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BBC News 22 Nov 10
The family of a Walsall soldier killed in Iraq have been told they won’t have to make changes to his final resting place.
His family chose a burial plot at North Walsall Cemetery, rather than a military cemetery. They picked a headstone and marble surround, but recently the council said it broke new cemetery rules…
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Martin Lowe ITV Central Tonight 17 Nov 10
On the very day Britain remembers its war dead, the family of a Walsall soldier who was killed in Iraq were threatened with having part of his grave taken down by Walsall Council.
The mother of Gunner David Lawrence says it’s insensitive and completely lacking in compassion…
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Express & Star 15 Nov 10
Bereaved families in Walsall will have to pay more for burials and cremations, while register office charges for marriages and baby-naming ceremonies will also rise.
Walsall Council predicts the additional charges will bring in an extra £90,000 next year. All service costs are set to rise with some increasing by just a few pounds while others will increase by up to £199…
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Express & Star 20 Jul 10
Families have been left horrified after a ‘clean up’ at an historic Wednesbury cemetery left parts of graves piled high.
Work started last month to remove dilapidated and neglected graves at Wood Green Cemetery in Wednesbury. However, visitors to the Wood Green Road site have now complained after…
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Express & Star 05 Nov 09
Pensioner Ron Ward has been reunited with his 12-year-old Jack Russell after she was stolen while was visiting the grave of this late wife…
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Advertiser 05 Nov 09
A pensioner has been re-united with his beloved dog just 24 hours after it was stolen from a Walsall
cemetery…
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BBC 04 Nov 09
Thieves took a 75-year-old widower’s car containing his pet dog while he tended his wife’s grave…
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Express & Star 26 August 09
There have been calls for a gate to be installed at Wednesbury’s Fallings Heath Cemetery to help put an end to anti-social behaviour…
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Express & Star 21 Aug 09
Families in Wednesbury are calling for unsightly grass cuttings to be tidied away from graves at Fallings Heath Cemetery…
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Express & Star 21 June 09
Proposals to convert a 1930s’ cemetery building in Wednesbury into a care home have been approved. Walsall-based Pharus Care Ltd has been granted permission to take over and extend Cemetery Lodge for a scheme which involves providing 24-hour care for seven adults with learning disabilities…