Darlaston news
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Relief for Beechdale as noisy M6 work finishes
Express & Star 28 Aug 10Controversial roadworks on the M6 have finished on time – but a 50mph speed limit will remain for months…
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Darlaston scrap dealer finds mystical artwork
BBC News 27 Aug 10The Shenstone Shining Stone, a mystical artwork that had been stolen from its site in the village of Shenstone near Lichfield, has been found by a scrap metal dealer in Darlaston who recognised the Stone when it came into his yard…
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Scores of fish taken from Moxley pool
Express & Star 23 Aug 10Hordes of fish have been stolen from a pool at Moorcroft Wood in Moxley, sparking an investigation. Thieves have been spotted using a large net to steal carp, tench and roach…
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Walsall Writers’ Circle pen new website
Bloxidge Tallygraph 21 Aug 10Walsall Writers’ Circle has launched an all-new website just in time for the new meeting season which begins on 9 September. The Circle has been around since 1966, and is a group for anyone who writes or wants to write…
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Police launch Bottlewatch across Walsall
WM Police 18 Aug 10Walsall police are working together with local off licences to tackle under-age drinking across the borough…
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Travellers on the move in Walsall as council closes in
Express & Star 13 Aug 10Travellers have moved from the site of a Bentley hotel – but another group have set up camp at a park a few miles away in Brownhills…
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New WHG homes soon to open in Bentley
Express & Star 12 Aug 10A £16million scheme to build 130 new homes on derelict sites in Bentley is moving into its final phase. The four-storey Parsons House is being built in Churchill Road in place of the former Old Hall pub. The old pub was bulldozed in 2007 after a fire…
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Travellers leave a puppy tied to tree in Wednesfield
Express & Star 12 Aug 10Travellers who set up camp on playing fields in the Midlands have have left – leaving a trail of mess and a sick puppy behind. But the convoy of caravans is believed to have today set up camp on land next to Junction 10 of the M6…
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Walsall burglars jailed for stealing cars from owners’ work
Express & Star 10 Aug 10Two sneak burglars who stole cars from a factory boss and a nursery nurse while they were parked at work in the Black Country have been jailed…
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Pair get life for murder of Bilston bar owner
Express & Star 6 Aug 10Two men were today jailed for life for the gun murder of an innocent Bilston bar owner from Moxley following a trivial row over a laser pen…
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Grace Academy Darlaston VP to set-up school in Dudley
Express & Star 6 Aug 10A father of nine plans to pack in his job as a vice-principal and establish his own school in the Black Country under the Conservatives’ “free schools” scheme…
Darlaston business
Business
Bentley casino revamp on the cards to widen appeal
Express & Star 25 Aug 10A £1.5 million revamp of a Walsall casino will feature a new banqueting area, bar, card rooms and a perfomance stage. Grosvenor Casino in Bentley Mill Way, will also be rebranded as a G Casino – one of just 10 in the country…
Business
Walsall’s Hartshorne steams in to meet haulier’s demands
BusinessDesk 20 Aug 10Walsall-based truck dealer, the Hartshorne Group has supplied a giant Volvo tractor unit and trailer to a Midland heavy haulage company which has an interesting sideline in vintage steam engines…
Business
Investor snaps up City Link’s Darlaston distribution site
Tamlyn Jones BusinessDesk 11 Aug 10A distribution depot used by delivery service firm City Link has been sold to a private investor for an undisclosed sum…
Business
Walsall’s Event Hire in £1m expansion
BusinessDesk 10 Aug 10A Walsall-based equipment hire firm has invested £1m in a major expansion scheme to help it meet increasing demand for its services…
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Volvo dealer group buys Bentley’s Hartshorne
Express & Star 6 Aug 10One of the West Midlands biggest commercial vehicle dealerships, with its headquarters in Walsall, has been taken over, it was revealed today…
Business
200 Walsall jobs go as Rentokil cuts City Link costs
Tom Scotney B'ham Post 2 Aug 10Two hundred more people have lost their jobs in the Black Country after pest control firm Rentokil Initial made harsh cuts to bring it back into profit…
Business
200 jobs go as City Link closes
Express & Star 30 Jul 10Two hundred jobs have been axed in the closure of a landmark parcel delivery base in the Black Country, it was revealed today…
Business
Walsall Regeneration Company closes after funding axed
Duncan Tift BusinessDesk 26 Jul 10The organisation charged with regenerating the borough of Walsall, Walsall Regeneration Company, is to close following the decision by regional development agency Advantage West Midlands to cut its funding…
Business
Walsall home-hunters in £10m-plus building bonanza
Chris Henwood B'ham Mail 19 Jul 10Walsall has secured more than £10 million in government funding to build hundreds of new affordable homes over the next two years…
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Business
Cuts blamed for weakening construction levels
BusinessDesk 19 Aug 10Concerns about the scale of public sector cutbacks and continuing uncertainties about the economy are being blamed for a decline in construction work in the West Midlands during the second quarter of the year…
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Walsall’s Goldie in gunshot-riddled billboard promo
Daily Record 25 Aug 10Walsall star Goldie who started out as a graffiti artist in his youth, has created a unique graffiti advert for the eagerly awaited console game Kane And Lynch 2: Dog Days, the violent and brilliant latest instalment of the mismatched psycho shoot-em-up…
Darlaston sport
Boxing
Boxer Bobby Wood in spotlight at Wolves Civic
YouTube 23 Aug 10Walsall middleweight Bobby Wood will be one of the boxers in the spotlight when Hatton TV’s new season of live boxing gets underway on Sunday September 5th…
Football
WMRL round-up
FA Full-Time results 22 Aug 10Bloxwich United lost 1-2 to Gornal Athletic, Darlaston were beaten 1-3 by Tividale, Wednesfield drew 3-3 with Bromyard Town whilst Heath Town Rangers won 3-2 against Stafford Town…
Football
WMRL round-up
Chris Vaughan Mercury 15 Aug 10Bloxwich United AFC brushed Goodrich aside 5-0 whilst Darlaston Town came from behind to book their first win with a 2-1 success over Dudley Sports…
Athletics
Mark Lewis-Francis puts pain behind him
Ian Crawford Express 15 Aug 10Darlaston’s Mark Lewis-Francis blasted back to his relay best on the second day of the Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace on Saturday – to end two weeks of hell…
Boxing
Time is running out for Walsall boxer Bobby Wood
Express & Star 14 Aug 10Walsall middleweight Bobby Wood has admitted time is running out for him to fulfil his dream of becoming a boxing superstar…
Football
WMRL round-up
Chris Vaughan Mercury 8 Aug 10Gornal Athletic were inspired by a Marvin Nesbett hat-trick to down rivals Darlaston 4-1. Carl Edwards came up trumps with a last minute header for Bloxwich to clinch a 2-1 victory against Shifnal…
Athletics
Lewis-Francis accepts blame for 4×100m relay disaster
BBC Sport 31 Jul 10Darlaston’s Mark Lewis-Francis accepted the blame after his error saw Great Britain exit the 4×100m relay in the first round at the European Athletics Championships…
Athletics
Mark Lewis-Francis claims shock silver at Barcelona
B'ham Post 29 Jul 10Mark Lewis-Francis upstaged team-mate Great Britain team-mate Dwain Chambers to claim a shock silver medal in the 100 metres at the European Championships in Barcelona…
Athletics
Chambers and Lewis-Francis ease through heats
Mercury 27 Jul 10Dwain Chambers underlined his status as favourite for the 100 metres at the European Championships with a commanding performance in Tuesday’s heats and Mark Lewis Francis came second in his heat…
Football
Rachel’s hoping that home-town support will make difference
Advertiser 22 Jul 10Walsall’s Rachel Unitt returns to her hometown next week hoping to keep her scoring streak going – and help England Women take a giant stride towards the 2011 World Cup…
Football
AFC Telford United offer trial to Netan Sansara
BBC Sport 16 Jul 10Blue Square Bet North side AFC Telford United have offered a trial to former Walsall full-back Netan Sansara.
Sansara is currently on trial with Wycombe Wanderers and has also had interest from Yeovil…