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The results of the local elections 2011 are available on the Birmingham City Council Elections website Lozells & Handsworth – Labour candidate Waseem Zaffer won 71.0% of the vote (elected as new councillor) Handsworth Wood – Labour candidate Paulette Hamilton won 50.8% of the vote Soho Ward – Labour candidate Cybil Spence won 72.1% of …
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Today its the offical launch of the new Handsworth Heritage Trail leaflet at Soho House. Cllr Paulette Hamilton, Cllr Hussain and Adnan Saif from Urban Living our kindly attending to help launch the trail. We are delighted that a number of people involved in the project are attending as well as some of the people from some …
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Last night I attended the Homes & Communties Awards 2010 in London. Earlier this year Urban Living’s Sense of Place Project was shortlist as a finalist for Leadership of Place category. This project was a partnership between a consortium of partners, local community researchers and Birmingham City Council. The area of focus for the project was Dudley …
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Last Saturday Cllr Paulette Hamilton and I went along to the Uplands Allotment to present the Pride in Handsworth Award that they won back in May. The Uplands allotment is one of the biggest allotments in Europe. I was blown away with the passion that people have for it and the hours that people spend …