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Blog comment: Water, water nowhere
11 Mar 10 13:57
Water, water nowhere
Black Country Kid 11 Mar 10
It appears that Wolverhampton have a fountain that is not working and that there are a number of safety issues that need to be addressed. It started me thinking about the wonderful fountain in Walsall Town Centre...
Express & Star 21 Jan 10 Wolves fountain switch-on date
Express & Star 2 Sep Walsall’s dry fountain staying put in market move
Express & Star 20 Mar Walsall fountain to stay off due to cuts
Comment: Lest we forget
11 Mar 10 01:50
Lest we forget
The Plastic Hippo 11 Mar 10
When the Prime Minister decided to make a “surprise” but pre-planned visit to Afghanistan immediately following his lacklustre performance in front of the Chilcot inquiry, opponents bellowed accusations of lies, deceit and of using the armed forces as political props. At about the same time that grumpy Gordon was touching down in Laskhar Gar, something horrible took place much closer to home...
Black Country Kid 11 Mar 10 Comment: What is going on?
Walsall Advertiser 11 Mar 10 Copper stolen from Walsall war memorial
Walsall Council 10 Mar 10 Cherry picker gets to work at Barr Beacon memorial
B’ham Mail 8 Mar 10 Barr Beacon War memorial thieves ‘should be sent to the front lines’
Express & Star 8 Mar 10 Fury as metal thieves target war memorial
B’ham Mail 7 Mar 10 Copper thieves target Barr Beacon war memorial
BBC News 6 Mar 10 Copper roof on Barr Beacon war memorial stolen
Telegraph 10 Mar 10 Brown defends Afghanistan funding
BBC News 6 Mar 10 Brown makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
Times 5 Mar Brown faces Iraq inquiry grilling
Express & Star 25 Sep 09 Barr Beacon visitor centre put on hold
Express & Star 24 Sep Dog shot in head at Bar Beacon
Walsall Advertiser 10 Apr 09 Is there a ghost of Barr Beacon?
BBC Black Country Barr Beacon panoramic view QTVR
Aldridge Web Bar Beacon Park
Express & Star 23 Feb 10 Manhole cover thefts cost Walsall £280k
Express & Star 22 Dec 09 Metal thefts on rise as scrap price soars
Express & Star 30 Oct Prison for Alumwell thief who blacked out Willenhall homes
Express & Star 21 Oct Bloxwich thieves use canal for getaway
Express & Star 11 Aug Arrests in Willenhall lorry armed hijack case
Express & Star 25 Jul Lorries targeted by gangs of hijackers
Express & Star 24 Jun Jail for Coal Pool man who handled stolen metal
Express & Star 6 Aug Pelsall man admits £6k copper theft
BBC News 12 Jun Cable theft men gassed in seconds
Express & Star 6 May Roof lead theft shocks vicar
Express & Star 26 Apr Wednesbury church repairs after theft
Express & Star 20 Mar 61 tons of metal taken by raiders
More news in brief
11 Mar 10 00:30
More news in brief
YamYam links 10 Mar 10
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E&S 10 Mar Fire closes West Brom High Street
E&S 10 Mar Charles supports Wednesbury plaque
E&S 10 Mar Toxic gas fears at Essington landfill
E&S 10 Mar Gt Wyrley traveller site decision delay
E&S 10 Mar Woman dies in Chasetown car crash
E&S 10 Mar Jail for Brownhills man over broken jaw
E&S 10 Mar Coseley baths demolition begins video
BBC 10 Mar More Hoard items on display in Brum
BBC 10 Mar Charles marks Brum Royal Ballet’s 20th
B’Mail 10 Mar Nat Express bus smoking clamp-down
B’Mail 10 Mar Disabled Walsall students raise cash
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Business
E&S 10 Mar Northern Rock makes £250m loss
B’Post 10 Mar BA strike talks end in deadlock
BizDesk 10 Mar Tories 'Dyson plan' for industry
B’Post 10 Mar Construction: Rok’s 29% sales fall
BizDesk 10 Mar West Mids proves property hotspot
BizDesk 10 Mar Search on for most enterprising area
BizDesk 10 Mar Public sector urged to support local businesses
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BrownhillsBob 10 Mar 10 Reporting potholes
YamYam links 10 Mar 10
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Main stories are published on the YamYam's front page
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E&S 10 Mar Fire closes West Brom High Street
E&S 10 Mar Charles supports Wednesbury plaque
E&S 10 Mar Toxic gas fears at Essington landfill
E&S 10 Mar Gt Wyrley traveller site decision delay
E&S 10 Mar Woman dies in Chasetown car crash
E&S 10 Mar Jail for Brownhills man over broken jaw
E&S 10 Mar Coseley baths demolition begins video
BBC 10 Mar More Hoard items on display in Brum
BBC 10 Mar Charles marks Brum Royal Ballet’s 20th
B’Mail 10 Mar Nat Express bus smoking clamp-down
B’Mail 10 Mar Disabled Walsall students raise cash
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Business
E&S 10 Mar Northern Rock makes £250m loss
B’Post 10 Mar BA strike talks end in deadlock
BizDesk 10 Mar Tories 'Dyson plan' for industry
B’Post 10 Mar Construction: Rok’s 29% sales fall
BizDesk 10 Mar West Mids proves property hotspot
BizDesk 10 Mar Search on for most enterprising area
BizDesk 10 Mar Public sector urged to support local businesses
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BrownhillsBob 10 Mar 10 Reporting potholes
Comment: Hoard would do wonders for Walsall
10 Mar 10 16:41
Hoard would do wonders for Walsall
Richard Worrall, Letters
Walsall Advertiser 8 Mar 10
It seems extraordinary that it is only now that the council breaks its months-long silence about the amazing hoard unearthed just yards from the borough boundary, a mile from Brownhills and only six miles from the New Art Gallery, which might provide it with a permanent home...
BBC 10 Mar More Hoard items on display in Brum
B’ham Mail 27 Feb 10 Staffordshire Hoard campaign funds reach £1million
Walsall Advertiser 27 Feb 10 Walsall Council defends decision over Hoard
BBC News 26 Feb Hoard campaign reaches £1m mark
The YamYam 23 Feb 10 Walsall not fit to house the Hoard
Beacon Radio 23 Feb 10 Dudley Museum would be ‘delighted’ to display the Hoard
The Plastic Hippo 23 Feb 10 Comment: Ethelred the Unready found safe and well in Walsall
Walsall Council 22 Feb 10 Statement on Staffordshire Hoard
Walsall Council 22 Feb 02 Agenda pdf
Express & Star 22 Feb 10 Hoard fund is now at £825k
BBC News 22 Feb 10 Staffordshire Hoard campaign reaches £800k mark
B’ham Mail 20 Feb 10 Staffordshire Hoard fund tops £825k
Express & Star 20 Feb 10 Midas touch as prince handles hoard of gold
B’Mail 19 Feb Prince Charles visits Hoard in Stoke
Lichfield Blog 19 Feb 10 Royal appointment for Anglo-Saxon gold
Walsall Advertiser 18 Feb 10 Walsall fury over Staffordshire Hoard
BBC News 13 Feb 10 Hoard fund stands at £750,000
B’ham Mail 13 Feb 10 Hoard appeal gets £200,000 public donations
Richard Worrall Walsall Advertiser 11 Feb 10 Walsall’s interest in the Hoard is far too little, too late
The Art Fund Help save the Staffordshire Hoard for the West Midlands
Staffordshire Hoard Home
Express & Star 9 Feb 10 Deadline looms for The Hoard
B’ham Post 9 Feb 10 Time running out for campaign to keep Hoard in WM
BBC News 9 Feb 10 Part of Hoard arriving at the Potteries Museum
BBC 3 Feb 10 Boards go up to promote Staffordshire Hoard appeal
B'ham Newsroom 3 Feb Dame Judi Dench joins Hoard campaign
B'ham Mail 3 Feb 10 Birmingham company Signature Outdoor advertises Staffordshire Hoard appeal
BBC News 26 Jan All Main party leaders back Staffordshire Hoard campaign
B’ham Mail 26 Jan Political leaders back campaign to keep it here
Birmingham: It’s Not Shit 18 Jan Feature: Surge Domine Et Dissipentur Inimici Tui Et Fugiant Qui Oderunt Te A Facie Tua
Express & Star 13 Jan £500k is pledged to secure Staffs Hoard
B’ham Post 13 Jan David Starkey joins bid to keep Staffordshire hoard in West Midlands
BBC News 13 Jan Appeal to keep Anglo-Saxon gold hoard in West Midlands
Mercury 11 Jan TV historian backs campaign to keep Hoard in Mids
Express & Star 7 Jan TV historian backs region’s Hoard bid
Lichfield Blog 28 Dec Hoard newsletter set to go live
Mercury 27 Dec Councillor admits Staffs Hoard may have to be shared with Pope
Mercury 20 Dec Staffs Hoard wanted by Pope and Vatican
Stirrer 14 Oct Pope wants to see Saxon Hoard
B'ham Post 24 Sep Pope 'to visit Birmingham' in 2010
Express & Star 27 Nov Staffordshire Hoard’s worth closer to 10 million says expert
Stirrer 27 Nov Anyone got the million to spare?
BBC 27 Nov 'No tax cash' for treasure hoard
BBC 26 Nov Anglo-Saxon gold hoard is worth £3.285 million
Telegraph 26 Nov Staffordshire treasure hoard valued at £3.28m
Express & Star 23 Nov Hoard pair to get £3m
B’ham Mail 23 Nov Hoard to net £3m
Lichfield Blog 17 Nov Drinkers get early taste of Staffordshire Hoard ale
The Backyard Brewhouse Home
Express & Star 12 Nov Hoard pictures to be sold
B’ham Mail 12 Nov B’ham could hold permanent Hoard
Burton Mail 6 Nov Repton lays claim to Staffordshire Hoard
Repton Village Home
B’ham Post 11 Nov Gordon Brown: Tamworth “very stong case” for Staffs Hoard home
B'ham Post 10 Nov B’ham museum gets permission to use Hoard photos
B'ham Mail 4 Nov Staffordshire Hoard is heading back to Mildands
B’ham Mail 3 Nov Staffordshire Hoard goes on display at British Museum
British Museum The Staffordshire Hoard
Express & Star 2 Nov Hopes are raised on home for the Burntwood Hoard
B'ham Mail 2 Nov Crowds expected at London display
BBC 28 Oct Farmer's disbelief at gold find
B'ham Mail 24 Oct Midlands given four-month deadline to secure Hoard
BBC News 23 Oct Bid to keep treasure in Midlands
Express & Star 16 Oct Stafford Knot found in hoard jewels
BBC Staffs 9 Aug 05 Stafford Knot
Bagnall Village Stafford Knot
Wikipedia Stafford Knot
B'ham Post 15 Oct Missed chance fears to raise cash
B'ham Post 14 Oct Queues for last Hoard glimpse
Stirrer 14 Oct Pope wants to see Saxon Hoard
B'ham Post 24 Sep Pope 'to visit Birmingham' in 2010
B'ham Mail 9 Oct Visitors told to wrap up warm for last weekend of Hoard
Express & Star 10 Oct Final day of gold display pics
Guardian 8 Oct Unfair to label metal detectorists as mere treasure hunters
BBC News 7 Oct Minister backs region's gold call
Express & Star 7 Oct Hodge: Hoard should remain
Bloxidge Tallygraph 5 Oct Appeal launched to raise funds for the Staffordshire Hoard
BBC News 5 Oct Campaign to keep treasure hoard
B'ham Post 5 Oct Appeal to keep gold in Midlands
Mercury 3 Oct Finder wants a quite life
B'ham Mail 3 Oct But where should hoard be housed?
B'ham Post 2 Oct Staffordshire pledge to keep Hoard in county
Express & Star 2 Oct Shugborough lines up for Hoard home
Express & Star 30 Sep Lord Lieutenant claims Hoard for Staffs
The YamYam 29 Sep Comment: After the gold rush
Express & Star 29 Sep Four-way tussle over the Hoard
B'ham Mail 29 Sep Campaign to keep hoard in WM
Bloxidge Tallygraph 27 Sep Treasure was found by Bloxwich detector club member
Lichfield Blog 27 Sep Stoke-on-Trent want historic display
Lichfield Blog 25 Sep Hoard should be in Lichfield
BBC News 25 Sep What happens next to gold hoard?
B'ham Post 25 Sep Funds sought to keep hoard in B'ham
Lichfield Blog 24 Sep Lichfield vows to do find 'justice'
Telegraph 26 Sep Clean sweep for the metal detectives
Time 25 Sep Treasure seekers fell out over handling find
B'ham Post 25 Sep Finder may share £1m windfall
B'ham Post 24 Sep Finder has no legal claim to hoard
Express & Star 25 Sep Warning to treasure hunters
BBC News 30 Sep Museum Hoard ticketing apology
B'ham Post 28 Sep 10,000 visit Hoard @ B'ham Museum
B'ham Mail 26 Sep Thousands flock to B'ham Museum
BBC News 25 Sep Hordes visit Anglo-Saxon hoard
B'ham Mail 25 Sep Anglo Saxon gold goes on display
Express & Star 24 Sep Burntwood find rewrites history
BBC News 24 Sep Gold hoard found
Express & Star 24 Sep Gold treasure pictures
BBC News 24 Sep More treasure pictures
B'ham Mail 24 Sep Anglo Saxon gold find (pics)
B'ham Mail 24 Sep Find worth 7 figure sum
National Council for Metal Detecting Home
Wikipedia Sutton Hoo (largest previous find)
US National Park Service Klondike Gold Rush
BBC History The Anglo Saxons
Wikipedia Anglo Saxons
Flickr Staffordshire Gold Hoard
Shadowed Realm Medieval Timeline
Flickr The Hoard at Birmingham Museum
Museums Association Home
The Art Fund Help save the Staffordshire Hoard for the West Midlands
Staffordshire Hoard Home
Blog comment: Father, forgive me
10 Mar 10 16:22
Father, forgive me
The Stirrer 10 Mar 10
The Pope’s visit to Britain in September will come at a cost to taxpayers – possibly as much as £20million. It’s a moot point whether this amount - or, indeed, anything - should be spent on an organisation which still can’t shrug off the taint of child sexual abuse...
BBC News 10 Mar 10 Dutch bishops launch child abuse investigation
BBC Newsnight 9 Mar 10 How paedophile priest was allowed to evade justice video
Times 9 Mar 10 Father Hans Kung blames Catholic views on sex for clerical child abuse
BBC News 8 Mar 10 Vatican accused over German sex abuse allegations
BBC News 16 Feb 10 Vatican picks over Irish paedophile priest scandal
BBC News 10 Nov 09 Former Walsall priest denies sexual abuse
B’ham Mail 10 Nov Former priest charged with sexual abuse of boys
Beacon Radio 10 Nov Extradited priest in court
B’ham Mail 16 Aug Fresh abuse claims made against extradited Walsall priest
BBC News 25 Feb Ex-priest probed over abuse claim
B'ham Mail 18 Feb Police admit failings over investigation
Guardian 5 Mar Vatican hit by gay sex scandal
BBC News 4 Mar Petition against Pope's UK visit
Pink News 2 Mar Anti-Pope Downing Street petition
Pink Paper 24 Feb Tatchell in anti-Pope petition
Christina Savvas B’ham Mail 8 Mar 10 Pope not coming to Birmingham during UK visit
Mercury 7 Mar Hospitals in Midlands on Pope assassination alert ahead of his UK visit
B'ham Mail 1 Feb 10 Pope could turn his back on Birmingham
Guardian 1 Feb 10 Pope condemns gay equality laws ahead of first UK visit
Pink news 1 Feb 10 National Secular Society plans protest for Pope's UK visit
Independent 1 Feb 10 The ex-gay files: The bizarre world of gay-to-straight conversion
Telegraph 26 Jan 10 Equalities Bill: Church leaders defeat Government over gay staff
Mercury 20 Dec Staffs Hoard wanted by Pope and Vatican
Stirrer 14 Oct Pope wants to see Saxon Hoard
BBC News 8 Dec 09 New RC archbishop of Birmingham welcomed with Mass
B'ham Post 11 Dec Packed church greets Longley
B'ham Mail 8 Dec Bishop Longley interview
B'ham Mail 8 Dec Archbishop installed pictures
B'ham Post 2 Oct First job to welcome Pope to B'ham
B'ham Post 2 Oct Comment: welcome Bishop Langley
B'ham Mail 1 Oct New RC Archbishop of Birmingham named
B'ham Post 24 Sep Pope 'to visit Birmingham' in 2010
Times 22 Sep 11,000 venerate St Thérèse in Birmingham
BBC News 14 Sep Miracle cure deacon to visit UK
Independent 3 July Cardinal Newman: closer to sainthood
Times 3 Apr Vincent Nichols to be head of English Catholics
B'ham Post 30 Mar New leader for Catholics soon
B'ham Post 17 Mar Pope may visit Midlands in 2010
The Vatican The Holy See
Blog comment: Cycling coppers
10 Mar 10 16:13
Cycling coppers
BrownhillsBob 10 Mar 10
About a thousand years ago – well, on the 10th December 2009 if I’m honest – I posted a heartfelt rant about the standard of cycling displayed by Police Community Support Officers I’d observed around the area. After seeing the same guy play fast and loose with traffic on two separate occasions, I let rip with quite a fierce critique of the behaviour I’d witnessed. I have eventually received a reply on the matter from PC Skidmore, based at Brownhills Police Station, who is a qualified cycle trainer...
B’ham Mail 2 Mar 10 WM Police chief clashes with PM over beat bobbies
BrownhillsBob 10 Dec 09 Comment: Bloody cyclists, eh?
West Midlands Police Walsall
Twitter @WMPolice
Mark Payne Twitter @CIPayneWMPolice
Blog comment: Barking mad
10 Mar 10 15:58
Barking mad
Derek Bennett EU Sceptic 10 Mar 10
Mrs B and myself have will have been married for 37 years this year, during those years of marital bliss there has only been a period of five weeks without a dog in the house. The proposals that dog owners are forced to insure their dogs in case they attack someone, that the dogs are compulsorily chipped and that, sheer lunacy above lunacy, dog owners have to take a test before being allowed to own a mutt, is going to bring chaos and heartbreak across the land...
B’ham Mail 10 Mar 10 Costs fear over dog law plans
B’ham Mail 10 Mar 10 Animal rights group Peta launches campaign in Brum ahead of Crufts
B’ham Mail 10 Mar 10 Cannock Chase Council to get tough on irresponsible dog owners
Express & Star 9 Mar 10 Dog owners facing tough new regulations
Ed West Telegraph 9 Mar 10 It's time to ban dangerous dogs from council estates
Deborah Hyde Citywire 9 Mar 10 Why compulsory dog insurance is a barking mad idea
Deborah Citywire 9 Mar 10 Insurance plan 'will penalise responsible owners'
BBC News 24 Feb 10 video Huge rise in WM banned fighting dogs
B’ham Post 23 Feb 10 Dangerous dogs seized in swoops in Lozells and Small Heath
Express & Star 10 Feb 10 Bloxwich pub boss fined for danger dog
BBC News 26 Jan 10 Wounded Walsall animal had been in a 'dog fight'
Express & Star 26 Jan 10 Fighting fear as dog is hurt
Express & Star 23 Jan 10 WM Police take 160 dogs in one year
B'ham Mail 23 Jan Jan 10 RSPCA & police raid Rosedene kennels
The YamYam 15 Jan 10 Third suspected Pitbull seized in Bloxwich
The YamYam 8 Jan Suspected pitbull terrier seized in Bloxwich
B’ham Mail 30 Nov WM Police seize 147 dangerous dogs
Express & Star 7 Nov Police round up 100 illegal danger dog
Express & Star 23 Oct RSPCA halts Walsall dog rescue service
Express & Star 22 Sep Boxer dog which bit Yew Tree mother to be spared
Mercury 2 Aug Asian gangs behind soaring cases of dog-fighting in Midlands
Express & Star 10 Jul Boy savaged in Walsall Akita dog attack
B’ham Mail 2 July 09 Walsall pensioner tells of dog attack terror
K9 Magazine 8 Jun Gov’t admits dangerous dogs mistake
BBC News 21 May Fighting dogs 'used as weapons'
Birmingham Mail 19 Mar WM dog-fighting increase
OPSI Dangerous Dog Act
WM Police Home
RSPCA Home
Comment: Corporate anti-social behaviour
09 Mar 10 16:01
Corporate anti-social behaviour
Cllr Ian Shires 9 Mar 10
If you’ve ever asked the question as to why people of all ages endulge in anti social behaviour look no further than the actions of the contractors who carry out work for the likes of public utilities, the Highways Agency and the Council for the answer...
Comment: Women only shortlist rules out worthy contenders
08 Mar 10 13:46
Women only shortlist rules out worthy contenders
Peter Nunn, Letters
Walsall Advertiser 8 Mar 10
I would like to know as a council tax payer in Walsall, just what is fair about an 'All Women Shortlist' for the Labour candidacy of Walsall South following MP Bruce George's retirement?
Mail 24 Oct 09 Cameron's cuties: The 80 women likely to be among MPs in Tories' new female-friendly party
Independent 15 Nov 05 All-women shortlists a must, says report
BBC News 21 Dec 01 All-women shortlists clear new hurdle
Wikipedia All-women shortlists
Stirrer 4 Mar 10 Walsall South - Labour’s runners and riders
The YamYam 2 Mar 10 Mosquito squashed in Walsall South
The Stirrer 2 Mar 10 Harris through in Dudley but Mosquito misses out
Adam Lumley The YamYam 28 Feb 10 Walsall Labour Party about to publish short list
B’ham Mail 28 Feb 10 Harriet Harman's husband laughs off her saucy nomination for Rear of Year
B’ham Post 19 Feb 10 Labour imposes women-only shortlist for Walsall South candidates
Walsall Advertiser 8 Mar 10 MP suffers a health scare on trip to US
YamYam links 27 Feb 10 Labour veteran Bruce George taken to hospital
The YamYam 28 Feb 10 Two Walsall Labour councillors to step down
YamYam links 18 Feb 10 Bruce George MP to stand down
Express & Star 18 Feb 10 Bruce George MP to stand down
B’ham Post 18 Feb 10 Walsall MP Bruce George to stand down after struggling with internet
Walsall Advertiser 18 Feb 10 Walsall MP stands down after 36 years
BBC News 18 Feb 10 Walsall South MP Bruce George to stand down
Stirrer 18 Feb 10 Bruce George to step down Discussion forum
Walsall Advertiser 28 May 09 "I've got nothing to hide over expenses"
Bruce George Home
Blog comment: Two and two make three - by @ThePlasticHippo
08 Mar 10 06:47
Two and two make three
The Plastic Hippo 8 Mar 10
The great Tom Lehrer, acclaimed mathematician as well as possibly the wisest American satirists of the last century, did not care for modern mathematical teaching methods. “In the new approach,” he said, “the important thing is to understand what you’re doing, rather than get the right answer.” Professor Lehrer allegedly gave up writing witty lampoons on hearing that Henry Kissinger had been offered a Nobel Peace Prize saying that such news meant that political satire was dead. Now in retirement, a quick look at Walsall’s books might make him want to give up mathematics as well...
The YamYam 5 Mar 10 Walsall Council earmarks extra cash for pothole repairs
BrownhillsBob 5 Mar 10 Comment: Not fixin’ a hole
Wikipedia Alice in Wonderland
Wikipedia Tom Lehrer
Casual Hacker Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer Home unofficial
Blog comment: All we hear is Radio Ga Ga by @ThePlasticHippo
06 Mar 10 23:21
All we hear is Radio Ga Ga
The Plastic Hippo 6 Mar 10
Some years ago, in the mid 90’s, a gullible bunch of media journalists boarded a specially equipped BBC bus as part of the Radio Academy Festival in Birmingham. Fuelled with Belgian lager and fine French wine served by buxom lovelies, the event was intended to demonstrate the power of Digital Audio Broadcasting, heralding the start of the digital age...
Jon Bounds Birmingham: it’s Not Shit 3 Mar 10 Why the BBC Asian Network still scratches my niche
Lee Jordan’s weblog 1 Mar 10 Axing 6music unites digital fans
You Tube Queen Radio - GA GA
Stirrer 6 Mar 10 Re-tune confirmed for BBC Radio WM
Times 2 Mar 10 BBC to announce cuts to website, radio services and imported programmes
Express & Star 2 Mar 10 BBC unveils controversial cuts
B’ham Post 2 Mar 10 BBC confirms plans to axe radio stations Asian Network and 6 Music
Andy Beckett Guardian 1 Mar 10 What do we want from the BBC?
Times 26 Feb 10 BBC signals an end to era of expansion
B’Mail 26 Feb 10 BBC plans to close Asian Network
BBC Asian Network Home
BBC Radio 6music
Facebook group Keep the BBC Asian Network
Facebook group Save 6music
Petition FM Save 6music & BBC Asian Network petition
Blog Comment: Who will serve the public if the public servants are gone? - by @unisonroger
06 Mar 10 11:03
Who will serve the public if the public servants are gone?
Roger McKenzie 6 Mar 10
There is a lot of coverage in the news about the number of jobs that local authorities in the region want to cut. Thousands of public servants who carry out tasks that members of the public rely on will no longer be there. Thousands of families will now face an extremely frightening period of not knowing how they are going to keep a roof over their heads or food on the table...
BBC News 1 Mar 10 Hundreds of jobs at Walsall Council 'at risk'
Express & Star 1 Mar 10 Walsall Council warns of huge job cutbacks
BBC News 1 Mar 10 Facing the Cuts - West Midlands round-up
BBC News 1 Mar 10 Threat to 25,000 jobs in councils BBC survey
B’ham Post 1 Mar 10 Minister tells councils to sack managers and sell buildings
Unison Home
The YamYam 27 Feb 10 Walsall council tax rise approved
Walsall Advertiser 26 Feb 10 Anger over 'cynical' Walsall £5m budget cuts
Cllr Ian Shires 24 Feb 10 Comment: Reflections on Walsall’s budget debate
Mercury 24 Feb 10 Average Council tax rates in England set to rise 'by 1.6%'
Walsall Council 22 Feb 10 Corporate Budget Plan and Treasury Management and Investment Strategy 2010/11 pdf
Express & Star 19 Feb 10 200 jobs shed at council in a year
Walsall Council 17 Feb 10 Talks to start over Walsall Council pay review
The Other TaxPayers Alliance 16 Feb 10 Comment: A race to the bottom in local government
Express & Star 16 Feb 10 100,000 facing pay freeze by councils
Unite 15 Feb 10 Cutting public sector jobs would hinder economic recovery, says Unite
Local Government Association 10 Feb 10 LGA responds to reports of local government job losses
Express & Star 29 Jan 10 Hundreds of council & school jobs left vacant
Express & Star 2 Jan 10 Council press officers cost £500,000 a year
Mercury 13 Sep Public spending cuts 'will increase unemployment'
Express & Star 9 Sep 09 Cash crisis at Walsall Council
Local Government Employers Pay systems and structures
Local Government Association Home
GMB Home
Unite Home
More news in brief
06 Mar 10 00:58
More news in brief
YamYam links 5 Mar 10
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Main stories are published on the YamYam's front page
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B’Mail 5 Mar Hamstead petrol station robbers reward
BBC 5 Mar Four charged for Handsworth digger raid
B’Mail 5 Mar Khyra Ishaq sentencing adjourned
E&S 5 Mar Fans queue for V Festival tickets
Ian Shires 5 Mar M6 closures this weekend
Times 5 Mar Brown faces Iraq inquiry grilling
Guardian 5 Mar CJD families lose high court battle
E&S 5 Mar Number of microchips in bins up a third
Asian News 5 Mar Arrests in Sahil Pak kidnapping
Guardian 5 Mar Vatican hit by gay sex scandal
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Business
B’Post 5 Mar Cadbury workers asked to increase pensions payments
BizDesk 5 Mar New Deal call for manufacturers
Sharecast 5 Mar Producer price inflation hits high
B’Post 5 Mar M&B finance director quits for Rentokil
BizDesk 5 Mar Scrappage incentive to new car sales
B’Post 5 Mar BBC Asian Network presenter concerns
B’Post 5 Mar Marston’s Jennings moves back to Cumbria
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Comment
BrownhillsBob 5 Mar No self interest there, then…
Local Paper v Hyperlocal: Hull paper loses the plot
YamYam links 5 Mar 10
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Main stories are published on the YamYam's front page
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B’Mail 5 Mar Hamstead petrol station robbers reward
BBC 5 Mar Four charged for Handsworth digger raid
B’Mail 5 Mar Khyra Ishaq sentencing adjourned
E&S 5 Mar Fans queue for V Festival tickets
Ian Shires 5 Mar M6 closures this weekend
Times 5 Mar Brown faces Iraq inquiry grilling
Guardian 5 Mar CJD families lose high court battle
E&S 5 Mar Number of microchips in bins up a third
Asian News 5 Mar Arrests in Sahil Pak kidnapping
Guardian 5 Mar Vatican hit by gay sex scandal
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Business
B’Post 5 Mar Cadbury workers asked to increase pensions payments
BizDesk 5 Mar New Deal call for manufacturers
Sharecast 5 Mar Producer price inflation hits high
B’Post 5 Mar M&B finance director quits for Rentokil
BizDesk 5 Mar Scrappage incentive to new car sales
B’Post 5 Mar BBC Asian Network presenter concerns
B’Post 5 Mar Marston’s Jennings moves back to Cumbria
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BrownhillsBob 5 Mar No self interest there, then…
Local Paper v Hyperlocal: Hull paper loses the plot