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Express & Star 7 Feb 11
It was once a grand family home. But the owners of this detached mock Tudor house were today facing enforcement action after allowing it to fall into rack and ruin.
The empty building at 284 Lichfield Road, Willenhall, was largely destroyed in a fire two years ago.
Since then it has become a magnet for vandals who have broken windows and scrawled graffiti across it…
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Express & Star 6 Feb 11
A lovesick plumber who risked lives after setting fire to his Willenhall flat has been jailed for three years. Giles Tennent’s actions could have caused several deaths had the blaze not been detected, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told.
The 45-year-old downed vodka and cider before setting light to the settee of his top floor home in Willenhall…
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Express & Star 23 Nov 10
A wannabe policeman fitted blue flashing lights to his Ford Focus and pulled drivers over on West Midlands roads after failing to get a job in the force, a court heard.
Daniel Bunce was facing jail today after a judge told him impersonating a policeman was “very serious”.
The 20-year-old from Tipton bought the lights after his application to get a legitimate job in the police was turned down…
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BBC News 10 Nov 10
Rail services at Birmingham New Street have been severely disrupted by a full station evacuation.
Hundreds of people were told to evacuate the building when a number of fire alarms sounded at about 10am…
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Stuart Williams Bloxidge Tallygraph 7 Nov 10
The Bull’s Head in Park Road, Bloxwich, was destroyed by a fire which appears to have started in the early hours of Sunday morning.
According to West Midlands Fire Service, firefighters attended the blaze around 6am with six appliances (fire engines) and a hydraulic platform and entered the building to fight the fire. They did their best, but much of the building, including the roof, was burnt out…
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The Mushroom 4 Nov 10
For years, the residents of the Butts in Walsall tried to get Walsall council to do something about the appalling state of the Mellish Road Methodist Church.
Community meetings were held, proposals that the council buy it from the private owners and turn it into a community centre came and went.
Enforcement orders to bring the listed building up to standard were granted by the planning committee but were never acted on.
In the meantime it just decayed. Then…
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BBC News 4 Nov 10
Damage of around £1 million was caused when arsonists struck at European Metal Recycling in Smethwick – days after a similar attack at its sister factory in Darlaston.
West Midlands Police confirmed they were looking at links between the two fires…
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Express & Star 29 Oct 10
Around 120 staff and customers were evacuated from discount superstore Hooty’s in Willenhall’s Longacres Industrial Estate following an arson attack, which destroyed Christmas stock including gift sets and perfume.
A worker raised the alarm after smoke was spotted in the rear storeroom on Thursday night. More than 20 firefighters from Walsall, Dudley and Wednesbury were called to the scene at 7.10pm…
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Cllr Ian Shires 31 Oct 10
Arsonists struck at The Square on Lichfield Road, New Invention on Sunday morning. Fly-tipped furniture had been dragged under the steps leading to the flats above the Co-op and had been deliberately set on fire by arsonists.
The frightening thing about this incident was that the lives of the residents of the flats could have been put at risk if not for the swift action of the Fire Brigade…
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BBC News 29 Oct 10
Three men have been jailed for an arson attack on a mansion seized from a man convicted of mortgage fraud.
George Brandy, Richard Sylvester and Parminder Kandola, all from Nottingham, were jailed at Stafford Crown Court for arson with intent to endanger life…