HALLGREEN

Babycakes, Solihull, has been forced to buy new lock fittings due to troublesome teens hanging around outside. “The problem of teens hanging around the shop had been a problem for a while” says worker, Rachel. We have made various com-plains to council as there have been some attempted break-ins on the parade of shops.

“It is very off-putting to custom-ers as they feel intimidated by the groups hanging around”. She added. “We were forced to take our own ac-tion and apply new locks, so people can only come in if we buzz them in. We didn’t want to go to this meas-ure as we feel its rude to customers, however we need to put safety first”.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SHOP OWNER!

www.hallgreengazette.co.uk August 2nd 2010

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SKATEPARK SAVES COMMUNITY

Gospel Lane Skate park, recent-ly celebrated it’s 4 year birth-day today. But how much has it helped the local commuinity? Before the skatepark was bulit, the crime rate was getting gradu-ally worse. Teenagers were always hanging out on the sreets, while elderly residents would feel scared and threatened walking past. “I always used to get groups on bikes hanging around my road”. Says local resident and of-fice worker, Jackie Fanning, 59.

“I always used to wait til they had gone before I left my house; they were very intimidating”. She said. Skaters are also very welcome of the skatepark as it gives them a hobby. Marcus Palmer, 18, says “This was the best thing to happen to our area. Before this there was nothing like this in our area and this has giv-en us something to do and keep young people out of trouble.” More on page 3

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Acocks Green FC had a fabulous victory over their bitter rivals, Kings Heath last night. The win was gladly recieved after three straight back-to-back defeats. Striker, Ste-ven Thomas, said, “This was a very wel-come victory. We knew we needed to win, so we raised our game. We know if we try hard and put the work in - we can win”,

Steven was named man of the match by the local spon-ser after picking up a hat-trick in the game. This is the first ever hat-trick in this fixture ans he proudly got to take the match ball home. As the final whistle blew, the fans raid-ed onto the pitch to celebrate with their local heroes.

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Local resident, Wendy Payne, a retirired shop work-er, was horrified one morn-ing when she found the chi-nese restaurant across the road was covered in graffiti. “I was in shock, I wouldn’t know why they would want to wreak the building with this awful graffiti”, she explained. “It spoils the shop and sends a negative message about our area” she continued. However, not all residents in the area share her view. The art work is welcomed by teenagers of the area, many say-ing it ‘brightens up the area’.

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As new American fash-ion companies Forever 21 and Abercrombie & Fitch come to Birmingham, we ask the question, ‘What will it do to local businesses?’

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Wall of unwelcome graffiti

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These are scenes from the 2010 Clothes Show Brimingham. Two of our competition winners last year had a fab time backstage at the catwalk show. Because we had a high demand for this com-petition; we’ve brought it back! You can be backstage at the clothes show 2011 with 4 lucky friends! The prize includes: meeting the mod-els and hosts of the catwalk show backstage, having access to the ‘meet n greet’ section of the arena and having a VIP pass which allows you to get free gifts from various stands and a chance to jump queues! For a chance to win this awesome prize, just pick up a copy of the Hall Green Gazette next week and answer our section of questions! - Couldn’t be easier!

The Clothes show runs from 7th - 14th of De-cember and the winner will be able to choose which date is best for them. Entry contestants

must be 16+. Winners will have to make their own way there.