A DUDLEY mother-of-five has won a life-changing scholarship to study at Birmingham City University. Asima Adnan has been named winner of the Millennium Point Charitable Trust Scholarship, which is awarded annually and has been running for seven years. Asima, who is currently studying social science and humanities at Dudley College, will now go on to read for a degree in planning at the university, with all of her tuition fees paid for by the Trust. She had to undergo a rigorous assessment day to win the award, which included making a presentation to the panel of five judges. Asima, aged 37, said: Being told I had won felt amazing - I was shocked and got quite emotional.
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The AA says the presence of sat-nav goons in a world of an ever-increasing number of road signs on the city s roads could lead to more bumps and scrapes
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The AA has warned the extra signage now being unveiled for the Clean Air Zone could lead to an increase in bumps and shunts - if confused drivers make last-minute decision to try to avoid the £8 daily charge for crossing the line.
Homeowners facing bills of up to £100,000 each to fix fire-trap flats have been denied Government funding – because they have the wrong type of defects.
Two blocks, where more than 200 people live, are so dangerous a 24-hour fire patrol keeps residents safe.
They have defective cavity barriers, meaning a blaze could rip through the buildings in minutes.
But leaseholders have been told their application for funding was rejected because their cladding is safe.
Residents of Millennium Point in Salford Quays (above: Jake Brammer, Paul Cuffe and Beth Charles) who face bills of up to £100,000 to fix fire-trap flats have been denied funding