• Tappers will make 18th appearance

  By Sutton Coldfield Observer at 09:20 on 18/05/12

  

  THE June Sadler Tappers will be making their 18th appearance in the Mall in Sutton Coldfield tomorrow (Saturday, May 19). The tappers, led by 80-year-old June, will perform their annual tap dancing demonstration in aid of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation from 10.30am. The tappers, who have raised £20,000 to date for the charity, have been nominated for an award in recognition of their efforts.

• Waste collection services to continue during bank holiday

  By Sutton Coldfield Observer at 09:20 on 04/05/12

  

  BIN collections will go ahead "as normal" over the bank holiday weekend, Birmingham Council has pledged. Waste and recycling collection services will continue on Bank Holiday Monday (May 7) for all residents at properties that usually receive Monday collections. Those residents should put their waste or recycling out for collection at the edge of their property before 6am for the authority's collection services. ...

• Church reveals bright idea to install solar panels on roof

  By Sutton Coldfield Observer at 09:20 on 04/05/12

  

  AN eco-friendly church in Sutton has applied to install panels on its roof to produce renewable energy enabling parishioners to see the light of a different kind. Sutton Coldfield Baptist Church in Trinity Hill has applied to install solar panels on two roofs which it said will not be visible from the public highway. The church was unable to confirm whether the panels were to power electricity needs at the venue or whether they...

• New plan for nursing home on edge of park

  By Sutton Coldfield Observer at 09:20 on 04/05/12

  

  PLANS have been resurrected to turn a bungalow on the edge of Sutton Park into a nursing home, leading to opposition from residents and park users. Homecroft (Four Oaks) Limited has resubmitted amended plans to develop a derelict bungalow in Somerville Road, by the corner of Wyndley Lane, and turn it into a 34-bed nursing home with 11 parking spaces. The original application lodged a year ago had been withdrawn but after being...

• Hotel plan for community hub

  By Sutton Coldfield Observer at 09:20 on 27/04/12

  

  A SOCIAL club in Sutton is looking to turn part of its premises into a budget hotel, if planning chiefs give the go ahead. Minworth Lodge and Social Club could in-part become a 19-room low-cost hotel if its proposals submitted to Birmingham City Council's planning department are approved. The club's owners cited "falling memberships, smoking restrictions and drink-driving rules" as the reasons why the premises are...

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