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Great Barr bank clerk is ringing changes as wrestler
23 Mar 10 15:25
Great Barr bank clerk is ringing changes as wrestler
Express & Star 23 Mar 10
By day he is a mild-mannered bank clerk, but by night Great Barr financial analyst James Curtin is transformed into alter-ego, wrestler Rockstar Spud...
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XWA Wrestling Rockstar Spud
Aldridge heritage trail bid with The Croft dig
22 Mar 10 17:49
Heritage trail bid with The Croft dig
Walsall Advertiser 22 Mar 10
Archaeologists are hoping to uncover hidden historical gems beneath a patch of open space in Aldridge. Trial trenches are being dug in The Croft throughout this week. Walsall Council is working in partnership with Aldridge Rotary Club on the project, which could result in the creation of a heritage trail linking The Croft to the village and its shops...
Express & Star 19 Mar 10 Kids visit archaeological dig at Aldridge Croft
Community governor sought for Pelsall school
18 Mar 10 14:52
Community governor sought for Pelsall school
Jayne Howarth The YamYam 18 Mar 10
A Pelsall school is looking for a new community governor who can help move the school forward to the next stage of its development. St Michael’s CE School is inviting applications from locals who wish to make a positive contribution to life in the community.
Community governors do not have to have children at the school, but require a willingness and desire to help the committed governing body continue its drive to improve standards and ensure that St Michael’s is a school that pupils want to go to.
The governing body has recently appointed a new head teacher, Mrs Ros Hutchinson, and they are working closely together, overseeing new building work at the Maple Road site.
“We are entering a very exciting phase at St Michael’s School and need a new community governor who can work with us to ensure the place is a safe and happy one for the children,” said Mrs Hutchinson.
“The governing body is a hard-working and dedicated band of volunteers that is essential to the success of the school.”
Anyone wishing to apply for the position should write to Mrs Hutchinson and Mr Simon Merckel, chairman of the governors, at St Michael’s School, Maple Road, Pelsall, WS3 4JJ or email postbox@st-michaels.walsall.school.uk by 31 March.
For more information on the role of a community governor, call Mrs Hutchinson on 01922 682309.
St Michael’s CE School Home
Direct Gov Becoming a school governor
Governor net Home
National Governors’ Association Home
School Governors’ One-Stop-Shop Home
Huge fish rescue bid as Chasewater drained
18 Mar 10 14:19
Huge fish rescue bid as Chasewater drained
Express & Star 18 Mar 10
A major fish rescue operation will take place at Chasewater Reservoir next week before water levels sink dangerously low during draining, before essential dam safety work starts. Thousands of fish must be removed from the Chasewater Country Park site. Earlier this month contractors caught samples of fish to assess their health and experts have now deemed that their condition is “satisfactory.”
Chasewater Dam 15 Mar Results of fish health check ‘satisfactory’
Chasewater Dam 15 Mar Fish rescue team on site
Express & Star 10 Mar 10 Fish rescue at reservoir
Chasewater Dam 5 Mar 10 Stage one of the fish rescue gets underway
Lichfield Blog 1 Mar 10 No return for fish removed
Chasewater Dam 24 Feb 10 Will the fish be put back into Chasewater?
Chasewater Dam 22 Jan When will the fish rescue take place?
Mercury 22 Jan Thousands of fish dead at Chasewater Pleasure Park
BrownhillsBob 18 Jan Dead fish at Chasewater
Chasewater Wildlife Group 16 Jan Mass death of fish in Anglesey Basin
Express & Star 17 Mar 10 Stourbridge festival sunk by Chasewater
Express & Star 5 Mar 10 Canal water pledge on work at Chasewater
BBC News 23 Feb 10 Low water levels threaten Black Country canal festival
Express & Star 11 Feb 10 Festivals sunk due to work on Chasewater reservoir
Waterscape Black Country Boating Festival
Birmingham Canal Navigations Society Home
Lichfield Council Chasewater Dam
British Waterways Home
BrownhillsBob 9 Mar 10 Deerly beloved at Chasewater
Chasewater Wildlife Group Deer at Chasewater and Cuckoo Bank
Chasewater Dam 16 Mar Shipwreck found!
Chasewater Dam 11 Mar French rocket mystery
B’ham Mail 4 Mar 10 Bomb experts called out to Chasewater for a third time
Lichfield Blog 3 Mar 10 Warning to Chasewater walkers after Second World War bombs are found
Walsall Advertiser 25 Feb 10 Rushall dad finds Chasewater bomb
Chasewater Dam 24 Feb 10 Suspected World War II bomb found
BrownhillsBob 25 Feb 10 Draining away pictures
TonyM666 Flickr 11 Feb 10 Reservoir Dregs pictures
Lichfield Blog 25 Feb 10 Lichfield District Council could borrow money to repair Chasewater Dam
Chase Post 25 Feb 10 Town taxpayers to foot bill for Dam?
Chase Post 25 Feb 10 Liaison promise for work at the dam
BrownhillsBob 5 Feb 10 Reservoir dogged
Express & Star 4 Feb 10 War of words over Chasewater dam repair bill
Lichfield Blog 4 Feb 10 Government won’t “ignore the risks” on Chasewater dam
Lichfield Blog 3 Feb 10 No-one read the small-print on Chasewater dam – Burntwood councillor
Lichfield Blog 29 Jan Gordon Brown challenged over safety of Chasewater dam
Lichfield Mercury 28 Jan Chasewater dam collapse could kill 'up to 80 people'
BrownhillsBob 22 Jan 10 Comment: Chasewater – the only victim seems to be the truth
Lichfield Blog 21 Jan Lichfield MP criticises Prime Minister’s ‘insensitive’ response
BrownhillsBob 21 Jan Michael Fabricant: away with the fairies?
Lichfield Mercury 20 Jan Leaking Chasewater dam could have 'catastrophic consequences', MP Fabricant claims
Chasewater Dam 1 Feb 10 Opening the valves to Chasewater’s dam
Lichfield Blog 1 Feb 10 Work begins to drain Chasewater ahead of dam safety work
YamYam 28 Dec Chasewater being drained as New Year work starts
Pelsall gets a chance to find out about new centre
16 Mar 10 22:44
Pelsall gets a chance to find out about new centre
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10
Residents in Pelsall are being invited to find out more about a new £4 million health, library and children's centre at a special roadshow next week. The development in Pelsall High Street is scheduled to be up and running in late 2011 and will create a one stop facility for health, information, learning and child and family development...
The YamYam 9 Mar 10 Lib Dem candidate questions Pelsall health centre plans
Walsall Advertiser 25 Jan 10 £4m Pelsall centre plans will go on show
Advertiser 18 August 09 Funding for £4m Pelsall health centre plan is finalised
Express & Star 16 Jul Pelsall health centre plan go-ahead
Blog Cllr Marco Longhi 27 Jun State-of-the-art combined facility for Pelsall
Blog Cllr Garry Perry 27 Jun Combined family centre
Wolverhampton Lib Dems Contacts
Walsall Council Aldridge Consultation
Bloxwich and Pelsall drivers warned of road delays
16 Mar 10 12:46
Bloxwich and Pelsall drivers warned of road delays
Express & Star 16 Mar 10
Drivers are facing six-month delays along a busy route between Bloxwich and Pelsall for a gas main improvement scheme. Temporary traffic signals will be in place along Wolverhampton Road during the scheme which is to get under way at the end of the month. The route is part of the main link from Bloxwich to Brownhills. Motorists will face hold-ups while work to install plastic piping takes place...
Express & Star 17 July 09 More roadworks in pipeline for Walsall this summer
National Grid Gas 16 Jul 09 Pipeline work in Brownhills
Express & Star 15 July 09 300 miles of roadworks in West Midlands
£30k plan to bring end to troubles at Brownhills church
15 Mar 10 18:42
£30k plan to end troubles at Brownhills church
Express & Star 15 Mar 10
A £30,000 plan to end the long standing problems of anti-social behaviour, by introducing new security measures at a Brownhills church hall, has been unveiled. The work to bring St James Church Hall up to scratch includes fitting double glazed windows, building an outdoor playground for children’s events and the installation of a fence to improve security...
St James Church Brownhills