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News published October 2017

• Partners working together on city's Christmas safety

  ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ City Council is working in partnership with West Midlands Police and traders from the Frankfurt Christmas Market to install security measures ahead of this year’s festivities.

  

  Published 26th October 2017.

• New signs warn fly-tippers they are being watched

  New signs warning potential fly-tippers of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ City Council’s approach to the problem are being rolled out at hotspot sites across the city.

  

  Published 23rd October 2017.

• ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ named as one of Britain’s smartest cities

  ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ is one of Britain’s top 10 smartest cities in the second UK Smart Cities Index, commissioned by Huawei UK and conducted by Navigant Consulting

  Published 23rd October 2017.

• Cleaner hydrogen buses to be given green light

  Cabinet is being asked to approve a pilot scheme which will see at least 20 new cleaner, zero emission hydrogen-fuelled buses take to ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½’s roads.

  Published 23rd October 2017.

• New dog control measures introduce tougher fines

  New dog control Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) come into effect across ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ today (20 October 2017), with increased fines for dog owners who fail to control or pick up after their pets.

  Published 20th October 2017.

• Christmas is coming to Brum

  Christmas in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ is just four weeks away, with the Frankfurt Christmas Market, big wheel and ice rink returning to the city next month.

  

  Published 19th October 2017.

• Improvements to ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ children's ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ continue

  An Ofsted report following a second monitoring visit of children's ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ this year has found ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ City Council 'is continuing to make progress’ and the quality of social work has improved

  Published 19th October 2017.

• Employer and landlord fined after employee falls through skylight 

  Two ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ businesses were fined a total of  £14,000 after a woman fell through a skylight during a rooftop photo shoot, at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Magistrates Court yesterday (16 October 2017).

  Published 17th October 2017.

• Fishmonger fined after employee falls from height

  A ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ fishmongers has been ordered to pay £13,255 after an employee fell 2.5m (8.2ft) out of a delivery hatch in June 2016, at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Magistrates Court yesterday (16 October 2017).

  Published 17th October 2017.

• New early years service for ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ families

  “To give every child in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ an equal chance to have the best start in life so they can achieve their full potential

  Published 16th October 2017.

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