Press Releases 2008
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December
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- New approach to blue badge parking
- High Street finance company moves to Solihull
- Connecting for Success
- ‘Power Up!’ for Walk to School Month
- Carers receive thanks for their dedication
- Eight dogs found in appalling conditions rescued
- Get involved and take a stroll
September
- New planning rules come into place this week
- Help put artistic touches to Solihull footpath
- Could you offer a foster home?
- New housing development for Meriden
- New term, new school for Lanchester pupils
- Meriden library events
- Join in at the library
- Balsall Common library Events
- Young people enter ‘Dragons’ Den’ to bid for £100,000
- Blooming Beautiful Solihull
- Solihull Celebrates Black History Month
- Longdon Road re-opens
- Constable Sketch gets bidders interest
- Dance show gets under your Skin
- Solihull hosts comedy festival event
- Family history brought to life
- Bosworth Wood and Kingfisher Schools
- Irish tales in Solihull
- People of all ages are invited to older people’s celebration
- Don’t bottle it! New glass collection starts next week
- Gold blooms for Solihull
- Solihull Nurseries up to the challenge
- Pirates invade Solihull libraries
- Stop swiping our signs!
- Next stage of North Solihull Regeneration project approved
- Setting a strong foundation
- Solihull mother fined for school absences
- World-wide family history advice sessions
- Caring for young people in need
- Building projects given a boost
- Solihull residents hit back at scammers
- Man pleads guilty to cutting tree without consent
- Solihull Council gives thanks to foster carers
- Exercise referral scheme is spot on
- Vandalised machines at car park cost public dear
- Have an adventure in Meriden Park
- Parents fined for school absences
- Don't forget the Big Tidy up!
- Get Active in Solihull
- Free NVQs for taxi drivers
- Constable sketch goes under the hammer
- Free family history course taster session
- Coffee morning to support local bereavement group
- Step back in time with Heritage Open Days
- New car parking for Hobs Moat
- Action taken against shop that sold alcohol to underaged
- Multi-agency exercise sees five arrested
- 16-year-old buys 100 cigarettes from vending machines
August
- Positive Futures created on new astro pitch
- Library events coming soon in September
- Library events for under 5s
- Balsall Common Library events
- Solihull’s top of the tots!
- Great GCSE results for Solihull students
- Fusion Success
- Home-working scam taking place in Solihull
- Positive about fire prevention
- Corporate Solutions link up to Success in Solihull
- A glass act for Solihull
- Solihull raises a flag to celebrate the Olympic Handover
- Mayor to open new cycle track
- Don’t forget to register!
- A Level students make the grade
- Key Stage 3 results- Solihull Excels!
- Double take for anniversary couple
- Council's first Baby Naming Ceremony
- Single Occupier Tax Review
- Vandals target Local Nature Reserve
- Join The Art Trail
- Group Exhibition Opens
- Solihull’s superb SATS
- In2grated for Success in Solihull
- Mother sentenced for son's school absences
- Step back in time with Solihull Council
- Celebration at Local Nature Reserve
- Dance at Solihull Arts Complex
- Solihull welcomes judges for national bloom competition
- Join in at Solihull Libraries
- Finishing line is in sight for Team Read
- Mini Olympics at Balsall Common
- Teaching babies to communicate at the library
- Have your say about park proposals
July
- Multi-agency exercise sees four arrested
- Dorridge Striders and Strollers reach a milestone
- Mayor says, ' Give us a go!' for National Play Day
- Mother pleads guilty for child's school absences
- Parents fined for child missing school
- Help on hand for new businesses
- Summer guide for young people
- Cleaning up on Barn Lane
- Trees for beginners
- Summer Bat Walks
- Bentley Heath Sport and Activity Day
- Get on your bike and take a spin on new cycle track
- Football…coming to a street near you soon
- Best results for Council assessment in harder test
- Borough Parks win Green Flags
- Show sold out
- Schools ready to recycle
- Victory for Solihull football
- Solihull Council campaigns to save local post offices
- Measuring up to the Best
- Residents to get the chance to improve health services in Solihull
- New borough ballad for Solihull
- Mark Rogers appointed as Chief Executive of Solihull Council
- Couple swap wedding bells for alarm bells
- Bookstart Success
- Club receives caution over electric shock incident
- Huneyz of the Wood
- Solihull’s time to shine
- Getting Mucky at Babbs Mill Lake
- The launch of the Solihull Local Involvement Network (LINK)
- Summer of Reading Fun
- New bus arrangements for pupils and public
- Young people get arty to send out Fairtrade message
- Alarm company rings bells of success in Solihull
- Celebration at Lavender Hall Park
- Trucks and Child Safety
- Parents prosecuted for children's school absences
- Transformation time for waste and recycling services in Solihull
- Mother fined for daughter’s school absence
- Summer Fun for Solihull Youths
- Taking Care of Alcott Wood
- Solihull pupils’ favourite book 2008 to be unveiled
- Casino – next steps
- Road safety with a difference
- New affordable homes plan for Solihull
June
- Trading Standards Catch Rogue Trader
- Youth Offending Service Inspection
- Girl Band Join Knowle Park Line Up
- Stop Means Stop!
- Improving Access To Health Information
- Junior Park Rangers
- The best at Council Tax collection
- Growing for Success in Solihull
- Inter-Schools Maths Challenge
- July Library Events
- One Year of Smokefree Solihull
- Str8 Up Success
- Schools celebrate sustainable travel grants
- Consumer Challenge Quiz
- Life with the Kynoch Lions
- Gardeners’ Question Time
- Helping Solihull Teenagers Eat Well
- Young Environment Champions
- Have Your Say
- Environment Day
- Community Services Open Day
- Summer looks bright for Castle Bromwich youngsters
- Paper recycling collection comes to 14,000 more homes
- Paper recycling comes to schools
- Love Parks Week
- Richard Digance in Solihull show
- When is Nick Owen NOT Nick Owen?
- Solihull has the Tools for Success for HSS Hire
- Up, up and away!
- Children unite to 'Learn for a Better World'
- Farm Fined over Fly Fiasco
- Surgery with a difference
- Research Your Family Tree
- Dilworth Design is set for Success in Solihull
May
- Action taken against wall built without planning permission
- June Library Events
- Birmingham Airport, Have Your Say
- Volunteers recognised for work to help children with road safety skills
- Cabinet is appointed
- Have your say about the future of borough libraries
- Music in the Park
- School Holiday fun in the Park
- Three new local nature reserves for borough
- Walk to School Week – Sound Detectives
- Show off your Blooms
- Library Events for May
- Get ready for Gardeners’ Weekend
- Stephanie Cole and Mayor to open Knowle Library
- New guide to help residents get Employed for Success
- Knowle Library Celebrates in Style
- Fostering Fortnight in Solihull
- May Library Events
- Free support available for Borough Businesses
- Gardener’s Paradise
- Solihull Local Election results are announced
April
- New memorial hedge for Brueton Park
- Richard Digance confirms Solihull date
- Swing Jazzman has artistic talents
- Starting them young at the library
- New Tudor Grange Leisure Centre wins building design ‘Oscar’
- Music in the Park
- Schools pit their wits in annual quiz
- Free weekend activities in our Parks and Woodlands
- Join a library and get a FREE USB memory stick
- 30 Years Gala Celebration of Local Talent
- Award winning novelist gives hope to prospective writers
- Joint operation makes sure taxis are safe
- Library Events for April
- Win a morning with a TV star
- Special guest announced for jazz show
- Council takes over responsibility for stray dogs
- Park Events for April
- Award winning jazz band announces Solihull date
- A Reason to be Cheerful: Blockheads come to Solihull
- Library events
March
- Make a noise for the National Year of Reading
- The Big Build
- Work to repair bridge is completed
- New look for old library
- Spring into Dance and onto the Stage
- Gallery Celebration Day a Great Success
- The Race is on for Local Businesses
- Changes to park gate closing times
- Funding helps kids to get on their bikes
- Plans for More Kerbside Recycling
- Solihull Council seeks views for future developments
- Free cycling courses for Solihull youngsters
- Storytimes for the under 5s
- Books and buns
- Grab a bargain at the Library
- Eggciting Easter Treats
- Land Rover Connected for Success
- One Extraordinary Day
- Year long celebration of reading launches in Solihull
- Work starts to make park improvements a reality
- Kingshurst woman gives undertaking not to cause anti-social behaviour against neighbours
- Castle Bromwich man gives court undertaking not to cause anti-social behaviour
- Children’s author, Steve Smallman, to visit Dicken’s Heath Library
- Forum for local businesses
- Solihull Community Housing has one day to save the planet!
- Family Bedtime Story Time
- Free club for year 5 pupils
- Homework’s a breeze at the Library
- Stories and rhyming fun at the library
- Story Times for the under 5s
- Council Tax set for Solihull
- GREEN WHEELIE BINS ON THEIR WAY IN APRIL
February
- SUSTAiN appointed to provide support to local groups
- Week of events to help keep children safe
- Plastics recycling comes to Knowle
- Willy wonka’s sweet taste of success!
- 'Less Stress for YOU’ starts up with less stress
- Stand up and be counted
- Upholding Standards
- Solihull's the place for business success
- Road works to take place on Kenilworth Road
- Littering Fine for Abusive Man
- Sally Crabtree's Poetic Somersaults
- Author Reveals ‘Dark’ Secrets
- Renowned comedian to play in Solihull
- Man sentenced to six months in prison for selling counterfeit goods
- We need your feed back!
- Information evening for people interested in part-time fostering
- Travelling in the right direction
- Solihull’s UK Youth Parliament members announced
- Holiday fun to make you Wiggle & Giggle
- A feast full of events for half term!
- Solihull Council launches a “Scamnesty” in conjunction with The Office of Fair Trading
- Solihull’s UK Youth Parliament members to be announced
January
- Notice issued on wooden buildings built without permission
- Sub-standard work leads to court appearance for trader
- Bridge at Barston closure
- Man suspended for obtaining money and property of an 80-year-old woman by deception
- Vandals ruin Malvern Park Rose Garden
- Date set for Hillfield’s Parking Review
- Drug team celebrates treating record numbers
- St Anne’s and St Patrick’s Primary Schools Set for Change in September 2008
- New Location for National Business Register
- Evergreen Joe Brown is Back!
- 37 plays in 97 minutes
- Doors open at brand new leisure centre
- Next step in Shirley Park improvements
- Land Rover Connected for Success
- 32,000 more homes to get Green Wheelie bins
- New Year, New Look Waste Collection Service
- The Going Down of the Sons’
- New bridge over the River Blythe and new park events brochure
- A new concept in audio books
- Located centrally for success
- Theatre performance helps drive home road safety message to schools
- Mother and son to be served with anti-social behaviour Injunctions
- Runway extension plans available to view
- Fun and Freebies at the Library
- Solihull Adds up to the Right Location for Finance Company
- Solihull Young people out in front again
- Offenders pay the price for crimes against the environment
- Neighbourhood queries answered
- From Special Effects to Special Pets - Inspiring Entrepreneurs encourage others to have a go
- Youth Sport Project successful finalist in BBC Award
- Free online resources for local people.