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Scrap man’s van crushed for stealing M6 J10 gantries
24 Mar 10 13:53
Scrap man’s van crushed for stealing M6 J10 gantries
Express & Star 24 Mar 10
A scrap dealer caught stealing poles from the side of the M6 has had his van confiscated and crushed – in a new get-tough policy on metal thieves. Self-employed Leonard Gheorge was caught on the southbound carriageway loading metal piping destined for new gantries into his Transit van between junctions 9 and 10...
Express & Star 23 Feb 10 Beechdale residents anger at huge M-way gantries
Express & Star 8 Oct Thieves delay £150m scheme to widen M6
Concrete blocks placed around problem Walsall estate
23 Mar 10 15:51
Concrete blocks placed around problem Goscote estate
Walsall Council 23 Mar 10
Concrete blocks have been erected at various points around a Walsall estate as part of an ongoing joint agency approach to tackle problems from flytipping to abandoned vehicles. Walsall Council has joined forces with Walsall Housing Group and Blakenall and Bloxwich Local Neighbourhood Partnership to place concrete barriers at seven sites on the Poets Estate in Harden...
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Walsall Local History Centre back in business
23 Mar 10 15:40
Walsall Local History Centre back in business
Walsall Council 23 Mar 10
It’s business as usual at Walsall Local History Centre which re-opened today (Tuesday 23 March) following maintenance work. A new air conditioning system which maintains the correct conditions for the unique archives at the centre in Essex Street was installed at the start of this year...
The YamYam 8 Jan 10 No hot air at Walsall Local History Centre
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Council backs threatened Mossley surgery
22 Mar 10 17:53
Council backs threatened Mossley surgery
The YamYam 17 Mar 10
A council scrutiny committee has offered some hope to over 3,000 worried patients facing the closure of a Bloxwich GP surgery. Walsall Council’s health scrutiny panel has recommended keeping a GP surgery in the Mossley and Dudley Fields areas of Bloxwich open.
Married GP’s Abdul and Rifat Ghaffar, who own the Abbey Square Surgery have announced that they will retire on March 31. A third GP, Dr Saema Saleem, is also leaving the practice. As a result, NHS Walsall has decided to review the future of GP services in the area and have embarked on a consultation process with local residents regarding the possible closure of Abbey Square and transferring patients to the Pinfold Street Health Centre.
In a move that is likely to cause conflict between the council and NHS Walsall, members of the health scrutiny and performance panel voted unanimously to keep GP services at Abbey Square Surgery. Following the meeting, panel member Councillor Ian Robertson (Lab: Blakenall) said: "Tonight's turnout of patients is a good show of democracy. It's important that the surgery remains where it is."
Councillor Melvin Pitt (Con: Bloxwich West) said: “The scrutiny panel says it should stay. I’m sure the patients will say it should stay. It appears people are saying they want it, the question is whether the PCT will listen to the consultation.”
Councillor Clive Ault (Con: Pelsall), health scrutiny and performance panel chairman said: "At the recent local neighbourhood partnership meeting in Blakenall, it was very clear that the people living in the Mossley and Dudley Fields estates want their own doctor. They don't want to travel to Pinfold Health Centre. Tonight, this desire has been reaffirmed and the panel recommends that the surgery should continue from Abbey Square."
The consultation continues until Friday 23 April and people can email their views toconsultations@walsall.nhs.uk or contact NHS Walsall on 01922 618358 to discuss them. It is anticipated that NHS Walsall will make a final decision on the future of the surgery in July 2010.
Professor Sam Ramaiah, Walsall’s director of public health, said: "We are still eager to learn the views of all local people who have not already commented.
"The Board of NHS Walsall will take into full account all feedback – as well as other important factors including sustainability – before coming to a decision at our public Board meeting in July 2010."
Walsall Advertiser 22 Mar 10 New hope for under-threat GPs' surgery
Walsall Council 12 Mar 10 Scrutiny briefing note pdf
Walsall Council 12 Mar 10 Mossley GP crisis to be probed by council
Express & Star 25 Feb 10 Pharmacist makes offer on Bloxwich surgery
Advertiser 5 Feb 10 NHS wants patients' views on Walsall practices
The YamYam 30 Jan 10 Threatened Mossley surgery deadline extended
Express & Star 28 Jan 10 Patients’ uproar as third GP leaves Mossley surgery
The YamYam 13 Jan 10 Public meeting on threatened Mossley surgery
Express & Star 31 Dec Fears for Bloxwich surgery as doctors step down
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Delivery driver stole Blakenall chip shop payments
19 Mar 10 16:44
Delivery driver stole Blakenall chip shop payments
Express & Star 19 Mar 10
A driver who stole money while making deliveries to fish and chip shops in the West Midlands has been ordered to pay more than £500 and told he must do work in the community...
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Yellow water shock in Bloxwich homes
17 Mar 10 12:22
Yellow water shock in Bloxwich homes
Express & Star 17 Mar 10
Yellow water has been pouring through the taps of hundreds of households – sparked by a burst pipe drama in the Black Country. Families in Bloxwich noticed the discoloured water, which Walsall-based South Staffordshire Water blamed on the water main problems in Great Bridge more than seven miles away...
South Staffordshire Water News
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
Bloxwich Library building work gathers pace
15 Mar 10 13:17
Bloxwich Library building work gathers pace
Bloxidge Tallygraph 14 Mar 10
Bloxwich Library and the attached Library Theatre, opened 1960-64, are currently undergoing major refurbishment and remodelling to make the facility, which has been renamed Bloxwich Library & Studio Theatre (B.L.A.S.T) as state-of-the-art and user-friendly for the 21st century as it was cutting edge when it opened in the swinging 60s...
Bloxidge Tallygraph 14 Mar 10 Into The Matrix: Bloxwich arrives in Cyberspace
Bloxidge Tallygraph 24 Jan 10 Forum is having a blast in Bloxwich
Tallygraph A Short History of Bloxwich Libraries
Tallygraph 21 Nov 09 Bloxwich Library works under way
Walsall Council Bloxwich Library