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Staffordshire Hoard fund hits £3.3m target
24 Mar 10 14:56
Staffordshire Hoard fund hits £3.3m target
Express & Star 24 Mar 10
The Staffordshire Hoard will now be on permanent display at museums in the Midlands after fundraisers hit their £3.3 million target almost a month ahead of schedule.
The Hoard, the largest ever find of Anglo-Saxon gold, will now be on display at museums in Birmingham and Stoke.
The National Heritage Memorial Fund, a government funding pot for historical artefacts, pledged £1,285,000 to the campaign, hitting the fund target. The treasures were dug up in a field in Hammerwich, near Burntwood last July...
Express & Star 23 Mar 10 Staffordshire Hoard hits £3.3 million target
BBC News 23 Mar 10 Staffordshire Hoard saved for the West Midlands
B’ham Post 23 Mar 10 Hoard to stay in Birmingham after saved by Government heritage grant
Neil Elkes B’ham Mail 20 Mar 10 Victory in battle to keep Hoard in Midlands
Walsall Advertiser 23 Mar 10 Part of Hoard may be displayed in Walsall
BBC News 19 Mar 10 Fresh dig at Staffordshire hoard treasure site
The Mushroom 18 Mar 10 Comment: There's gold in them thar hills
B’Mail 15 Mar Brum queues see return of Hoard
BBC News 13 Mar Hoard returns to Birmingham
Walsall Advertiser 11 Mar 10 Staffordshire Hoard should return to 'real home'
Richard Worrall Walsall Advertiser 8 Mar 10 Comment: Hoard would do wonders for Walsall
Walsall Advertiser 27 Feb 10 Walsall Council defends decision over Hoard
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
Walsall Advertiser 18 Feb 10 Walsall fury over Staffordshire Hoard
Richard Worrall Walsall Advertiser 11 Feb 10 Walsall’s interest in the Hoard is far too little, too late
Uncertainty over child neglect deaths
24 Mar 10 14:16
Uncertainty over child neglect deaths
Express & Star 24 Mar 10
The Government does not know exactly how many youngsters are dying from neglect while under the watch of social workers, its children’s champion has admitted. Shock new figures released by Children’s Minister Dawn Primarolo show the deaths of some 18,232 youngsters aged four and under were registered in total by local authorities in England and Wales between 2004 and 2008. This includes 770 in Birmingham, 276 in Staffordshire, 192 in Sandwell, 169 in Walsall, 116 in Wolverhampton, 110 in Dudley and 141 in Shropshire in the five year period...
Express & Star 24 Mar 10 Judge due to sum up in Black Country baby murder trial
B’Mail 20 Mar Early retirement for Khyra official?
B’ham Post 19 Mar B’ham accused of scapegoating
B’ham Mail 19 Mar 10 Six Birmingham social workers sacked
Police search for Pelsall flasher
24 Mar 10 14:03
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Police search for Pelsall flasher
The YamYam 24 Mar 10
A flasher has struck three times in Pelsall prompting an appeal from police. Officers have had two reports recently of indecent exposure on Pelsall North Common and on 22 February the man struck again, exposing himself on the towpath. He is white, between 5ft 8 and 5ft 10 in tall, middle aged and has a bald or shaved head.
Express & Star 18 Aug 09 Flasher at Walsall Arboretum
Police search for Pelsall flasher
The YamYam 24 Mar 10
A flasher has struck three times in Pelsall prompting an appeal from police. Officers have had two reports recently of indecent exposure on Pelsall North Common and on 22 February the man struck again, exposing himself on the towpath. He is white, between 5ft 8 and 5ft 10 in tall, middle aged and has a bald or shaved head.
Express & Star 18 Aug 09 Flasher at Walsall Arboretum
‘Caretaker’ fled from Walsall cannabis factory
24 Mar 10 13:55
‘Caretaker’ fled from Walsall cannabis factory
Express & Star 24 Mar 10
A man spotted running from a house in Tasker Street where more than 100 cannabis plants were discovered by police has admitted caretaking the makeshift drugs factory...
Express & Star 24 Mar 10 Cannabis grown in Wolverhampton to ‘keep afloat’
The YamYam 17 Mar 10 Chuckery biscuit tin cannabis man fined £20
Express & Star 17 Mar 10 Chuckery woman is sentenced over cannabis
Express & Star 18 Mar 10 Two cannabis factory finds in WM every day
Express & Star 5 Mar 10 Dudley cannabis coach men jailed
Express & Star 4 Mar 10 Sixteen in court on Walsall drug charges
B’ham Post 3 Mar 10 Cannabis mansion raided in Little Aston
Express & Star 3 Mar 10 Drugs factory found on Millionaires’ Row pictures
Express & Star 13 Feb 10 Police use riot gear in drugs raid at Wednesbury pub
ThePlasticHippo 12 Feb 10 Comment: Reefer madness
B’ham Mail 11 Feb 10 Massive cannabis factory discovered in Chuckery
Express & Star 10 Feb 10 £1million cannabis factory uncovered in Chuckery
Express & Star 6 Feb 10 Walsall councillor in cannabis property shock
Walsall Advertiser 4 Feb 10 Tip off leads police to Walsall cannabis factory
Express & Star 3 Feb 10 Town’s biggest drug factory is discovered
BBC 28 Jan 2,000 cannabis plant haul in Stourbridge
Express & Star 28 Jan Burglary probe officers stumble across Pleck drugs factory
The YamYam 27 Jan 10 Pelsall drug pub keeps licence
Express & Star 16 Jan 10 Migrant pair admit Willenhall drug farm charge
Express & Star 16 Jan Police plea to report possible drug dens
Express & Star 2 Dec Jail for illegals who ran Walsall cannabis factory
Walsall Advertiser 27 Nov Houses raided in Walsall drugs and stolen goods crackdown
Advertiser 15 Nov Pelsall pub drug raid leads to six arrests
Express & Star 05 Nov Second cannabis farm discovered in Wednesbury
Express & Star 05 Nov Drugs stash seized at Tipton pub
Express & Star 05 Nov Drugs dog brings the word
Express & Star 3 Nov Wednesbury homes stormed in dawn cannabis raids
Express & Star 29 Oct Alcohol & fags 'worse than cannabis, Ecstacy & LSD'
Express & Star 27 Oct Cannabis factory uncovered in Bloxwich
YamYam 16 Oct 09 Blakenall cannabis arrests
Telegraph 16 Oct Cannabis factory 'of Amazonian proportions' found in North Wales
YamYam 13 Oct Fire at Willenhall cannabis factory
Express & Star 29 Aug Drugs factory found at home
Express & Star 26 Aug Police red-faced after tomatoes raid
Express & Star 20 Aug Officers net drugs in Wednesbury
Express & Star 1 Aug Drug plants seized in Walsall swoop
BBC News 18 May Police seize Walsall cannabis 'forest'
Express & Star 19 Mar Cannabis plants seized in raid
Express & Star 17 Mar Doorstep cannabis farms
Express & Star 16 Mar Cannabis hauls found a day apart
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
Rush hour misery on Midlands-London train line
24 Mar 10 13:09
Rush hour misery on Midlands-London train line
William Oliphant B’ham Mail 24 Mar 10
Hundreds of commuters between Birmingham and London were delayed after a power cut caused signalling problems on trains. A disruption in the power supply between Milton Keynes and Wolverhampton caused signals to go offline from 4pm on Tuesday and power was not restored until 7pm...
B’ham Post 9 Feb 10 Second day of rail delays between Birmingham and London
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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...
Walsall Housing Group Home
Walsall Council Blakenall and Poets Estate
Walsall Council Blakenall & Bloxwich Local Neighbourhood Partnership
Countdown to Walsall Beer Festival
23 Mar 10 15:45
Countdown to Walsall Beer Festival
Walsall Council 23 Mar 10
With more than 100 beers, 30 traditional perries and ciders to tempt the tastebuds and a host of live entertainment, this year’s Walsall Beer Festival promises to be an event to remember. Organised by Walsall CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale), the 29th Real Ale and Cider Festival is being held at Walsall Town Hall from Thursday 25 March until Saturday 27 March. Last year's festival attracted 3,500 visitors and organisers are looking forward to another successful year...
Walsall CAMRA Home
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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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...
Wikipedia James Curtin
XWA Wrestling Rockstar Spud
Part of Hoard may be displayed in Walsall
23 Mar 10 15:24
Part of Hoard may be displayed in Walsall
Walsall Advertiser 23 Mar 10
Elements of the Anglo-Saxon hoard of treasure discovered near Brownhills could be exhibited in the Walsall borough. Walsall's Museums Service is working with local authorities in Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Birmingham, Lichfield and Tamworth with a view to housing some of the treasure for public display. Criticism has been pointed at Walsall Council for not immediately declaring its interest in the Hoard, despite it being discovered just metres from the borough boundary...
Express & Star 23 Mar 10 Staffordshire Hoard hits £3.3 million target
BBC News 23 Mar 10 Staffordshire Hoard saved for the West Midlands
B’ham Post 23 Mar 10 Hoard to stay in Birmingham after saved by Government heritage grant
Neil Elkes B’ham Mail 20 Mar 10 Victory in battle to keep Hoard in Midlands
BBC News 19 Mar 10 Fresh dig at Staffordshire hoard treasure site
The Mushroom 18 Mar 10 Comment: There's gold in them thar hills
B’Mail 15 Mar Brum queues see return of Hoard
BBC News 13 Mar Hoard returns to Birmingham
Walsall Advertiser 11 Mar 10 Staffordshire Hoard should return to 'real home'
Richard Worrall Walsall Advertiser 8 Mar 10 Comment: Hoard would do wonders for Walsall
Walsall Advertiser 27 Feb 10 Walsall Council defends decision over Hoard
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
Walsall Advertiser 18 Feb 10 Walsall fury over Staffordshire Hoard
Richard Worrall Walsall Advertiser 11 Feb 10 Walsall’s interest in the Hoard is far too little, too late
Walsall College boss hits out over funding
23 Mar 10 13:03
Walsall College boss hits out over funding
Express & Star 23 Mar 10
Walsall College boss Amarjit Basi has slammed moves to slash further education funding in the region which has suffered most from unemployment due to the recession. Adult learning courses at the college are facing a 25 per cent cut under Government plans announced earlier this month...
Cllr Ian Shires 23 Mar Funding crisis could affect Sneyd
BBC News 22 Mar 10 West Mids college courses dropped over funding fear
Matt Lloyd B’ham Mail 16 Feb 10 Funding cuts will hit courses hard at new Walsall College
BBC 13 Feb Universities warn of funding cuts crisis
Walsall College News
Petition to flatten former Wednesbury church
23 Mar 10 12:48
Petition to flatten former Wednesbury church
Express & Star 23 Mar 10
People living near to a burnt out former church in Wednesbury have started a petition to get it pulled down. The former Methodist Church in Ridding Lane was set on fire on Sunday night, but residents say that the blaze is the latest in almost a decade of problems...
West Mids college courses dropped over funding fear
23 Mar 10 03:24
West Mids college courses dropped over funding fear
BBC News 22 Mar 10
Colleges across the West Midlands say they fear having to drop hundreds of courses due to a cut in funding. North East Worcestershire College said it could drop up to 100 courses and City College Coventry said it will lose around £1m from its budget. Walsall College officials said it also could lose £1.5m in funding...
Matt Lloyd B’ham Mail 16 Feb 10 Funding cuts will hit courses hard at new Walsall College
BBC 13 Feb Universities warn of funding cuts crisis
Walsall College News
Walsall Sunday parking fees top £12,000
22 Mar 10 18:13
Walsall Sunday parking fees top £12,000
Express & Star 22 Mar 10
Sunday parking charges in Walsall town centre have raised about £12,000 in six months. Walsall Council said introducing fees on a Sunday would go towards car park maintenance...
Express & Star 1 Mar 10 £500,000 is raised from Walsall driver fines
The YamYam 31 Jan 10 Walsall disabled parking move blunder
The YamYam 23 Jan 10 Parking by phone in Walsall plans ditched
Express & Star 4 Jan 10 Willenhall councillor calls for parking crackdown
Advertiser 17 Dec 09 Councillors see red in bid to cut Walsall road congestion
Walsall Council 15 Dec Parking clampdown on schools planned
Walsall Advertiser 15 Dec Palfrey & Caldmore target illegal parking
Express & Star 7 Dec Walsall parking fees rise to bring in £170k
YamYam 25 Nov Walsall drivers pay £95k in parking fines
Tax Payers Alliance 24 Nov TPA exposes £328 million parkiing fines council cash cow
Express & Star 24 Nov Parking fines pull in £6.5 million
Express & Star 21 Nov Driveway parking ban will see drivers fined
Express & Star 16 Nov On-street Walsall parking fees may be imposed
YamYam 6 Oct Council raises £720,000 from parking tickets
The YamYam 2 Oct Alumwell parking misery continues after crackdown
Advertiser 21 Sep Walsall parking crackdown hailed as big success
Advertiser 27 Aug Crackdown on illegal Walsall parking
B'ham Mail 24 Aug Safetynet launched to catch illegal Walsall parkers
BBC News 22 Aug Police target illegal car parking in Walsall
Express & Star 15 Aug Walsall's Sunday parking charges revealed
Express & Star 8 Aug Walsall Sunday car park charges to be unveiled
Express & Star 8 Aug Council 'need' more parking wardens
B'ham Mail 4 Aug Walsall parking restrictions scare off Great Barr shoppers
Express & Star 27 Jul Walsall parking wardens attacked for fines
Express & Star 6 Jul Sunday parking fees soon
Blog Walsallparking Have your say here
Walsall Advertiser 26 May Plan to target 'school run' parking
Walsall Advertiser 14 May Council 'positive' as 78 a day fined for parking
Walsall Advertiser 6 May Walsall car parking charges set to soar
The Guardian 5 May Milking the motorist: it's parking fines, not speeding
Express & Star 28 Apr Parking fees to increase by third
The Guardian 21 Apr Councils cash in on parking
Blog Walsallparking 27 Apr Empty long stay car parks
Blog Walsallparking 27 Apr Thank you Walsall
Blog Walsallparking 25 Apr Freer Street parking
Walsall Council 25 Apr Charges 'fair & reasonable'
Walsallparking Blog 25 Apr Blog calls for views
Walsall Advertiser 9 Apr Parking fines hit Walsall shops
Express & Star 1 Apr 09 Traders fear worst over parking blitz
Walsall Council PR 19 Mar No Foolsday for parkers
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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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
£12m for West Mids 'Ring and Ride' scheme
22 Mar 10 17:48
£12m for West Mids 'Ring and Ride' scheme
Beacon Radio 21 Mar 10
£12m being invested in West Midlands' door-to-door bus service for people with mobility problems. Centro are providing the funding for the service, which currently gives 70,000 people in our area door-to-door transport to day care centres and other locations at their request, over the next three years...
B’ham Mail 22 Mar 10 Improvements for Ring and Ride service
Express & Star 7 May 09 Former Charity bus service reinstated
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Motorcyclist seriously injured in Shire Oak
22 Mar 10 17:41
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Motorcyclist seriously injured in Shire Oak
Express & Star 22 Mar 10
A woman was airlifted to hospital after the motorcycle she was riding careered into a concrete bollard. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the area outside the Shire Oak pub at the junction of Chester Road and Lichfield Road, Brownhills, at about 11.30am on Sunday...
Motorcyclist seriously injured in Shire Oak
Express & Star 22 Mar 10
A woman was airlifted to hospital after the motorcycle she was riding careered into a concrete bollard. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the area outside the Shire Oak pub at the junction of Chester Road and Lichfield Road, Brownhills, at about 11.30am on Sunday...
Jail for Walsall burglar who fell off roof
22 Mar 10 14:09
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Jail for Caldmore burglar who fell off roof
Walsall Advertiser 22 Mar 10
A clumsy burglar was caught after falling off the house he was raiding and breaking his leg. Desmond Campbell, of Corporation Street, Caldmore, was disturbed while trying to steal a TV from the house, and then climbed onto the roof to try and hide from police, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told...
Jail for Caldmore burglar who fell off roof
Walsall Advertiser 22 Mar 10
A clumsy burglar was caught after falling off the house he was raiding and breaking his leg. Desmond Campbell, of Corporation Street, Caldmore, was disturbed while trying to steal a TV from the house, and then climbed onto the roof to try and hide from police, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told...
Thousands appeal to save Bell Inn
22 Mar 10 14:05
Thousands appeal to save Willenhall’s Bell Inn
Walsall Advertiser 22 Mar 10
More than 1,500 campaigners have added their names to a petition calling on Walsall Council to save the borough's oldest pub. The authority has already been forced to shell out for emergency repairs, which the owners of The Bell Inn, in Willenhall, failed to carry out.
Campaigners claim the only hope is for the council to order an enforced sale, whereby the pub would be sold at public auction in order for the authority to recoup the cash it has paid out for repairs...
Keith Watkins, Walsall CAMRA Walsall Advertiser 11 Feb 10 Bell tolls for conservation
Express & Star 9 Feb 10 Willenhall pub in blaze hazard warning
Cllr Ian Shires 9 Feb 10 Petition raised to save Willenhall’s historic Bell pub
The YamYam 4 Feb 10 Another fire at historic Willenhall pub
Walsall Council Development Control Committee October 2006
Advertiser 23 Jan 10 Historian is signed up to discuss Walsall pubs
Express & Star 4 Jan 10 Derelict Bloxwich pub transformation rejected
Advertiser 28 Sep Derelict Bell & Eagle pubs are cause for concern
Cllr Ian Shires 15 Sep Walsall Tories allow political dogma to stand in the way of helping local community pubs
Walsall charity gets £20,000 to support victims
22 Mar 10 13:16
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Walsall charity gets £20,000 to support victims
Walsall Advertiser 22 Mar 10
Victims of rape and sexual violence in Walsall will be given continued help from a support group based in the town centre thanks to 'vital' funding from central government for Crisis Point, based in Lower Hall Lane...
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BBC News 19 Feb 03 Domestic violence: Intervening in crisis
Walsall charity gets £20,000 to support victims
Walsall Advertiser 22 Mar 10
Victims of rape and sexual violence in Walsall will be given continued help from a support group based in the town centre thanks to 'vital' funding from central government for Crisis Point, based in Lower Hall Lane...
Crisis Point Home (under construction)
Touch Local Crisis Point details
BBC News 19 Feb 03 Domestic violence: Intervening in crisis
Walsall Leather Museum offering franchise for cafe
22 Mar 10 12:35
Leather museum offering franchise for cafe
Express & Star 22 Mar 10
The Walsall Leather Museum is on the lookout for someone to keep its restaurant open. Cooky’s in the Saddle Room Cafe at The Leather Museum in Walsall is currently being run by former Royal Navy chef Ken Cook and his wife Trisha but they have decided to quit on health grounds...
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Hunt on for Bentley jewellery thieves
22 Mar 10 12:35
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Hunt on for Bentley jewellery thieves
The YamYam 20 Mar 10
A 42-year-old Bentley woman was seriously assaulted and threatened at her Poplar Avenue home by two men who made off with several thousand pounds worth of Asian gold jewellery and cash on Wednesday afternoon.
The robbers were disturbed at around 2:50pm on 17th March when the woman arrived home. As she unlocked her front door she heard footsteps at the side of her house and went to investigate.
The two men then pounced, bundled the woman to the floor before assaulting and threatening her. The men then fled with cash and a variety of Asian gold jewellery.
DC Mark Waite, from Bloxwich CID, said: "The offenders assaulted the victim causing her injuries. The level of violence used against this lady, someone who posed no threat to her assailants, was totally unwarranted. She required hospital treatment for bruising to her ribs, back and neck”.
Both men are described as white, 5ft 9ins tall and in their early 20s. One spoke with a local accent and is said to have been wearing a dark, tightly fitting beanie hat.
DC Waite added: "I'd urge anyone with information to contact us, particularly anyone suspicious of somebody who has inexplicably come across a significant amount of cash or gold jewellery."
Amongst the items stolen were rings – some featuring emerald green, white diamond, or black precious stones – and necklaces with diamond encrusted ball and heart-shaped pendants.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Bloxwich CID on 0845 113 5000 or the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
Express & Star 22 Mar 10 Ordeal of robbery woman
Hunt on for Bentley jewellery thieves
The YamYam 20 Mar 10
A 42-year-old Bentley woman was seriously assaulted and threatened at her Poplar Avenue home by two men who made off with several thousand pounds worth of Asian gold jewellery and cash on Wednesday afternoon.
The robbers were disturbed at around 2:50pm on 17th March when the woman arrived home. As she unlocked her front door she heard footsteps at the side of her house and went to investigate.
The two men then pounced, bundled the woman to the floor before assaulting and threatening her. The men then fled with cash and a variety of Asian gold jewellery.
DC Mark Waite, from Bloxwich CID, said: "The offenders assaulted the victim causing her injuries. The level of violence used against this lady, someone who posed no threat to her assailants, was totally unwarranted. She required hospital treatment for bruising to her ribs, back and neck”.
Both men are described as white, 5ft 9ins tall and in their early 20s. One spoke with a local accent and is said to have been wearing a dark, tightly fitting beanie hat.
DC Waite added: "I'd urge anyone with information to contact us, particularly anyone suspicious of somebody who has inexplicably come across a significant amount of cash or gold jewellery."
Amongst the items stolen were rings – some featuring emerald green, white diamond, or black precious stones – and necklaces with diamond encrusted ball and heart-shaped pendants.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Bloxwich CID on 0845 113 5000 or the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
Express & Star 22 Mar 10 Ordeal of robbery woman
‘Major deficiencies’ in the council costs Walsall £2.5million
22 Mar 10 02:15
‘Major deficiencies’ in the council costs Walsall £2.5million
Adam Lumley The YamYam 22 Mar 10
An independent inquiry has blasted Walsall Council as lacking the “capacity and competence” to manage European funding intended to regenerate communities in Walsall. The mismanagement of European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund grants has resulted in council tax payers in the borough footing a £2.5million bill.
A report by independent auditors Grant Thornton highlights the fact that under normal circumstances, the council should have acted as an intermediary between third sector organisations providing community projects and the Government Office of the West Midlands and would not normally be exposed to financial risk. However, a lack of adequate accounting, audit trails and risk management has led to the cash-strapped council paying back £2.5million out of a total of £3.2million in European Union funding.
The report, due to go before the council Audit Committee on Wednesday describes “major deficiencies” in the way that Walsall Council administered the funding scheme between 2003 and 2009 and quotes the Government Office of the West Midlands who, following an inspection last August, found that the council management and control systems were “inadequate” and that the overall position was “wholly unsatisfactory”.
A lack of transparency, ineffectual communication and a reluctance to undergo meaningful scrutiny resulted in the Government Office of the West Midlands threatening to fine the council in addition to claiming back the full £3.2million grant. In light of its findings, the report recommends that the council should now “undertake a review of all other major grant funding streams”.
The inquiry team from Grant Thornton interviewed a number of councillors and current and former council employees involved in the debacle, including current Chief Executive Paul Sheehan, Council Leader Mike Bird and former head of programme management Peter Francis. Annie Shepherd, the Chief Executive of Walsall Council at the time of the scandal, did not appear before the inquiry.
Peter Francis alerted council bosses of his concerns regarding the management of the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund action plan within two weeks of being appointed. He was subsequently suspended and then sacked by the council. He later successfully claimed against unfair dismissal and was awarded £650,000 in compensation. In July last year, Council Leader Mike Bird implied that it was Mr Francis who was responsible for the funding crisis over a number of years even though the officer was only in post for nine months before his removal. The Thornton inquiry glosses over the affair, stating: “This report does not address these historical issues as the matter is outside of our scope.”
Annie Shepherd left Walsall Council in 2006 as an investigation by the Crown Prosecution Service and the City of London Police into financial irregularities was beginning. The investigation resulted in the finding that there was no evidence of criminal activity within the council. Ms Shepherd is now Chief Executive of Southwark Council.
Current Chief executive Paul Sheehan said: "We have just received what is a very comprehensive report into a number of important issues going back to 2000. "We will now consider the full implications of the report before taking appropriate action. It is essential that we respond to any weaknesses in the Council’s processes in order to avoid any repetition in the future."
The Audit Committee, which meets on Wednesday, will have to consider the findings of the inquiry and pass on its recommendations to full council. However, as the Grant Thornton report points out, the Audit Committee “has the overall responsibility for ensuring the Council risk management arrangements are sound and effective” and so, as the overseer and vital watchdog of financial dealings with both Westminster and European funding, the committee has failed and, in reality, be in a position to judge itself.
No disciplinary action against officers who remain in service with the Local Authority has been announced and, as yet, no councillors responsible for the mess have offered their resignations.
Express & Star 22 Mar 10 Fury at £2.5m cash blunder
Express & Star 20 Mar 10 Bumper pay boost for Walsall Council boss
Business Desk 15 Mar 10 Councils warned of new accounting practices
The YamYam 10 Mar 10 Walsall Council accounting cock-up
Walsall Council Cabinet report 18 Nov Walsall Council Governance Audit Report PDF
Express & Star 29 Oct 09 Highways manager blames departure on Walsall Council
YamYam 17 Nov Council discrimination decision due in weeks
YamYam 15 Nov Audit: Walsall Council could do better
Express & Star 7July 09 (am) Whistleblower in row over EU cash crisis
BrownhillsBob 7 Jul That's alright then, it was that other bloke's fault
BrownhillsBob 30 Jun Lost property - can you help?
Express & Star 29 Jun Council must pay back up to £4m
Advertiser 25 Jun 09 Misspending legacy lingers on
Advertiser 18 Jun 09 Council cleared over £42m spending
E&S 13 Jun Council get all clear in police & CPS probe
B'ham Post 14 May 08 Council surveyor life threatened over bungs (Kemp: on-going)
TheyWorkforYou 7 Mar 08 Walsall Council Hansard debate (Francis, Parish, Kemp, McDonald)
Blog Bob Piper 17 Sep 07 What Walsall did to him (Francis)
Audit Commission 11 Sep 07 Range of failings led to payout (Francis)
Blog Bob Piper 6 Sep 07 Walsall cover-up
Blog Bob Piper 6 Sep 07 Report to blast Tory Council
Personnel Today 26 Jan 07 Out-of-court settlement for worker sacked by fax (McDonald)
Express & Star 23 Jan 07 Fax sacking woman wins cash (McDonald)
B'ham Post 6 Dec 06 Whistleblower's £650k payout (Francis)
Walsall Council 5 Dec 06 Council agrees settlement (Francis)
B'ham Post 25 May 06 Walsall pays out after sacking (Francis)
Blog Peter Francis What Walsall did to me (Francis)
Walsall Council Audit Committee Grant Thornton Report
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Football: Unibond round-up
21 Mar 10 13:40
Unibond round-up
Lee Gibson Mercury 21 Mar 10
A goal late in each half saw Chasetown back to winning ways at Carlton Town, the Pics picked up an extremely useful point at home against third placed Kidsgrove Athletic whilst basement boys Willenhall took a welcome point from their clash with a Lincoln side missing several key players...
Unibond First Division South
Fixtures | Results | Table
20 Mar Carlton 0 Chasetown 2
NLN 20 Mar Rushall Olympic 1 Kidsgrove 1
20 Mar Willenhall 0 Lincoln 0
YamYam 20 Mar Local football fixtures and results
Walsall mental health charity on the brink
21 Mar 10 03:37
Walsall mental health charity on the brink
The YamYam 21 Mar 10
A Walsall charity which provides mental health support to isolated members of the community faces an uncertain future after being refused vital funding.
NHS Walsall has rejected a funding application from the Black Sisters Collective based in Wednesbury Road for a yearly £50,000 grant to provide one full-time and two part-time support workers. Unless alternative funding is secured in the next few weeks, the project is likely to face closure. Maureen Lewis, director of the collective, said: “We are very unhappy about this application for funds being turned down so late in the day. We now have two weeks to look to other sources or the service will close in April.
“We have been trying to negotiate with NHS Walsall for the last four years for a more long-term arrangement for the mental health project. We have been getting various pots of money from their commissioning team to help cover some of the work we do, but we want to get out of the cycle where every March we are saying to our service users we may be closing because of a lack of funding.
“We really don’t think £50,000 is a lot to ask.”
In January, it emerged that funding promised to the Black Sisters Collective under the government Supporting People grant had been allocated in error by Walsall Council and none of the £7million awarded to Walsall went to the group in spite of assurances that it would.
NHS Walsall blames “pressure” in the financial climate for the latest setback. A letter from Anet Baker, senior joint commissioning manager for NHS Walsall, told the charity: “The financial climate in both the local authority and NHS Walsall has been under increasing pressure over the last few years. Whilst it is appreciated that Walsall Black Sisters Collective provides a valuable and much needed service to the black and minority ethnic community it is with regret that I have to inform you funds to enable NHS Walsall to commission such a service, as described in your proposal, is not available.”
The YamYam 14 Jan Charities named in Walsall grants bungle
Express & Star 12 Jan Walsall Council in £357k grant mix-up
Walsall Council Supporting People
Supporting People Home
Walsall Black Sisters Collective Home
Lottery results: Saturday March 20
21 Mar 10 03:24
Lottery results
The YamYam 20 Mar 10
Lottery results for Saturday 20 March
Thunderball
3, 7, 9, 13, 29
Thunderball: 13
Dream Number
2, 6, 1, 1, 4, 0, 3
Lotto
5, 11, 13, 18, 25, 46
Bonus Ball: 26
National Lottery Results
Victory in battle to keep Hoard in Midlands
20 Mar 10 19:23
Victory in battle to keep Hoard in Midlands
Neil Elkes B’ham Mail 20 Mar 10
But not in Walsall
The Staffordshire Hoard has been saved for generations of Midland families to enjoy after a huge fundraising campaign hit its £3.3 million target. The iconic collection of 1,500 pieces of Anglo-Saxon gold will stay in the Midlands after a £1.3 million Lotto grant boosted the £2 million already drummed up by a high-profile public appeal...
BBC News 19 Mar 10 Fresh dig at Staffordshire hoard treasure site
The Mushroom 18 Mar 10 Comment: There's gold in them thar hills
B’Mail 15 Mar Brum queues see return of Hoard
BBC News 13 Mar Hoard returns to Birmingham
Walsall Advertiser 11 Mar 10 Staffordshire Hoard should return to 'real home'
Richard Worrall Walsall Advertiser 8 Mar 10 Comment: Hoard would do wonders for Walsall
Walsall Advertiser 27 Feb 10 Walsall Council defends decision over Hoard
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
Walsall Advertiser 18 Feb 10 Walsall fury over Staffordshire Hoard
Richard Worrall Walsall Advertiser 11 Feb 10 Walsall’s interest in the Hoard is far too little, too late
BBC 10 Mar More Hoard items on display in Brum
B’ham Mail 27 Feb 10 Staffordshire Hoard campaign funds reach £1million
BBC News 26 Feb Hoard campaign reaches £1m mark
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
BBC News 13 Feb 10 Hoard fund stands at £750,000
B’ham Mail 13 Feb 10 Hoard appeal gets £200,000 public donations
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
Crime spree of freed class A drug addicts
20 Mar 10 18:54
Crime spree of freed class A drug addicts
Express & Star 20 Mar 10
Class A drug addicts released into the community in parts of the West Midlands are going on to commit an average of three offences each in the first year after leaving jail, Home Office figures reveal. A report on drug-misusing offenders found that 674 crimes were committed by a sample of 226 known users in Walsall in 2008, while 666 offences were recorded by some 218 in Wolverhampton...
Home Office Tackling drugs changes lives
Home Office Drug-related crime
Bumper pay boost for Walsall Council boss
20 Mar 10 14:25
Bumper pay boost for Walsall Council boss
Express & Star 20 Mar 10
Topping the Black Country salary league is Walsall’s chief executive Paul Sheehan whose wages have risen by 16 per cent to £189,533 since 2008. Walsall Council leader Mike Bird insisted the role of its chief executive required a unique range of skills and experience that commanded a high wage. Lichfield District Council boss Nina Dawes is paid £96,906 and she took a wage freeze last year...
The YamYam 27 Feb 10 Walsall council tax rise approved
Express & Star 9 Sep 09 Cash crisis at Walsall Council
YamYam 29 Aug Walsall Council care budget slashed
Express & Star 17 Aug Walsall Council's £2.25m consultant bill attacked
Express & Star 13 Aug Council to cut £10m agency bill
BrownhillsBob 4 Jul Blogger apologises to Walsall Council boss
Express & Star 3 Jul 300 council staff earn over £50k
Express & Star 25 Jun Walsall Council jobs toll at 470
Express & Star 24 Jun Council pension deficit of £268m
Tax Payers Alliance Town Hall Rich list 2008 (pdf)
Walsall Council internal magazine Team Spirit
Twitter Paul Sheehan
Fresh dig at Staffordshire hoard treasure site
20 Mar 10 00:06
Fresh dig at Staffordshire hoard treasure site
BBC News 19 Mar 10
Another dig is to be held at the site of where the UK's largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure was discovered near Walsall. The original find of 1,500 gold and silver pieces was made by Bloxwich metal detectorist Terry Herbert in a farmer's field near Burntwood in July 2009. Experts say the new dig is not expected to turn up any more gold, but could reveal how the original items came to be there...
The Mushroom 18 Mar 10 Comment: There's gold in them thar hills
B’Mail 15 Mar Brum queues see return of Hoard
BBC News 13 Mar Hoard returns to Birmingham
Walsall Advertiser 11 Mar 10 Staffordshire Hoard should return to 'real home'
Richard Worrall Walsall Advertiser 8 Mar 10 Comment: Hoard would do wonders for Walsall
Walsall Advertiser 27 Feb 10 Walsall Council defends decision over Hoard
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
Walsall Advertiser 18 Feb 10 Walsall fury over Staffordshire Hoard
Richard Worrall Walsall Advertiser 11 Feb 10 Walsall’s interest in the Hoard is far too little, too late
BBC 10 Mar More Hoard items on display in Brum
B’ham Mail 27 Feb 10 Staffordshire Hoard campaign funds reach £1million
BBC News 26 Feb Hoard campaign reaches £1m mark
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
BBC News 13 Feb 10 Hoard fund stands at £750,000
B’ham Mail 13 Feb 10 Hoard appeal gets £200,000 public donations
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
Teenager arrested over fatal screwdriver stabbing
19 Mar 10 17:44
Teenager arrested over fatal screwdriver stabbing
The YamYam 19 Mar 10
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and held by police in Walsall on suspicion of murder after Sarfraz Khan, a 24-year-old father of two from Birmingham, was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver at a children’s play area in Sparkbrook.
Mr Khan, from Hodge Hill, died in hospital earlier this week, four days after being stabbed.
Detectives believe Mr Khan, who has two daughters aged two and four, became involved in an argument after a group of up to eight teenagers, including at least two girls, objected to him urinating at the play area.
Officers were still appealing for witnesses and were keen to speak to two female teenagers who they believe were at the scene.
BBC 20 Mar Boy remanded
BBC 19 Mar 10 Arrest after screwdriver killing
B’Mail 19 Mar 10 Teenager questioned over Sparkbrook screwdriver stabbing
Asian News 17 Mar 10 Murder enquiry launched after man dies from head injuries
Aftermath of bomb that killed Walsall soldier 'like scene from a movie'
19 Mar 10 16:50
Aftermath of bomb that killed Walsall soldier 'like scene from a movie'
Telegraph 19 Mar 10
The aftermath of a Taliban bomb trap that killed five British soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan including Corporal Jonathan Horne from the Delves, was ''like something from a movie'', an inquest heard today...
Express & Star 20 Mar Hero Jay was killed helping wounded pals
B’ham Mail 20 Mar 10 Two midland soldiers 'unlawfully killed' in Afghanistan explosion
BBC 19 Mar 10 Inquest told of bomb trap carnage
B’ham Mail 19 Mar 10 Inquest hears of Taliban bomb carnage
B’ham Mail 19 Mar 10 Inquest to resume into death of Walsall soldier killed in Afghanistan
B’ham Mail 19 Mar 10 Homes for Heroes to be built in Birmingham
B’ham Mail 19 Mar 10 WM soldiers undergo intensive training in Kenya
Mercury 19 Mar 10 Posthumous medal for Army bomb hero
B'ham Mail 06 Nov 09 2 Rifles remember their dead at homecoming medals ceremony
Express & Star 26 Oct Medal marks tragic Wasall soldier’s bravery
Express & Star 24 Oct Walsall hero of Afghanistan is honoured
B'ham Mail 24 Oct Elizabeth Cross medal to be made in Birmingham
Express & Star 10 Oct Walsall hero soldiers to get plaque
Express & Star 20 Aug Hero award for Jonathan
Advertiser Letters Page 20 Aug How many deaths?
Express & Star 17 Aug Honour for Walsall war heroes
B'ham Post 29 Jul Funeral of hero killed in Afghanistan
Express & Star 15 Jul Turn out for Walsall hero Jay
Afghan Heroes Corporal Jonathan Horne
Times British deaths in Afghanistan
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...
BizWiki Blakenall Fish Bar
Inquest to resume into death of Walsall soldier killed in Afghanistan
19 Mar 10 15:26
Inquest to resume into death of Walsall soldier killed in Afghanistan
B’ham Mail 19 Mar 10
An inquest will resume into the deaths of five British soldiers - including three from the West Midlands - killed in Afghanistan by a Taliban bombing tactic involving two explosions. The comrades from 2nd Battalion The Rifles (2 Rifles) lost their lives near Sangin, Helmand Province, last July during Operation Panther's Claw in a so-called "daisy chain" bomb attack. They were Corporal Jonathan Horne, 28 from the Delves; Rifleman William Aldridge, 18; Rifleman James Backhouse, 18; Rifleman Joseph Murphy, 18; and Rifleman Daniel Simpson, 20...
BBC 19 Mar 10 Inquest told of bomb trap carnage
B’ham Mail 19 Mar 10 Inquest hears of Taliban bomb carnage
B’ham Mail 19 Mar 10 Homes for Heroes to be built in Birmingham
B’ham Mail 19 Mar 10 WM soldiers undergo intensive training in Kenya
Mercury 19 Mar 10 Posthumous medal for Army bomb hero
B'ham Mail 06 Nov 09 2 Rifles remember their dead at homecoming medals ceremony
Express & Star 26 Oct Medal marks tragic Wasall soldier’s bravery
Express & Star 24 Oct Walsall hero of Afghanistan is honoured
B'ham Mail 24 Oct Elizabeth Cross medal to be made in Birmingham
Express & Star 10 Oct Walsall hero soldiers to get plaque
Express & Star 20 Aug Hero award for Jonathan
Advertiser Letters Page 20 Aug How many deaths?
Express & Star 17 Aug Honour for Walsall war heroes
B'ham Post 29 Jul Funeral of hero killed in Afghanistan
Express & Star 15 Jul Turn out for Walsall hero Jay
Afghan Heroes Corporal Jonathan Horne
Times British deaths in Afghanistan
New look for region’s police on the beat
19 Mar 10 15:06
New look for region’s police on the beat
Express & Star 19 Mar 10
It is a far cry from Dixon of Dock Green – the traditional shirt, tie and blazer replaced by sporty polo tops. But this more casual attire is the new look West Midlands police officers will be sporting on the streets of the region within weeks. The ‘boys in blue’ will become the ‘boys in black’ as white shirts are swapped for black zip-up ones, which bobbies have said are more practical...
Jonathan Walker B’ham Mail 2 Mar 10 WM Police chief clashes with PM over beat bobbies
Express & Star 18 Feb 10 WM Police jobs to be lost
Birmingham Mail 17 Jun 09 Warning on stolen police uniforms
West Midlands Police Home
Icons Uniforms throughout the years - the Bobby
Wikipedia Police uniforms and equipment in the UK
UB40 are up for Walsall gig - video interview
19 Mar 10 14:30
Feature
UB40 are up for Walsall gig
Express & Star 19 Mar 10
Birmingham reggae legends UB40 made a special visit to the Banks’s football stadium on Thursday to promote their forthcoming open-air concert. The band held a press conference ahead of the Spring Happening, which will take place at Walsall’s Banks’s Stadium on 31 May...
Express & Star 18 Mar 10 UB40 spring into Banks’s stadium
Express & Star 5 Mar 10 Ticket rush for UB40 at the Banks’s stadium
Wikipedia UB40
UB40 Home
UB40 are up for Walsall gig
Express & Star 19 Mar 10
Birmingham reggae legends UB40 made a special visit to the Banks’s football stadium on Thursday to promote their forthcoming open-air concert. The band held a press conference ahead of the Spring Happening, which will take place at Walsall’s Banks’s Stadium on 31 May...
Express & Star 18 Mar 10 UB40 spring into Banks’s stadium
Express & Star 5 Mar 10 Ticket rush for UB40 at the Banks’s stadium
Wikipedia UB40
UB40 Home
Petrol prices soar ahead of tax hike
19 Mar 10 14:05
Petrol prices soar ahead of tax hike
Graeme Brown B’ham Post 19 Mar 10
Average petrol prices have risen 4p a litre in the last four weeks, taking them to the highest level since July 2008, new research shows. With a “trinity” of increases due in the next few days, the average could rise to a record 124p a litre just after Easter, the AA added. Its latest figures showed that the average price of a litre of petrol has risen from 112.10p in mid-February to 116.09p now - with 3p of the rise coming in the last two weeks...
Express & Star 19 Mar 10 New warning on fuel prices
Express & Star 16 Mar 10 WM petrol prices to hit new high
The AA 16 Mar 10 February fuel price report PDF
The AA Petrol prices and tax 1986 to 2005 PDF
B’ham Post 1 Sep 09 Motorists face winter of discontent over fuel price rises
BBC News 31 Aug 09 Fuel duty to rise from midnight
Cll Ian Shires 31 Aug 09 Petrol to rise again at midnight
Six Birmingham City Council social workers sacked
19 Mar 10 12:42
Six Birmingham social workers sacked
B’ham Mail 19 Mar 10
Six social workers at Birmingham City Council have been sacked over failings in the children's services department. Its director Colin Tucker said they were not doing their jobs properly and showed "no sign whatsoever" of adhering to expected standards...
B’ham Post 19 Mar B’ham accused of scapegoating
BBC News 19 Mar 10 Birmingham City Council social workers sacked
B’Mail 13 Mar Balls to intervene in Khyra case
BBC 12 Mar Couple jailed for starving Khyra Ishaq
B’Post 12 Mar B’ham children’s boss urged to resign
B’Post 9 Mar WM MPs call for Khyra officials to quit
B’Mail 8 Mar B’ham leader backs Khyra officials
B’Mail 5 Mar Khyra Ishaq sentencing adjourned
B’Post 4 Mar B’ham inquiry call into Khyra death
Stirrer 26 Feb B’ham sackings call after Khyra verdict
BBC News 25 Feb Khyra's mother guilty of killing
B’Post 8 Feb Step-dad believed Khyra possessed
B’Mail 5 Feb Stepfather had ‘role’ in Khyra’s death
B’Post 27 Jan Tragic Khyra ‘only fed porridge’
BBC News 29 Jun 09 Birmingham 'starved girl' murder trial stops
Birmingham City Council Childrens’ Services
Man admits careless driving caused death of Darlaston pensioner
19 Mar 10 12:29
News
Man admits careless driving caused death of Darlaston pensioner
Chris Henwood B’ham Mail 19 Mar 10
A fifty-eight-year-old West Bromwich man has admitted causing the death by careless driving of a Darlaston pensioner who was knocked down just yards from her home...
Express & Star 19 Mar 10 Elderly woman is killed on road
Man admits careless driving caused death of Darlaston pensioner
Chris Henwood B’ham Mail 19 Mar 10
A fifty-eight-year-old West Bromwich man has admitted causing the death by careless driving of a Darlaston pensioner who was knocked down just yards from her home...
Express & Star 19 Mar 10 Elderly woman is killed on road
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.
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Crews target arson hotpots on two wheels
18 Mar 10 14:37
Crews target arson hotpots on two wheels
Express & Star 18 Mar 10
Firefighters will be swapping their engines for bikes to combat arsonists and flytippers across Walsall...
BrownhillsBob 12 Mar 10 From the ‘Not terribly bright’ department…
Schoolchildren pledge a pretty penny to Walsall Hospice
18 Mar 10 14:28
Schoolchildren pledge a pretty penny to Walsall Hospice
Jayne Howarth PR Fire 18 Mar 10
Kind-hearted pupils at Mossley Primary School in Bloxwich are pledging their support to Walsall Hospice by collecting loose change for the next three months as part of a major fundraising campaign...
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The YamYam 15 Mar 10 Runners wanted for Walsall Hospice Fun Run
B’ham Post 24 Feb 10 Abseil down Walsall New Art Gallery in aid of town hospice
The YamYam 23 Feb 10 Walsall Hospice hits the heights with charity abseil
Jayne Howarth PR Fire 9 Feb 10 Walsall Hospice launches the Joy of Six
Walsall Advertiser 11 Jan Walsall hospice dream can be reality
Walsall Advertiser 7 Jan Cancelled cold Turkey Trot won't freeze Walsall Hospice charity's spirit
Walsall Advertiser 7 Dec Goscote residents to have a say on £100,000 arts project
Express & Star 7 Nov Work on £5.5m hospice to start after 20 years
Express & Star 10 Oct Pleck man gets celebs to help Walsall Hospice
Express & Star 26 Sep Work about to start on Walsall's £5.5m hospice
Express & Star 12 Sep Walkers light up Arbo for hospice
Express & Star 7 Sep BGT songster to appear for hospice
Express & Star 1 Sep Hospice work may start next month
Express & Star 31 Jul Health bosses give go-ahead.
Express & Star 27 Jun Supermodel adds hospice sparkle
Express & Star 11 Jun Starlight stroll for new hospice
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
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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
Willenhall campaigners to consider community enterprise option
18 Mar 10 12:49
Willenhall campaigners to consider community enterprise option
Cllr Ian Shires 18 Mar 10
Willenhall Project Reference Group meets on Thursday night to discuss possible medium to long term solutions for the future of Willenhall Leisure Centre, including a scheme which could see the local community take over the running of the centre...
Cllr Ian Shires 19 Mar 10 More talks planned
Cllr Ian Shires 3 Mar 10 Fight to save Willenhall Leisure gathers momentum
Matt Lloyd B’ham Mail 26 Feb 10 Willenhall baths given stay of execution
Cllr Ian Shires 22 Feb 10 Crunch meeting for Willenhall Leisure centre
Cllr Ian Shires 16 Feb 10 Plans to save Willenhall Leisure Centre discussed
Express & Star 16 Feb 10 Cuts in opening hours could save centre
Walsall Council Cabinet report 18 Nov Draft Corporate Revenue Budget for Consultation PDF
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Cllr Ian Shires 11 Feb 10 Will Tories fund Willenhall Leisure Centre if costs are reduced?
Cllr Ian Shires 9 Feb 10 Willenhall Leisure Centre “closure by stealth”
Express & Star 8 Feb 10 Listing hope in drive to keep Willenhall Leisure Centre open
Express & Star 4 Feb 10 Willenhall Leisure centre granted short reprieve
Cllr Ian Shires 4 Feb 10 Comment: Willenhall’s challenge
The YamYam 25 Jan 10 Last chance for Willenhall Leisure Centre
Cllr Ian Shires 26 Jan 10 Window of opportunity needs to be grasped - use it or lose it
Express & Star 25 Jan 10 Rescue hope for leisure centre
YamYam links 23 Jan 10 Walsall councillor withdraws request for scrutiny conduct inquiry
Express & Star 22 Jan 10 Axe looms over Walsall swimming pools
Cllr Ian Shires 22 Jan Some hope for Willenhall centre?
YamYam 20 Jan Walsall awash with swimming pools says council
Ian Shires blog 20 Jan Comments: Council counting private pools
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B'ham Mail 24 Dec Willenhall Leisure Centre facing closure
Express & Star 17 Dec 09 Pensioners join fight for Willenhall Leisure Centre
Cllr Ian Shires 14 Dec Is there a glimmer of hope for Willenhall's Leisure Centre?
Cllr Ian Shires 11 Dec Scrutiny process reduced to farce
Cllr Ian Shires 10 Dec Concern expressed as plans to develop LNPs unveiled
The YamYam 8 Dec Council boss says “put up or shut up”
Cllr Ian Shires 8 Dec Community condemn plans to close Willenhall's leisure centre
Cllr Ian Shires 7 Dec Attempts to debate Leisure Centre closure rejected
Express & Star 2 Dec Council spent £200k on doomed Willenhall centre
Cllr Ian Shires 2 Dec The nonsense of scrutiny
The YamYam 30 Nov Walsall councillors scrutinise budget
Express & Star 30 Nov Campaigners step up Willenhall leisure centre fight
Cllr Ian Shires 30 Nov Comment: the theory and practice in health equalities
YamYam 23 Nov Willenhall closure “sheer vandalism” says MP
Cllr Ian Shires 19 Nov Cabinet votes down demands on closure of Willenhall Leisure Centre
Walsall Council Cabinet report 18 Nov Draft Corporate Revenue Budget for Consultation PDF
Express & Star 13 Nov Willenhall leisure centre users’ fury at closure plans
Walsall Council 13 Nov Have your say on leisure facilities online questionnaire
Express & Star 12 Nov Willenhall leisure centre axe plan
Express & Star 12 Nov Battle vow on plans to shut down centre
Cllr Ian Shires 12 Nov Willenhall Leisure Centre singled out
Express & Star 13 Oct Major review brings fears for Willenhall swimming pool
BrownhillsBob 19 Sep Comment: And so it begins
YamYam 19 Sep Walsall leisure centres under threat
YamYam links 9 Sep Cash crisis at Walsall Council
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Giant pliers spotted floating over West Bromwich street
18 Mar 10 12:25
Giant pliers spotted floating over West Bromwich street
Express & Star 18 Mar 10
Google Street View has arrived in the West Midlands – and with it a pair of giant floating pliers. The strange discovery was made by a West Bromwich resident who decided to look up his road when the internet site recently went live...
Bloxidge Tallygraph 14 Mar 10 Into The Matrix: Bloxwich arrives in Cyberspace
Garry’s Blog 12 Mar 10 Tour of Walsall
Burntwood Blog 11 Mar 10 Burntwood now on Streetview
WV11 11 Mar 10 Google Street View comes to Wednesfield
BrownhillsBob 11 Mar 10 Google Streetview comes to Brownhills
BBC News 19 Mar 09 Google Street View goes live
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Airport-style security for Walsall schoolchildren
18 Mar 10 11:22
Airport-style security for Walsall schoolchildren
Chris Henwood B’ham Mail 18 Mar 10
Schoolchildren had to pass tough, airport-style security to get to their classrooms this week. Portable knife arches, similar to airport metal detectors, were installed for a day at Joseph Leckie School...
B’ham Mail 18 Mar 10 Eastenders star launches anti-knife campaign in Birmingham
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Walsall South Labour candidate announced

18 Mar 10 02:26
Walsall South Labour candidate announced
Adam Lumley The YamYam 18 Mar 10
Labour Party members in the Walsall South constituency have chosen the candidate to stand in the next general election following the decision by sitting MP Bruce George to retire. Considered to be something of an outsider when the short list was announced, solicitor and broadcaster Valerie Vaz has been selected with about 60% of the vote.
The former councillor and deputy leader of the London Borough of Ealing currently works as a solicitor for the Government Legal Service at the Treasury Solicitor’s Department. She has a degree in Biochemistry from Cambridge University and has worked as a presenter and interviewer on the BBC Network East television programme. Married with one daughter, Ms Vaz is the sister of controversial Leicester East MP Keith Vaz. Her other midlands connection is that she once sat as a part time Deputy District Judge in the County Court on the Midland and Oxford Circuit and unsuccessfully stood for selection as a parliamentary candidate for West Bromwich East.
Her nomination for Walsall South is unexpected as former West Midlands MEP Neena Gill was expected to be the favourite following her defeat in the last European elections. Another front runner, Susan Hayman, aide to Worcester MP and government minister, Michael Foster, also failed to impress party members. Wolverhampton councillor Sandra Samuels may have blown her chance of selection by suggesting that cuts in services would lead to rioting. The fifth woman on the short list, Sally Benton, born in Walsall and a former nurse and care worker at the Manor Hospital, was also overlooked.
The all woman short list was imposed on local activists by the ruling National Executive Committee of the Labour Party in an attempt to redress inequalities and under representation in parliament. Harriet Harman, deputy leader of the Labour Party wanted an all Asian woman short list for Walsall, but was happy not to introduce the initiative in Erdington where her husband, Jack Dromey was selected. The Labour Party Ethnic Minority Taskforce, which seeks to improve multi-cultural representation in the commons, was highly critical of the Erdington decision. The EM Taskforce is headed by the Right Honourable Keith Vaz MP.
Valerie Vaz will now defend an 8,000 Labour majority against Richard Hunt for the Conservatives, Dr Murli Sinha for the LibDems and Derek Bennett for UKIP in the general election that is expected to take place on May 6.
Express & Star 18 Mar 10 MP’s sister to fight Walsall seat
The Stirrer 18 Mar 10 Vaz bags Walsall South
Walsall Advertiser 8 Mar 10 Comment: Women only shortlist rules out worthy contenders
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
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"
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Chuckery biscuit tin cannabis man fined £20
17 Mar 10 16:27
Chuckery biscuit tin cannabis man fined £20
The YamYam 17 Mar 10
Police searching a Broadway North flat in Chuckery discovered herbal cannabis kept in a biscuit tin.
David Southall, aged 29, pleaded guilty at Walsall Magistrates Court to possession of a the Class B drug, saying that it was for his personal use. He was fined £20 and ordered to pay £85 costs.
Express & Star 17 Mar 10 Chuckery woman is sentenced over cannabis
Express & Star 18 Mar 10 Two cannabis factory finds in WM every day
Express & Star 5 Mar 10 Dudley cannabis coach men jailed
Express & Star 4 Mar 10 Sixteen in court on Walsall drug charges
B’ham Post 3 Mar 10 Cannabis mansion raided in Little Aston
Express & Star 3 Mar 10 Drugs factory found on Millionaires’ Row pictures
Express & Star 13 Feb 10 Police use riot gear in drugs raid at Wednesbury pub
ThePlasticHippo 12 Feb 10 Comment: Reefer madness
B’ham Mail 11 Feb 10 Massive cannabis factory discovered in Chuckery
Express & Star 10 Feb 10 £1million cannabis factory uncovered in Chuckery
Express & Star 6 Feb 10 Walsall councillor in cannabis property shock
Walsall Advertiser 4 Feb 10 Tip off leads police to Walsall cannabis factory
Express & Star 3 Feb 10 Town’s biggest drug factory is discovered
BBC 28 Jan 2,000 cannabis plant haul in Stourbridge
Express & Star 28 Jan Burglary probe officers stumble across Pleck drugs factory
The YamYam 27 Jan 10 Pelsall drug pub keeps licence
Express & Star 16 Jan 10 Migrant pair admit Willenhall drug farm charge
Express & Star 16 Jan Police plea to report possible drug dens
Express & Star 2 Dec Jail for illegals who ran Walsall cannabis factory
Walsall Advertiser 27 Nov Houses raided in Walsall drugs and stolen goods crackdown
Advertiser 15 Nov Pelsall pub drug raid leads to six arrests
Express & Star 05 Nov Second cannabis farm discovered in Wednesbury
Express & Star 05 Nov Drugs stash seized at Tipton pub
Express & Star 05 Nov Drugs dog brings the word
Express & Star 3 Nov Wednesbury homes stormed in dawn cannabis raids
Express & Star 29 Oct Alcohol & fags 'worse than cannabis, Ecstacy & LSD'
Express & Star 27 Oct Cannabis factory uncovered in Bloxwich
YamYam 16 Oct 09 Blakenall cannabis arrests
Telegraph 16 Oct Cannabis factory 'of Amazonian proportions' found in North Wales
YamYam 13 Oct Fire at Willenhall cannabis factory
Express & Star 29 Aug Drugs factory found at home
Express & Star 26 Aug Police red-faced after tomatoes raid
Express & Star 20 Aug Officers net drugs in Wednesbury
Express & Star 1 Aug Drug plants seized in Walsall swoop
BBC News 18 May Police seize Walsall cannabis 'forest'
Express & Star 19 Mar Cannabis plants seized in raid
Express & Star 17 Mar Doorstep cannabis farms
Express & Star 16 Mar Cannabis hauls found a day apart
New charity event for Midland’s gay clubbers
17 Mar 10 14:43
New charity event for Midland’s gay clubbers
Lisa Rogers Pink Paper 17 Mar 10
A new event is being organised this month in the Midlands to raise money for Cancer Research UK and the HIV charity, AB Plus. Lee Pitchford from Walsall has organised coaches from 12 Midlands Cities, to take people into Birmingham for a night of clubbing...
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TB rates in region continue to rise
17 Mar 10 14:10
TB rates in region continue to rise
Alison Dayani B’ham Mail 17 Mar 10
Rates of tuberculosis in the West Midlands have increased for the third year in a row, the Health Protection Agency said. Birmingham and its surrounding towns are the main hotspot for the illness outside London...
Health Protection Agency 17 Mar 10 Cases of tuberculosis continue to increase
B'ham Mail 18 Dec 09 Anxious wait after TB confirmed at Walsall school
Birmingham Post 3 June Black Country schoolchildren tested for tuberculosis
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Chuckery woman is sentenced over cannabis
17 Mar 10 12:53
Chuckery woman is sentenced over cannabis
Express & Star 17 Mar 10
A supermarket worker who grew dozens of cannabis plants at her home in Walsall has been spared a prison sentence...
The YamYam 17 Mar 10 Chuckery biscuit tin cannabis man fined £20
Express & Star 18 Mar 10 Two cannabis factory finds in WM every day
Express & Star 5 Mar 10 Dudley cannabis coach men jailed
Express & Star 4 Mar 10 Sixteen in court on Walsall drug charges
B’ham Post 3 Mar 10 Cannabis mansion raided in Little Aston
Express & Star 3 Mar 10 Drugs factory found on Millionaires’ Row pictures
Express & Star 13 Feb 10 Police use riot gear in drugs raid at Wednesbury pub
ThePlasticHippo 12 Feb 10 Comment: Reefer madness
B’ham Mail 11 Feb 10 Massive cannabis factory discovered in Chuckery
Express & Star 10 Feb 10 £1million cannabis factory uncovered in Chuckery
Express & Star 6 Feb 10 Walsall councillor in cannabis property shock
Walsall Advertiser 4 Feb 10 Tip off leads police to Walsall cannabis factory
Express & Star 3 Feb 10 Town’s biggest drug factory is discovered
BBC 28 Jan 2,000 cannabis plant haul in Stourbridge
Express & Star 28 Jan Burglary probe officers stumble across Pleck drugs factory
The YamYam 27 Jan 10 Pelsall drug pub keeps licence
Express & Star 16 Jan 10 Migrant pair admit Willenhall drug farm charge
Express & Star 16 Jan Police plea to report possible drug dens
Express & Star 2 Dec Jail for illegals who ran Walsall cannabis factory
Walsall Advertiser 27 Nov Houses raided in Walsall drugs and stolen goods crackdown
Advertiser 15 Nov Pelsall pub drug raid leads to six arrests
Express & Star 05 Nov Second cannabis farm discovered in Wednesbury
Express & Star 05 Nov Drugs stash seized at Tipton pub
Express & Star 05 Nov Drugs dog brings the word
Express & Star 3 Nov Wednesbury homes stormed in dawn cannabis raids
Express & Star 29 Oct Alcohol & fags 'worse than cannabis, Ecstacy & LSD'
Express & Star 27 Oct Cannabis factory uncovered in Bloxwich
YamYam 16 Oct 09 Blakenall cannabis arrests
Telegraph 16 Oct Cannabis factory 'of Amazonian proportions' found in North Wales
YamYam 13 Oct Fire at Willenhall cannabis factory
Express & Star 29 Aug Drugs factory found at home
Express & Star 26 Aug Police red-faced after tomatoes raid
Express & Star 20 Aug Officers net drugs in Wednesbury
Express & Star 1 Aug Drug plants seized in Walsall swoop
BBC News 18 May Police seize Walsall cannabis 'forest'
Express & Star 19 Mar Cannabis plants seized in raid
Express & Star 17 Mar Doorstep cannabis farms
Express & Star 16 Mar Cannabis hauls found a day apart
Ex-army rival beat up Willenhall chip shop boss
17 Mar 10 12:34
Ex-army rival beat up Willenhall chip shop boss
Express & Star 17 Mar 10
A chip shop boss was beaten up by a would-be rival trader when a row over plans for a new cafe just yards from Sam’s Fish Bar in Willenhall erupted into violence....
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...
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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
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WM petrol prices to hit new high
16 Mar 10 13:54
WM petrol prices to hit new high
Express & Star 16 Mar 10
Petrol prices are said to be heading to record levels – as prices at the pumps in the West Midlands reached 120p. The AA has warned petrol prices would soar to unprecedented highs, even before a 3p rise in petrol duty on 1 April. Chancellor Alistair Darling announced the rise at the last budget. The average petrol throughout the country is 115.9p for a litre of unleaded and 116.9p for diesel...
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Museum appeal for film footage of Walsall - video
16 Mar 10 13:37
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Museum appeal for film footage of Walsall
Express & Star 16 Mar 10
Walsall Museum has issued an appeal for residents to loan film footage of the borough for a special event in May 2010. The museum is looking for footage of street life, people, places, special events, local employers and businesses from the 1960s and earlier...
Walsall Advertiser 19 Feb 10 Film clips from 1960s Walsall sought
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Museum appeal for film footage of Walsall
Express & Star 16 Mar 10
Walsall Museum has issued an appeal for residents to loan film footage of the borough for a special event in May 2010. The museum is looking for footage of street life, people, places, special events, local employers and businesses from the 1960s and earlier...
Walsall Advertiser 19 Feb 10 Film clips from 1960s Walsall sought
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Vincent looks to unite the Saddlers
16 Mar 10 12:58
Vincent looks to unite the Saddlers
Express & Star 16 Mar 10
Walsall defender Jamie Vincent has moved to unite the team but insists they must take responsibility after Troy Deeney’s public outburst rocked the Saddlers. The 34-year-old, captain while Mark Hughes sits on the bench, believes it is time the Saddlers stood up to be counted...
B’ham Mail 15 Mar 10 Deeney fumes after 'embarrassing' performance
UptheSaddlers 15 Mar 10 Deeney: ‘It’s pathetic!’
YamYam links 13 Mar 10 Leyton Orient 2 Walsall 0
YamYam 13 Mar Local football fixtures and results
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
More Willenhall families await gas site risk results
16 Mar 10 12:19
More Willenhall families await gas site risk results
Express & Star 16 Mar 10
Tests to determine levels of soil contamination on a housing estate built on the site of former Willenhall Town Gas Works have been carried out at 48 more homes. “Significant contamination” has already been found in the gardens of 43 properties. Heavy metals, tars and a gas-manufacturing by-product known as Blue Billy, which may pose a health risk if ingested, have been found about a foot below the surface...
Express & Star 12 Dec 09 Warning as chemicals found in garden soil
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The YamYam is One today
16 Mar 10 01:05
£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...
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80,000 at St Patrick's parade in Birmingham
15 Mar 10 17:59
80,000 at St Patrick's parade in Birmingham
BBC News 14 Mar 10
About 80,000 people turned out for this year's St Patrick's parade in Birmingham, the city council said. The procession, from Camp Hill to the Bullring, featured dozens of floats, dancers and pipe bands...
B’ham Mail 15 Mar 10 80,000 celebrate at St Patrick’s Day parade
B’ham Mail 15 Mar 10 St Patrick’s Day parade video report
B’ham Mail 14 Mar 10 50,000 set to attend St Patrick's Day event in Brum
B’ham Mail 14 Mar 10 Schedule of events
Mercury 14 Mar 10 Nostalgia: The Irish in Birmingham
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
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Tallygraph 21 Nov 09 Bloxwich Library works under way
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Google Streetview comes to Brownhills
15 Mar 10 13:17
Google Streetview comes to Brownhills
BrownhillsBob 11 Mar 10
Fiddling with Google Earth this evening, I’ve noticed with some delight that the Streetview feature has been enabled for huge sections of our local area. For anyone intrinsically nosey, like me, this is set to provide hours of amusement...
Bloxidge Tallygraph 14 Mar 10 Into The Matrix: Bloxwich arrives in Cyberspace
Garry’s Blog 12 Mar 10 Tour of Walsall
Burntwood Blog 11 Mar 10 Burntwood now on Streetview
WV11 11 Mar 10 Google Street View comes to Wednesfield
BBC News 19 Mar 09 Google Street View goes live
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Walsall brother remembered on charity walk with Ian Botham
15 Mar 10 12:50
Walsall brother remembered on charity walk with Ian Botham
Walsall Advertiser 15 Mar 10
A postman will join Sir Ian Botham on the second day of the cricket legend's anniversary charity walk. Lee Painter, aged 37, will be walking with Sir Ian at Sutton Park in Birmingham on Sunday, April 11 to raise cash for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. The Short Heath resident, who works for the Royal Mail in Wolverhampton, is taking part in memory of his brother Wayne, who died of leukaemia in 1999...
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Midland terminal cancer patients missing out on £1.3million of benefits
15 Mar 10 12:23
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Midland terminal cancer patients missing out on £1.3million of benefits
Alison Dayani B’ham Post 15 Mar 10
Terminally-ill cancer patients across the region are missing out on more than £1.3 million in disability benefits, a leading charity has revealed. Macmillan Cancer Support found that 36 per cent of West Midlands sufferers are dying without receiving either Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Attendance Allowance benefits...
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Midland terminal cancer patients missing out on £1.3million of benefits
Alison Dayani B’ham Post 15 Mar 10
Terminally-ill cancer patients across the region are missing out on more than £1.3 million in disability benefits, a leading charity has revealed. Macmillan Cancer Support found that 36 per cent of West Midlands sufferers are dying without receiving either Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Attendance Allowance benefits...
Macmillan Cancer Support Benefits made clear
BBC 18 Nov 09 NHS manager left West Midlands cancer services with £800,000 debts
Express & Star 17 Sep Cancer patients face wait for treatment
WM Police stop & search disproportionate against ethnic minorities
15 Mar 10 12:02
WM Police stop & search disproportionate against ethnic minorities
Sarah Probert B’ham Post 15 Mar 10
Police forces will be threatened with legal action today as the Government’s equality watchdog said black and Asian Britons were still being unfairly targeted for stop and searches. West Midlands Police are among dozens of forces continuing to use the powers “disproportionately” against ethnic minorities, a review by the Equality and Human Rights Commission concluded...
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Guardian Stop and search
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Car crash chaos shuts off Walsall streets
15 Mar 10 11:43
Car crash chaos shuts off Walsall streets
Express & Star 15 Mar 10
Police swarmed a town centre, closing roads and diverting traffic after a high-speed car crash brought the area to a standstill. A 4×4, which had been spotted driving past Walsall’s fire station in Blue Lane West and near Crown Wharf, was in collision with a Renault Clio in nearby Court Way at 10.30am on Sunday...
Runners wanted for Walsall Hospice Fun Run
15 Mar 10 11:09
Runners wanted for Walsall Hospice Fun Run
The YamYam 15 Mar 10
Athletes are being asked to pledge their support for Walsall Hospice by signing up for this year’s Great Midlands Fun Run. Last year, kind-hearted fun runners raised just over £4,000 for the hospice, which is being built as part of the
palliative care centre in Goscote Lane, Goscote...
Fundraisers are hoping dozens more will choose Walsall Hospice as their charity for this year’s event, which takes place in Sutton Coldfield on Sunday, June 6 – and smash last year’s total.
Cheryl Bradburne, head of fundraising at Walsall Hospice, said dynamic fundraising duo Sharon Woodland and Rachel Ridler had already signed up for the 8½-mile race and had pledged to dress as sunflowers to mark Hospice Awareness
Month, which is also in June.
“Whether they decide to do the run in fancy dress or wear something yellow, we would welcome any support from runners who wish to raise those vital pounds for our charity,” she said.
All runners who choose Walsall Hospice as their charity will receive a free t-shirt, if they contact the fundraising team to confirm their registration.
The Hospice is set to open early next year, but it needs to raise £1.5 million for equipment and initial running costs.
Staff and volunteers are organising a raft of fundraising events to achieve the target.
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Walsall Hospice Home
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