The city centre news for 1 December:
- Ex Ladywood MP Clare Short still making her voice heard
Birmingham Mail
She’s set to be the voice for the prosecution at The Alternative Iraq Enquiry, a debate to be held at the Electric Cinema in Station Road, Birmingham. Ms Short, ex-MP for Ladywood, will be arguing that Tony Blair should be taken to the Hague for crimes against peace. - New street lighting programme for Birmingham
Birmingham Mail
A city-wide initiative to replace street lights with state-of-the-art Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology, cutting carbon emissions and improving safety, is to be launched this week. The cutting edge lights will not only reduce carbon emissions by up to 50 per cent but will also improve safety standards with a brighter glow than traditional lights. - Students take tuition fees protest to Birmingham City Council chamber
Birmingham Post
Birmingham students were on the march again when a group of 50 demonstrators occupied part of Birmingham City Council House in protest at plans to treble the cost of tuition fees. A spokesman for West Midlands Police said the protest “couldn’t have been more different” from the violent clashes which marred a tuition fees protest in London three weeks ago. “It has been a wholly peaceful protest: there has been no violence, criminal damage or arrests,” the spokesman said.
