone. The occasion was the 70th anniversary of the Quinborne Community … Continue reading →