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@EggAlison @LisaTrickett41 Just awful at the moment. Made even worse this week by the closure for roadworks on Springfield Road. Yet little to no signage to direct people away.

@CllrDavidBarker @LisaTrickett41 8.47am at the junction of Drayton + Goldsmith Rd. Approx 100m from St Dunstan's JI. Please pass to BCC as part of their road safety enquiry.

@Mobbster3000 @LisaTrickett41 @David4BKH @thedancingflea I don’t think that’s the case, with respect. Most of the traffic is school related in the video, with some usual passing traffic.

@RuthFollows @LisaTrickett41 @David4BKH @thedancingflea This is my point, because of the LTN the other side the traffic is getting pushed to that side...

Another day on Goldsmith Road and Institute Road in #KingsHeath. Time to give the #LTN a whirl I think @LisaTrickett41, @David4BKH, and @thedancingflea?!

@Mobbster3000 @LisaTrickett41 @David4BKH @thedancingflea There’s no LTN this side of KH. In fact, if it was in, it’d stop the through traffic from either side cutting through, which is most of the problem you’re seeing in this video.

@RuthFollows @LisaTrickett41 @David4BKH @thedancingflea The LTN has pretty caused this to be fair less roads for cars to spread down... The LTN just pushes traffic the other roads. It doesn't reduce it.... It doesn't work, proof in this video

@nathanc1999 @LisaTrickett41 @David4BKH @thedancingflea Done

@RuthFollows @LisaTrickett41 @David4BKH @thedancingflea Hi Ruth, would you mind giving me a follow so I can DM you about this? Many thanks!

@thedancingflea @LisaTrickett41 @David4BKH First day of term madness 🤞🏼

@RuthFollows @LisaTrickett41 @David4BKH Oh gosh, it was indeed ridiculous today. Terrible parking blocking visibility for everyone. I think the next phases are due soon, according to Lisa and David! 🤞🏻

@bendotellis @David4BKH @LisaTrickett41 Also wondering this too!

@David4BKH @LisaTrickett41 hi both, do you know what the deal is with Poplar Road modal filter? Has this been removed officially or just gone missing? Cheers

@thedancingflea The St D’s extension around 2011/2012 really impacted traffic in the area - it increased it from one to two form entry in basic terms. I know we need more education places for children and I’m massively for this, but it must be based on a full impact assessment.

By delight I mean, of course, unwilling to park a 5 minute walk away and preferring instead to yell at each other / play bumper cars.

Honestly, the parent community at St. Dunstans #KingsHeath have been a *delight* today.

ZEPHANIAH: "Concrete with a heartbeat" I was born where the Beorma people made home, Handsworth, in Brummagem. For many of my early years I thought this town to be a cold suburb Of Kingston, Jamaica. My then girlfriend Jasvinder Basra Thought it to be a cold suburb of Jullunder, India, And we were both right. We, in our puppy love innocence Knew that it was only a matter of time and space, We Dark Matter grew up holding hands Listening to Reggae and Bhangra Eating channa and ackee, And playing doctors and nurses somewhere in the future. Handsworth does that to you, Historic and progressive, It wakes but never sleeps Concrete with a heartbeat. A private space for all its children That is full of stars and it keeps expanding, It is where voices from the past speak to us Every day, lived in voices Of working class heroes reminding Us that we are all Brummies, But me and Jasvinder knew this anyway. I saw riots in Handsworth, I saw revolution loitering on the streets Where money had been thrown down drains In front of people who were needy, But I also saw energy laden creators Bringing hope, And building sites of new galaxies In Brummagem, the centre of it all. This is where I discovered the nature of the universe, This is where I realised That The Theory of Everything leaves a lot to be desired, This is where The postman taught me that everything needs poetry, And that it is not gravity that gives us roots But the things we do to ourselves. But it was me that said relativity needs to relate, Space stops everything happening to you, And in my humble opinion Faith and tradition will live next to progress For as long as it takes. Cosmology? Well that’s all about me and Jasvinder. It all started with us In Handsworth in Brummagem, Where the philosophers of Grove Lane And the great thinkers of Soho Road Now recite Alpha and Omega continually. Astrophysics? That’s about the nature of our celestial bodies The application of our physical policies And the intensity of our cultural intercourse, It’s about the way we greet when we meet And the exploration of possibilities, And it must be known That all scientific studies have shown that Brummies are at home with new horizons And a multi-layered concept of place. Time? Space? Time invented itself to stop everything Happening at once. Space was grateful It had been given room to manoeuvre. They remain good friends.

A great - but intense - process that demonstrates the rigour required for leadership in PR. Thank you @CIPR_Global and well done to all the assessment attendees! #GetChartered #CIPR #AgencyLife #ConstructionCommunications

@lizmale @tweetsbyLMC Thank you @lizmale! An important mission for LMC to illustrate our expertise. I have to say, it’s a lovely feeling waking up knowing I don’t have to revise for a while 😂

@David4BKH This also explains why the LTN does need to cut off Institute Road further down. It’s a parking offender’s dream

You'll know by now I'm always fighting for more parking enforcement. This is why. Between 16 June to 7 July there have been daily patrols, with a total of 54 unique patrols undertaken. These patrols have typically been for 3 to 6 hours per visit. I'll keep asking for more.

@David4BKH Absolutely tragic and my heart goes out to the families affected. There are so many near misses on the High Street, Addison Road, Vicarage Road, etc. Little enforcement on dangerous driving and speeding in pedestrian-heavy areas.

I've just seen that Kings Heath High Street is closed by ASDA due to a traffic accident. We will have to wait for confirmation from the police, but I'm really worried dangerous driving is getting worse and putting more children in danger as they walk to school.

@richpayne88 My partner set up this very thing coming out of lockdown in our area. Called it ‘Jumpers for goal posts’ believe it or not. He got injured and eventually it scared him off playing though 😂

There should be parkrun for having a kickabout. No astroturf pitch hire, and no money involved. Just a park, some footballs, and some jumpers for goal posts

@seaninsound I had to do this with Fuck Buttons. Was gutted. But as it was I took a three-day trip down tinnitus alley

On this day 10 years ago I saw a gig that was so loud I left before the end. Can you guess who it was?

@bendotellis Now I get it 😂 and yes it’s utterly awful. No matter how much you tuck them in they always manage to remove it 🤯

@RuthFollows No! I mean that we had to learn how to just lie under a duvet and go to sleep and then broadly stay under the duvet for the rest of the night! It amazes me how confusing this can be for a 2 year old...

At no point before having kids did I consider that I'd had to learn how to use a duvet

And our own @lizmale is compering the morning session fielding some probing questions from the floor about external vs internal wall insulation, heat pumps and EPC ratings, and improving metrics to make EPCs more accurate…

In Leicester for the @ElmhurstEnergy 30th Anniversary Conference today with @tweetsbyLMC. Great presentation from @Leeds_LSI’s David Glew on deep vs piecemeal retrofit - getting the cogs whirring ⚙️ #retrofit #energyefficiency

@LisaTrickett41 @TransportForWM Correction. 150 and 46 🤦🏻‍♀️

@LisaTrickett41 @TransportForWM It scraped down someone’s car door the other day too. Horrible for residents. Impossible for the drivers. The 169 on Goldsmith is also another catastrophe.

This is utterly unacceptable. The 46 bus an unregulated subsidised bus service once again causing chaos on Institute Road, ricocheting off one car whilst another mounts the pavement to get round. ⁦@TransportForWM⁩ show some leadership and get this sorted.1/1