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BBC News 20 Feb 11
Longer evenings could move a step closer with a government plan to move UK clocks forward an extra hour.
A “tourism strategy” will include a plan to move the clocks in line with most of Europe, bringing lighter evenings but darker mornings…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Comment
The Stymaster Pig Blog 31 Dec 10
The Express and Star has obviously had a light week for news, as in their continuing drive to lower standards, they’ve been repeating the fear, uncertainty, and doubt from the Daily Fail by going on about condensing boilers, how we’re all forced to install them now, and how unreliable they are, they aren’t as efficient as claimed, and they don’t last.
The Fail threw in a line about how they were a ‘New Labour’ policy too, just to muddy the waters a bit.
Let’s cut through a bit of the crap here…
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Express & Star 24 Dec 10
Churchgoers in the West Midlands making their way to Midnight Mass tonight will be forced to brave record low temperatures amid warnings of more snow to come.
Temperatures in the region will plunge to a low -18C (-0.4F), the lowest recorded this winter which has been the most severe for almost a century.
They will hover between -1C (30F) and -5C (23F) today and on Christmas Day before again plummeting to -18C on Christmas night. Snow and sleet showers are set to return to the region on Boxing Day and Monday…