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Verdict on ‘CityPark4Brum’ petition to be reached at a council meeting

The verdict will be reached today by Birmingham City Council (BCC) about a petition to transform Smithfield in to a signature open green space. ‘CityPark4Brum’, which has over 10,000 signatures, was formed to lobby BCC’s masterplan for Smithfield, which “had no green space whatsoever ” says campaign leader, Jim Tucker. The petition was received by the city council last…

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Foreign species creates high risk to the environment in Antarctica, say Birmingham academics

Researchers at the University of Birmingham say a bug that was moved to an island in Antarctica is presenting a risk to the island’s environment. The tiny insect, almost naked to the human eye, is known as Eretmoptera Murphyi were accidentally moved to Signy Island by biologists from the 1960s when growing plants there, which…

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