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February 2016 Issue 50
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RAPUNZEL?
NO, ITS
TEGAN
PAGE 20
Readers
Letters
Page 4
Pegasus writers
Page 23
Page 16
Comments
JOBS
Page 21
Cincinnati:
how noisy
Kays will it be?

History
Page 10
Page 9
Music with
Brookly:
Birdy
Page 8
Wedding
Show tickets
give-away
Page 9
Page 15
Tiffany
through
to
Miss
Birmingham
finals
Year 5 pupils Misbah Shazad, Evan Aziz, Areeb
Mirza and Dominic Preston with their top work on
rain forests ... more from Erdington Hall on page 9
Mourners gathered at St Marys

Church in Pype Hayes for the funeral of Karl Ricketts at noon on
Monday.
The 31 year-old from Pype Hayes
was married to Fay and was the
father of two young girls. He had

worked at River Island at the Fort
Retail Park. Karl died after suffering
a severe brain haemorrhage.
Friends described him as a true gentleman.
Hedgerow has been ripped up on

the central reservation of Kingsbury
Road this week.
The destruction of environmental habitat
is another Council cost-cutting project.
Grass will replace the hedgerows, say the
workers.
Page
10
Page 1 Tyburn Mail February 2016
Cuppa with a Copper
Cuppa with a Copper

The Crown, Tyburn Rd
Monday
22nd February 7-8pm
Tuesday
29th March 7-8pm
Tuesday
26th April 7-8pm
Police to hold monthly chat sessions
Tyburns police team are

holding monthly sessions where members of
the public can come and
meet them for an informal chat.
The police will be providing free coffee, tea and biscuits, and extend the
invitation to all local residents.
All Cuppa with a Copper meetings
will be held at The Crown (formerly
the Forget Me Not Club) on Tyburn
Road in Pype Hayes.
Big stores
to open all
hours on
Sundays?
From
Birches
Green to
pastures
new for
Sue
Should big shops be allowed to open all day on

Sundays?
Greenwood thrives
in troubled Trust Go ahead and build
Ofsted report says AET must improve
Pupils, parents and staff at Birches Green Infants School will be saying a
fond farewell to a popular headteacher Sue Ricketts later this year. Sue will
be retiring from her post in July after serving the school for over ten years.
on our parks, says

planning committee
Greenwood Academy is
one of the top secondary schools on the books
of Academies Enterprise
Trust (AET), the biggest
academy provider in the
country.
The Castle Vale secondary school
that Harry French and his team have
boosted is one of the 41% of AETs
secondary academies that have been
described by Ofsted inspectors as
good or outstanding.
But Greenwood is in the minority of
the 29 other secondary schools on
AETs books.
The Trust is like a big education authority, such as Birmingham, except
that it has no geographical boundaries
within England and Wales.
In its early days, eight years ago, it
was recruiting schools from far and
wide. It now has a total of 67 primary
and secondary schools on its books.
The Ofsted report published this
month says: Children from poor
backgrounds do particularly badly in
this Trust.
Several of AETs 67 schools are not
making good enough progress.
Seven are inadequate and 20 require
improvement.
The conclusion from Ofsted is that
AET needs to make significant improvements. The governments De-
Houses can be built on a

park in Birmingham, following a decision made by
the councillors on the City
Planning Committee this
month.
Top television star Jack Whitehall

helped students on GCSE results day
last August. This term, Greenwood is
featured in a weekly CBBC television
documentary. The open publicity is
one of several signs of a school growing in confidence.
partment for Education expressed
concerns in the past that AET had
grown too fast too quickly, and put a
halt to its expansion.
Inspectors are clearly unhappy with
AET.
But Greenwood continues to provide
a strong education for its community.
One third of the green space of Kents

Moat Recreation Ground in Yardley
will be lost.
Richard Gouldborn, Birminghams
planning boss, said that the land in
the park is not of particularly good
quality.
He told councillors: It is likely that
schemes of this kind will come forward.
Councillor Peter Douglas Osborn
wanted assurance that this decision
to allow houses to be built on green
space was an exceptional one and
not likely to happen elsewhere.
Richard Goldbourn told him that
each case would be considered on
its merit.
Other parks and green space areas
in Birmingham will come under pressure in the coming months and years,
as the council hopes to find more
land to build houses.
Several park land areas in the Erding-
ton and Tyburn area are vulnerable

to development, especially following
this decision to sacrifice a third of a
park in an area surrounded by concrete and buildings.
Councillors voted by 7/4 to allow
developers to build houses on Kents
Moat. Several councillors at the planning committee, from Labour and
Conservative, expressed their sup-
The government is set to allow the decision to be taken by local councils.

Smaller shops are already allowed to
open 24/7 if they choose, but bigger
stores are restricted by The Sunday
Trading Act to just six hours per day.
Shop workers trade union USDAW are
against the idea of longer hours on
Sunday.
They know that if the government does
devolve the decision to local councils
or to metro mayors (see page 3), all
day Sunday opening will go ahead.
Devolution will mean that some areas
will allow full Sunday opening, and
once that starts, it will be favoured
across the country. The big stores will
open new premises where the rules favour them. And they may close stores
where there are Sunday restrictions.
Easter Sunday and Christmas Day
opening restrictions will not be lifted in
these plans.
port for Birminghams green spaces
and extolled the importance of protecting park land.
But when it came to a vote, the majority let the house-builders in.
They will claim that they made their
decision as an exceptional case. But
the request was to agree to the application in principle. They have done
so, and the principle may now be applied elsewhere.
At public budget consultation meetings in recent weeks, council leader
John Clancy has indicated that the
Council will allow houses to be built
on eight acres of park per year for
the next four years.
They have declined to reveal which
parks will provide these 32 acres of
land.
Most of Pype Hayes Park is protected green-belt land. But some parts of the
park are vulnerable to decisions of councillors on the citys planning committee
The Big Seven of the

West Midlands Authority
(all will have full voting rights)
Birmingham
Coventry
Dudley
Walsall
Wolverhampton
Sandwell
Solihull
.
Secondary partners
Cannock Chase,
Nuneaton and Bedworth,
Stratford upon Avon,
Redditch
Tamworth
Telford and Wrekin
Englands Combined
Authorities:
Greater London (2000)
North East (2014)
Liverpool (2014)
Sheffield (2014)
West Yorkshire (2014)
Greater Manchester
(2015)
Tees Valley (2016)
West Midlands (2016)
North Midlands (2017)
Get ready for

a Metro Mayor
Who will be Boris of Brum and West Mids?

A new council will govern
the West Midlands later
this year.
The West Midlands Authority
will include Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Sandwell and Solihull.
If you want to have your say in the

new deal, its now too late. The public consultation closed two weeks ago,
on 8th February. It had been open for
just three weeks.
Civil servants are sending the public
comments to the Government.
The man in charge is Greg Clark. Hes
the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Hes MP
for Royal Tunbridge Wells, and will put
the proposal before Parliament next
month, in March.
It will get the nod from MPs from all
sides, and will be in operation by June
Night closures
Eight weeks of disruption at

Aston Expressway exit sliproad
The exit slip road from the

Aston Expressway onto
Dartmouth Circus and one
lane of the Aston Expressway into the city will be
closed from 10pm 6am
every night through February and March.
Works are expected to be completed
by April 2016.
Diversions will be in place around
Dartmouth Circus during night closures and existing diversions for
bridge users will remain in place via
Thomas Street.
This closures are to enable work to be
carried out on the Aston Bridge, which
carries out-of-city traffic on the A5127
from Dartmouth Circus onto Lichfield
Road northbound over the Aston Expressway. It was damaged for the
second time when a vehicle collided
into it in September.
The closures will enable repair teams
to safely gain access to underside sections of the bridge.
The bridge was closed back in autumn
2014 after a lorry struck the underside
of the bridge making it unsafe to carry
traffic.
A second lorry added to the damage
in September 2015.
Birmingham City Councils highways
partner, Amey, are taking the opportunity to complete improvement works
to the street lighting, footways, carriageways and drainage on the bridge
while it remains closed, avoiding further planned closures in future.
Greg Clark, Government boss for

combined authorities
this year.
The West Midlands Authority will be
given around 36million each year by

central government for the next 30
years.
It will serve a population of four million people, and 1.7 million homes.
The West Midlands Authority will have
major powers.
It will have the power to decide on
planning projects, such as new housing estates, shopping centres and
business parks. It will also have the
power to control transport policies.
That includes HS2, and various other
plans to deal with traffic congestion
Why in favour?
Government hands over cash annually
Projects that span beyond cities will be managed
better (e.g transport links)
It will take power away from central government
which has, for at least two centuries, favoured
London above all other regions and cities.
Mancs next in
line to vote for
Metro Mayor
Greater Manchester will see its first
mayor elected on 4th May 2017.
Mayors of combined authorities
have considerable powers. The
mayor of Greater Manchester will
control planning decisions, transport and police. and will replace the
regions police and crime commissioner.
Will West Midlands have an elected mayor?
Almost certainly. And before the
election, it will have an interim
mayor.
The elected mayor (metro mayor)
is a position of considerable power,
and should not be confused with the
position of Lord Mayor, which is a
position with no political power or
authority.
and public transport services.
Will it control police?
That is looking very likely.
Why against?
Its another layer of government
It will not reduce the number of councils, and so
will be even more costly than the present system
of local councils
It is NOT local
It will give too much power to one person
Worse than Beijing
Air in Brums shisha bars 43 times more

polluted than busy Tyburn Road, says study
Dangerous levels of carbon monoxide (CO) and

fine particulate matter
(PM2.5) were found during an investigation into
air quality inside 12 shisha
bars across Birmingham.
The substances are linked with respiratory illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, bronchial asthma, lung
cancer and low birth rate in pregnant
women. Most shisha contains tobacco
tobacco smoke is a known carcinogen.
Air quality in the bars was twice as
bad as the air of Beijing, a city known
for its air pollution.
Levels of PM2.5 in shisha premises
were around 43 times higher than
those recorded on a busy arterial road
(Tyburn roadside 5.9 g/m3 / shisha

premises 255 g/m3 ).
University of Birmingham researchers and environmental health officers
found levels were significantly higher
than those experienced in pubs and
bars prior to the smoking ban, introduced in England in 2007.
During the visits, carried out between
March and June 2014, bar owners/
managers awareness of the associated health risks was assessed: 75
per cent did not recognise the smoke
from shisha pipes was a hazard to
their customers or staff, nor the importance for smoking areas to be
open to the air.
The number of shisha premises has
significantly risen not just in the UK
but around the world, many of which
opened after smoke-free legislation
was introduced.
To comply, designated smoking areas

must meet the 50 per cent rule, which
ensures at least half its area must be
open to the air.
Since 1 July 2007, Birmingham City
Council has prosecuted six shisha
premises for failing to comply with
smoke-free legislation.
Happy 50th
Tyburn Mail
This is the 50th edition of Tyburn Mail.
The first edition of the newspaper was published in September 2011.

That was when the former Vale Mail spread
its wings to reach out to 12,000 homes
beyond Castle Vale to include Pype Hayes,
Erdington Hall and Birches Green.
The first ever Vale Mail was published in
April 2000.
In those days 16 years ago, Vale Mail came
out once every two months, and had just
eight pages, all but the front and back covers in black and white.
Now, Tyburn Mail is published monthly, with
24 pages in full colour, and with a website
updated daily that has received over 50,000
hits for both of the last two months.
left: The 1st edition of Tyburn Mail, September 2011, and right, the 1st edition of Vale Mail, April 2000
LETTERS
n
comments
Tyburn Road bus gate

causes more hold-ups
Dear Editor
I currently live near the top of
Tyburn Road and I feel I need to
write this letter out of sheer desperation!
The council in their infinite wisdom have decided to install a bus
lane / gate on the left lane of
Tyburn Road which has caused
complete chaos in the area.
Every day in rush hour, myself and
other drivers find ourselves sitting
in one lane of traffic which usually
stretches all the way from Lidls to the
Bagot Arms island.
They have turned an average journey
home into a nightmare for commuters.
We are also seeing many drivers using Gunter Road (where there is a
school) as a through-road to bypass
the traffic, which is creating another
potential hazard.
The traffic light gate system doesnt
work, and I regularly see buses pull-
ing into the right hand lane (bypassing the empty bus lane) because
the bus is turning right at the Bagot
roundabout.
They have spent millions of pounds
apparently improving roads in the
Tyburn area, and have just created
a massive problem that wasnt previously there.
This additional traffic is also effecting
our property values. Who would want
to buy a property with a constant
stream of traffic outside it?
It is currently taking me 10mins to
drive from lidls to my house a journey that should take 30 seconds.
On top of that, these traffic jams are
causing an environmental issue with
additional fumes being directed at us
and our properties.
I have tried several times to contact
the council about this. I have even
gone to the extent of emailing the
head of the council to investigate this.
Of course I have had no constructive feedback at all.
I have now emailed our local MP, Jack

Dromey asking him to pick this up
on our behalf.
Back in 2009 they abolished 95% of
the bus lane on Tyburn Road because
it caused so much traffic and stress
for drivers.
Why have the council decided that
a tiny section of an enormous main
road has to be setup as a bus lane? It
doesnt make any sense at all.
I have set up an online petition asking for the bus lane to be abolished
so that Tyburn Road can once again
become an accessible road for all road
users.
Hopefully, if we get enough people to
sign the petition the council will be
forced to back down and to remove
this bus lane.
The link for the online petition is here.
Thank You
David Levene
Kindness that I thought

only existed in movies
Dear Readers
My name is Fay, I am 47 year old
tenant and live on Hawker Drive
in Castle Vale; a few years ago I
was in a very dark place and was
given 2 years to live.
I then accepted support from CVCH,
Compass Support, staff at Phoenix
Court and the volunteer councillors at
The Sanctuary.
I have also been heavily supported
by my neighbours Claire and Michael
who cook for me every day and help
Road workers need

to put a bit of go in it
Dear Readers
Peace and love, and whatever you are
having yourself.
Mines O2 with a bit of lemon. Keeps
the dust down, or petrol and diesel
fumes.
Where Im living, since they started
these roadworks down the bottom of
the Vale, cars are bumper to bumper
puffing out their obnoxious fumes.
And Ive got COPD.
Hurry up and finish!
Get off your brains and put a bit of
go in it! Youd never last with McAlpine Fusiliers I worked with in 1950.
Throw the big sod up, the gaffers
used to say. The bigger the better. Fill
the wheelbarrow up or get stuck into
Paddys Motorbike (the jackhammer).
And there were no fancy yellow outfits
in those days. Nor boots. Mind you,
we survived hail, rain or snow. Well, I
Funding for
WW1 projects
Dear Readers,
The First World War cast
a shadow over ordinary
peoples lives in many different ways; a fact I can
personally relate to knowing the effect the Gallipoli
Campaign of 1915 had on
my Grandmother.
The Centenary gives everyone in Birmingham an opportunity to explore
Food bank thanks in

challenging times
Dear Readers,
CVTRA would like the say a big
thank you to Sainsburys Castle
Vale and Pype Hayes United Reform Church for their ongoing
support to CVTRAs Foodbank.
Sheila Hyland (Sainsburys) and Joan
Hartwell from the United Reform
Church have been key to facilitating
this.
Sainsburys shoppers have been donating now via the donation box instore for nearly 2 years and their sup-
port to familys suffering hardship is

really heart-warming.
It is easy in these times of austerity
to just focus on your own familys
needs but this isnt true for the shoppers and congregation of the United
Reform Church who have also been
donating for many years.
Their generosity quite literally means
for some familys having a meal on
the table or going hungry. This sort
of help is invaluable to people facing
many difficult circumstances with loss
of jobs, benefit sanctions and zero

hours contracts to name a few.
We also get donations from people
just dropping bags into our offices
this again is invaluable. We were
able to deliver 20 Christmas parcels
to familys/people on Castle Vale. We
also had a donation of money and
a request to purchase chickens for
the Christmas parcels. This was very
generous on the part of the person
that donated. (I hope you are reading this!)
Once again thank you everyone for
your support and generosity in these
challenging times.
Sam Lowe
Employment & Crisis fund Officer
CVTRA
with odd jobs around the house I

can only describe these people as a
bunch of angels and I would like to
thank them all from the bottom of my
heart for helping me and for saving
my life.
I am now so happy, I can laugh and
I have friends, I also feel safe for the
first time in years and I am now experiencing kindness that I thought
existed only in movies.
Thanks
Fay
Health care
for over 65s
Dear Readers,
A recent survey found that people aged 65+ are more likely to
be regular users of health and
social care, and as a result may
know more than most about the
quality of care.
The Care Quality Commission are running a campaign across Birmingham
during March about peoples experi-
a 1965 jackhammer,
or rammer,
or Paddys
Motorbike,
as Tom
Walker
calls it
did. A lot of the lads died aged 50, or

a bonus at 60: RIP.
Thats life.
Keep up the good work.
Villa for the cup. (egg cup).
Ireland for the Rugby 6 Cup.
Tom Walker
Castle Vale
the First World War and how it relates
to our lives today.
For example young people from the
West Midlands Youth Theatre did a
piece on the stories of 306 men executed for cowardice.
There are still more stories to tell and
the Heritage Lottery Fund is looking
to continue funding projects that can
make a lasting difference for local
heritage, people and communities.
Any Tyburn organisation wanting to
explore local hidden stories; please
contact the HLF helpline on 020 7591
6042 or the local area team on www.
hlf.org.uk/inyourarea.
Mick Brown
Labour Councillor, Tyburn Ward
ences of care, and are looking to hear
from the over 65s about their experiences of care both good and bad.
They are also keen to hear from carers and family members who are willing to share their views on the quality
of care their loved one is receiving.
If anyone in Tyburn is happy to talk
to the CQC about their experiences of
care, please contact them with a few
details of your experience on yourstories@cqc.org.uk, and someone will
be in touch with you to discuss next
steps.
Mick Brown
READERS RESPONSES
Pick of the month from Tyburn
Mails online and facebook pages
are this month on page 23
Classic and
sophisticated
Mummy is
a plumber
Stars go for style at SAG Awards
Taylor Sheldon
A new childrens book is

encouraging young girls to
become plumbers.
Tyburn Mails
award winning
fashion journalist
The SAG (Screen Actors
Guild) Awards were recently hosted and for the
first time in a while there
didnt seem to be any celebrities who were desperate to make a bold
statement.
Instead they all went
for classic, sophisticated
looks, the way an awards
show should be.
Key colours tended to be classic red,
sleek blue or exciting metallic with Aline shapes to create a flattering silhouette from the fitted waist and then
a bit of mystery with the skirt as it
widened towards the floor.
As for makeup everyone went for
natural, glowy makeup, with the occasional touch of bright lipstick.

Mad Men actress, Kiernan Shipka arrived flaunting a fresh makeup look,
featuring bold brows, a glossy lip and
Kiernen Shipka, Rachel McAdams and Gaby Hoffman
Rachel McAdams strutted in wearing a gorgeous Elie

Saab gown with a gothic twist, as the nude dress was
embellished in black sequins arranged in floral patterns and a classic train that followed her across the
red carpet.
soft contouring for a healthy glow.
Then she styled her hair with natural looking, loose waves and wore
minimal jewellery so her dress could
speak for itself.
Her Erdem strapless, silk gown was
ice blue and deep purple perfectly

fitting in with a winter palette.
Rachel McAdams strutted in wearing a gorgeous Elie Saab gown with
a gothic twist, as the nude dress
was embellished in black sequins arranged in floral patterns and a classic
train that followed her across the red

carpet.
Her hair is still short and blonde, perfectly styled in curls to add texture
and to slightly frame her face.
Whereas others went on the other
side of the scale, such as Gaby Hoffmann who arrived looking rather
windswept.
A lot of critics seemed to love the
Transparent actresss bronze Rachel
Comey gown, but I dont see how
faded, green, velvet shoes and a
dress which looks like half the sequins
have been picked off can look sleek
and fun as they say.
My Mummy is a Plumber. features a

mum who saves the day to tackle burst
water pipes and overflowing toilets.
It aims to promote more traditional
male jobs to young women.
Butterfly Books have already published
My Mummy is an Engineer and are
working on My Mummy is a Scientist.
A My Daddy series is due to follow.
Author Kerrine Bryan, said: We hope
that the books will educate children on
the world of work, and the wider range
of careers open to them.
Jesus the movie
Members of The New Testament Church of God in

Castle Vale have organised
a local screening of the
film: Jesus
It will be shown on Thursday, 24th
March 2016 at Greenwood Academy,
from 6.30pm-8.30pm.
The film is a docudrama on the life and
death of Jesus Christ, based on the
Gospel of Luke, first released in 1979
and re-mastered in 2013.
Birdy song
No, not The Tweets... this is Jasmine
Brookly
Taylor
Tyburn Mails
music journalist
In November 2011, we
were introduced to the
wonderful Birdy! (Also
known as Jasmine), who
showed a new light in music and the style of her
songs.
Fire Within and album full of originals.

Birdy truly took this opportunity and
made it her own! Her album did so
well, and now shes kindly giving us,
as wonderful fansANOTHER! Birdy
is releasing a new album, with a single already released.
Her first single from the album is
Keeping your head up!
The song, gosh, its unlike anything
Ive ever heard.
The start is so mellow, and then her
voice fits in so beautifully with the
rhythm of the song. Shes really found

her style I would say, and Ive noticed
that whatever path she goes down
genre or beat wise, it fits.
Shes just one of those lucky, lucky
artists!
...her voice fits in so

beautifully with the
rhythm of the song...
The lyrics are very heartfelt, and
probably very relevant for most, so
if you yourself are thinking Who is
Birdy? And why on earth am I hearing
about her? I beg you to check out all
of her music!
She will open your eyes to different
genres. TRULY!
Thank you for reading
Could you give up

chocolate for a month?
The British Heart Foundation is urging people
to sign up for DECHOX,
a fundraising campaign
challenging
people
to give up chocolate
throughout March.
Last year, more than
19,000 people took
part in DECHOX, raising almost 800,000 in
the fight against heart

disease. Tracy Parker,
BHF Heart Health Dietician, said: Chocolate should be an occasional treat rather
than an everyday habit.
Especially as a single
chocolate bar averages
250kcals, equivalent to
around 10% of a mans
Nearly a third of people admit eating chocolate past its sell by date
(32%) .
More than one in four people (28%) admit they have eaten chocolate off the
floor (28%)
Over half of the population has admitted scoffing a share bag or large chocolate bar alone, in one sitting (52%).
31% said they exercised in order to have a naughty nibble
Her first album entitled Birdy was

an album of covers, many that had
been forgotten or put aside; but had
featured in the music charts over the
years!
Although, she sneakily involved one
of her own original songs in that very
first album, called without a word, a
truly honest and beautiful song with
her hypnotic voice.
She reached no.1 in Australia, Belgium, and even the Netherlands!
But after that, Birdy left us in the dark
for a while.
She had shared her beautiful, extravagant voice across the world and then
left us with an album. Of course, Birdy
herself mustve felt so much pressure
to quickly write a new album; but she
took her time.
As in September 2013, we were given
22% said they are good all week, so they can justify a weekend splurge.
Only 7% of people in the West Midlands have ever been able to give up
chocolate for a month with some quitters not even lasting a day (4%).
source: BHF
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Green waste Multi storey

service starts will double
this month
JLR car park
The annual fee for the
councils green waste service is 33 for people who
sign up online.
It offers 20 fortnightly collections between February and November.
The enhanced service for 2016 allows
residents to dispose of uncooked vegetables, spoilt fruit and tea bags in addition to the grass cuttings, leaves and
other waste that has previously been
accepted.
Fortnightly collections are made on the
same day as household waste collections, in the alternate week to when
recycling is picked up.
The garden waste service begins on
the week commencing 22nd February,
with the final fortnightly cycle coming
to an end on 27th November.
Love is in
the hair
ADULT CONTENT
Three out of every four

women would like their
partners to groom their
pubic hair. More than a quarter of them (26%) want their
and 12% of a womans

recommended daily intake, in one sitting.
Whilst its only a bit of
fun to challenge yourself to dump the chunk
for one month, it could
be a great way to get
into better eating habits and
the money
raised through sponsorship will help fund
vital research to help
the 7 million people living with cardiovascular
disease in the UK.
capacity
Jaguar Land Rover has applied for planning permission to build a multi-storey
car park for its staff.
It will replace the existing ground
level car park on the former Frankie
and Bennys site on Kingsbury Road,
which has space for 1,122 vehicles.
The new site will more than double
that capacity, giving space for 2,776
vehicle spaces. The plans include a
new signalised junction on the A38
Kingsbury Road, and the construction of ramp access from Ashold Farm
Road.
The new development will have significant impact on air quality unless JLR
adopts strategies to cut down on vehicle emissions, according to a report
man to have the full Brazilian.

Those delightful details come courtesy of recent press releases sent to
Tyburn Mail and other news desks
around the country.
February is a mad month for advertising material loosely based around romance and relationships. Valentines
Day has passed, but Leap Year Day,
when women can propose marriage
to men, is looming.
The press releases just keep on coming.
Here are a few more snippets from
recent communications:
Plans to build a multi-storey car park for JLR employees might please residents of Pype Hayes and Castle Vale, who have complained for several years
about JLR employees parking outside their homes
submitted to the planning committee
by Air Quality consultants. These include reserving ground space parking for employees who share vehicles
for their journeys to work; providing
charging stations for electric vehicles,

and providing employee travel plans.
Public comments to the councils planning committee must be received by
10th March.
one in 14 West Midlanders aged

over 50 have renewed their wedding
vows. (Thats a press release from
Saga). Most of them have been married 30 years or more, and they spend
around 1,000 on the ceremony.
Here are some more:
Blueberries are a great love potion.
They can replace the blue pill as an
aphrodisiac. Thats according to a
company called Seasonal Berries
whose research has found that the
UK is not in the worlds top 12 of most
sexually satisfied countries. But their
berry might remedy that problem.
16% of women think it is acceptable
to break wind in front of their partner.

Thats from Maalox Plus, specialists in
tablets for relieving trapped wind or
heartburn.
48% say they never nag their partner while he/she is driving. Thats
from a car rental firm. Top causes of
nagging are: going too fast, bad carparking, beeping the horn, not reading road signs, and road rage.
And from a dating agency:
25% like kissing their partner during
sex. But 79% like kissing their lover
during sex. Hmmm.
Happy Leap year day on 29th
February.
ready to take
their place in
modern Britain:
Ofsted report
Fairfax School has been described as good in a report

by Ofsted inspectors published this month.
It follows a short inspection on 12th

January by a team of just two inspectors.
This latest inspection is described as
a short inspection, usually given to
schools that are regarded as safe bets
by the Department for Education.
Short inspections are Ofsteds way of
easing their own burden and of rewarding schools who seem able to
evaluate themselves accurately.
Inspectors pay quick visits to classes,
as opposed to observing complete lessons.
The academys self-evaluation is exemplary in its accuracy, focus on key
priorities and succinctness., says the
latest report.
Fairfax is the founder school of the
Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust. It is currently supporting Kingsbury School, in
a contract arranged with Birmingham
City Council.
Fairfax was last inspected five years
ago, when it was also described as
good.
This short inspection has been reported as a letter to the headteacher,
rather than in the customary Ofsted
report format.
New classrooms
for school
Topcliffe School in Castle

Vale has applied for planning permission to build
two new classrooms.
They will be built within the internal

quad area at the school site in Hawkinge Drive.
Comments to the city planning committee about the application must be
received by 9th March.
Baking cakes to
save rainforests
Pupils
at
Erdington
Hall Primary School are
working hard to save
endangered species.
The youngsters have been learning about the rainforests, and were
inspired by a visit to Englands own
rainforest in Berkshire.
The two Year 5 classes visited the
Living Rainforest in Hampstead
Norreys as part of their project.
Now they are hoping to raise
enough money to be able to adopt
one of the animals at The Living
Rainforest.
The money will go to helping endangered species in the rainforests
across the world.
The pupils have come up with a
range of ideas to raise their cash.
Some of them are acting as waiters during the lunch hour, serving
Proud of their mouth-watering array of cakes and

biscuits: Year 5 pupils and teachers Liyana Tahir,
Abbas Ali, Mrs Claire Cooke, Tisharn Harrison,
Mrs Lum-Turner, and Daniel Day
RAIN FOREST FACTS FROM

ERDINGTON HALL PUPILS
Did you know that 4 to 7 billion trees are
chopped down every year? - Amina
Lollipop patrols
saved from axe
after council
budget u-turn
School crossing patrols are

safe for the next twelve
months after the Council
backed down on its threat
to cut them.
Now council boss John Clancy is trying to persuade businesses and other
potential partners to fund the service
in future years. He had previously suggested at public meetings that schools
might have to pay for their own crossing patrols because of budget cuts.
He claims that they have since made
recalculations after a very late settlement from Government.
Keepmoat to
repair council
homes
Council homes in Erdington and Sutton Coldfield

will have their repairs and
maintenance carried out by
a sub-contracted company.
Keepmoat, a building and development

company, have signed a four-year contract to maintain around 8,865 properties in the north of the city.
Keepmoat will deal with all repairs,
maintenance, gas servicing and home
improvements in the Sutton and Erdington properties once their contract
starts on 1st April.
The council are sub contracting Wates
Living Space Maintenance to do the
same job for homes in west central and
east Birmingham. Willmott Dixon have
been given the contract for homes in
the south of the city.
The new deal will save 13 million over
four years, says the council.
In my opinion, rainforests must be protected

because superb habitats are being destroyed,
and insects and animals are losing their homes
- Adam
Did you know that the equivalent of three football pitches is deforested every minute - Elijah
staff with their dinners.

Others are baking cakes and biscuits and selling them during break
and lunchtimes.
They are also raising money by
having a non-uniform day.
Teachers Mrs Cooke and Mrs Lum
Turner say that their classes have
been inspired by the project, and
especially by the forest visit.
The children have been learning
about science, geography and the
environment through the project.
The pupils let other children in the
school know about the importance
of the rain forests to the natural
environment when they gave an
assembly about their findings.
It included a performance of Michael Jacksons Earth Song and a
video made by members of the
Year 5 classes.
I feel strongly that we are not protecting the

rainforest as much as we could - Hans
This is harsh and devastating - Alisha
We need you to help spread the message -
Liyana
Well keep noise down:

Builders pledge to limit
Cincinnati disturbance
Builders on the Cincinnati
site have promised to limit
disruption to local residents as they make final
plans to construct houses
on the disused factory
land.
A total of 101 homes are planned.
Gallifords have said that the site will
not be open on Sundays or bank holidays.
It will be open from 7.30am till 5.30
pm on weekdays, and will close at
2pm on Saturdays.
Noise will be monitored on site during
busy construction periods, and site
work will not start until 8am to minimise disturbance to local residents.
damping down carried out using a

hose pipe
and sprinkler system.
The site will be secured using metal
mesh fencing and solid hoarding,
viewing points will be cut out at various points around the boundary to allow public viewing.
The site team will approach local
youth or school venues to arrange an
area on the hoarding for local artists
to use.
Gallifords have also said that they will
minimise dust and debris.
The final plans have not yet received
formal approval from the Council
Planning Committee.
There will be:
6 8 articulated deliveries a
week,
12 14 concrete deliveries a
week
8 9 rigid deliveries a week
25 30 small vans and cars a day
for the duration of the project
In total there will be 35 visits
from mobile cranes.
Contractors will park on the site during the initial site set up. Car parking
will be made available on site.
All construction traffic will enter the
site via a gate on Woodlands Farm
Road.
Dust will be monitored daily and
Entrance to old Cincinnati site on Woodlands Farm Road:

residents fear disruption when building starts
Finals for Tiffany
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Stunning Tiffany Hill has
made it through to the
finals of the Miss Birmingham contest.
KAYS HISTORY
A monthly series of ancient facts

by local history enthusiast Kay
Hunter who lectures on his subject in Birmingham and West
Bromwich. Kay also broadcasts
on 107.5 Switch Radio
THE CRANK
Over 850 hopefuls entered the

competition.
The 5 7 Castle Vale beauty has
made it through to the last 40 contestants, and is now set to for the
final round at the posh Burlington
Hotel on 20th March.
Tiffany, now aged 21, is a former
pupil of Castle Vale School. She
moved on to BMET College in Sutton Coldfield where she studied AS
levels and did a two year foundation course in fashion design.
She now works in The Perfume
Shop at The Fort Retail Park.

Tiffany, the youngest of four siblings - she has two sisters and a
brother - now has to prove that
shes not just a looker. The Miss
Birmingham Competition expects
successful contestants to prove
that they can raise money for the
charity Beauty with a Purpose, and
can demonstrate their skills on social media.
Tyburn Mail readers will be giving
Tiffany a boost if they go onto her
facebook page and like the photographs.
The winner of the Miss Birmingham
contest will go through to the Miss
England competition in July.
ALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY CLASSICA PHOTOGRAPHY
Hard labour without purpose)
The Victorian separate

system(1839 -1851) advocated the isolation of
prisoners, while supressing idleness with menial
duties.
The crank consisted of a wooden

box filled with gravel, supported
on a stand with a handle. The
prisoner was required to turn the
crank 10,000 revolutions per
a six hour day (once every two
seconds(!) Punishment for not
completing this pointless routine,
consisted of withholding meals
and / or a bread and water diet.
Prison warders could, at their own
discretion, tighten the screws on
the crank (on later models) making the handle increasingly difficult to turn.
The derogatory term screws for
Prison officers is still used by todays inmates.
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Thank you for

the sweet gift
Young people at The Sanctuary say thanks to Cadburys not for a selection
pack at Christmas but a
5,000 donation towards
the youth programme in
Castle Vale!
Cadburys staff based at the
local Midpoint Park named
the Compass Support Youth
Centre as their local charity
of the year. The group was
nominated by workers at the
Cadburys site who wanted to
support the work being delivered to local young people
and it resulted in a generous

donation being made to the
centre.
The money is being put to

good use including providing
resources and ingredients for
a life skills programme - that

will see the young people create a community cook book,
running a football project and
supporting the ongoing development of young volunteers
within the community.
The young people
are very excited
about this kind gesture and will send
updates throughout
the year to Cadburys
to show everyone at
the factory the positive impact the dona-
We are now part of the

Birmingham Business Charter
for Social Responsibility
tion has had.

From everyone at Compass
Support, thank you to Cadburys for supporting the
young people and recognising
the importance of this work.
These pictures show the first session
using the Cadbury grant money
Taking care
of your health
Following on from our Senior Salute in November,

we recently hosted another Ageing Better event
at St Marys Church, Pype
Hayes.
We met with people aged
over 50 living in the Tyburn
Ward, sharing a cuppa and
putting our heads together to
help shape health initiatives
in the local area for the coming years.
We will be holding more
events during the year.
If you would like more information, please contact
either Tracey on 0121
748 8112 or Phil on 0121
748 0891.
Bikes to solve
city traffic jams
Bicycles to replace cars in and
around Birmingham?
Thats the plan, according to a top councillor,

Lisa Trickett. Shes in charge of sustainability for the Council, and says she wants to
see a modal shift, from cars to other more
sustainable forms of transport like bicycles.
Cllr Trickett has announced that work on new
cycle routes has started between the city
centre and Erdington on the A 5127, via Lancaster Circus, Corporation Street, Dartmouth
Bus lane fines earn

over 4million
A massive 4+ million has been

made from bus lane fines in Birmingham last year.
The City Council estimates it will have a surplus of 4.075 million by March 2016 from
the bus lanes fines, all of which will be used
towards transport improvements in the city.
A motorist who uses one of the citys bus
4th - 6th March

NEC Birmingham
Tyburn Mail has 7 pairs of

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for The National Wedding Show
at the NEC. email:
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or call 0121 749 1343 in office hours
Boost for
council homes
Almost 6,000 council homes

will be given new kitchens and
bathrooms, upgraded heating
systems, insulation and window and roof replacements.
The 59 million programme of investment
into its stock of council properties is set to be
approved at the Cabinet Meeting on Tuesday
16th February.
Circus, Aston Road, Lichfield Road and Salford Circus.

The cycle lanes will be incorporated mainly in
the existing bus lanes.
Improvements on Barford Road (Edgbaston)
are expected to be completed by the end of
January. Schemes on Yardley Green Road,
Stratford Road, Hob Moor Road and Bordesley Green East will be starting in February.
Parallel Routes (cycle routes on quieter roads
for the less confident cyclist) at Warwick
Road and Bristol Road are currently being
planned with a view to work commencing in
February.
A further Parallel Route for Alcester Road is
programmed to commence in early March.
lanes is fined 60.

This is reduced to 30 if paid within 14 days,
or increased to 90 if not paid within 28 days.
Cameras to trap motorists who used bus
lanes were set up in the city in 2013.
The council faced a tribunal in 2014 because
hundreds of motorists who had been fined
complained that the warning signage was
inadequate.
Over the next five years the Council estimates that 253.916 million will need to be
spent on transport improvements and maintenance.
Birmingham City Councils cabinet member
for Neighbourhood Management & Homes,
Cllr John Cotton, said: We currently own
and manage 63,138 residential properties
and have made substantial improvements
to thousands of our properties over the last
few years.
The average age of our properties is approaching 70 years so investing in our stock
is essential in order to safeguard its condition.
Not only will this substantially improve our
tenants homes, but by replacing inefficient
heating systems, we can further reduce the
citys carbon dioxide emissions and lower our
tenants heating bills.
2015 was a great year..

...this year will be the BEST EVER
Make 2016
YOUR YEAR
2015 Winners
Last year Ste McVey and his 9 year old daughter Skye
took the prize. Ste had previously made the final 4 times
and is a great demonstration of how hard work and
perseverance pays off!
Could this be your first step to something big?
2014
Open to individuals and groups from Castle Vale and surrounding areas - all ages and any talent!
Auditions
Saturday 12th March 2016 - 10:30am - 12:30pm

Greenwood Academy, Farnborough Road
All acts must register their entry by NOON on Friday 11th March
email talent@greenwoodacademy.org
or call 0121 464 6101
Top writers
Teachers
join in the
creative
writing fun
at Pegasus
Pupils at Pegasus Primary
School are being helped to
have fun with their creative
writing. And their teachers
are leading the way by doing the work, too.
Classes have been enjoying
the story Lost and Found, by Oliver Jeffers.
Proud Pegasus pupils with their own work, in front of a

notice board where the teachers work is displayed: Josie
Kiely, Kenzie White, Kelsey Hagans and Ashton Handley
High-pressure grilling for

Greenwoods senior students
Senior pupils at Greenwood Academy have been
grilled by professionals
to set them up for future
jobs and careers.
The school called in a range of experts from the commercial and business world to give students one-toone mock interviews.
Students had the choice of being interviewed for jobs, apprenticeships,

places in Higher Education, or joining
As part of the project, staff had a go

at re-drafting the story in their own
words.
Teacher Katie Price said that the school
likes to encourage pupils to draft and
re-draft their work, so that they can
plan and improve written pieces.
The teachers set the example, and
the pupils followed suit. The teachers work is on display at the school,
on the notice board behind these four
youngsters.
Pupils then had a go at writing a diary,
as if they were one of the characters
in the story.
These four star pupils from Year 4
proudly hold their excellent efforts.
They are Josie Kiely, Kenzie White, Kelsey Hagans and Ashton Handley
All primary schools in the Ninestiles
Trust were involved in the project.
Pupils from each school will get the
chance to see the work from the other
schools in the Trust.
the Armed Forces.

Garry Flatres, one of the organisers,
said: The day did indeed run with
military precision.
The external visitors were pleased
with the level of skills and focus
shown by the students , and several
commented that if many of the students were available in the job market at the present time , they would
have be offering them jobs here and
now, said Garry
This was a new initiative for the
school, set up by Nick Cheese, the
schools leader on Information Advice
and Guidance, as part of the whole
schools integrated Futures programme.
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From homeless
to prison...officer
way.
When I came to the YMCA, I volunteered as a Witness Service Worker
at Birmingham Magistrates and Juvenile Court and continued to volunteer
when I moved to the Orchard. The
YMCA would put on cooking classes
and various activities for the residents
to get involved in.
I became quite heavily involved in the
YMCA this way and before I knew it I
became a resident representative.
My new role opened so many doors; I

went to the Houses of Parliament with
a few other residents and was interviewed by ITV and SKY news about
voting rights.
I volunteered for eight weeks at the
YMCA Coppice as a receptionist.
I also had the opportunity to go to
Poland in August 2015 for the YMCA
Unify Conference and to Palestine in
November 2015 to help Palestinian
farmers in the olive-picking season.
In between participating in all of the
above, I was looking persistently for
full time employment in both Birmingham and in London.
This was something I became quite
stressed about but through prayer,
support and spiritual guidance offered
by The Orchard, I came to the decision that it was best for me to move
back to London after four years of living in Birmingham.
This was a very hard decision but the
YMCA helped me through it.
I was successful in my application to
join the Prison Service in South London in May and passed various assessments and application stages to
attain the role.
I graduated from Prison College on
18th December 2015 and now work
full time for the service.
I am now officially an Officer.
Trading Standards officers stopped nearly 1,800

unsafe hoverboards from
being sold to shoppers in
Birmingham during the run
up to Christmas.
Most of the gadgets were being imported from China.

As a result of this action 1,766 devices
were suspended from nine importers
after officers found these were unsafe
or had inadequate documentation to
prove whether they met British and
European safety standards.
This followed a number of reported incidents across the country where the
battery-powered, self-balancing scooters were catching fire, raising concerns
over their safety.
Gabrielle Roachford tells her inspiring story
I moved to the YMCA in

March 2014 after changes
in my circumstances left
me in need of urgent accommodation in Birmingham.
The Orchard (Erdington YMCA) welcomed me in and provided me with

a decent one-bedroom self-contained
flat which was more than what I
thought I would get.
I remember feeling astonished that
there were such great facilities available to young people facing hardship
like I was.
As my job contract had ended and I
was in receipt of Job Seekers Allowance, I initially struggled to adapt to
living on benefits.
The YMCA offered me support and
advice on managing funds and living
on a budget that helped me to adapt
and organise my finances in a better
Burglar stats Hover board

fire hazards
Over 90% of burglaries in the
West Midlands are unsolved,
according to Home Office figures.
Just 9.5% of burglaries in the region

are solved.
The Welsh region of Dyfed-Powys has
the top rate in the country, with over
one in four (28.7%) burglaries solved.
Norovirus is the most common stomach bug in the UK

- each year it is estimated
that between 600,000 and
1 million people in the UK
catch the winter vomiting
virus.
Dr Roger Henderson, media medic
and GP, said: Norovirus is highly
contagious and can live for days on
surfaces like clothing. The virus can
be indirectly spread by virus particles
(e.g. vomiting) or touching surfaces,
objects or onto food contaminated
with the virus.
Symptoms of norovirus typically appear 12 to 48 hours after infection and
include the sudden onset of vomiting,
diarrhoea and fever this will typically
last between one to three days.
It is dehydration rather than the virus
itself that can be particularly dangerous, especially with the young and
elderly, as this can cause loss of both
water and essential minerals.
An oral rehydration sachet is recommended to help the body replace the

sugar, salt and minerals lost to dehydration and to help speed up the recovery process.
People can still be contagious up
to 48 hour after symptoms have
stopped.
Norovirus symptoms:
Nausea
Stomach cramps
Vomiting
Watery diarrhoea
Raised temperature
Aching limbs
10 tips for beating Norovirus:

Drink plenty of fluids to avoid dehydration. You need to drink more than
usual to replace the fluids lost from vomiting and diarrhoea - avoid giving
fizzy drinks or fruit juice to children as it can make their diarrhoea worse
Practise good hand hygiene - wash hands with warm water and soap for
20 seconds after each trip to the bathroom and again before you eat. Carry
some anti-bacterial hand gel with you to use in-between hand washing,
Greenwood
Time to Talk
day raises
cash for
mental health
charities
Students and staff of Greenwood
Academy took part in Time 2 Talk
day which aims to get as many
people as possible across England and Wales talking about
mental health.
Sean Jordan of Greenwood said: By
joining together on one day, we want-
Fighting the
sickness bug
Make sure you wash infected bedding and clothing to try and avoid it
spreading
Take an oral rehydration sachet, such as Dioralyte (RRP 3.86 for six sachets), which is recommended to help the body replace the sugar, salt and
minerals lost to dehydration
Avoid eating unwashed or raw food, which could harbour the virus
Try not to share towels and flannels and wash after use
Take paracetamol for fever or aches and pains
Disinfect the toilet after each bout of sickness and diarrhoea
ed to break the silence that often surrounds mental health, and show that
talking about these issues doesnt
need to be difficult.
With the whole school talking about
mental health together at the same
time it showed our students that, talking about mental health doesnt need
to be difficult and its okay to access

support if needed.
Students and staff decided to wear
something blue on the day to celebrate time 2 talk day.
The school also raised 470.00
which will be split between two mental health charities.
Take an antidiarrhoeal medication such as DioraleZe (RRP 3.49 for 6 capsules available from Boots and pharmacies) - NHS guidance recommends
taking oral rehydration sachets and anti-diarrhoeal medication as one of
the ways in which you can help to treat diarrhoea
Get plenty of rest.
Suleman
sets up shop
K and K Pharmacy in Castle Vale has
moved
into
new premises
this week.
The chemist, run by

popular local man Suleman Khan, has
been based inside the Nisa store in the
High Street for several years.
The new site is on the corner of Tangmere Drive and the High Street.
The shop is next to Desirees Beauty
Studio and Upcycle.
Books for schools from Sainsburys
Chivenor children with their gifts from Sainsburys: Pictured above

with Sheila Hyland from the Castle Vale store are Year 1 pupils: Matilda, Halima,
Maisie, Eshaan, Mark and Mrs. Charlotte Nash (Associate Head teacher)
Shock tactics bid

to combat knives
School searches as police target teenagers
Some schools will have
metal detecting arches
and wands, as part of a
police campaign launched
this month to combat
knife crime.
The people we find most often in
possession of a knife in public are
young men aged 15- to 19-years-old,
said Chief Inspector Ian Parnell.
Latest figures indicate that around
50 people a month are being found
in possession of a knife in the West
Midlands.
C I Ian Parnell said: A common excuse is that its for their protection
but its shocking how many times
young men are seriously hurt by the
very knife they are carrying. There
have been many cases where, during
a scuffle, the knife has been grabbed
and used against them.
Parents have a very important role
in helping educate teenagers over the
dangers of carrying weaponsI hope
the campaign helps them spot the
warning signs that their child could be
getting into very serious trouble.
Those signs include becoming increasingly withdrawn; a decline in behaviour, academic achievement or attendance at school or college; staying
out late with a new group of friends
or reacting defensively to questions
Sainsburys have been boosting childrens reading by giving away sets of books to local schools. Sheila Hyland and
her team have been visiting schools in Castle Vale to give them sets of the popular childrens book Mog The Cat, written by Judith Kerr.
Above -Pictured with Sheila Hyland and Helen Jones from Sainsburys are Pegasus Year 3 pupils Olivia Butler, Charlie Braddish Pearce, Cidney Jones, Abi Fox, Denilson Phillips, and Chelsi Eeles
Good
day for
trees
Over 50 people helped to

plant trees at an environment event in Castle Vales
Conservation Area.
about their movements.
It is illegal to carry any knife, other
than a small folding pocket knife, in
public. Anyone found carrying a knife
in public, irrespective of whether they
used it in anger, faces up to four years
in jail.
The campaign includes a series of
hard hitting posters with the slogan
Either Way Hes Not Coming Home.
They stress that anyone carrying a
knife in public runs the risk of being
jailed, seriously wounded, or potentially killed.
Posters will appear on A-frame billboards across the region and social
media show a young man being taken
from home and arrested, a knife crime
victim in an ambulance, and a mother
at her sons funeral.
We planted alder, hazel, guelder rose

and English oak across small pocketed
areas, as well as filling in the gaps of existing hedgerows, said one of the organiser Sarah Oulaghan from the Community
Environment Trust.
It was fantastic to see so many local
residents, of all ages getting involved in
planting a future for their next generation. The day went beyond our expectations with the amount of people participating.
Tame Valley Wetlands helped fund the
event and provided equipment including
hedging spades and gazebo. Birmingham
Trees for Life provided the trees.
Anxo Ismael Steinweg putting

his back into his work
Ricardo Zizzi, Helen Thomas, Gaynor

Upton, Stuart Thomas, Sharron Wagstaff,
Carole Thomas and James Blundell
Must do better
Campion boys with backs to teacher
show disrespect, say inspectors
Behaviour of pupils
at St Edmund Campion School is better
around the school
site than it is in lessons.
Thats according to an Ofsted
report published last week,
following a two-day inspection in January.
Boys at the school disrupted
learning in some lessons
and even showed a lack of
respect by sitting with their
back facing the teacher.
Inspectors have warned the
school that it needs to improve.
Teaching, management, behaviour and results were all
judged to be unsatisfactory.
Sixth form work was described as good, and pastoral
care support for pupils was
praised.
Campion has a strong caring
ethos, the report observes.
But inspectors were critical
of teaching in some subjects,
especially maths and science.
Leadership weaknesses in
English and maths have led
to slow progress, though new
leaders have recently been
appointed in these subjects.
The schools GCSE entry policy in some subjects comes in
for criticism.
Challenge is low across a
range of subjects because
some of the work is repetitive
and mundane rather than
Hedgehogs
need better
hospitals
by Bridget Harper
Snuffles Hedgehog Rescue
Snuffles Hedgehog
Rescue based in Four
Oaks is calling upon
Tyburn Mail readers
to help make the upgrade of its existing
critical care facility
possible.
Claire Hunt who runs the rescue from a small shed in her
back garden is struggling to
manage the medical emer-
Quran
queues
Thousands of visitors
are expected to flock
to see an ancient
copy of the Islamic
book The Quran on
baby orphaned hedgehog

cared for by the Snuffles
rescue team
gencies in her cramped and
ill equipped facility. After just
over two years of hedgehog
rescue their existing critical
care unit is too small and they
need to expand.
Last year she took in over 100
hedgehogs, all of them requiring urgent medical care.
display at Birmingham Museum and

Art Gallery.
The Birmingham Quran comprises fragments of the earliest Quran known to exist.
It was discovered last year in
a collection held by Birmingham University and is thought
to have been between written between 568 and 645 AD,
Table-surfing
A dirty trick to nick

your wallet or phone
Police have warned
people to beware
of table surfing - a
nasty
distraction
trick used by snatch
thieves.
The crooks do their dirty work
in restaurants and bars. They
use menus and napkins to
cover peoples mobile phones
or wallets left on tables. Then
they slyly swipe them.
The warnings come after a
gang of five Romanian pick-
pockets based in Birmingham

were jailed for a string of
thefts across the UK.
Eight of their crimes were
committed in the West Midlands, including three within
an hour in Birmingham on
9th July. Amongst the locations targeted were the Fiddle
and Bone pub in Bishopgate
Street and Nandos in Five
Ways.
Elisai Paun (20) of Botha
Road, Bordesley Green; Vasile Dinu (19) of Rogers Road,
Ward End; Teofil Schian (19)
making pupils, including the

most able, think harder about
their work, say inspectors.
Improvements in the school
are not happening quickly
enough because senior leaders are not doing enough to
secure consistently good outcomes for all pupils through
better teaching, says the
report.
The team of inspectors visited the school on 21st-22nd
January.
The schools last full inspection was in 2011, when it was
described as good.
Its 5 A*-C pass rate in
GCSEs including English and
maths rate last year was
50%, down from a high of
65% in 2012.
Claire says: We need approximately 5,000 to replace
and upgrade the existing
premises.
We know there are people
in the Tyburn area who care
about hedgehog survival and
last year we received several
sick and injured hedgehogs
brought to us by people in
your area.
We ask that all readers
spread the word to all of their
hedgehog friendly friends,
family and work colleagues.
If 5,000 people all donate 1
we would achieve the target
in no time
To read more about Snuffles Hedgehog Rescue and to
make a donation to the appeal visit our website appeals
page and follow the link www.
snuffles-rescue.com
close to the lifetime of the
prophet Muhammad.
The
fragments
attracted
9,000 visitors when they were
displayed for three weeks at
Birmingham University last
year.
The Birmingham Quran is in
the new Faith in Birmingham
Gallery, which opened on 5th
February.
of Bordesley Green East,
Bordesley Green; David Panghatia (19) of Alum Rock Road,
and a 16 year-old male youth
who cannot be named for legal reasons will be sentenced
in April.
They were jointly charged
with conspiracy to steal in
connection with 24 thefts, of
which 18 were related to table surfing.
PC Mat Evans said: These offenders were all professional
thieves, part of an organised gang who travel all over
the country to steal mobile
phones.
Although they refused to say
what they did with their loot,
we know from experience
that stolen phones are often
sent abroad where they can
be sold on the black market
for almost full value.
A kind-hearted Little Mix fan is going to donate a massive 15 inches of her blonde hair
to a cancer charity.
Nine year-old Tegan Lawrie has
grown her hair to a Rapunzel
like 25 inches.
Now the generous youngster
has decided enough is enough,
and she is ready to go for the
chop.
On her tenth birthday she will
be enjoying her first ever concert -Little Mix, of course, in
Birmingham.
And the next day she will be
stepping into a hairdressers for
the big crop.
Tegan is giving her locks to The
Little Princess Trust, a charity
that makes hairpieces and wigs
for youngsters who have suffered hair loss because of medical treatment.
Mom Rachel Kyrwood, a former
pupil at Kingsbury School, says:
Tegan feels very strongly about
wanting to help others who are
suffering with cancer, as she
has lost both her great-grandparents to this horrible illness.

Tegan also has another reason for wanting to do
this, her younger brother Jake, who is now 3 years
old, was extremely poorly when
he was hours old. Although Jake
did not suffer from any cancer
related illness, having seen how
poorly Jake was, Tegan has made
it her passion to help those who
are suffering with debilitating illnesses such as cancer.
Tegans main aim is create
awareness of the disease and the
charity but also to raise money
and most importantly donate her
very own hair in order to help a
young child.
Tegan, a pupil at Court Farm Primary School, will be having her
hair cut on Saturday 19th March
at Ninas Hair Studio, Hawthorn
Road, Birmingham.
Can you donate to Tegans Just
Giving page: Its at
https://www.justgiving.com/
Christopher-Lawrie/?utm_id=13
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Persimmon Homes Central,
based in Castle Bromwich,
require:
Part-Time Receptionist (Job Share)
Starting April 2016
Competitive salary, pension, life assurance
Key responsibilities: switchboard, mail, receiving
visitors and general administration.
Flexible approach to working extra hours, ie holiday/sickness cover.
Full-Time Customer Care Coordinator Starting
February 2016
Competitive salary, pension, life assurance
Key responsibilities: coordinating the rectification
of remedial items in our customers new homes by
liaising with customers, site managers and contractors and providing admin support to the Customer
Care Department. You will have strong organisational skills, the ability to multi-task, computer
literacy, customer care experience and ideally
experience within the construction industry.
Please apply in writing with current CV to The Office Manager, Persimmon Homes Central, Tameside Drive, Birmingham, B35 7AG
Other positions available (site and office):
www.persimmonjobs.com
Incomes Officer
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Salary Grade 5 24,956 - 28,041

37 hours per week (Monday Friday)
We Urgently Require:
Customer Service Account Manager 20K (12 Month Contract). Bromford Area.
Helpdesk Executives 16K Coleshill Area - Temp to Perm
Purchase Ledger Clerk 22K NEC Area. Permanent
Can you support our customers to make the most of their

money?
As Incomes Officer working as part of the Income Team, you
will carry out the challenging role of maximising the income
of our customers and of CVCH; taking preventative arrears
action and supporting customers from the start of their tenancies ensuring they access appropriate help and claim the
benefits they are entitled to.
Service Advisor 15K Minworth Area. Permanent

Must have excellent customer service skills.
Internal Recruiters x 3 NEC Area 2-3 month contract 16-17K
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The competency framework can be found on the job page of

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for guidance when completing your application.
For an informal discussion please contact Daniel Lewis,
Incomes Team Leader on 0121 748 8100
Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 26th February at 12noon.
Interviews will be on held on 11th March 2016
Further information and application packs are available to
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No CVs or agencies please
Chivenor puts on a
high class show to
launch new canteen
Pupils and staff at Chivenor

School put on an impressive welcome for guests
invited to the opening of
their new school canteen.
Smartly dressed and impeccably polite pupils led the way as guests were
treated to morning refreshments in-
cluding pastry bakes and coffee served

in Royal Doulton cups and saucers.
Guests included Erdington MP Jack
Dromey, representatives from The
Griffin Trust, St Cuthberts Church,
Sainsburys and Castle Vale Nursery.
Ten members of the School Parliament
made speeches, and the school choir
entertained the visitors with a song
and some lindy bopping.
Chivenor canteen staff: Lisa Grech,

Kirsty Luckman, Dawn Price, Linda
Curtis (cook) and Jayne Day
Chivenor School Choir with their

music teacher Alison Stanley
Dina Da Silva, Head Girl of

Chivenor School. Dina is also
the Deputy Prime Minister in the
Schools Parliament, Chivenors
version of a school council
LOCAL
DEMOCRACY
PAGE
Your councillors, campaigners and candidates
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. Charles Dickens 1865
Fighting to keep
decent housing
Why we need a fairer

deal for Birmingham
Council struggle to combat Tory policy
Councillor Mick Brown

Tyburn Ward Labour
Councillor Mike Sharpe

Tyburn Ward Labour
The Government are focused solely on home

ownership and are systematically undermining
the very basis upon which
social housing has operated for many years.
1. They are reducing the total stock
available by extending the right to
buy to housing associations.
2. They are undermining the principle of mixed communities, which has
always been central to our vision for
social housing. Instead they want it to
be housing of last resort.
From 2017, households earning over

30,000 will have to pay a market
rent if they want to carry on living in
social housing.
3. They are undermining security of
tenure.
They want to end the secure, lifetime
tenancy that social tenants currently
get and replace them for all new tenants with fixed term tenancies of between two and five years
4. They are undermining the Councils
finances to make it more difficult for
us to build new council housing and
invest in our existing stock.
Helping to remove the

stigma of mental health
by signing the pledge
For too long those suffering these invisible issues have been the butt of
jokes and jibes. Well I stand up to
say I have experienced the need for
Councillor Lynda Clinton

Tyburn Ward Labour
Mental health comes in

many forms.
For some, it is stress, depression or
tension. For others their symptoms
are more obvious.
5. They are making social housing unaffordable for many people.

So what is Birminghams Labour
Council doing about this?
Weve accelerated the building of new
Council homes
Were protecting services for the most
vulnerable from the worst of the Governments cuts
Were helping people in the Private
Rented Sector
By the time you read this

piece the City Council
will be less than a month
away from setting what
will be an historic budget
in Birminghams history
in terms of the negative
effect it will have on our
city.
Parkland must
remain sacred
The full version of this article is

available on Tyburn Mails website:
tyburnmail.com
someone to talk to and who would
listen (we very rarely share our fears
with those closest to us).
I have had counselling and received
medical help.
That is why I am proud to have been
invited to join West Midlands Fire Service Pledge to sweep away the stigma
attached to mental illness.
Help me by committing yourself to the
Pledge too.
Want to know more?
Call or text me on 07727 923 071.
Having a funding reduction of over

250 million in the next two years, on
top of the almost 600 million over
the last five years, is making our city
almost dysfunctional.
In my own field of health, in recent years the Council has managed
through a process of efficiency savings combined with tough decisions
on budgets and charging to balance
the books. However, when the average cut in spending power in the
rest of the country is half what it is
in Birmingham, we cannot continue
to make the level of savings the Tory
government requires, as it balances
the countrys books, and continue to
be committed to for example keeping
older people independent and living
their lives in the way they wish.
Only recently Birmingham was voted
the most investable city in the country, and yet without quality parks,
museums and libraries to ensure that
Birmingham is a quality place to live
and work, will this investment, and
the jobs it brings, continue?
I for one am not so sure.
by Clifton Welch
Conservative campaigner
Birminghams
Labour
Council has announced a
new policy to start building on parks in the city.
Labour plan to take 8 acres EVERY
YEAR from our citys parks and use it
for house building.
So far they have not named which
parts of which parks will be going
under the bulldozer.
However only this month the Council
has announced they will be building
on 33% of a park in Stechford.
Labour say the eight acres taken
each year will come from under used
land on the edge of parks, but nevertheless it will reduce the amount
of land available for leisure activities
just at the very time that new house
building means the citys population
is growing.
Labours plan to build on 8 acres of
park land a year is ON TOP of their
already announced plan to build
over 6,000 houses on the green belt
at the edge of the city.
Green belt and park land all under
threat from Labour.
Today it is a Park in Stechford, tomorrow it could be Pype Hayes park?

The Conservatives have pledged if
they win control of the Council they
will cancel any plans to build on our
parkland.
Our local parks were left for the benefit of residents in perpetuity. They
must remain sacred.
If we can help you with anything
else please contact myself and parliamentary campaigner Robert Alden
by calling 07505745808, emailing
CWELCH2@sky.com, or writing to 96
Orchard Road, Erdington, B24 9JD.
Gardens at
Pype Hayes Park
FAST forward to London
Top: left to right: Afton Hobbs, Sinea Garrick, Shaya Clearly, Sophie Taylor
Bottom left to right: Jessica Van Dike, Caitlin Bradshaw, Paige Pope, Ellie Belle, Olivia Hobbs
Tutors on the FAST programme at Greenwood Academy rewarded their young
team of mentors with a trip to London
which combined work at Middlesex University and leisure at a famous tourist attraction.
FAST (Family and Schools Together) tutors
Sean Jordan, Kat Dockery, Vicky Smith and Janet Gray took the team of ten peer mentors to
Madame Tussauds where the teens took
selfies with their wax celebrity idols.
At the university, students took part in a young

peoples panel. They were asked questions
from leading professionals about their experiences of the FAST project.
Caitlin Bradshaw was asked: What have you
gained by being a peer mentor on the FAST
programme? Caitlin responded by saying
Without FAST there is no way I would be able
to stand up in front of you and speak in a public
place
READERS RESPONSES
Pick of the month from Tyburn Mails

online and facebook pages
The Council Planning Committee has
voted to allow houses to be built on a
park
Tyburn Road towards the Bagot island

now has a bus lane, and only one lane
for other traffic.
Redcoat
It is appalling that the Council stoops to this
level when there has to be plenty of brown
land being left unkempt. There are properties standing empty and many in poor condition. Why? Lay your hands off the green
land of parks which is a social and public
area for people to at least have some enjoyment of meeting with nature, socialising and
meeting up at public events. The Council
have been stopped before for building plans
on a local park and it will be done again. I
wonder if they have any plans to build on
Cannon Hill Park but of course that is a premier park so no doubt it is a huge NO!!!
David Sheedy
I too also live on that stretch of the Tyburn
Road and can confirm it has just become an
absolute nightmare to commute on. What
was previously a 30 second journey now
takes 10 minutes on average and where
it was usually busy up until 6pm now has
large tailbacks till gone 7pm. Unfortunately
on my daily commute I also travel through
the rest of the IMPROVEMENTS that
were put in place and those areas on the
Chester Road outside the Jaguar where the
left hand lane is now for left turns only has
created a massive problem of motorists cutting people up on the Tyburn island to avoid
the massive tailbacks in the other 2 lanes.
Hopefully someone from the council can
come and visit the area in peak times and
explain the BENEFITS of the improvements to local residents and all the commuters who are now sitting in extremely
congested traffic.
Anonymous
Do think that some of the old playing fields
in Short Heath Road, Erdington could be
built on. Some of the Allotments, say by
Nineveh Road Handsworth should be built
on, when looking from the Metro Tram it
looks a ramshackle disgrace.
David Kemp
Disgraceful. The council should be looking
for additional green and open spaces, not
building on the ones we already have.
Kevin Woolley
Im glad I grew up when I did soon parks
and recreation play areas will be extinct
gone forever.
Lorraine Hadley
Taking all our greenery away where will
the kids play? Where will the wild animals live? Have they even considered
this? We need our trees and some grass
left !
John Cooper
The traffic problem looks to me as if it has
been planned in someones office without
any real regard to physical problems created?
It would be to great advantage if the people
who thought up this scheme could view it a
peak traffic times in action?
Money and time wasted without giving a
single thought to one of the most congested
traffic areas ares in the busy city of Birmingham?
Maddie Gaskar
stand by for the its all JLRs fault lobby
to start chirping.
The back page
Thank
Looking for heavens
a manager for Randy
Local Gran Karen Middleton is putting out a plea for
a would-be-manager to help
out a group of football-mad
teenagers in Castle Vale.
The boys are all pupils at Greenwood

Academy, in Year 10. They want to
form their own football team, and play
in a league, like the Lichfield and District Football League. But they need a
manager to help them out.
They are desperate to form a proper
team with a manager but do not know
where to start to find someone who
would take this role on, says Karen,
whose grandson Liam is in the team.
Can you help?
Contact Karen on 07411 317314
Back row: William Watkins, James
Watkins, Kane Round, Luke Clark,
Jamie Sinclair, Richard Hayes
Front row: Connor Salter, Charlie
Thacker, Jamie Draper, Harry Burns,
Liam Bonfield, Ethan Greene
Plastic 3G
pitch for
Boldmere
Boldmere St Michaels Football Club has applied for

planning permission to install a 3G artificial football
pitch in place of an existing
grass pitch.
The plans for the Church Road ground

include installing two 7-a-side football
pitches with floodlighting.
The proposals are now with the Council Planning Committee.
The 3G artificial pitch will be similar to
the facility at Sutton Coldfield Towns
ground in Coles Lane.
Boldmere St Michaels play in the Premier Division of the Midland League
(Step 5 in the Football League Pyramid). Paget Rangers also play their
Midland League Division Two (Step 7)
fixtures at Boldmeres ground
Simon says..
FC Concords earned some harsh words

from their boss after Sundays defeat.
They lost 3-1 to Golden Hind.
We didnt play well at all, said a disappointed Simon Lansbury after the
game.
No team work no desire to win, too
many people hiding on the pitch.
Once again Tim James Holsey and Ellis Churchill were by far the best players for us followed closely by Mark
Newton.
James Willis scored Concords goal.
Golf: its more

than just a game
Club tournaments are social
events for long-standing friends
Tony
Roche
Tyburn
Mails
golf writer
As our local golf societies
prepare themselves for
another fun year of golf,
on courses throughout the
Midlands and beyond, we
ask the question.
Society or club membership?
lowest scorer. Theres a lot of mickeytaking on the day, with the after-golf
presentation always a rather boisterous affair.
We all enjoy a good crack and some
of the lads involved have known each
other for 30 years or more.
We all enjoy the golf, but dont take
it too seriously.
I am not a member of any golf club
because I just dont want to be tied
down to playing the same course
week in week out.
Its an ethos thats echoed in golf societies up and down the country.
It might contain eight or eighty people, but the purpose is the same, to
bring like minded golfers together.
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St Gerards, The Bagot Arms, GKN

and St Thomass are just a few of the
many golf societies in our area, but
how many of those players are actually golf club members?
Danny Doran of the Bagot Arms Golf
Society said: Winning is great, but
it is more about the banter off the
course as much as the birdies on it.
There is one thing that all Bagot
members are ultra-keen to avoid,
being awarded the dreaded wooden
spoon which is awarded to the days
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Kiss Cam at Villa Park during

the Valentines Day massacre
35,760 fans at Villa Park

were treated to a Kiss Cam
before the game and at
half-time on Valentines
Day. The day Villa lost 6-0 to Liverpool.
The Kiss Cam is an American idea, big
at basketball, baseball and American
Football games.
The giant screen is shaped like a loveheart, and when the camera focuses
on you, thats the cue to kiss your partner. Everyone cheers. Except the person youve kissed. Especially if its not
your partner.
For 90 minutes, a pathetic Aston Villa
team were humiliated by Liverpool,
but what the hell, at least we got prematch and half-time entertainment.
The Kiss Cam just made us all feel
Randy.
Lerner , that is.
What else has the American

owner done for the club ? The
list is impressive.
Randy Lerner has:
Guaranteed a Birmingham derby
match for next season... and probably for many seasons to come. Villa
v Blues is always a top fixture. St
Andrews is such a friendly place for
visiting Villa fans.
Given us all a good reason to get
an early night on Saturdays, and
miss Match of the Day.
Given us the incentive to make that
trip of a lifetime to Brentford or Huddersfield.
Reminded us that the transfer window is not just about youngsters.
Villa signed Steve Hollis, mid fifties
and with no football experience, to
be their chairman. They also signed
ex governor of the Bank of England,
Mervyn King, to be a director of the
club. Now aged 67, he claims to be
a lifelong Villa fan. Villa signed no
players in January.
Reassured us that you can manage
from a distance. If you get too close
to a club, you might be tempted to
hear the groans of the fans, or learn
a bit about its proud history. Then
you might be tempted to spend a bit
of the television money on players.
But if you keep away, you can pocket
the cash and not feel bad about it.
Heres to more Americanisms next
season. Popcorn and cheerleaders
in the Championship, please.

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February 2016 Issue 50

DELIVERED FREE MONTHLY TO ALL HOMES IN TYBURN

Kays will it be?

Mourners gathered at St Marys

father of two young girls. He had

Hedgerow has been ripped up on

Cuppa with a Copper

Cuppa with a Copper

Police to hold monthly chat sessions

Tyburns police team are

Should big shops be allowed to open all day on

on our parks, says

Houses can be built on a

Top television star Jack Whitehall

One third of the green space of Kents

ton and Tyburn area are vulnerable

The government is set to allow the decision to be taken by local councils.

The Big Seven of the

Get ready for

Who will be Boris of Brum and West Mids?

If you want to have your say in the

Eight weeks of disruption at

The exit slip road from the

Greg Clark, Government boss for

given around 36million each year by

Worse than Beijing

Air in Brums shisha bars 43 times more

Dangerous levels of carbon monoxide (CO) and

(Tyburn roadside 5.9 g/m3 / shisha

To comply, designated smoking areas

This is the 50th edition of Tyburn Mail.

The first edition of the newspaper was published in September 2011.

Page 3 Tyburn Mail February 2016

Tyburn Road bus gate

I have now emailed our local MP, Jack

Kindness that I thought

Road workers need

Food bank thanks in

port to familys suffering hardship is

of jobs, benefit sanctions and zero

with odd jobs around the house I

did. A lot of the lads died aged 50, or

Page 5 Tyburn Mail February 2016

Stars go for style at SAG Awards

A new childrens book is

natural, glowy makeup, with the occasional touch of bright lipstick.

Kiernen Shipka, Rachel McAdams and Gaby Hoffman

Rachel McAdams strutted in wearing a gorgeous Elie

ice blue and deep purple perfectly

train that followed her across the red

My Mummy is a Plumber. features a

Jesus the movie

Members of The New Testament Church of God in

Page 6 Tyburn Mail February 2016

Page 7 Tyburn Mail February 2016

Fire Within and album full of originals.

rhythm of the song. Shes really found

...her voice fits in so

Could you give up

the fight against heart

Her first album entitled Birdy was

Tyburn Mail Fairfax students

Green waste Multi storey

Three out of every four