With the 2015 Rugby World Cup coming ever closer, we decided to have a look at the rugby players born and bred in the West Midlands region. This infographic will show you the key statistics about England rugby players from the West Midlands, as well as the amount of players from the region that have been included in the Rugby World Cup squads from 1987-2007. England Rugby World Cup infographic | Create infographics
Author: Birmingham Eastside
How well do you know the Birmingham City Council Budget for 2015/16? We’ve gone through the budget, but have you? Do you know if there’s been as council tax rise or what the council spent the most money on? Don’t forget you can read the full budget over at Birmingham.gov.uk
Only four in ten candidates standing in this year’s local elections live in the wards that they are contesting, and in two wards NONE of the candidates live in the area, according to an interactive map created by BirminghamEastside. The map, based on an analysis of election documents – reveals that many parts of the city struggle to put forward local candidates for election. Inner city areas Aston and Ladywood have no candidates who live in those wards, while in a dozen other wards, including Kingstanding, Selly Oak, Nechells and Shard End, only one of the candidates standing for…
We’ve been analysing local election documents to find out where candidates live – and the results show some distinct differences between different parties… First up, the Green Party, whose candidates overwhelmingly live in the south east of the city. But Labour candidates seem to prefer the north east: The Lib Dems like the east: And the Conservatives like the west: As for UKIP? They don’t seem to mind – as long as it’s far away from the centre: Check out our related interactive map: Which wards have the most candidates from outside the area?
Tonight politicians from all the major parties debated issues from immigration and education to health and transport in the #BCUcityTalks at Parkside in central Birmingham. Watch the full video of tonight’s election debate featuring Labour’s Liam Byrne, Conservative MP for Sutton Coldfield Andrew Mitchell, Deputy leader of the Green Party Amelia Womack, Lindsay Northover, and UKIP’s Keith Rowe. You can also read a liveblog of highlights of the event here.
Birmingham City Council figures reveal that upon passing the Freedom of Information Act’s tenth anniversary there has been an 80% increase in the number of Freedom of Information requests made to them each year in the last five years. foi requests made to the birmingham city council | Create infographics In regards to this rapid increase a Birmingham City Council spokesperson said that they fully support the concept of transparency and agree that FOIs are a “well-intentioned tool.” But also added: “When you factor in the impact of central government cuts to local councils in terms of reducing workforce numbers…
In the third part of our interview with Tom Cullen: Creator of the “I Choose Birmingham Newsletter“ and Michael Katz: Blue Penguin newsletter founder and author we find out how they tackle the threat of their newsletters being thrown into junk., whether or not email magazines are replacing print magazines, what is bad practice, the question of quantity vs quality and email’s strength in nurturing relationships How do you tackle the idea that people are more and more ignoring newsletters, throwing them into junk themselves or automatically because of the sheer volume they receive? “It is a concern, but there is no way of second guessing…