Child porn assistant head jailed

A SOLIHULL assistant headteacher has been jailed for possession of more than 11,000 child porn images, The Birmingham Mail. reports.

Parking permits move closer

MOVES to offer borough residents parking permits have taken a step closer – but homeowners could have to pay for them.

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PC tackles pub raider

A POLICE officer tackled a thief as he fled his local pub with cash stolen from fruit machines.

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Child porn probe teachers 'are brothers'

TWO teachers arrested over child porn allegations are brothers, The Sunday Mercury reports.

Gypsies cost taxpayers £3,000

TAXPAYERS paid more than £3,000 to move gypsies on from sites in Solihull and Knowle last month, The Silhillian can reveal.

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Travellers threatened with court action

TRAVELLERS have been given until tomorrow to leave land in Monkspath Hall Road or face court action.

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Bid to stop bus stops

RESIDENTS want to stop a bus dropping off passengers near to their homes.

A petition from Stratford Road, Cranmore Boulevard and Monkspath Close residents
has been organised to oppose the number 31 stopping on the Stratford Road.

It was handed to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council by ward councillor Gary Allport.

Children's centres to open next month

TWO new children’s centres will open at primary schools next month.

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Parking bans for Solihull and Dorridge

A RAFT of parking restrictions and speed limit changes have announced for Solihull, Dorridge and Bentley Heath.

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Man who hit boy over snowball jailed

A MONKSPATH man has been jailed for attacking a 14-year-old boy who he thought had thrown a snowball at him, The Birmingham Mail reports.

Parking permits introduced after 10 year battle

RESIDENTS’ parking permits were introduced to four streets this week in a bid to deter Widney Manor station commuters – after 10 years of battling and thousands of council cash.

Only permits can be used from 9am to 11am and from 2pm to 3pm Monday to Friday in Austcliff Drive, Kilsby Grove, Sevington Close and Thorngrove Avenue.

The move, in the Hillfield area by the station, will cost Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council £4,000 with the permits costing £20.

Since 2000 the council has prepared 15 reports on the plans.

A report says: “During the period since October 2000, there have been two public exhibitions, three public meetings, and four separate consultations with residents in the area.

“The officer time in developing proposals, undertaking consultations, analysing results, attending public meetings and exhibitions and preparing reports amounts to an estimated 80 weeks, which has cost the service around £50,000.”

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Sick pay con nurse suspended

A NURSE who claimed sick pay from Solihull Hospital while working at a home has been barred from working for six months, The Birmingham Post reports.

Fewer units for business park

A SOLIHULL business park has been given another seven years to expand – but fewer buildings are expected on the site.

A developer were given seven years by councillors in 2002 to come up with detailed plans for Solihull Business Park in Monkspath Hall Road.

Yet they now say they need more time to submit the plans and proposed buildings will be seven instead of 11. See a map here.

Two blocks at the entrance, opposite the former UCI cinema, have been built with a further inside the site and permission is already in place for a car showroom next to them.

Developer David Ward will give further cash for roadworks to cope with the extra traffic.

Four letters opposed the plan. Complaints include fears the area is overdeveloped, ‘horrific’ traffic and affect on neighbouring properties. Buildings would be 18m high.

Yet Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council’s planning committee backed a planning officer’s recommendation that the plan be approved this week.

The officer’s report says the development ‘would make a significant contribution towards the
provision of the Borough’s employment land portfolio’.

Buildings will ‘respect the character and appearance of the surrounding area, whilst being well separated from nearby dwellings’.

It said highway works and a ‘travel plan’ will ‘enable mitigation of the proposal caused through increased traffic’.

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CCTV image over broken jaw attack

POLICE want to speak to this man in connection with an assault in a pub where a man suffered a broken jaw.

The CCTV image was released today following the incident in the Farm Public House, Farmhouse Way, Solihull on Monday at about 10.30pm.

A 45-year-old man suffered a broken jaw and is in hospital.

Anyone with information can call CID at Solihull police station on 0845 113 5000 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.