BBC News NASUWT conference Birmingham
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- BBC News NASUWT conference Birmingham
- Jerome admits frustration at Birmingham
- Nafti unsure of Birmingham survival
- City route shut after derailment
- Alabama Touts Path to Appalachian Trail in Georgia
- Wheeze ‘link’ to baby milk powder
- Brummies boss issues Fen warning
BBC News NASUWT conference Birmingham
BBC News – Mar 25, 2008
Delegates from the NASUWT union voted to condemn the government’s programme to expand the number of these schools. The union claims some councils are using school reorganisations as a “Trojan horse” to bring in academies. The union’s annual conference agreed staff in schools set to become academies should ballot for industrial action if they opposed the change.
Jerome admits frustration at Birmingham
Tribalfootball.com – Mar 25, 2008
08 | tribalfootball. com Cameron Jerome has admitted frustration with the lack of first team chances he’s received at Birmingham City in recent weeks. He said: “The manager told me I’ve played a lot of football this season and he has tried other options over the last couple of weeks which is fair enough.
Nafti unsure of Birmingham survival
Tribalfootball.com – Mar 25, 2008
You know what I mean? You’re on the bus home and you think ‘******* hell’. “Seven games and we need to win a few to stay up don’t we?”Can we stay up? What we show on the pitch I want to tell you ‘yes’. It’s just like that things are going against us on the pitch. We are not in the bottom three so it looks like the other teams want us to stay in the Premier League.
City route shut after derailment
BBC News – Mar 25, 2008
Four freight train wagons came off the tracks outside the station earlier. The line south-east of Birmingham will be closed so that engineers can remove debris from the tracks Chiltern Railways and London Midlands said. No Chiltern services and only London Midland lines which do not pass through Moor Street will run into the city. Local and national services to Birmingham New Street are unaffected. Replacement busesChiltern Railways said passengers travelling from Birmingham to London Marylebone could either use their tickets on Virgin Trains’ London Euston service or travel to Leamington Spa and join Chiltern trains there. Peak time services will depart from and arrive at Solihull but all other trains will depart from Dorridge.
Alabama Touts Path to Appalachian Trail in Georgia
NPR – Mar 25, 2008
The conservationist Benton MacKaye in 1921 envisioned the Appalachian Trail as a refuge from the urban environs of the East Coast. Now the Alabama Pinhoti trail meanders 115 miles to the Georgia border — ultimately to Springer Mountain the original southern endpoint of the AT in Georgia. Tom Cosby of the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce says the original northern endpoint was in New Hampshire but it was officially extended. The same he says could happen in Alabama. Cosby says state officials haven’t officially asked for the trail to be extended into Alabama but they hope it will become sort of a de facto end and eventually be recognized. Georgia officials at a state park near Springer Mountain say they have no position on the Alabama plan — which could siphon hikers and tourist dollars away. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy has not taken an official stand either but Executive Director David Startzell says such a move would require an act of Congress… Regardless the Alabama Pinhoti is there for the hiking. No matter what it’s called it is an uninterrupted path all the way to Maine. Steve Chiotakis reports from member station. getElementById(”sharepop2″).
Wheeze ‘link’ to baby milk powder
BBC News – Mar 25, 2008
It looked at 170 Thai factory workers who made the powder but the team from University of Birmingham says the risk could also apply to nannies. Mothers and babies are safe because they have relatively little exposure. But the study published in the European Respiratory Journal says at-risk workers should be monitored. It is already known that consuming milk powder can lead to the development of an allergy if a child has an intolerance to cow’s milk but the potential risks of inhaling milk powder have never before been studied. In this research a team from the Institute of ccupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of Birmingham and Thailand’s Mahidol University looked at just under 170 workers in a Thai baby milk factory.
Brummies boss issues Fen warning
BBC News – Mar 25, 2008
Although the Tigers are tipped to struggle this season Drury knows their key rider Kaj Laukkanen well. “I had Kaj ride for me at Long Eaton” said Drury. “And he’s progressed into a very solid international rider. “He’s capable of beating all our boys so we need to be on our toes to start the Premier Trophy campaign in style.
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