News archive
News published April 2021
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New opening times for cemeteries and crematoria
All cemeteries and crematoria will be open to visitors from 8:30am to 7:30pm on Monday 3 May 2021 (Bank Holiday Monday).
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Appointments made as council reshapes to invest in city’s future
Plans to reshape Birmingham City Council to better meet the city’s priorities have taken a significant step forward today (April 30).
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“A lot” of problems for fly-tipper after council secures court prosecution
A fly-tipper who dumped waste at the entrance to the Walsall Road Allotments in Perry Barr has been ordered to pay £1,691 by Birmingham Magistrates’ Court today (April 29).
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Kier Highways awarded extension on Birmingham ISC
Kier Highways has been awarded a six-month extension from Birmingham Highways Ltd (BHL) on its Birmingham Interim Services Contract (ISC). The extension will run until 30 December 2021.
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Additional surge testing deployed to control spread of covid-19 variant in Bordesley & Highgate
Further surge testing is now required within the Bordesley & Highgate ward after more cases of the COVID-19 variant first found in South Africa were discovered.
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Further surge testing to be deployed to control spread of covid-19 variant in Alum Rock and Glebe Farm & Tile Cross wards
Testing is to be increased in order to monitor and suppress the South African variant.
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First Restart Grants are paid to businesses in Birmingham
Birmingham City Council has started to process the first Restart Grants to businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure industries a week after they reopened their doors to the public.
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Tesco fined £7.5m for selling out of date food at three city stores
Tesco Stores Limited has been fined £7.5 million at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (19/4), after pleading guilty to selling food which was past its ‘use by’ date in three of its Birmingham stores.
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Surge testing to be deployed to control spread of covid-19 variant in Ladywood, Jewellery Quarter & Soho Wards
Extensive surveillance of COVID-19 has identified a small number of cases of the variant first discovered in South Africa, across England, including one in the Ladywood, Jewellery Quarter & Soho ward.
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Covid- 19 Lateral Flow testing survey is launched for the city of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham and Birmingham City Council have launched a research project to improve people’s experiences of Lateral Flow Testing for COVID-19 in Birmingham.