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Express & Star 19 Jan 11
It was an act of kindness that brought great comfort to 90-year-old Joyce Burt. After eight days snowed in, the pensioner’s kind-hearted neighbour cleared the drifts from the footpath of her Willenhall home, enabling her to go outside.
But the grandmother’s joy has now turned to anger after landlord Walsall Housing Group wrote a letter to Michael Lander telling him not to do it again — because of fears over health and safety…
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Express & Star 10 Jan 11
Walsall grit stocks at 50%
Councils in the West Midlands and Staffordshire – running low on grit following some of the most severe winter weather in a century – are being denied emergency supplies, it emerged today.
Wolverhampton City Council has just 600 tons of its winter stockpile of 3,500 tons left. The authority asked for a further 500 tons but will only receive between 250 and 280 tons…
Football: League 1
Sky Sport 8 Jan 11
Saddlers seal great point
League One basement side Walsall staged a great fightback to earn a 3-3 draw with Tranmere at Prenton Park on Saturday.
Walsall went ahead with 32 minutes gone when Paul Marshall’s corner was cleared into the path of Matthew Richards who lashed the ball in from the edge of the box…
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Express & Star 8 Jan 11
Thousands of burst pipes have been dealt with by councils and housing associations in the Black Country and Staffordshire during the last month – with repair bills running into hundreds of thousands of pounds.
In Walsall, the council’s property services department carried out repairs to 50 buildings. Walsall Housing Group carried out 2,000 more jobs than normal in December, with 500 related to burst pipes…
Football: League 1
Neil Ravenscroft UTS 7 Jan 11
It seems that I’ve had to write the epitaph on too many managers since I first started this writing for websites business, but it it a relief to see the back of Chris Hutchings.
I know our esteemed Chairman liked Hutchings, but, it has to be said, his was a brand of football I, personally, would rather do without. The fact that we resorted to hoofball far, far too often was never going to endear him to Walsall supporters used to teams over the years willing to play the game properly. That wouldn’t have been too bad, if not for the fact that we looked tactically naïve and unable to switch when the circumstances dictated.
All of that means that Hutchings has left us with a record of Played 98, Won 31, Drawn 24, Lost 43. That’s a win percentage of just 31.63 and a points per game average of a measely 1.19. That, over a season, is 54 points, or near relegation form and that’s after finishing 10th last season. That alone tells you how terrible we have been in 2010/2011. It is also worse than Merson and Mullen!
So, off we go on Saturday to Tranmere…
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Express & Star 7 Jan 11
Hospitals across the Black Country have been forced to cancel operations as they struggle to deal with a surge in emergency patients due to winter illnesses, it emerged today.
Procedures have been called off at hospitals in Dudley, Walsall and Sandwell because of soaring numbers of patients being admitted with flu and chest problems, health bosses said…
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Express & Star 7 Jan 11
Drivers endured nightmare journeys today as snow returned to the West Midlands, bringing chaos to roads and catching out council gritting teams.
Snow started falling in the region at 7am, causing traffic jams on roads that had not been gritted for several hours…
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Express & Star 5 Jan 11
Thousands of pupils are getting an extended Christmas holiday this week – after burst pipes at 10 schools across the region forced them to close.
Willenhall Sports College, in Furzebank Way, which suffered a burst pipe over the holidays, is open only to years 10 to 13. Years 7 to 9 have been given set work to do at home through the college website…
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Express & Star 5 Jan 11
Hundreds of dead fish are floating on the top of the pool in Willenhall Memorial Park, after freezing temperatures froze the water.
Anglers and park users are complaining of a “dreadful stench” and are demanding action after thousands of pounds worth of fish are thought to have perished in last month’s sub-zero conditions…
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B'ham Mail 4 Jan 11
Snow is set to make another return to the Black Country before the end of the week, forecasters warned tonight. Light snow showers are expected on Friday and Saturday, the Met Office said.
Light snow is also a possibility overnight in North Birmingham and the Black Country…