Outrageous attempt to build 385 parking spaces on last piece of Solihull green belt
Planners rule on expansion into land that locals were sure was safe
11:57, 20 MAY 2021
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View towards one of the warehouse units at Prologis Park, at Marston Green. (Image: Planning portal)
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Controversial plans to create almost 400 car parking spaces - eating into a precious wedge of Solihull s green belt - have been thrown out.
Last modified on Thu 6 May 2021 14.04 EDT
‘WE USED TO WALK ALONG THE RIVER’
The Fiver is often accused of not taking football seriously enough. It is a charge to which we happily plead guilty at Fiver Towers. A leading reason behind the chortlesome [easy – Fiver Ed] knockabout chat that this merry Tin-swilling band of interchangeable cranks pumps out every working-day tea-time FOR FREE is that everyone else takes it all so bloody seriously. The crack of anxiety in the voice of a TV commentator as he builds up to Preston v Reading. The vigorous defences of Our League by the hushed, menacing tones of Graeme Souness. The darkening of Roy Keane’s already pitch-black eyes as Micah Richards riffs on tales of Joe Hart singing the greatest hits of Elkie Brooks. Jermaine Jenas’s primal screams against VAR. Hang on. Wasn’t this supposed to be fun?
A spokesperson said: “Due to a change in the ITV Network, the final episode of Rare Breed will now air next Tuesday, April 20 at 7:30pm.”
It marks the end of an era as presenter Mark McFadden narrates the series for the last time.
The episode catches up with all seven farming families through December – the end of a difficult and challenging 2020.
Adrian and Emily McGowan laughing about the early starts
It’s an early start for vegetable farmer Emily McGowan from Comber. She’s at the wholesalers in Belfast at 4:30am to pick up additional produce exotic fruit and veg that can’t be grown locally.
NEXT Tuesday (April 13), marks the final episode of the popular UTV programme, Rare Breed, which has delighted Fermanagh viewers as they followed Andrew and Margaret Little through the farming year. The final episode of the current series is set in December, which means all kinds of different things to the featured farmers after a difficult and challenging 2020. The show will visit all seven families as they get on with the cycle of farming, be that breeding, growing and animal welfare, and they share with the viewers what the year has taught them. Fermanagh viewers will of course be keeping an eye out for Andrew and Margaret Little, farmers from near Tempo, who are busy working with a new set of calves in the final episode.