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Walsall councillor in court on electoral fraud charges
Matt Lloyd B'ham Mail 2 Sep 10Walsall councillor Mohammed Munir’s fingerprints were found on 11 electoral roll applications which were delivered to non-existent residents, a court heard…
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Walsall Wood man jailed for violent attack on wife
Lichfield Mercury 2 Sep 10A carpenter from who battered his estranged wife after she saw him in a Chasetown pub with another woman was jailed for a year…
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Police officer forced to wear video camera
Express & Star 2 Sep 10A police officer in the West Midlands was made to wear a video camera in his helmet because of complaints about his behaviour…
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Fraudster told to pay £250k or face jail
Tara Brady Harrow Observer 2 Sep 10A Wembley market trader from Walsall who sold fake trainers must pay back more than £250,000 in six months or face jail…
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Historic Walsall pub is repossessed
Express & Star 1 Sep 10One of Walsall’s oldest buildings has been repossessed and is to be auctioned off. Willenhall’s Bell Inn – parts of which date back to the 1660s – is for sale on September 15 at Aston Villa Football Club by Cottons Auctioneers…
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WM Police spent £3.3m for outside consultants
Express & Star 1 Sep 10West Midlands Police spent more than £3.3million asking for help from consultancy firms in two years, new figures reveal. The force used the cash for services ranging from leg-al advice and building surveys to first aid and dog training…
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Councils called in as wasp number doubles
Express & Star 1 Sep 10The number of wasps in parts of the Black Country and Staffordshire has more than doubled in the past two years…
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Walsall DVD trader who assaulted PCSO is jailed
Express & Star 1 Sep 10A counterfeit DVD seller who assaulted a police community support officer after he was caught trading on a Walsall car park has been jailed for six months…
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Travellers set up camp at Wednesbury fly-tipping hotspot
Express & Star 1 Sep 10Travellers have set up camp at a fly-tipping hotspot in Wednesbury with a convoy of around four caravans in St Paul’s Road…
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Pub talk by Wednesbury historian
Express & Star 1 Sep 10Historic pub names and signs from throughout the Black Country are the subject of talks by Wednesbury historian Ian Bott. Mr Bott, aged 47, is a former watchmaker and works as a doorman and guide at Walsall Leather Museum…
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Asian women less likely to seek treatment for endometriosis
Asian News 1 Sep 10Women from certain ethnic minority communities are less likely to seek treatment for endometriosis, according to new research.
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M6 Toll “has been a costly mistake”
Campaign for Better Transport 31 Aug 10The M6 Toll in the West Midlands has been a costly failure and the Government should not rely on such toll roads to solve transport problems, according to a new report released today by the Campaign for Better Transport…
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Police hlep clean up graffiti on Willenhall estate
The Wolf 31 Aug 10A Willenhall estate is getting a facelift with the help of the police. Coppice Farm Estate has been blighted by graffiti in recent months…
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Liver disease and cancer deaths double in the West Midlands
B'ham Mail 31 Aug 10Deaths from liver disease and cancer have nearly doubled in the West Midlands over the last decade – and are nearly a fifth higher than the average for Britain…
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Walsall EDL supporter charged after violent Bradford clash
B'ham Post 30 Aug 10A Walsall man arrested following a demonstration in West Yorkshire by far-right group the English Defence League has been charged with a public order offence…
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Brownhills teenager sentenced for pizza delivery attack
Chris Henwood B'ham Mail 30 Aug 10A Brownhills teenager has been jailed for two years for leading a gang attack on a pizza delivery man who was hit with a baseball bat and robbed of his food and £100 takings…
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New website exploring Black Country history
Halesowen News 30 Aug 10A new website exploring the history of the Black Country giving local people an insight into the past has been launched…
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Birmingham team joins space race to find new planets
Victoria Farncombe B'ham Post 30 Aug 10A team of researchers at the University of Birmingham are in a race to find new planets outside our solar system…
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Bloxwich Library nearing completion
Bloxidge Tallygraph 30 Aug 10Members of Bloxwich Library Forum convened a meeting at the renewed Bloxwich Library and theatre on Saturday, and were delighted to see that the major refurbishment of both the Elmore Row library and the integrated library theatre is almost complete…
Comment
Comment
Incurable sickness
BrownhillsBob 2 Aug 10Walsall Council in care crisis
I note from Thursday’s Express & Star headline piece, that Walsall Council is still failing to ensure the care, safety and wellbeing of the most vulnerable members of our society…
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Don’t do as I do, do as I say
Cllr Ian Shires 2 Sep 10Maxim of Walsall's Tories?
There’s a document currently doing the rounds of various committees at Walsall Council which makes interesting reading. It looks at 10 key economic challenges for Walsall…
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Shadowy figures behind Pickles’ shadowy figures
Localise West Midlands 2 Sep 10Decisions about the use of land for the building and siting of supermarkets, incinerators and phone masts are often made against the expressed wishes of local people…
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A nation of greed
Willenhall Lad Come the Revolution 2 Sep 10Probably the most obvious statement ever made about modern Britain but it’s come to the point where I think we need a debate about whether we should be following the American model of making money out of absolutely everything, or doing things as we used to do them…
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The Bell tolls
The Stymaster Pig Blog 1 Sep 10Following on from Tuesday’s post tonight’s E&S states that The Bell in Willenhall has been repossessed and is to be auctioned by Cottons…
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Breaker one nine
The Plastic Hippo 1 Sep 10Local social media commentators of various persuasions have, with good reason, turned their attention to a report from the Campaign for Better Transport branding the M6 Toll as a £900million failure…
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M6 Toll – I told you so!
Cllr Ian Shires 1 Sep 10Lot of “chatter” yesterday about the folly of the M6 Toll. I suppose it’s easy to say now that “I told you so”. But we did. Way back when the Tories first dreamt this up we said it…
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Where our road tolls come from
Derek Bennett The EU-Sceptic 1 Sep 10If you are travelling north to south, or vice versa, or possibly east to west and back again, then it is inevitable at some point in your travels you are going to come across the unhidden gem that is the Midlands, which sprawls across the centre of England…
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Positive destruction
The Stymaster Pig Blog 31 Aug 10Tuesday’s Express and Star has a front-page story detailing that the Mellish Rd Methodist Church is now almost certain to be demolished as English Heritage have now removed their objection to the grade 2 listed building being demolished…
Business
Business
Bloxwich shops rise to creative challenge
Walsall Council 2 Sep 10Shops in Bloxwich showed off their creative side in the first ever best dressed shop window competition organised by Bloxwich, Leamore and Blakenall Business Partnership with support from Walsall Council…
Business
National Audit Office heaps praise on abolished AWM
B'ham Post 2 Sep 10A newly published report has lavished praise on the efficiency of Advantage West Midlands – despite the fact it is being abolished amid claims it is overly bureaucratic…
Business
Glass facade goes up at Walsall’s new Tesco store
Express & Star 1 Sep 10A huge glass façade has been installed at a new multi-million pound Tesco supermarket. The store, in Littleton Street West, Walsall, is fast taking shape ahead of a December 6 opening and the glass frontage is the latest development…
Business
Planning expert warns councils over housing policy
Alun Thorne B'ham Post 1 Sep 10Councils need to act quickly to avoid a policy vacuum on new housing, a planning expert has warned…
Business
Councils slice jobs fund cash
Sarah Townsend Regeneration & Renewal 31 Aug 10A group of local authorities have cut substantially more from their allocations of a government fund to tackle worklessness than the reductions recommended to them by the Department of Communities and Local Government…
Business
Bentley’s Hartshorne in double tanker order
Midlands Business News 1 Sep 10Walsall-based truck dealer, the Hartshorne Group is helping a Midland waste management company grow its business…
Business
New Dean at Wolverhampton Business School
Alun Thorne B'ham Post 1 Sep 10The University of Wolverhampton Business School has appointed a new Dean. Dr Anthea Gregory is currently the Deputy Dean of Hull University Business School and will join the University of Wolverhampton in December…
Business
Emirates expands services at Birmingham Airport
Duncan Tift BusinessDesk 1 Sep 10Airliine Emirates has increased passenger capacity at Birmingham International Airport by 22% with the introduction of larger aircraft…
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Historic Walsall building for sale at £1.2m
Express & Star 31 Aug 10The former home of an historic Walsall saddle-making firm to royalty has been put on the market with a £1.2 million price tag…
Sport
Football
Saddlers sweat on Richard Taundry’s fitness
Express & Star 2 Sep 10Walsall were today sweating on the fitness of Richard Taundry ahead of Saturday’s Colchester clash – but have received better news on Darren Byfield and Oliver Lancashire…
Football
Chris Hutchings wants Walsall to up the tempo
Ken Montgomery B'ham Mail 2 Sep 10Walsall manager Chris Hutchings admits his team’s continuing inconsistency is “frustrating”. A tendency to blow hot and cold haunted the Saddlers last season and this term has started in similar vein with two defeats followed by two wins followed by two defeats…
Football
Walsall keeper Jonny Brain targets first clean sheet
BBC Sport 2 Sep 10Jonny Brain played over 100 games for former club Macclesfield Town Goalkeeper Jonny Brain is hopeful of keeping his first clean sheet for Walsall against Colchester on Saturday…
Football
Matt Richards backs Saddlers’ defence
Express & Star 2 Sep 10Matt Richards backed Walsall’s under-fire defence to recover from their shoddy start to the season…
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Moseley CC turnaround at Walsall
Solihull News 2 Sep 10Moseley turned around a miserable performance against title chasing Shrewsbury to seal a winning draw against fellow strugglers Walsall and keep their heads above the Birmingham League Premier Division drop zone…
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Woeful Walsall
Ben Lowe Shoot 1 Sep 10One month in and my team’s start to the season hasn’t been particularly positive…
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Walsall 1 Chesterfield 2
Yahoo Sport 31 Aug 10Walsall dumped out of Johnstone's Paint Trophy
Watched by the smallest ever crowd at the Banks’ Stadium – just 1,793 – Walsall were knocked out of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy 2-1 by a more determined Chesterfield…
Rugby
Leek RFC succumb to Walsall’s greater firepower
Stoke Sentinel 31 Aug 10Leek were predictably outclassed by Walsall during a 51-21 defeat in the Staffs County Cup…
Football
Will Grigg vows to solve striker crisis
Express & Star 31 Aug 10Will Grigg today vowed to solve Walsall’s striker crisis. The 19-year-old is in line for his full debut against Chesterfield tonight with Steve Jones and Darren Byfield injured and Alex Nicholls suspended…
Football
Jon Macken out to end cup agony for Walsall
Express & Star 31 Aug 10Jon Macken is out to end Walsall’s Cup woes tonight – and demanded the Saddlers improve their shocking knockout record. The club are desperate for a Wembley trip, having never appeared at the national stadium in their 122-year history…
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North Ferriby United 0 Chasetown 1
Dave Goddard Lichfield Blog 31 Aug 10Chasetown wrapped up their Bank Holiday weekend in style with a 1-0 win at North Ferriby United…
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Walsall’s old captain can’t wait for Chesterfield return visit
Brian Halford B'ham Mail 30 Aug 10Former Walsall captain Dwayne Mattis is looking forward to renewing acquaintances with former team-mates tomorrow when Chesterfield visit the Banks’s Stadium in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy…
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Walsall’s Jon Macken to stake claim
Express & Star 30 Aug 10Jon Macken has backed Alex Nicholls to recover from his first-ever red card – but is out to make him pay for his rush of blood…
Features
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Derelict Places: Riley’s Snooker Hall, Walsall
TranKmasT Derelict Places 31 Aug 10The former Riley’s Snooker Hall building in Walsall is currently being refurbished and made into another snooker hall of a different name. It used to be the 5th Nightclub and even before that it was the Drill Hall for the Territorial Army who moved out in 1984…
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Fruitful endeavours
BrownhillsBob 30 Aug 10August bank holiday weekend is bittersweet for me. Whilst other holiday Mondays in spring seem like markers, milestones toward a summer full of promise, warm days, green leaves and long rides, this one always seems to mark the closing of the season…