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Scrap man’s van crushed for stealing M6 J10 gantries
24 Mar 10 13:53
Scrap man’s van crushed for stealing M6 J10 gantries
Express & Star 24 Mar 10
A scrap dealer caught stealing poles from the side of the M6 has had his van confiscated and crushed – in a new get-tough policy on metal thieves. Self-employed Leonard Gheorge was caught on the southbound carriageway loading metal piping destined for new gantries into his Transit van between junctions 9 and 10...
Express & Star 23 Feb 10 Beechdale residents anger at huge M-way gantries
Express & Star 8 Oct Thieves delay £150m scheme to widen M6
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
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
Walsall Council Willenhall regeneration area
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
Yahoo groups Pooling resources
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
Walsall Council Willenhall Local Neighbourhood Partnership (LNP)
Walsall Council Willenhall Leisure Centre
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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....
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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Landmark Walsall MBC - Developing a Contaminated Land Strategy
Walsall Council Pollution control
Walsall Council Contaminated land
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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