Staffordshire Hoard fund hits £3.3m target
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
Walsall’s Cloud Net finds small business has time for social media
24 Mar 10 14:45 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
Walsall’s Cloud Net finds small business has time for social media
Midlands Business News 24 Mar 10
With 72% of small businesses stating that new business generation is their top priority in 2010, they are turning to technologies they know will quickly and easily bring them new clients through the door. These technologies are still websites and telephones over newer methods such as social media.
When asked whether social media such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, has been useful in generating new business, 63% answered no, with a staggering 75% not knowing how to use social media effectively for new business generation.
The survey was conducted by Cloud Net, a business phone systems provider, who carried out face to face interviews at the Business Growth show in Edgbaston on 5 March 2010. The company spoke with a 100 visitors as it launched its small business VoIP system at the event...
Midlands Business News 8 Mar 10 Walsall’s Cloud Net launches internet telephone service
- MBN 2 Mar 10 PR Walsall telecom Cloud Net launches regional partner programme
- MBN 2 Mar 10 Cloud Net appoints Vitis Technology PR agency
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Midlands brewery is the toast of Hartshornes
24 Mar 10 14:35 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
Midlands brewery is the toast of Hartshornes
Midlands Business News 24 Mar 10
Walsall-based truck dealer, the Hartshorne Group is toasting Marstons brewers after adding another three trucks to its 18-strong fleet...
Midlands Business News 17 Mar 10 Hartshorne helps Midlands recycling efforts
Midlands Business News 10 Mar 10 Walsall firm Hartshorne delivers giant truck
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Black Country firms look to increase apprenticeships
24 Mar 10 14:29 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
Black Country firms look to increase apprenticeships
Business Desk 24 Mar 10
Black Country businesses emerging from recession are planning for the future by looking to increase their recruitment of new apprentices, new research has shown. The National Apprenticeship Service said more than 130 places were currently up for grabs. The spread of vacancies across the Black Country shows places available in all four boroughs – 32 in Walsall; 46 in Wolverhampton; 21 in Sandwell; and, 37 in Dudley...
Jayne Howarth Business Desk 15 Mar 10 HomeServe’s Harpin leads WM apprenticeships
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M&B to be reshaped into food-led business
24 Mar 10 14:24 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
M&B to be reshaped into food-led business
Graeme Brown B’ham Post 24 Mar 10
Midland pubs group Mitchells & Butlers has revealed new plans to reshape the company into a food-led business – months after a boardroom coup was completed. In a strategic review statement the group said it would expand its food-led mid-market brands Harvester, Toby Carvery, Crown Carveries, Sizzling Pub Co, Premium Country Dining and Vintage Inns...
Business Desk 24 Mar 10 M&B to focus on food brands
Tom Scotney B’ham Post 28 Jan 10 Three directors ousted as Joe Lewis wins control of M&B
B’ham Post 28 Jan Boardroom coup D-Day at M&B
B’ham Post 25 Jan 10 M&B board rejects Piedmont proposal as shareholder showdown looms
B’ham Post 18 Jan 10 Watchdog to probe claims about rebel M&B shareholders
Guardian 18 Jan Vince Cable is right on concert party rules in Mitchells & Butlers wrangle
Morning Advertiser 18 Jan M&B skills academy: putting pub food first
B’ham Post 14 Jan War of words continues at M&B
B’ham Post 13 Jan Heat turned up in M&B boardroom battle
B'ham Post 5 Jan M&B directors give up bonuses after tough year
B'ham Post 17 Dec M&B board candidates asked to meet headhunter
B'ham Post 17 Dec M&B boardroom row steps up a gear
B’ham Post 1 Dec New chairman at M&B as boardroom battle continues
B’ham Post 30 Nov M&B reveals shareholders are trying to seize control
Times 30 Nov M&B complains to Panel over rebel shareholder
Times 29 Nov Joe Lewis blocks Archie Norman from M&B top job
B’ham Mail 27 Nov M&B profits fall 24pc despite growth in sales
B'ham Post 26 Nov Mitchells & Butlers profits fall 24%
B'ham Post 25 Sep M&B pub group’s food sales help trade to rise
B'ham Post 4 Aug New CEO at Michells & Butlers
Express & Star 4 Aug Brewery Marston's riding storm
B'ham Post 22 May M&B reluctantly accepts CEO resignation
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Uncertainty over child neglect deaths
24 Mar 10 14:16 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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
Councils told to think before selling off property
24 Mar 10 14:08 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
Councils told to think before selling off property
Business Desk 23 Mar 10
Local authorities struggling to balance their books need to think carefully about their estate strategies as they look to control costs, property consultant GVA Grimley has said. Grimleys said many councils might be tempted to sell-off land in an attempt to stop services from being cut. However, it said that as land prices had fallen so severely during recession, the policy might not be the best in terms of delivering value to council tax payers.
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Police search for Pelsall flasher
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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 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
‘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
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
Budget 2010 – the highlights
24 Mar 10 13:41 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
Budget 2010 – the highlights
Express & Star 24 Mar 10
Chancellor Alistair Darling turned the screw on the better off today as he gave a helping hand to first time buyers. In his last Budget before the General Election he announced that the threshold for stamp duty on home buying would double from £125,000 to £250,000 from midnight tonight. But to cheers from Labour MPs he also announced that the move would be funded through an increase in stamp duty to 5% for residential property over £1 million from April next year...
B’ham Post 24 Mar 10 Key points
B’ham Post 24 Mar 10 Darling announces £2.5bn 'growth package'
BBC News 24 Mar 10 Budget debate live
Rush hour misery on Midlands-London train line
24 Mar 10 13:09 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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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B’Mail 24 Mar Rally to mark Longbridge closure
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Football: Selection headache for Saddlers
24 Mar 10 12:51 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Football
Selection headache for Saddlers
Express & Star 24 Mar 10
Walsall were today facing a mounting selection crisis with four key men set to be sidelined by injury or suspension.
Clayton McDonald’s red card in last night’s 3-0 defeat at Southend will net the defender a three match ban – a suspension skipper Mark Hughes is already serving after his dismissal against Colchester on Saturday. Matt Richards limped out at Roots Hall with an ankle injury while Dwayne Mattis is also a massive doubt for the weekend’s trip to Exeter with a reoccurrence of his Achilles problem...
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Selection headache for Saddlers
Express & Star 24 Mar 10
Walsall were today facing a mounting selection crisis with four key men set to be sidelined by injury or suspension.
Clayton McDonald’s red card in last night’s 3-0 defeat at Southend will net the defender a three match ban – a suspension skipper Mark Hughes is already serving after his dismissal against Colchester on Saturday. Matt Richards limped out at Roots Hall with an ankle injury while Dwayne Mattis is also a massive doubt for the weekend’s trip to Exeter with a reoccurrence of his Achilles problem...
YamYam links 23 Mar Southend 3 Walsall 0
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Saddlers: Mattis ‘we fear the axe’
24 Mar 10 12:42 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Mattis ‘we fear the axe’
Express & Star 24 Mar 10
Dwayne Mattis today admitted the Walsall squad are living in fear of the axe as they deserve to be dropped after a humiliating defeat at Southend. Mattis skippered the team in the absence of the suspended Mark Hughes and says the players don’t deserve their shirts after an abject performance which left them 12th in League One. He said: “We can’t keep making excuses, it’s not good enough.
The Saddlers slumped to a 3-0 loss at the League One strugglers last night after having Clayton McDonald sent off 10 minutes before half time.
YamYam links 23 Mar Southend 3 Walsall 0
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Football comment: Walsall’s season of two halves
24 Mar 10 12:38 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Walsall’s season of two halves
Exile UptheSaddlers 24 Mar 10
Another season is fast disappearing up it’s own backside and we’re well placed for midtable mediocrity, based on average performances. On the face of that’s much better than a relegation challenge, but after a couple of years of standard preseason sound bites from Roy Whalley about promotion, that’s cold comfort indeed...
YamYam links 23 Mar Southend 3 Walsall 0
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Football: Southend 3 Walsall 0
24 Mar 10 12:37 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Southend 3 Walsall 0
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Southend won their first match in 12 games as they sealed a 3-0 win over Walsall at Roots Hall. The home side went ahead after just 19-minutes as Franck Moussa scored and just ten-minutes later Walsall were reduced to ten-man Clayton McDonald was sent-off...
Express & Star 24 Mar Mattis: We fear the axe
UptheSaddlers 24 Mar A season of two halves
Express & Star 24 Mar Selection headache for Saddlers
Express & Star 24 Mar Southend 3 Walsall 0 analysis
Same old Walsall, different day and now the Saddlers are out of excuses. There comes a time when you have to hold your hands up and admit you’re not good enough. The benefit of the doubt has been given, perhaps too often this season, but not anymore. To perform like they did against a Southend side wracked with every kind of woe imaginable is unacceptable. The basics were wrong and the commitment missing. It is baffling how they can go from sublime to ridiculous from game to game but yet they still do it...
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Ten-man Walsall crashed to a limp defeat at relegation-threatened Southend after seeing Clayton McDonald dismissed in the first-half. The defender saw red for a two footed challenge on Anthony Grant to become the third Saddlers man to be sent off in four games...
UptheSaddlers 23 Mar Southend 3 Walsall 0 comment
“We made them look like 1970s Brazil” said a Saddlers fan on Facebook...
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Blog comment: Railroad wagon by @BrownhillsBob
Railroad wagon
BrownhillsBob 24 Mar 10
The wheels are in motion, and you've not even been consulted. Democracy in action. This is a warning. What follows is a verbatim press release from the grey Lubyanka that is Walsall Civic Centre. Anyone who is currently drinking any kind of beverage may wish to take a few seconds to swallow and place their cup somewhere safe. What you’re about to read may well make you splutter…
Express & Star 12 Aug 09 Brownhills Wagon site to become new depot
BrownhillsBob 21 Jul Wagon wheeler-dealing?
Express & Star 20 Jul Wagon Automotive site swap bid
BBC News 19 Dec 08 Wagon Automotive cuts 292 jobs
B'ham Post 8 Dec 08 Wagon Automotive enters admin
Mar City Pelsall Road, Brownhills, planning pending
Blog comment: Do you want any cash back? by @ThePlasticHippo
24 Mar 10 01:25 Filed in: Comment | Comment-Walsall
Do you want any cash back?
The Plastic Hippo 24 Mar 10
The hippo must offer a humble apology to the unfortunate people held up in the checkout queue at Morrisons today. It is hard enough to manoeuvre a disability scooter or shopping trolley occupied by a wailing child through the groves of “value” lager and oven chips and the last thing consumers need is a two tonne semi-aquatic quadruped lumbering down the cake and pastries aisle and then holding up the checkout queue...
Adam Lumley The YamYam 22 Mar 10 ‘Major deficiencies’ in the council costs Walsall £2.5million
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)
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E&S 23 Mar Chairlift may return to Dudley Zoo
Mercury 23 Mar Mephedrone 'to be Class B drug'
WMBC 23 Mar Enjoy strolls around Walsall’s parks
WMBC 23 Mar Exercise for Walsall heart patients
WMBC 23 Mar Cooking up funds for Mayor Appeal
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E&S 23 Mar Inflation falls to 3%
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BizDesk 23 Mar Brum Typhoo Tea factory for sale
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Willenhall Lad 23 Mar Final nail in awful Government?
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E&S 23 Mar Chairlift may return to Dudley Zoo
Mercury 23 Mar Mephedrone 'to be Class B drug'
WMBC 23 Mar Enjoy strolls around Walsall’s parks
WMBC 23 Mar Exercise for Walsall heart patients
WMBC 23 Mar Cooking up funds for Mayor Appeal
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E&S 23 Mar Inflation falls to 3%
E&S 23 Mar Firkin bakers to close Stourbridge shop
BizDesk 23 Mar Halfords sell Euro shops
B’Post 23 Mar Stamp duty hol’ end subdues market
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BizDesk 23 Mar Brum Typhoo Tea factory for sale
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Football: Grantham 2 Rushall Olympic 2
24 Mar 10 01:21 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Grantham 2 Rushall Olympic 2
Darren Stockall Rushall FC 23 Mar 10
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Olympic battle back to bag share of spoils
Rushall Olympic bravely fought their way back from a two-goal first half deficit to claim a thoroughly deserved share of the spoils on their long midweek journey to face Grantham Town. However, had it not been for some glaring defensive deficiencies they should have been more than capable of staking a claim for maximum points...
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Darren Stockall NLN 20 Mar 10 Rushall Olympic 1 Kidsgrove Athletic 1
Colin Stoner B’ham Mail 20 Mar 10 Rushall Olympic make move for Romulus striker Tyrone Fagan
Steve Stuart Rushall Olympic FC 17 Mar 10 Rushall Olympic 1 Witton Albion 1
Advertiser 18 Mar 10 Rushall Olympic 1 Witton Albion 1
Rushall Olympic 13 Mar 10 Glapwell 2 Rushall Olympic 0
Non League News 14 Mar 10 Glapwell 2 Rushall Olympic 0
Advertiser 18 Mar 10 Glapwell 2 Rushall Olympic 0
B’ham Mail 13 Mar 10 We need to find our consistency says boss Neil Kitching
The YamYam 13 Mar 10 Pics in possible Olympic stadium bid
The YamYam 11 Mar 10 Pics still searching for new ground
Advertiser 9 Mar Cammell Laird 3 Rushall Olympic 2
Non League News 7 Mar 10 Pics defeat is a blow for Belper
Derby Telegraph 7 Mar 10 Third straight defeat for Belper
Rushall FC 6 Mar 10 Belper Town 1 Rushall Olympic 3
B’ham Mail 6 Mar 10 Rushall Olympic line up bid for Solihull Moors youngster
Rushall Olympic FC 5 Mar 10 Rushall Olympic 3 Darlaston 0 Walsall Senior Cup
Non League News 27 Feb 10 Rushall Olympic 1 Lincoln Utd 4
Advertiser 4 Mar 10 Defensive lapses so costly for Olympic
Colin Stoner B’ham Mail 27 Feb 10 Rushall Olympic in talks with Chasetown striker Gary Hay
B’ham Mail 20 Feb 10 Rushall Olympic plan move for Chasetown striker Gary Hay
Rushall Olympic FC 20 Feb Grantham Town P Rushall Olympic P
Advertiser 18 Feb 10 Carlton Town 1 Rushall Olympic 0
Darren Stockall Rushall Olympic 14 Feb 10 Error proves costly as Pics slip to defeat
B’ham Mail 13 Feb 10 Rushall Olympic snap up striker Tom Ward
Advertiser 11 Feb 10 Olympic miss chance to move up the table
YamYam links 6 Feb Rushall Olympic 0 Brigg Town 0
Walsall Advertiser 4 Feb 10 Market Drayton Town 1 Rushall Olympic 2
B’ham Mail 6 Feb 10 Rushall Olympic manager Neil Kitching stars as stand-in keeper
B’ham Mail 30 Jan 10 Rushall Olympic forced to regroup after losing three players
Non League News 23 Jan 10 Rushall Olympic 0 Shepshed Dynamo 1
Rushall FC 23 Jan Poor Pics fall flat on their faces
Advertiser 28 Jan Narrow loss for Olympic
Rushall Olympic FC 22 Jan Rushall Olympic strengthen squad ahead of Dynamo clash
Rushall Olympic FC 22 Jan Kitching itching to sign Beard
B’ham Mail 23 Jan Pics warned to expect tougher challenges
YamYam links 23 Jan Local football results & fixtures
Advertiser 21 Jan 10 Pics give fans the chance to get fix
Advertiser 21 Jan 10 Willenhall Town 0 Rushall Olympic 2
Matty B Willenhall FC 19 Jan 10 Willenhall Town 0 Rushall Olympic 2
Rushall Olympic 16 Jan 10 Coventry Copeswood 2 Rushall Olympic 3 (friendly - preview)
B’ham Mail 16 Jan Boxing hot-shot helps Pics beat the weather woes
Northwich Guardian 15 Jan Rushall Olympic v Witton Albion postponed
B'ham Mail 9 Jan Rushall Olympic hope winter break will be a help
B'ham Mail 19 Dec Let battle commence, says Pics boss
B'ham Mail 12 Dec Rushall Olympic happy to let battle commence as new players sign in
YamYam links 12 Dec Rushall Olympic 3 Spalding Utd 0
Football: Chasetown 0 Market Drayton 2
Chasetown 0 Market Drayton 2
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Chasetown FC 23 Mar 10
Unibond First Division South
The Scholars missed the chance to go clear in second place in the UniBond Division 1 South table on a night where they seemed unable to create chances and at times looked confused...
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23 Mar Cammel Laird 1 Willenhall 0
Rushall FC 23 Mar Grantham 2 Rushall Olympic 2
YamYam 23 Mar Local football fixtures and results
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Non League News 22 Mar 10 Carlton Town 0 Chasetown 2
Lichfield Blog 20 Mar Chasetown Res 2 Oadby Town Res 2
Colin Stoner B’ham Mail 21 Mar 10 Chasetown ready to bolster squad for promotion-chasing run-in
Chasetown FC 20 Mar 10 Chasetown Reserves 2 Oadby Town Reserves 2
Non League News 17 Mar 10 Shepshed Dynamo 0 Chasetown 0
Non League News 13 Mar 10 Chasetown 1 Grantham Town 1
B’ham Mail 13 Mar 10 Chasetown fears over injury-hit Gary Birch
Dave Goddard Non League News 8 Mar 10 Chasetown 2 Glapwell 1
Lee Gibson Mercury 7 Mar 10 Unibond First South round-up
Chasetown FC 9 Mar Newcastle Town 3 Chasetown 1 Staffs Senior Cup
Colin Stoner B’ham Mail 6 Mar 10 New faces for promotion-chasing Scholars
Chasetown FC 5 Mar 10 Bloxwich United 2 Chasetown FC 1 Walsall Senior Cup
B’ham Mail 27 Feb 10 More twists and turns in Chasetown's promotion push
20 Feb Chasetown P Leek Town P
Dave Goddard Chasetown FC 14 Feb 10 Chasetown 2 Lincoln Utd 2
B’ham Mail 13 Feb 10 Chris Slater on how the FA Cup has made Chasetown
YamYam links 6 Feb 10 Loughborough Dynamo 2 Chasetown 2
Lichfield Blog 30 Jan Chasetown 2 Cammell Laird 1
Dave Goddard NLN 26 Jan 10 Chasetown 0 Belper Town 1
Lichfield Blog 25 Jan Chasetown striker Reece Styche joins Forest Green Rovers on loan
Mercury 24 Jan 10 Witton Albion 1 Chasetown 2
B’ham Mail 16 Jan Chasetown boss Charlie Blakemore say thanks to Wolves
The YamYam 15 Jan Shepshed Dynamo v Chasetown postponed
Shepshed Dynamo 15 Jan Match off
B'ham Mail 9 Jan Chasetown can cope with backlog says boss Charlie Blakemore
B'ham Mail 2 Jan Chasetown look to newcomer Scott Embrey to shine
Lichfield Blog 2 Jan Chasetown appoint new under-18 manager
B'ham Mail 2 Jan Weather wipes out Midlands non-league New Year programme
YamYam links 5 Dec Chasetown 1 Rushall Olympic 2
Local Walsall area football results & fixtures
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Saturday 20 March 2010
Barclays Premiership
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BBC Sport 20 Mar Aston Villa 2 Wolves 2
BBC Sport 20 Mar Stoke 1 Tottenham 2
BBC Sport 20 Mar Sunderland 3 Birmingham 1
Coca-Cola Championship
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BBC Sport 20 Mar Sheffield Wed 0 Derby 0
BBC Sport 20 Mar West Brom 3 Preston 2
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YamYam links 20 Mar Walsall 1 Colchester 0
Unibond First Division South
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NLN 20 Mar Carlton 0 Chasetown 2
NLN 20 Mar Rushall Olympic 1 Kidsgrove 1
NLN 20 Mar Willenhall 0 Lincoln 0
Mercury 21 Mar Unibond round-up
Midland Combination Premier
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20 Mar Cadbury Athletic 0 Walsall Wood 4
20 Mar Castle Vale 0 Continental Star 1
20 Mar Coventry Copsewood 2 Heath Hayes 2
20 Mar Pelsall Villa 1 Brocton 0
Midland Combination Division One
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20 Mar Shirley Town 4 Burntwood 3
Midland Combination Division Two
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20 Mar Continental Star Res 2 Greenhill 3
Midland Combination Reserve Division
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LB 20 Mar Chasetown Res 2 Oadby Town Res 2
20 Mar Walsall Wood Res 2 Banbury Utd 3
West Midlands (Regional) Premier
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20 Mar Bloxwich Utd 3 Wellington 2
20 Mar Darlaston Town 0 AFC Wulfrunians 2
20 Mar Ledbury Town 1 Heath Town Rangers 2
20 Mar Wednesfield P Goodrich P
Mercury 21 Mar 10 WMRL round-up
West Midlands (Regional) First
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20 Mar Riverway 6 Sporting Khalsa 1
West Midlands (Regional) Second
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20 Mar Tenbury 2 Bentley 1
WJs 20 Mar Wyrley Juniors 2 Ettingshall park Farm 1
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Sunday 21 March 2010
Coca-Cola Championship
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BBC Sport 21 Mar Leicester 2 Coventry 2
Lichfield & District Sunday Leagues
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Fixtures & Results | Table Division Three
West Midlands Regional Women's Football League
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Midlands Women's Combination Football League
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Walsall Junior Youth League
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Monday 22 March 10
Walsall & Wolves Leisure Leagues - Sneyd
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Results & Table Div One
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Tuesday 23 March 10
Barclays Premiership
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BBC Sport 23 Mar West Ham 1 Wolves 3
Coca-Cola Championship
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23 Mar QPR 1 Derby 1
Coca-Cola League Division One
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YamYam links 23 Mar Southend 3 Walsall 0
Unibond First Division South
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23 Mar Cammel Laird 1 Willenhall 0
Chasetown FC 23 Mar Chasetown 0 Market Drayton 2
Rushall FC 23 Mar Grantham 2 Rushall Olympic 2
Midland Combination Premier
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23 Mar Bolehall Swifts 3 Pelsall Villa 3
Midland Combination Reserve Division
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23 Mar Walsall Wood 3 Gresley 2
West Midlands (Regional) Premier
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23 Mar Darlaston Town v Wednesfield 19:45
23 Mar Goodrich v Heath Town Rangers 15:00
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Wednesday 24 March 10
Barclays Premiership
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24 Mar Aston Villa v Sunderland 19:45
24 Mar Blackburn v Birmingham 20:00
Coca-Cola Championship
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24 Mar West Brom v Coventry 19:45
Challenge Trophy
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24 Mar Boldmere v Chasetown 19:45
West Midlands (Regional) Premier
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24 Mar Ledbury Town v Bloxwich Utd 19:45
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Thursday 25 March 10
JW Hunt Cup
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25 Mar Walsall Wood v Darlaston Town 19:45
Walsall & Wolves Leisure Leagues - Walsall Uni
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Fixtures, Results & Table Div One
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Last week's football 13 Mar - 19 Mar Results
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Closure of Brownhills business park ‘may cost jobs’
Closure of Brownhills business park ‘may cost jobs’
Express & Star 23 Mar 10
Jobs would be lost and businesses face closure if Brownhills Business Park was redeveloped to make way for homes, a planning inquiry has heard. A car repair firm boss told the hearing which will decide the future of the site it would cost £1 million to relocate if the transformation went ahead...
Ashtenne Industrial Fund Brownhills Business Park
Concrete blocks placed around problem Walsall estate
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 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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
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
Walsall Local History Centre Home
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Feature: Bingo - a massive part of Walsall life
Bingo - a massive part of Walsall life
Video Express & Star 23 Mar 10
For grandmother Janet Dangerfield, playing bingo is more than just a hobby – it is a daily ritual. The 66-year-old from Darlaston admits to going to Mecca Bingo in Wednesfield to play for four-and-a-half hours every evening without fail. On Monday Janet was one of hundreds of players who went to the club for the national finals of the Mecca Bingo Buddy of the Year competition. The judging panel included GMTV presenter Lorraine Kelly...
Video Express & Star 23 Mar 10 Lorraine Kelly talks being 50 and fabulous
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Great Barr bank clerk is ringing changes as wrestler
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
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
Football: Taundry wary of crisis-hit Southend
23 Mar 10 15:03 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Taundry wary of crisis-hit Southend
Express & Star 23 Mar 10
Walsall midfielder Richard Taundry has warned crisis club Southend are as dangerous as ever and their plight will not stop the players looking to embarrass the Saddlers. The Shrimpers have suffered financial problems this season and have narrowly avoided going into administration. They have escaped three winding up orders and the players have been paid late three times this season...
YamYam links 23 Mar 10 Southend v Walsall previews 19:45
YamYam 20 Mar Local football fixtures and results
Football comment: Have you stopped leaping around, yet?
23 Mar 10 14:55 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Have you stopped leaping around, yet?
Darlo Saddler Walsall Web-Fans 23 Mar 10
Saturday’s visit of Colchester followed what’s said to have been yet another insipid, and fruitless, away performance when we visited Leyton Orient so hope for a win against high-flying opponents wasn’t high. Our home record under Hutch is pathetic to say the least – five wins in eighteen league games going into this game – and even when we’ve managed a victory we’ve made our way out of Bescot wondering exactly how we did it...
YamYam links 23 Mar 10 Southend v Walsall previews 19:45
YamYam 20 Mar Local football fixtures and results
YamYam links 20 Mar Walsall 1 Colchester 0
Football Southend v Walsall previews
23 Mar 10 14:54 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Southend v Walsall previews
YamYam links 23 Mar 10
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Tue 23 Mar, Roots Hall, KO 7:45pm
Express & Star 23 Mar 10 Walsall season no write off for Jones
Express & Star 23 Mar 10 Taundry wary of crisis-hit Southend
Darlo Saddler Walsall Web-Fans 23 Mar 10 Have you stopped leaping around, yet?
UptheSaddlers 22 Mar Southend v Walsall preview
Another three points will put us on the “magic” figure of 50, and an opportunity, with the season definitely over, to try and start some long term planning for next season (including some contact negotiations). Saturday’s excellent fighting win against the odds, following Hughes’s sending off, proved that there is spirit within the team...
Walsall MAD 22 Mar Southend v Walsall preview stats
BBC Sport 22 Mar Southend v Walsall preview followed by live text updates
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YamYam 20 Mar Local football fixtures and results
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Sky Sports 20 Mar 10 League One round-up
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Previous Walsall League One matches
YamYam links 20 Mar Walsall 1 Colchester 0
YamYam links 13 Mar 10 Leyton Orient 2 Walsall 0
YamYam links 6 Mar 10 Walsall 2 Millwall 2
YamYam links 27 Feb 10 Southampton 5 Walsall 1
YamYam links 23 Feb 10 Walsall 0 Yeovil Town 1
YamYam links 20 Feb Walsall 2 Brentford 1
YamYam links 16 Feb Leeds Utd 1 Walsall 2
YamYam links 13 Feb Oldham Athletic 1 Walsall 0
YamYam links 9 Feb Bristol Rovers 0 Walsall 1
YamYam links 6 Feb Walsall 0 Bristol Rovers 0
YamYam links 2 Feb Walsall 1 Charlton 1
YamYam links 30 Jan Gillingham 0 Walsall 0
YamYam links 26 Jan Walsall 1 Norwich 2
YamYam links 16 Jan Walsall 1 Brighton 2
YamYam links 19 Dec Walsall 2 Leyton Orient 2
YamYam links 12 Dec Millwall 2 Walsall 1
YamYam links 5 Dec Walsall 1 Southampton 3
YamYam links 3 Dec Yeovil Town 1 Walsall 3
YamYam links 24 Nov Walsall 3 Oldham 0
YamYam links 21 Nov Brentford 1 Walsall 1
YamYam links 14 Nov Walsall 2 Stockport 0
YamYam links 31 Oct Wycombe 2 Walsall 3
YamYam links 24 Oct Colchester 2 Walsall 1
YamYam links 17 Oct Walsall 3 Exeter 0
YamYam links 10 Oct MK Dons 1 Walsall 0
YamYam links 3 Oct Walsall 2 Carlisle 2
YamYam links 29 Sep Walsall 2 Huddersfield 1
YamYam links 26 Sep Hartlepool 3 Walsall 0
YamYam links 19 Sep Walsall 1 Swindon 1
YamYam links 12 Sep Tranmere 2 Walsall 3
YamYam links 5 Sep Norwich 0 Walsall 0
YamYam links 29 Aug Walsall 0 Gillingham 0
YamYam links 22 Aug Charlton Athletic 2 Walsall 0
YamYam links 18 Aug Walsall 1 Leeds 2
YamYam links 15 Aug Walsall 2 Southend United 2
YamYam links 8 Aug Brighton 0 Walsall 1
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Football: Walsall season no write off for Jones
23 Mar 10 14:49 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Walsall season no write off for Jones
Express & Star 23 Mar 10
Walsall winger Steve Jones has insisted the team’s campaign isn’t a write-off after revealing the players were expecting a season of struggle. The Saddlers head to Southend tonight 12th in League One and set for a mid-table finish, with just 10 games left and the club 16 points off the top six...
YamYam links 23 Mar 10 Southend v Walsall previews 19:45
YamYam 20 Mar Local football fixtures and results
Wednesbury cakes are perfect for export #cake
Wednesbury cakes are perfect for export
PR Midlands Business News 23 Mar 10
Cakes made by a family-run Wednesbury firm are going down a treat in new markets, with help from UK Trade & Investment. Perfection Foods, of Friar Park Road, Wednesbury, manufactures more than 40 different varieties of cakes and confectionery for wholesalers and retailers including Asda, Morrisons, Spar and Makro...
UK Trade & Investment Home
Perfection Foods Home
British Gas staff vote for strike
23 Mar 10 14:22 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
British Gas staff vote for strike
BBC News 23 Mar 10
Staff at British Gas have voted to strike after alleged bullying by management, and over changes to staff terms and conditions. The GMB trade union said staff would take industrial action over what it described as "macho management"...
B’ham Post 23 Mar British Gas strike ballot to be announced
Alun Thorne B’ham Post 16 Jan 10 Unions claim British Gas looking to cut 5,000 jobs
The Observer 10 Jan Power firms face accusations of profiteering from Britain's big freeze
Times 11 Jan Nat Grid issues 4th gas shortage alert
Mercury 9 Jan We won't run out of gas, says Brown
B' Mail 9 Jan Gas pipes at risk of cold snap leaking
Mercury 5 Jan Grid bosses issue gas supply alert
Telegraph 5 Jan Britain facing gas shortages
National Grid Emergency
Birmingham Post 31 July Cold winter and price hikes boost profits at British Gas
Mirror 31 Jul Why BG success is vital for country
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Midlands pays tribute to voice of boxing Harry Carpenter
23 Mar 10 13:49 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Midlands pays tribute to voice of boxing Harry Carpenter
Edward Chadwick B’ham Mail 23 Mar 10
The great and the good of Midlands boxing have paid tribute to the iconic voice of the sport, Harry Carpenter – who has died at the age of 84. Carpenter was the BBC’s boxing commentator for nearly 50 years after arriving in 1949...
Stirrer 23 Mar 10 Know what I mean?
Kevin Mitchell Guardian 22 Mar Harry Carpenter was a true gentleman
Telegraph 22 Mar Obituary: Harry Carpenter
Mercury 22 Mar Boxings’s Harry Carpenter dies aged 84
Walsall College boss hits out over funding
23 Mar 10 13:03 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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
BA flights return to normal after strike
23 Mar 10 12:58 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
BA flights return to normal after strike
Express & Star 23 Mar 10
British Airways flights will start to return to normal today following the end of a three day strike by cabin crew which cost the airline around £21 million with further disruption planned. Despite the end of the action by thousands of Unite members there will be a knock-on effect on services, especially at Heathrow, which was worst affected by the walk-out...
Mercury 23 Mar 10 BA catering 'still hit by strike'
Mercury 22 Mar BA cabin crew strike for third day
B’Post 22 Mar Unite calls for BA board to intervene
E&S 22 Mar Business calls on BA and strikers to talk
Mercury 20 Mar Travel chaos as BA staff walk out
David Millward Telegraph 19 Mar 10 British Airways staff to strike as talks collapse
BBC News 19 Mar 10 BA cabin crew strike to go ahead as talks collapse
Independent 19 Mar 10 BA strike talks continue
Mercury 15 Mar Brown 'intervenes' in BA row
Mercury 14 Mar Adonis in warning over BA's future
Mercury 13 Mar Union: BA must end 'needless war'
Telegraph 12 Mar 10 BA passengers face seven days of strikes
Mercury 12 Mar BA cabin crew to strike over cuts
B’Post 10 Mar BA strike talks end in deadlock
Observer 31 Jan 10 British Airways tries to start again
B'ham Post 14 Dec BA staff vote for strike action
Guardian 14 Dec BA's pension deficit: what it means
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Petition to flatten former Wednesbury church
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 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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
Features: Finally woken - spring appears by @BrownhillsBob
Finally woken
BrownhillsBob 23 Mar 10
At long last, spring appears to be here. All around, there are signs of a delayed mother nature hurriedly obeying her biological imperative. I don’t think I’ve ever seen snowdrops, crocuses and daffodils in bloom at the same time, and I don’t think that their cheery sight has ever really been so welcome to me...
Wikipedia Spring
More news in brief
More news in brief
YamYam links 22 Mar 10
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Main stories are published on the YamYam's front page
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WM Police 22 Mar Hunt for Bentley teen’s robber
E&S 22 Mar Coseley baths campaigners say farewell
Mercury 22 Mar TV’s Harry Carpenter dies aged 84
B’Post 22 Mar MPs warn of major residential disruption by high speed rail plans
Pheasey News 22 Mar New dentists for Pheasey
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B’Post 22 Mar CBI warns of sluggish recovery
E&S 22 Mar ‘Small firms worst hit by rising costs’
B’Post 22 Mar Insolvencies continue to fall
B’Post 22 Mar Kraft used Google to try and find out Cadbury's plans in Poland
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Comment
BrownhillsBob 22 Mar Respect their authority?
Derek Bennett 22 Mar UKIP prepare for election
Black Country Brummie 22 Mar Christian values
Advertiser 22 Mar Keep the Hoard local
Advertiser 22 Mar Residents should report rubbish
Advertiser 22 Mar Fly-tipping clean-up shows pride
Advertiser 22 Mar Aldridge store parking not fine
Advertiser 22 Mar Splendid Aldridge youth concert
YamYam links 22 Mar 10
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Main stories are published on the YamYam's front page
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News
WM Police 22 Mar Hunt for Bentley teen’s robber
E&S 22 Mar Coseley baths campaigners say farewell
Mercury 22 Mar TV’s Harry Carpenter dies aged 84
B’Post 22 Mar MPs warn of major residential disruption by high speed rail plans
Pheasey News 22 Mar New dentists for Pheasey
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Business
B’Post 22 Mar CBI warns of sluggish recovery
E&S 22 Mar ‘Small firms worst hit by rising costs’
B’Post 22 Mar Insolvencies continue to fall
B’Post 22 Mar Kraft used Google to try and find out Cadbury's plans in Poland
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Comment
BrownhillsBob 22 Mar Respect their authority?
Derek Bennett 22 Mar UKIP prepare for election
Black Country Brummie 22 Mar Christian values
Advertiser 22 Mar Keep the Hoard local
Advertiser 22 Mar Residents should report rubbish
Advertiser 22 Mar Fly-tipping clean-up shows pride
Advertiser 22 Mar Aldridge store parking not fine
Advertiser 22 Mar Splendid Aldridge youth concert
Newspaper launch heralds Birmingham media battle
Newspaper launch heralds Birmingham media battle
Marc Reeves Business Desk 22 Mar 10
West Midlands media entrepreneur Chris Bullivant is planning to launch a new weekly newspaper for Birmingham in a move which is certain to spark a battle for advertisers and readers with Trinity Mirror, publishers of the Birmingham Mail. The new title, called ‘The Birmingham Press’ will be a high-pagination weekly paper printed on high-quality newsprint and distributed through a mix of free home delivery and paid-for sales...
Business Desk 23 Mar 10 Bullish Bullivant upbeat on newspaper launch
Stirrer 23 Mar 10 Former Metro editor Lennox to edit new paper
Stirrer 22 Mar 10 Newspaper tiger roars in Brum
Media Guardian 31 July 09 Bullivant claims he could have saved Midlands newspapers
Rugby Union: Burntwood 16 Bloxwich 3
Burntwood 16 Bloxwich 3
Lichfield Blog 22 Mar 10
Two first half tries by Burntwood were the highlights of a disappointing contest which generally matched the dreary weather conditions it was played in. The second half in particular was a succession of errors and turnovers by both sides...
The Lichfield Blog 26 Jan 10 Wednesbury 13 Burntwood 23
The Lichfield Blog 26 Jan 10 Burntwood 3rds 32 Wednesbury 2nds 5
Advertiser 19 Nov 09 Bloxwich RFC 18 Newcastle 0
Advertiser 23 Sep Redditch RFC 5 Bloxwich RFC 22
Football: Willenhall Town 0 Lincoln Town 0
Willenhall Town 0 Lincoln Town 0
Pride Of Umpshire
Willenhall Town FC 22 Mar 10
Unibond First Division South
Basement club Willenhall took on Lincoln for the second time in 2 weeks hoping to reverse the 1-3 defeat at the Ashby Avenue Sports Pavilion. Conversely, it was the visitors who took the early initiative when in the 8th minute a corner by Kallum Smith was headed goalwards by Brendan McDaid, the ball was somehow scuffed off the line by the Lockmen. Minutes later and a volley by Sean Cann was brilliantly blocked by keeper Matt Jones...
YamYam 20 Mar Local football fixtures and results
Unibond First Division South Fixtures | Results | Table
NLN 20 Mar Carlton 0 Chasetown 2
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British Airways staff to strike as talks collapse
22 Mar 10 18:31 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
British Airways staff to strike as talks collapse
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Hopes of a breakthrough in the dispute between British Airways and the Unite trade union have been dashed after talks collapsed without agreement...
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Walsall Sunday parking fees top £12,000
22 Mar 10 18:13 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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
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Council backs threatened Mossley surgery
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."
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Aldridge heritage trail bid with The Croft dig
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 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
£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...
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Motorcyclist seriously injured in Shire Oak
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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...
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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
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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
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...
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Walsall charity gets £20,000 to support victims
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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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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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Football: Walsall 1 Colchester 0
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The Troy Deeney rant had been the talk of Walsall. The Saddlers striker’s explosive public outburst the previous weekend sent shockwaves around the Banks’s Stadium. The fans loved it; the management wished it had remained between the four walls of the changing room. Either way, it had to be said...
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Deep into stoppage time, second-half substitute Byfield, who hadn’t found the net since December 5, watched his effort trickle over the line to finish off a counter-attack and spark jubilant scenes...
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Walsall Leather Museum offering franchise for cafe
22 Mar 10 12:35 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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
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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 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
‘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
Grant Thornton Home
Football: Unibond round-up
21 Mar 10 13:40 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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
Football: WMRL round-up
21 Mar 10 13:34 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
WMRL round-up
Chris Vaughan Mercury 21 Mar 10
West Midlands (Regional) Premier
Darlaston Town goalkeeper Dave Evans pulled out all the stops but couldn’t prevent AFC Wulfrunians from maintaining their three point lead on top of the league whilst Bloxwich were made to sweat as their Herefordshire rivals clawed back a 2-0 deficit...
West Midlands (Regional) Premier
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20 Mar Bloxwich Utd 3 Wellington 2
20 Mar Darlaston Town 0 AFC Wulfrunians 2
20 Mar Ledbury Town 1 Heath Town Rangers 2
20 Mar Wednesfield P Goodrich P
West Midlands (Regional) First
Fixtures | Results | Table
20 Mar Riverway 6 Sporting Khalsa 1
West Midlands (Regional) Second
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20 Mar Tenbury 2 Bentley 1
20 Mar Wyrley Juniors 2 Ettingshall park Farm 1
YamYam 20 Mar Local football fixtures and results
Walsall mental health charity on the brink
21 Mar 10 03:37 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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
More news in brief
More news in brief
YamYam links 20 Mar 10
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BBC 20 Mar Another Sparkbrook fatal stabbing
Mercury 20 Mar Quinton teen killed in quarrel
E&S 20 Mar End of the road for Coseley Baths
B’Mail 20 Mar Burntwood groups get £195k funding
B’Mail 20 Mar Tipton smugglers hide fags in pasta
B’Mail 20 Mar Early retirement for Khyra official?
Mercury 20 Mar Priest abuse & celibacy 'not linked’?
Mercury 20 Mar Online plan for public services
E&S 20 Mar Chiles beardless: Sports Relief £29m
Mercury 20 Mar 67 arrests at Bolton demonstrations
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Mercury 20 Mar Travel chaos as BA staff walk out
B’Mail 20 Mar Ken Clarke: Cadbury Brum jobs safe
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BBC 20 Mar France edge England to seal Grand Slam
Telegraph 20 Mar 10 Rugby: France 12 England 10
Telegraph 20 Mar 10 Rugby: Ireland 20 Scotland 23
Telegraph 20 Mar 10 Rugby: Wales 33 Italy 10
YamYam links 20 Mar 10
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Main stories are published on the YamYam's front page
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BBC 20 Mar Another Sparkbrook fatal stabbing
Mercury 20 Mar Quinton teen killed in quarrel
E&S 20 Mar End of the road for Coseley Baths
B’Mail 20 Mar Burntwood groups get £195k funding
B’Mail 20 Mar Tipton smugglers hide fags in pasta
B’Mail 20 Mar Early retirement for Khyra official?
Mercury 20 Mar Priest abuse & celibacy 'not linked’?
Mercury 20 Mar Online plan for public services
E&S 20 Mar Chiles beardless: Sports Relief £29m
Mercury 20 Mar 67 arrests at Bolton demonstrations
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Mercury 20 Mar Travel chaos as BA staff walk out
B’Mail 20 Mar Ken Clarke: Cadbury Brum jobs safe
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BBC 20 Mar France edge England to seal Grand Slam
Telegraph 20 Mar 10 Rugby: France 12 England 10
Telegraph 20 Mar 10 Rugby: Ireland 20 Scotland 23
Telegraph 20 Mar 10 Rugby: Wales 33 Italy 10
Comment: Pedo button by @garrynewman
20 Mar 10 22:44 Filed in: Comment | Comment-Walsall
Pedo button
Garry Newman 20 Mar 10
A 12 year old girl from the UK was recently raped and murdered by a guy she met on Facebook. He pretended to be a 17 year old boy, then when she went to meet him he pretended to be the boy’s dad. Then raped and murdered her. Not nice, but this shit is bound to happen...
The Register 19 Mar 10 Facebook stands up to UK.gov's cyberbullying
Teleraph 19 Mar 10 Facebook snubs government demands for panic button
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre - CEOP 9 Feb 10 Adopt the button
BBC News 8 Feb 10 Facebook murderer to serve at least 35 years
BBC News 18 Nov 10 Facebook v Ceop
Football: Rushall Olympic 1 Kidsgrove Athletic 1
Rushall Olympic 1 Kidsgrove Athletic 1
Darren Stockall NLN 20 Mar 10
Unibond First South
Olympic make a decent second half recovery
Rushall Olympic picked up an extremely useful point at home against third placed Kidsgrove Athletic after they were forced to come back from being a goal adrift at the interval, despite twice striking the woodwork during the first period...
Colin Stoner B’ham Mail 20 Mar 10 Rushall Olympic make move for Romulus striker Tyrone Fagan
Unibond First Division South Fixtures | Results | Table
YamYam 20 Mar Local football fixtures and results
Rushall Olympic FC Home
Steve Stuart Rushall Olympic FC 17 Mar 10 Rushall Olympic 1 Witton Albion 1
Advertiser 18 Mar 10 Rushall Olympic 1 Witton Albion 1
Rushall Olympic 13 Mar 10 Glapwell 2 Rushall Olympic 0
Non League News 14 Mar 10 Glapwell 2 Rushall Olympic 0
Advertiser 18 Mar 10 Glapwell 2 Rushall Olympic 0
B’ham Mail 13 Mar 10 We need to find our consistency says boss Neil Kitching
The YamYam 13 Mar 10 Pics in possible Olympic stadium bid
The YamYam 11 Mar 10 Pics still searching for new ground
Advertiser 9 Mar Cammell Laird 3 Rushall Olympic 2
Non League News 7 Mar 10 Pics defeat is a blow for Belper
Derby Telegraph 7 Mar 10 Third straight defeat for Belper
Rushall FC 6 Mar 10 Belper Town 1 Rushall Olympic 3
B’ham Mail 6 Mar 10 Rushall Olympic line up bid for Solihull Moors youngster
Rushall Olympic FC 5 Mar 10 Rushall Olympic 3 Darlaston 0 Walsall Senior Cup
Non League News 27 Feb 10 Rushall Olympic 1 Lincoln Utd 4
Advertiser 4 Mar 10 Defensive lapses so costly for Olympic
Colin Stoner B’ham Mail 27 Feb 10 Rushall Olympic in talks with Chasetown striker Gary Hay
B’ham Mail 20 Feb 10 Rushall Olympic plan move for Chasetown striker Gary Hay
Rushall Olympic FC 20 Feb Grantham Town P Rushall Olympic P
Advertiser 18 Feb 10 Carlton Town 1 Rushall Olympic 0
Darren Stockall Rushall Olympic 14 Feb 10 Error proves costly as Pics slip to defeat
B’ham Mail 13 Feb 10 Rushall Olympic snap up striker Tom Ward
Advertiser 11 Feb 10 Olympic miss chance to move up the table
YamYam links 6 Feb Rushall Olympic 0 Brigg Town 0
Walsall Advertiser 4 Feb 10 Market Drayton Town 1 Rushall Olympic 2
B’ham Mail 6 Feb 10 Rushall Olympic manager Neil Kitching stars as stand-in keeper
B’ham Mail 30 Jan 10 Rushall Olympic forced to regroup after losing three players
Non League News 23 Jan 10 Rushall Olympic 0 Shepshed Dynamo 1
Rushall FC 23 Jan Poor Pics fall flat on their faces
Advertiser 28 Jan Narrow loss for Olympic
Rushall Olympic FC 22 Jan Rushall Olympic strengthen squad ahead of Dynamo clash
Rushall Olympic FC 22 Jan Kitching itching to sign Beard
B’ham Mail 23 Jan Pics warned to expect tougher challenges
YamYam links 23 Jan Local football results & fixtures
Advertiser 21 Jan 10 Pics give fans the chance to get fix
Advertiser 21 Jan 10 Willenhall Town 0 Rushall Olympic 2
Matty B Willenhall FC 19 Jan 10 Willenhall Town 0 Rushall Olympic 2
Rushall Olympic 16 Jan 10 Coventry Copeswood 2 Rushall Olympic 3 (friendly - preview)
B’ham Mail 16 Jan Boxing hot-shot helps Pics beat the weather woes
Northwich Guardian 15 Jan Rushall Olympic v Witton Albion postponed
B'ham Mail 9 Jan Rushall Olympic hope winter break will be a help
B'ham Mail 19 Dec Let battle commence, says Pics boss
B'ham Mail 12 Dec Rushall Olympic happy to let battle commence as new players sign in
YamYam links 12 Dec Rushall Olympic 3 Spalding Utd 0
Victory in battle to keep Hoard in Midlands
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
Blog comment: Talking rubbish
Talking rubbish
Cllr Bob Piper 20 Mar 10
Bill Bryson writes with great passion and anger about the English countryside, (which usually only makes it on to the political radar when some red-coated, red-faced herberts are demanding their natural born civil liberty to carry out acts of barbarism on animals). He is particularly exercised about one of my pet hates, litter...
Express & Star 18 Mar 10 Crews target arson hotpots on two wheels
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10 Extra litter hit squad to help tackle environmental crime
BrownhillsBob 12 Mar 10 From the ‘Not terribly bright’ department…
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Walsall Council Bulky item collection
Walsall Council Envirocrime
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
Sandwell Council Big Spring Clean
Crime spree of freed class A drug addicts
20 Mar 10 18:54 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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
Jury still out on New Deal?
Jury still out on New Deal?
Express & Star 20 Mar 10
Set up under Tony Blair’s government in 1999 and 2001 the New Deal schemes were given 10 years to turn around some of the country’s most deprived areas and raise thousands of people out of poverty. The Black Country has three of the schemes - All Saints and Blakenhall Community Development (ABCD) in Wolverhampton, the Greets Green Partnership in West Bromwich and Walsall’s New Deal. But did Labour’s New Deal for Communities do the job?
The YamYam 20 Feb 10 Leamore pensioners still out in the cold
BBC News 29 Sep 09 Tackling anti-social behaviour in Blakenall
Walsall New Deal Home
Walsall New Deal Blakenall Village Centre
Walsall Council Blakenall & Bloxwich LNP
Bumper pay boost for Walsall Council boss
20 Mar 10 14:25 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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
Horse racing: Imperial Commander tears up the Gold Cup's two-horse script
20 Mar 10 00:31 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Imperial Commander tears up the Gold Cup's two-horse script
Paul Hayward Guardian 19 Mar 10
The miracle of this Cheltenham Gold Cup was that two great champions were dethroned and yet it still felt like a day of wonder for National Hunt racing. Ruby Walsh rode the fallen odds-on favourite, Kauto Star, back to the unsaddling enclosure from the scene of their tumble upright in the saddle, like a defiant cavalry officer, and Denman reached into his deepest store of energy to finish runner-up to Imperial Commander, who was cheered by an exultant crowd despite spoiling the romantic two‑horse script...
Willenhall’s Poundland eyes 50 more stores as owners seek to sell business
Willenhall’s Poundland eyes 50 more stores as owners seek to sell business
Anna Blackaby B’ham Post 19 Mar 10
More “sensible” high street rents have strengthened Poundland’s plans to add 50 new stores next year – giving a boost to its private equity owners in their bid for a sale of the Willenhall-based business...
B’ham Post 15 Mar 10 Poundland founder looking at new retail moves
Express & Star 12 Mar 10 Willenhall’s Poundland set to be sold
Daily Mail 6 Mar 10 Poundland's Jim McCarthy: A boss who thinks small to grow big
B’ham Post 11 Jan 10 Willenhall’s Poundland sales rise by 35%
Express & Star 8 Nov Willenhall’s Poundland turnover bonanza
Express & Star 10 Oct 1,000 new jobs on the way at Willenhall's Poundland
B'ham Post 2 Oct Poundland director to speak at Excellence conference
B'ham Post 3 July Poundland moves in on more empty Woolworths stores
B'ham Post 3 Jun Poundland to open more stores
B'ham Post 2 June 09 Poundland buoyed by the downturn
Express & Star 2 June Poundland is quids in
Express & Star 16 Apr Record sales for Poundland
Express & Star 6 Apr Poundland enjoy £50m turnover
Poundland Shop online
Comment: Charlie Gillett 1942 – 2010
20 Mar 10 00:15 Filed in: Comment | Comment-Walsall
Charlie Gillett 1942 – 2010
The Plastic Hippo 19 Mar 10
Charlie Gillett died on Wednesday morning. Apart from writing the definitive history of popular music “The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll”, his radio shows gave first breaks to the likes of Graham Parker, Ian Dury, Elvis Costello and Dire Straights. But his greatest gift to us was as a champion of what became known as “world” music...
Telegraph 19 Mar 10 Obituary: Charlie Gillett
BBC News 18 Mar 10 BBC Radio 3 and World Service DJ Charlie Gillett dies
Charlie Gillett Home
Fresh dig at Staffordshire hoard treasure site
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
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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
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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
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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)
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B’Mail 19 Mar Vandals put blocks on Staffs rail tracks
Mercury 19 Mar Student loans at risk of new delays
Mercury 19 Mar Kidnapped boy back with family
B’Post 19 Mar Brum suicide conductor - no action
B’Mail 19 Mar Warning over dog internet sales
B’Mail 19 Mar WM families winning mortgage battle
B’Mail 19 Mar Lord ‘Digby’ Jones in M42 driving ban
B’Mail 19 Mar Kingstanding teen in child porn shock
E&S 19 Mar Mini-moto track for Wednesbury youths
WV11 19 Mar Police on-side with Wednesfield youth
B’Mail 19 Mar Appeal for missing Sparkbrook boy
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E&S 19 Mar £196m loss for Bradford & Bingley
B’Mail 19 Mar £81m boost for Midland Metro
BizDesk 19 Mar Shopping centres prove resilient
BizDesk 19 Mar Internet helps businesses to thrive
E&S 18 Mar Profits on the up at Greggs
E&S 18 Mar More store closures at Ethel Austin
Mercury 18 Mar BA boss in last minute strike talks
BBC 18 Mar Metro extension decision expected
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WebFans 19 Mar International call for young Saddler
WebFans 19 Mar Demontognac joins Chesterfield
Advertiser 18 Mar Athletics: Walters takes 4th at Bath
YamYam links 19 Mar 10
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B’Mail 19 Mar Vandals put blocks on Staffs rail tracks
Mercury 19 Mar Student loans at risk of new delays
Mercury 19 Mar Kidnapped boy back with family
B’Post 19 Mar Brum suicide conductor - no action
B’Mail 19 Mar Warning over dog internet sales
B’Mail 19 Mar WM families winning mortgage battle
B’Mail 19 Mar Lord ‘Digby’ Jones in M42 driving ban
B’Mail 19 Mar Kingstanding teen in child porn shock
E&S 19 Mar Mini-moto track for Wednesbury youths
WV11 19 Mar Police on-side with Wednesfield youth
B’Mail 19 Mar Appeal for missing Sparkbrook boy
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E&S 19 Mar £196m loss for Bradford & Bingley
B’Mail 19 Mar £81m boost for Midland Metro
BizDesk 19 Mar Shopping centres prove resilient
BizDesk 19 Mar Internet helps businesses to thrive
E&S 18 Mar Profits on the up at Greggs
E&S 18 Mar More store closures at Ethel Austin
Mercury 18 Mar BA boss in last minute strike talks
BBC 18 Mar Metro extension decision expected
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WebFans 19 Mar International call for young Saddler
WebFans 19 Mar Demontognac joins Chesterfield
Advertiser 18 Mar Athletics: Walters takes 4th at Bath
Teenager arrested over fatal screwdriver stabbing
19 Mar 10 17:44 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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
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
Rugby: Walsall 17 Sutton Coldfield 19
19 Mar 10 16:25 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Walsall RFC First XV 17 Sutton Coldfield 19
Walsall Advertiser 18 Mar 10
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Walsall count the cost of error-prone display
Errors and a lack of discipline cost Walsall as they suffered defeat at the hands of Sutton, in a game they should have won. Walsall started well, dominating the first half, and should have scored more than the two tries that came from number eight Adam Parr and prop forward Ian Bradshaw...
20 Mar 10 Walsall v Whitchurch
Advertiser 6 Mar Stratford 58 Walsall 10
Dudley News 1 Mar 10 DK RFC 33 Walsall RFC 15
Walsall Advertiser 4 Mar 10 Walsall pay price for losing players
Walsall Advertiser 25 Feb 10 Walsall RFC 28 Stoke 21
Walsall Advertiser 18 Feb 10 Withdrawal hits Walsall
Walsall Advertiser 11 Feb 10 Walsall 48 Cheltenham North 8
Walsall Advertiser 4 Feb 10 Walsall rugby club is facing up to busy schedule
Walsall Advertiser 28 Jan 10 Nuneaton Old Eds 20 Walsall RFC 22
Advertiser 14 Jan 10 Gorway clubs mourn loss of stalwart
Advertiser 11 Jan 10 Alex honoured by Midlands call-up
Advertiser 18 Dec Camp Hill 12 Walsall 18
5 Dec 09 Walsall 21 Bournville 13
Advertiser 4 Dec Whitchurch 29 Walsall RFC 17
Advertiser 19 Nov Sutton Coldfield 26 Walsall RFC 14
Advertiser 13 Nov Walsall RFC 12 Stratford 40
31 Oct 09 Stoke 18 Walsall 21
17 Oct 09 Old Halesonians 27 Walsall 23
10 Oct 09 Walsall 34 Nuneaton Old Edwardians 29
3 Oct 09 Leamington 43 Walsall 10
26 Sep 09 Walsall 22 Dudley Kingswinford 17
19 Sep 09 Cheltenham North Walsall 19
Advertiser 17 Sep Walsall RFC 34 Camp Hill 22
Advertiser 10 Sep Burton 32 Walsall RFC 0
Derby Telegraph 8 Sep Burton keep out Walsall
Advertiser 3 Sep Stoke 32 Walsall 19
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Athletics: Walsall’s Edirin Okoro storms to BUCS gold medal
Walsall’s Edirin Okoro storms to BUCS gold medal
Walsall Advertiser 19 Mar 10
Walsall’s Edirin Okoro clinched a gold medal at the British Universities and Colleges Sport Championships last weekend...
British Universities and Colleges Sport Championships Results
The Power Of Edirin Okoro profile
Walsall Advertiser 19 Mar 10 Dame Kelly helps Ejiro Okoro stay on course
Nick Webster Walsall Advertiser 15 Oct 09 'Make or break' time for Brownhills star Okoro pdf
Advertiser 10 July Dame Kelly passes on tips to Brownhills athlete Ejiro Okoro
Advertiser 3 Jul Okoros aim to keep it in the family at Trials
B'ham Post 18 Jun Okoro clan make it a family affair
On Camp with Kelly Profile: Ejiro Okoro
Football: Walsall v Colchester previews
19 Mar 10 15:39 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Walsall v Colchester previews
YamYam links 19 Mar 10
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Colchester United are currently in the final play-off spot and aim to end a run of three games without a win at Walsall, who have not tasted victory in four matches...
YamYam links 19 Mar 10 We owe the fans admits Vincent
Express & Star 19 Mar 10 Mattis ready to return for Walsall
Express & Star 19 Mar 10 No extra pleasure in old pals battle for Hutch
B’Mail 18 Mar 10 Clayton McDonald is loving life in the Walsall first team
Neil UptheSaddlers 19 Mar 10 Walsall v Colchester preview
It’s been yet another very strange week in the life of Walsall Football Club. As if it wasn’t bad enough having to read the comments on 606 from Orient fans that the only reason they won was that we were positively the worst team they have seen down there this season, we then got Troy Deeney’s comments running down other players for not trying. Quite what’s going on is beyond me. There have been lots of positive comments about Deeney from fans, but I just think it is distracting from the real problems at the club – the lack of investment and, quite frankly, the Manager...
Walsall MAD 19 Mar 10 Walsall v Colchester preview
BBC Sport 19 Mar 10 Walsall v Colchester preview followed by live match updates
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Previous Walsall League One matches
YamYam links 13 Mar 10 Leyton Orient 2 Walsall 0
YamYam links 6 Mar 10 Walsall 2 Millwall 2
YamYam links 27 Feb 10 Southampton 5 Walsall 1
YamYam links 23 Feb 10 Walsall 0 Yeovil Town 1
YamYam links 20 Feb Walsall 2 Brentford 1
YamYam links 16 Feb Leeds Utd 1 Walsall 2
YamYam links 13 Feb Oldham Athletic 1 Walsall 0
YamYam links 9 Feb Bristol Rovers 0 Walsall 1
YamYam links 6 Feb Walsall 0 Bristol Rovers 0
YamYam links 2 Feb Walsall 1 Charlton 1
YamYam links 30 Jan Gillingham 0 Walsall 0
YamYam links 26 Jan Walsall 1 Norwich 2
YamYam links 16 Jan Walsall 1 Brighton 2
YamYam links 19 Dec Walsall 2 Leyton Orient 2
YamYam links 12 Dec Millwall 2 Walsall 1
YamYam links 5 Dec Walsall 1 Southampton 3
YamYam links 3 Dec Yeovil Town 1 Walsall 3
YamYam links 24 Nov Walsall 3 Oldham 0
YamYam links 21 Nov Brentford 1 Walsall 1
YamYam links 14 Nov Walsall 2 Stockport 0
YamYam links 31 Oct Wycombe 2 Walsall 3
YamYam links 24 Oct Colchester 2 Walsall 1
YamYam links 17 Oct Walsall 3 Exeter 0
YamYam links 10 Oct MK Dons 1 Walsall 0
YamYam links 3 Oct Walsall 2 Carlisle 2
YamYam links 29 Sep Walsall 2 Huddersfield 1
YamYam links 26 Sep Hartlepool 3 Walsall 0
YamYam links 19 Sep Walsall 1 Swindon 1
YamYam links 12 Sep Tranmere 2 Walsall 3
YamYam links 5 Sep Norwich 0 Walsall 0
YamYam links 29 Aug Walsall 0 Gillingham 0
YamYam links 22 Aug Charlton Athletic 2 Walsall 0
YamYam links 18 Aug Walsall 1 Leeds 2
YamYam links 15 Aug Walsall 2 Southend United 2
YamYam links 8 Aug Brighton 0 Walsall 1
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Saddlers: We owe the fans admits Vincent
19 Mar 10 15:27 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
We owe the fans admits Vincent
Express & Star 19 Mar 10
Walsall defender Jamie Vincent has admitted even he would think twice about watching the under-par Saddlers and added they don’t deserve the support they get. The left-back is set to welcome Colchester on Saturday and admits the players are on trial with their own fans after last weekend’s 2-0 defeat at Leyton Orient...
YamYam links 19 Mar 10 Walsall v Colchester previews
Express & Star 19 Mar 10 Mattis ready to return for Walsall
Mark Jones Express & Star 19 Mar 10 Walsall players should show they care
Express & Star 18 Mar 10 Deeney will escape Walsall rap
Walsall Advertiser 18 Mar 10 Martin: 'We must show our desire'
B’Mail 18 Mar 10 Clayton McDonald is loving life in the Walsall first team
Darren Fellows Express & Star 17 Mar 10 Comment: All hail Troy’s honesty
B’ham Mail 17 Mar 10 Martin O’Connor: I am grumpy too!
B’ham Mail 17 Mar 10 Walsall badly need home impetus
Express & Star 16 Mar 10 Vincent looks to unite the Saddlers
BBC Sport 16 Mar 10 Troy Deeney slams embarrassing team-mates
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
Inquest to resume into death of Walsall soldier killed in Afghanistan
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
Kids visit archaeological dig at Aldridge Croft - video
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Kids visit archaeological dig at Aldridge Croft
Express & Star 19 Mar 10
Young treasure hunters joined archaelogists on a dig in Aldridge in a bid to unearth historical gems. Pupils from Cooper and Jordan School were at The Croft in Aldridge where experts are on the lookout for artefacts from times gone by...
Kids visit archaeological dig at Aldridge Croft
Express & Star 19 Mar 10
Young treasure hunters joined archaelogists on a dig in Aldridge in a bid to unearth historical gems. Pupils from Cooper and Jordan School were at The Croft in Aldridge where experts are on the lookout for artefacts from times gone by...
New look for region’s police on the beat
19 Mar 10 15:06 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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
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Banks’s boss in beer tax attack
19 Mar 10 14:43 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
Banks’s boss in beer tax attack
Express & Star 19 Mar 10
Banks’s chief executive today launched a scathing attack on the Government for soaring beer duty rates, accusing ministers of “jeopardising” any chance of pubs recovering from the recession. Ralph Findlay said the industry had been hit hard by the recession, with many pubs closing and beer sales down £650 million in the past year...
Express & Star 6 Mar 10 Marston’s raises beer price by 5p
B’Post 5 Mar Marston’s Jennings moves back to Cumbria
BizDesk 4 Mar 10 Marston's seal major Tetley's deal
B'ham Post 29 Jan 10 'Robust' Christmas for Marstons
Express & Star 28 Jan Ale sales revival cheers brewers and pubs
Express & Star 22 Jan 10 Tours of Banks’s brewery to begin in the spring
B'ham Post 14 Dec Banks's Mild returns to the nation's pubs
Express & Star 28 Sep Marston’s £40m deal on hotels
B'ham Post 29 Sep Marston's join forces with Travelodge
Express & Star 25 Aug Marston’s sells extra million pints at Ashes
Express & Star 4 Aug Brewery Marston's riding storm
B'ham Post 23 Jul Investors back Marston’s and GKN in £600m rights issue
B'ham Post 29 Jun Marston's facing potential shareholder rebellion
Express & Star 18 Jun Marston’s unveil £140m pub plan
Express & Star 22 May Marston's sees 20 % profit drop
Express & Star 15 Apr Meals & real ale boost for Marston'
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UB40 are up for Walsall gig - video interview
19 Mar 10 14:30 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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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
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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
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Region lags in ethnic employment rates
19 Mar 10 14:14 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
Region lags in ethnic employment rates
Jayne Howarth Business Desk 19 Mar 10
Companies across the West Midlands are failing to employ people from ethnic minority backgrounds, a leading businessman has claimed. Sarabjeet Soar, chair of the West Midlands Minority Ethnic Business Forum regeneration and economic inclusion group, said inequality still exists, despite attempts to legislate against it...
West Midlands Minority Ethnic Business Forum Home
Asian News 14 July 09 Muslim women want to work
B’ham Post 30 Jun 09 Asian business stars recognised at awards ceremony
B’ham Post 27 Apr 09 ‘Not enough woman and minorities’ in workplace
Petrol prices soar ahead of tax hike
19 Mar 10 14:05 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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
Rail strike threat over Easter
19 Mar 10 13:10 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
Rail strike threat over Easter
David Millward Telegraph 19 Mar 10
Britain is facing a national rail strike at Easter after signallers voted to walk out in a dispute over rosters. The signallers' dispute is one of two involving members of RMT. Maintenance workers have also voted to strike in a row over job cuts, which the union says would put safety at risk...
BBC News 19 Mar 10 RMT rail signal workers to take strike action
RMT Union Home page
Saddlers: Walsall players should show they care
19 Mar 10 12:59 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Walsall players should show they care
Mark Jones Express & Star 19 Mar 10
How many of this current Saddlers side have the bottle for battle after Troy Deeney’s public outburst this week?
Express & Star 19 Mar 10 We owe the fans admits Vincent
YamYam links 19 Mar 10 Walsall v Colchester previews
Express & Star 18 Mar 10 Deeney will escape Walsall rap
Walsall Advertiser 18 Mar 10 Martin: 'We must show our desire'
Darren Fellows Express & Star 17 Mar 10 Comment: All hail Troy’s honesty
B’ham Mail 17 Mar 10 Martin O’Connor: I am grumpy too!
B’ham Mail 17 Mar 10 Walsall badly need home impetus
Express & Star 16 Mar 10 Vincent looks to unite the Saddlers
BBC Sport 16 Mar 10 Troy Deeney slams embarrassing team-mates
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
Six Birmingham City Council social workers sacked
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
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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
Blog comment: Parachutes and pashminas - by @thePlasticHippo
19 Mar 10 01:59 Filed in: Comment | Comment-Walsall
Parachutes and pashminas
The Plastic Hippo 18 Mar 10
“I am not a racist/sexist/ageist/homophobic but” (delete as necessary), you can bet your life and immortal soul that they are. The societal and religious intolerant are always very keen to present a public display of equanimity and will smile benignly, secure in a twisted faith and will consider any interlocutor with an opposing opinion to be a moron because, oh dear, you just don’t understand...
The YamYam 18 Mar 10 Walsall South Labour candidate announced
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
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Community governor sought for Pelsall school
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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Comment: High speed link will be slow burner
18 Mar 10 14:49 Filed in: Comment | Comment-Walsall
High speed link will be slow burner
Birmingham Post 18 Mar 10
Everyone supports high speed rail in principle. When Lord Adonis announced plans for a new London to Birmingham route last week, opposition parties scrambled to insist that their version of a high speed line would be even better than his...
Lichfield Blog 18 Mar 10 Council Leader ‘concerned’ by plans for new rail line through Lichfield
Lichfield Blog 12 Mar 10 Lichfield MP slams plan for high speed rail
Lichfield Blog 12 Mar 10 Councillor critical of route
BBC News 11 Mar 10 High-speed rail plans announced by government video
B’ham Post 11 Mar 10 Birmingham business leaders welcome high speed rail link
B’ham Mail 11 Mar 10 Intercity high speed rail network gets go ahead
Express & Star 11 Mar 10 Rail line £34billion plan announced
The Stirrer 11 Mar 10 Could high speed line still hit the buffers?
The Stirrer 22 Feb 10 Link to the future
B’ham Mail 20 Feb Row over hi-speed rail link route
BBC News 17 Feb 10 Tories deny playing politics over high-speed rail plan
B’ham Mail 17 Feb 10 High-speed railway between Birmingham and London 'will benefit wealthy'
B'ham Post 30 Dec 09 High Speed Rail plans set to be submitted to Government
B'ham Post 30 Dec Adonis: HSR pricing must be fair
Telegraph 28 Dec HSR faces objection from countryside campaigners
B’ham Post 30 Nov High Speed rail links give UK economy £55billion boost
B’ham Post 7 Sep Centro backs high-speed link into Birmingham city centre
B'ham Post 31 Aug High-speed trains may still stop at Brum Airport & NEC
The Stirrer 28 Aug Airport boss slams rail plan
BBC News 27 Aug High-speed rail plan questioned
B'ham Mail 27 Aug Call for new B'ham rail station
BBC News 26 Aug New high-speed rail plan unveiled
Express & Star 26 Aug London by train in just 45 mins
B'ham Mail 26 Aug 200mph rail link planned to London
B'ham Mail 17 Aug B'ham Airport puts pressure for rail link
B'ham Post 17 Aug Comment: Time to debate options
The Stirrer 12 Aug Airport in hi-speed collision course
B'ham Post 10 Aug New pledge on hi-speed rail project
Guardian 5 Aug Adonis defends hi-speed rail plan (video)
B'ham Post 22 May Hi-speed rail link to be unveiled
BBC News 1 Feb Dawning of rail's new golden age?
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Crews target arson hotpots on two wheels
18 Mar 10 14:37 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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
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
Football: Meet the Saddlers eyes and ears
18 Mar 10 14:13 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Meet the Saddlers eyes and ears
Express & Star 18 Mar 10
David Hamilton works for Walsall as the Saddlers’ eyes and ears in the north but knows all his efforts will eventually benefit others. The chief scout sits at his desk in Essington musing about the state of football as a former battled hardened midfielder whose career took him to Sunderland, Blackburn and Wigan. Football was never about money for him...
Guardian 8 Aug 09 A working life: the football scout
Express & Star 8 Jun New scout reunited with Hutchings
Express & Star 5 Jun Saddlers appoint new chief scout
Saddlers: Parkin pleads for a second chance
18 Mar 10 14:09 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Parkin pleads for a second chance
Express & Star 18 Mar 10
Walsall striker Sam Parkin has pleaded for a second chance with the Saddlers after admitting his future at the club is in the balance. The 29-year-old has made just eight starts since arriving on a free transfer last summer, falling short of the number of appearance needed to trigger a second year at the Banks’s Stadium...
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Express & Star 23 Jan 10 Parkin promises ‘instant impact’
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Express & Star 26 Aug 09 Parkin vows to be Saddlers goal saviour
Express & Star 4 Aug Pal Parkin key to Richards signing
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Birmingham airport runway extension heralds growth
18 Mar 10 13:14 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
Birmingham airport runway extension heralds growth
Duncan Tift Business Desk 18 Mar 10
Completion of the runway extension at Birmingham International Airport will pave the way for a transport revolution the like of which the city has never seen before, Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby has said. Cllr Whitby told delegates at the MIPIM commercial property show in Cannes that the £25m necessary to complete the runway could be put in place at a full board meeting of the airport’s directors in April...
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B’Post 17 Mar Spanair to fly from B’ham Airport
B’Mail 12 Mar New lounge opened at B’ham Airport
BBC News 3 Mar Face scanners at B’ham Airport
B’Mail 25 Feb Brum airport cargo emergency landing
Express & Star 23 Feb 10 Brum passengers in air nightmare
B’ham Mail 22 Feb 10 Birmingham-bound plane makes emergency landing after fuel leak
B’ham Post 22 Feb 10 Security alert at Birmingham Airport after metal detector switched off
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Mercury 22 Feb Snow shuts Luton airport's runway
B’ham Mail 22 Jan 10 Birmingham Airport's information desk will close with 25 job losses
B’ham Post 19 Jan 10 Birmingham Airport to merge terminals as passenger numbers fall
Midlands Business News 19 Jan Two become one with £15m airport terminal investment
Midlands Business News 19 Jan Dublin, Dubai and Amsterdam are favourites from Birmingham
BBC Politics Show 16 Jan Birmingham Airport expansion option could help London
Mercury 16 Feb Airport scanners may be unlawful
B’ham Mail 14 Jan Birmingham Airport to remove frontline police officers
B’ham Mail 14 Jan Airpot battles blizzards video
Express & Star 4 Jan £10m security plan revealed for Birmingham Airport
B'ham Mail 4 Jan WM MEP hits out at 'peep show' body scanners
Guardian 3 Jan Invasion of the body scanners
E&S 28 Dec Flights to US hit by tighter security
BBC News 22 Nov Birmingham Airport seeks government funding
Post 25 Nov US airline cancels Birmingham route
Stirrer 24 Nov US airline pulls out of Birmingham
B’ham Post 9 Nov Airport's cash plea to AWM
YamYam links 8 Nov Probe launched into Birmingham Airport rendition flight claims
B'ham Mail 23 Oct Birmingham airport terminal given Royal approval
B'ham Post 20 Oct B'ham air staff sabbaticals move fails
Stirrer 20 Oct Sep London B'ham "Trumps Boris Island"
B'ham Post 17 Sep Baggage & check-in staff face axe
Express & Star 15 Oct Walsall's airport shares "not for sale"
B'ham Post 14 Oct Vow to protect region's assets
B'ham Post 13 Oct Pressure to sell B'ham airport
Telegraph 12 Oct Government in £16bn asset sale
B'ham Post 16 Sep Investment in airport grows
YamYam links 20 Jun Airport expansion plans revealed
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Blog comment: There's gold in them thar hills
18 Mar 10 13:00 Filed in: Comment | Comment-Walsall
There's gold in them thar hills
The Mushroom 18 Mar 10
I have only two things to say to the people of Brownhills. Firstly, why is your town called Brownhills when it is not brown and lacks hills? Secondly, I’m sorry but I don’t think that the Staffordshire Hoard should stay in your town. I know that the last point will anger those in your community who are doing their best to improve an area which over the years has been ignored and let run down, but it’s not because you can’t be trusted, its because we can’t trust those who would have control over it...
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Willenhall campaigners to consider community enterprise option
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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Saddlers: Deeney will escape Walsall rap
18 Mar 10 12:35 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Deeney will escape Walsall rap
Express & Star 18 Mar 10
Walsall have confirmed striker Troy Deeney will escape disciplinary action after his outburst as manager Chris Hutchings moved to end the storm. The Saddlers’ top scorer slammed his colleagues on Monday after their 2-0 defeat at Leyton Orient last weekend, claiming they lacked commitment...
Walsall Advertiser 18 Mar 10 Martin: 'We must show our desire'
Darren Fellows Express & Star 17 Mar 10 Comment: All hail Troy’s honesty
B’ham Mail 17 Mar 10 Martin O’Connor: I am grumpy too!
B’ham Mail 17 Mar 10 Walsall badly need home impetus
Express & Star 16 Mar 10 Vincent looks to unite the Saddlers
BBC Sport 16 Mar 10 Troy Deeney slams embarrassing team-mates
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
Giant pliers spotted floating over West Bromwich street
18 Mar 10 12:25 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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
Football: Rushall Olympic 1 Witton Albion 1
Rushall Olympic 1 Witton Albion 1
Steve Stuart Rushall Olympic FC 17 Mar 10
Unibond First Division South
Pics fall foul in last minute
Rushall Olympic will be extremely disappointed to come out with nothing from this entertaining fixture against a combative Witton Albion side. The Pics looked to strengthen their attacking options with Damien Charie returning to the starting line up to partner Tom Ward in attack with Justin Nisbett dropping to the bench...
Advertiser 18 Mar 10 Rushall Olympic 1 Witton Albion 1
Unibond First Division South Fixtures | Results | Table
YamYam 13 Mar Local football fixtures and results
Rushall Olympic FC Home
Rushall Olympic 13 Mar 10 Glapwell 2 Rushall Olympic 0
Non League News 14 Mar 10 Glapwell 2 Rushall Olympic 0
Advertiser 18 Mar 10 Glapwell 2 Rushall Olympic 0
B’ham Mail 13 Mar 10 We need to find our consistency says boss Neil Kitching
The YamYam 13 Mar 10 Pics in possible Olympic stadium bid
The YamYam 11 Mar 10 Pics still searching for new ground
Advertiser 9 Mar Cammell Laird 3 Rushall Olympic 2
Non League News 7 Mar 10 Pics defeat is a blow for Belper
Derby Telegraph 7 Mar 10 Third straight defeat for Belper
Rushall FC 6 Mar 10 Belper Town 1 Rushall Olympic 3
B’ham Mail 6 Mar 10 Rushall Olympic line up bid for Solihull Moors youngster
Rushall Olympic FC 5 Mar 10 Rushall Olympic 3 Darlaston 0 Walsall Senior Cup
Non League News 27 Feb 10 Rushall Olympic 1 Lincoln Utd 4
Advertiser 4 Mar 10 Defensive lapses so costly for Olympic
Colin Stoner B’ham Mail 27 Feb 10 Rushall Olympic in talks with Chasetown striker Gary Hay
B’ham Mail 20 Feb 10 Rushall Olympic plan move for Chasetown striker Gary Hay
Rushall Olympic FC 20 Feb Grantham Town P Rushall Olympic P
Advertiser 18 Feb 10 Carlton Town 1 Rushall Olympic 0
Darren Stockall Rushall Olympic 14 Feb 10 Error proves costly as Pics slip to defeat
B’ham Mail 13 Feb 10 Rushall Olympic snap up striker Tom Ward
Advertiser 11 Feb 10 Olympic miss chance to move up the table
YamYam links 6 Feb Rushall Olympic 0 Brigg Town 0
Walsall Advertiser 4 Feb 10 Market Drayton Town 1 Rushall Olympic 2
B’ham Mail 6 Feb 10 Rushall Olympic manager Neil Kitching stars as stand-in keeper
B’ham Mail 30 Jan 10 Rushall Olympic forced to regroup after losing three players
Non League News 23 Jan 10 Rushall Olympic 0 Shepshed Dynamo 1
Rushall FC 23 Jan Poor Pics fall flat on their faces
Advertiser 28 Jan Narrow loss for Olympic
Rushall Olympic FC 22 Jan Rushall Olympic strengthen squad ahead of Dynamo clash
Rushall Olympic FC 22 Jan Kitching itching to sign Beard
B’ham Mail 23 Jan Pics warned to expect tougher challenges
YamYam links 23 Jan Local football results & fixtures
Advertiser 21 Jan 10 Pics give fans the chance to get fix
Advertiser 21 Jan 10 Willenhall Town 0 Rushall Olympic 2
Matty B Willenhall FC 19 Jan 10 Willenhall Town 0 Rushall Olympic 2
Rushall Olympic 16 Jan 10 Coventry Copeswood 2 Rushall Olympic 3 (friendly - preview)
B’ham Mail 16 Jan Boxing hot-shot helps Pics beat the weather woes
Northwich Guardian 15 Jan Rushall Olympic v Witton Albion postponed
B'ham Mail 9 Jan Rushall Olympic hope winter break will be a help
B'ham Mail 19 Dec Let battle commence, says Pics boss
B'ham Mail 12 Dec Rushall Olympic happy to let battle commence as new players sign in
YamYam links 12 Dec Rushall Olympic 3 Spalding Utd 0
Football: Local results & fixtures Sat 13 Mar to 19 Mar
17 Mar 10 16:05 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Results & fixtures
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Saturday 13 March 2010
Barclays Premiership
Fixtures & results | Table
BBC Sport 13 Mar Birmingham 2 Everton 2
BBC Sport 13 Mar Burnley 1 Wolverhampton 2
BBC Sport 13 Mar Stoke 0 Aston Villa 0
Coca-Cola Championship
Fixtures | Results | Table
BBC Sport 13 Mar Coventry 1 Plymouth 1
BBC Sport 13 Mar Doncaster 2 Derby 1
BBC Sport 13 Mar West Brom 3 Blackpool 2
Coca-Cola League Division One
Fixtures | Results | Table
YamYam links 13 Mar Leyton Orient 2 Walsall 0
Unibond First Division South
Fixtures | Results | Table
NLN 13 Mar Chasetown 1 Grantham Town 1
Rushall FC 13 Mar Glapwell 2 Rushall Olympic 0
13 Mar Leek Town 5 Willenhall Town 1
Mercury 14 Mar 10 Unibond round-up
Midland Combination Premier
Fixtures | Results | Table
13 Mar Continental Star 2 Dosthill Colts 1
13 Mar Nuneaton Griff 1 Walsall Wood 1
13 Mar Pilkington XXX 3 Pelsall Villa 2
Midland Combination Division Two
Fixtures | Results | Table
13 Mar Continental Star Res 4 Henley Forest 2
Midland Combination Reserve Division
Fixtures | Results | Table
Lichf’B 13 Mar Heather St John Res 2 Chasetown Res 0
13 Mar Walsall Wood Res 3 Brocton Res 0
Staffordshire Vase
Fixtures | Results
13 Mar Bloxwich Utd 1 Heath Hayes 2
Fazeley Charity Cup
Fixtures | Results
13 Mar Burntwood Town 2 Old Wulfrunians 1
West Midlands (Regional) Premier
Fixtures | Results | Table
13 Mar Heath Town Rangers 2 Bewdley Town 2
13 Mar Shawbury Utd 2 Darlaston Town 0
Mercury 14 Mar 10 WMRL round-up
West Midlands (Regional) First
Fixtures | Results | Table
13 Mar Sporting Khalsa 0 Bilston Town (2007) 2
West Midlands (Regional) Second
Fixtures | Results | Table
13 Mar Black Country Rangers 1 Wyrley Juniors 2
13 Mar Ettingshall Park Farm 3 Bentley 3
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Sunday 14 March 2010
Lichfield & District Sunday Leagues
Fixtures & Results | Table Premier
Fixtures & Results | Table Division One
Fixtures & Results | Table Division Two
Fixtures & Results | Table Division Three
West Midlands Regional Women's Football League
Tables Premier
Tables Div One North
Tables Div One South
Midlands Women's Combination Football League
Fixtures | Results | Table Main Div
Fixtures | Results | Table Reserves Div
Walsall Junior Youth League
Fixtures | Results | Table
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Monday 15 March 10
Walsall & Wolves Leisure Leagues - Sneyd
Results & Table Premier
Results & Table Div One
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Tuesday 16 March 10
Barclays Premiership
Fixtures & results | Table
BBC 16 Mar Wigan 1 Aston Villa 2
Coca-Cola Championship
Fixtures | Results | Table
BBC 16 Mar Coventry 1 Cardiff City 2
BBC 16 Mar Derby 2 Middlesbrough 2
BBC 16 Mar Swansea 0 West Brom 2
Unibond First Division South
Fixtures | Results | Table
16 Mar Rushall Olympic 1 Witton Albion 1
NLN 16 Mar Shepshed Dynamo 0 Chasetown 0
Midland Combination Premier
Fixtures | Results | Table
16 Mar Walsall Wood 1 Castle Vale 2
West Midlands (Regional) Premier
Fixtures | Results | Table
16 Mar Dudley Sport 1 Heath Town Rangers 0
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Wednesday 17 March 10
Midland Combination Premier
Fixtures | Results | Table
17 Mar Meir KA 1 Heath Hayes 4
Challenge Bowl
Fixtures | Results | Table
17 Mar Boldmere St Michael’s 3 Chasetown 1
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Thursday 18 March 10
Walsall & Wolves Leisure Leagues - Walsall Uni
Fixtures, Results & Table Premier
Fixtures, Results & Table Div One
Fixtures, Results & Table Div Two
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Last week's football 6 Mar - 12 Mar Results
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More news in brief
More news in brief
YamYam links 17 Mar 10
These headline links are just for archive reference.
Main stories are published on the YamYam's front page
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News
Mercury 17 Mar Brown admits defence spending slip
Mercury 17 Mar Lower drink-drive limit supported
Mercury 17 Mar Balls pledges £23m for social work
Mercury 17 Mar £1.85bn owed by benefits claimants
Mercury 17 Mar Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan
AsianNews 17 Mar 3 arrested over Sahil kidnapping
E&S 17 Mar Stourbridge festival sunk by Chasewater
L’Blog 17 Mar Appeal after Chasetown crash death
B’Mail 17 Mar 50k move from nightmare neighbours
WMBC 17 Mar Auditions for Mayor’s talent search
WMBC 17 Mar Firecrews fight anti-social behaviour
AsianNews 16 Mar Kidnapped boy found in Pakistan
B’Post 16 Mar Delay to bring troops back to WM
B’Post 16 Mar Birmingham's Cardinal Newman to be beatified by Pope in Coventry
B’Post 16 Mar Catholic paedophile priest pay-out
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B’Mail 17 Mar Row at former MGR Longbridge site
B’Post 17 Mar Spanair to fly from B’ham Airport
Mercury 17 Mar US union backs striking BA workers
Mercury 17 Mar BA 'rushes through strike breakers'
Lich’Blog 17 Mar Villagers to fight hi-speed viaduct
WMBC 17 Mar Walsall Council apprenticeships event
B’Post 16 Mar EU attacks UK’s deficit cut plans
E&S 16 Mar 10 Debenhams profits up despite snow
BizDesk 16 Mar Rents to rise as property dries up
MBN(PR)16 Mar Councils should not cut corners
BizDesk 16 Mar 60% SMEs unhappy with broadband
YamYam links 17 Mar 10
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Main stories are published on the YamYam's front page
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News
Mercury 17 Mar Brown admits defence spending slip
Mercury 17 Mar Lower drink-drive limit supported
Mercury 17 Mar Balls pledges £23m for social work
Mercury 17 Mar £1.85bn owed by benefits claimants
Mercury 17 Mar Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan
AsianNews 17 Mar 3 arrested over Sahil kidnapping
E&S 17 Mar Stourbridge festival sunk by Chasewater
L’Blog 17 Mar Appeal after Chasetown crash death
B’Mail 17 Mar 50k move from nightmare neighbours
WMBC 17 Mar Auditions for Mayor’s talent search
WMBC 17 Mar Firecrews fight anti-social behaviour
AsianNews 16 Mar Kidnapped boy found in Pakistan
B’Post 16 Mar Delay to bring troops back to WM
B’Post 16 Mar Birmingham's Cardinal Newman to be beatified by Pope in Coventry
B’Post 16 Mar Catholic paedophile priest pay-out
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B’Mail 17 Mar Row at former MGR Longbridge site
B’Post 17 Mar Spanair to fly from B’ham Airport
Mercury 17 Mar US union backs striking BA workers
Mercury 17 Mar BA 'rushes through strike breakers'
Lich’Blog 17 Mar Villagers to fight hi-speed viaduct
WMBC 17 Mar Walsall Council apprenticeships event
B’Post 16 Mar EU attacks UK’s deficit cut plans
E&S 16 Mar 10 Debenhams profits up despite snow
BizDesk 16 Mar Rents to rise as property dries up
MBN(PR)16 Mar Councils should not cut corners
BizDesk 16 Mar 60% SMEs unhappy with broadband
Saddlers comment: All hail Troy’s honesty
17 Mar 10 15:59 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
All hail Troy’s honesty
Darren Fellows Express & Star 17 Mar 10
Clearly there are different ways of doing things. You can slip out a quiet ‘off the record’ moan with the local hack, you can go a bit more public and drop the hint with a self critical we’re all to blame TV interview or you can now do what Saddlers fans will always understand as ‘doing a Deeney’...
B’ham Mail 17 Mar 10 Martin O’Connor: I am grumpy too!
B’ham Mail 17 Mar 10 Walsall badly need home impetus
Express & Star 16 Mar 10 Vincent looks to unite the Saddlers
BBC Sport 16 Mar 10 Troy Deeney slams embarrassing team-mates
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
Football: Burton Res 0 Walsall Res 4
17 Mar 10 15:42 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Burton Res 0 Walsall Res 4
Express & Star 17 Mar 10
Walsall routed Burton 4-0 as Sam Parkin made a goalscoring return from injury at the Pirelli Stadium on Tuesday night. The striker made his comeback after a month out with a groin problem to net a first half strike before being substituted at the interval as the Saddlers look to ease him in...
Walsall FC 17 Mar 10 Saddlers hit four past Burton
Football: Shepshed Dynamo 0 Chasetown 0
Shepshed Dynamo 0 Chasetown 0
Dave Goddard
Non League News 17 Mar 10
Unibond First Division South
Chasetown unable to find breakthrough
Respite throwing everything they could at Shepshed Dynamo on Tuesday, Chasetown could not quite find the target and had to settle for a goalless draw...
Unibond First Division South Fixtures | Results | Table
YamYam 13 Mar Local football fixtures and results
Non League News 13 Mar 10 Chasetown 1 Grantham Town 1
B’ham Mail 13 Mar 10 Chasetown fears over injury-hit Gary Birch
Dave Goddard Non League News 8 Mar 10 Chasetown 2 Glapwell 1
Lee Gibson Mercury 7 Mar 10 Unibond First South round-up
Chasetown FC 9 Mar Newcastle Town 3 Chasetown 1 Staffs Senior Cup
Colin Stoner B’ham Mail 6 Mar 10 New faces for promotion-chasing Scholars
Chasetown FC 5 Mar 10 Bloxwich United 2 Chasetown FC 1 Walsall Senior Cup
B’ham Mail 27 Feb 10 More twists and turns in Chasetown's promotion push
20 Feb Chasetown P Leek Town P
Dave Goddard Chasetown FC 14 Feb 10 Chasetown 2 Lincoln Utd 2
B’ham Mail 13 Feb 10 Chris Slater on how the FA Cup has made Chasetown
YamYam links 6 Feb 10 Loughborough Dynamo 2 Chasetown 2
Lichfield Blog 30 Jan Chasetown 2 Cammell Laird 1
Dave Goddard NLN 26 Jan 10 Chasetown 0 Belper Town 1
Lichfield Blog 25 Jan Chasetown striker Reece Styche joins Forest Green Rovers on loan
Mercury 24 Jan 10 Witton Albion 1 Chasetown 2
B’ham Mail 16 Jan Chasetown boss Charlie Blakemore say thanks to Wolves
The YamYam 15 Jan Shepshed Dynamo v Chasetown postponed
Shepshed Dynamo 15 Jan Match off
B'ham Mail 9 Jan Chasetown can cope with backlog says boss Charlie Blakemore
B'ham Mail 2 Jan Chasetown look to newcomer Scott Embrey to shine
Lichfield Blog 2 Jan Chasetown appoint new under-18 manager
B'ham Mail 2 Jan Weather wipes out Midlands non-league New Year programme
YamYam links 5 Dec Chasetown 1 Rushall Olympic 2
Chasetown FC Home page
Hartshorne helps Midlands recycling efforts
Hartshorne helps Midlands recycling efforts
Midlands Business News 17 Mar 10
Trucks supplied by the Bentley-based Hartshorne Group are helping one of the country's biggest paper and card recycling efforts. Hartshorne has supplied three 40-tonne Volvo FM prime mover trucks to the Nottingham-based fleet provider Charthire, and they are now seeing service at Smurfit Kappa's paper and card recycling collection sites...
Midlands Business News 10 Mar 10 Walsall firm Hartshorne delivers giant truck
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Comment: Another bunch of idiots - by @BrownhillsBob
17 Mar 10 14:51 Filed in: Comment | Comment-Walsall
Another bunch of idiots
BrownhillsBob 17 Mar 10
More illegal motorbike use – this time, somewhat unusually, on a Sunday afternoon in one of the busiest bits of Cannock Chase. These particular muppets came off a forest track from the Birches Valley direction...
TheYamYam 16 Jan 10 Tearaway Walsall bikers offered second chance
Express & Star 27 July 09 Walsall targets quad bike riders
Birmingham Mail 21 May 09 Illegal bikes sent to the Cannock crusher
Blog Brownhills Bob 18 May Motorbikes at Chasewater
New charity event for Midland’s gay clubbers
17 Mar 10 14:43 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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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Comment: A fatwa against terrorism that might work
17 Mar 10 14:33 Filed in: Comment | Comment-Walsall
A fatwa against terrorism that might work
Dr Muqtedar Khan Asian News 17 Mar 10
Dr Tahir ul-Qadri, a Pakistani Islamic scholar visiting the United Kingdom, recently released a 600-page fatwa, or non-binding opinion in Islamic law, against terrorism. This fatwa might actually have an impact. It is comprehensive, direct and does not dodge any of the issues...
Asian News 12 Mar Pak Sheikh’s anti-terror fatwa
B’Mail 8 Mar WM Police’s terrorism phone hotline
Asian News 4 Mar Anti-terror fatwa to de-radicalise
Mail 3 Mar Leader condemns terrorists with fatwa
BBC 28 Jan More time for Sparkhill terror probe
B’Post 27 Jan Sparkhill man still held on terror links
BBC News 22 Jan 10 UK terror threat level 'severe'
Guardian 22 Jan 10 UK terror threat raised to 'severe'
Telegraph 22 Jan 10 UK terror threat raised to 'severe', Home Secretary announces
BBC News 22 Jan 10 Timeline: UK terrorism threat levels explained
OPSI Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000
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West Brom event to help firms benefit from £8 trillion of potential green contracts
17 Mar 10 14:20 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
Business news
West Brom event to help firms benefit from £8 trillion of potential green contracts
Graeme Brown B’ham Post 17 Mar 10
West Midlands firms can find out about the enormous potential of joining a low-carbon supply chain at an event next week...
Advantage West Midlands 15 Mar 10 Take a leaf from businesses who are ‘Growing Green’
West Brom event to help firms benefit from £8 trillion of potential green contracts
Graeme Brown B’ham Post 17 Mar 10
West Midlands firms can find out about the enormous potential of joining a low-carbon supply chain at an event next week...
Advantage West Midlands 15 Mar 10 Take a leaf from businesses who are ‘Growing Green’
TB rates in region continue to rise
17 Mar 10 14:10 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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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Kraft apologises over Keynsham Cadbury pledge
17 Mar 10 13:50 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
Kraft apologises over Keynsham Cadbury pledge
BBC News 16 Mar 10
The vice-president of Kraft Foods has said he is "terribly sorry" for the firm's earlier pledge to keep open Cadbury's Keynsham plant...
B’Post 22 Mar Kraft used Google to try and find out Cadbury's plans in Poland
Business Desk 17 Mar 10 Kraft pledge on manufacturing jobs
B’ham Mail 17 Mar 10 Kraft won't axe jobs for two years
B’ham Post 16 Mar 10 Kraft issues apology over Cadbury factory closure
Guardian 16 Mar 10 MPs quiz Kraft over Cadbury takeover - LIVE
Business Desk 16 Mar 10 Kraft bosses face a grilling over Cadbury deal
Express & Star 16 Mar 10 Cadbury takeover prompts law plea
B’Mail 14 Mar Former Cadbury chairman says there is no point being nostalgic
B’Mail 11 Mar Union boss in new attack on Kraft
B’Post 10 Mar Unions back decision for MPs to quiz Kraft executives over Cadbury takeover
B’Post 9 Mar Lord Myners joins call for investigation into Kraft
MBN 9 Mar Kraft to be investigated as Cadbury delists
BBC News 8 Mar 10 Kraft 'facing inquiry' over Cadbury deal
B’Post 8 Mar Regulator investigating Kraft takeover
B’Post 5 Mar Cadbury workers asked to increase pensions payments
BBC News 4 Mar 10 Kraft plans up to 150 Cadbury job cuts
B’ham Post 4 Mar 10 Kraft announces 150 job losses at Cadbury
B’ham Post 4 Mar 10 Unions accuse Kraft of 'indecent haste' on Cadbury job cuts
Express & Star 4 Mar 10 Cadbury pension scheme facing closure
B’Mail 3 Mar Pensions shock for Cadbury workers
BizDesk 3 Mar Kraft’s takeover could see law change
B’ham Post 24 Feb 10 Mandelson still waiting for assurances from Kraft over Cadbury
B’ham Mail 24 Feb 10 MPs to question Kraft over Cadbury takeover
Guardian 24 Feb 10 Cadbury shows takeovers need reform
B’ham Post 16 Feb 10 Kraft profits treble as it passes 90% ownership of Cadbury shares
BBC News 16 Feb 10 Kraft's fourth-quarter profit more than triples
B’ham Post 15 Feb 10 MPs to hold inquiry into Cadbury takeover
BBC News 14 Feb 10 Kraft bosses to face Cadbury questioning by MPs
B’ham Mail 11 Feb 10 Kraft CEO backs Bournville’s £30m investment
E&S 11 Feb Cadbury World sees visitor surge
BBC News 10 Feb 10 Cadbury factory closure 'will reflect badly on Kraft'
Express & Star 9 Feb 10 Cadbury jobs fear as factory set to shut
B’ham Post 9 Feb 10 Kraft confirms closure of Cadbury's Somerdale factory
B’Post 9 Feb 400 jobs threat at Cadbury in Somerset
B’Post 9 Feb Kraft accused of breaking promises
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B’ham Mail 8 Feb 10 Kraft: No Cadbury decisions for up to six months
Stirrer 8 Feb New Cadbury boss avoids jobs pledge
B’ham Mail 6 Feb 10 Unite call for ‘Cadbury Law’ to protect UK firms
Express & Star 6 Feb 10 End of era as Cadbury name melts away
BBC News 5 Feb 10 Cadbury shares to be de-listed
B’ham Mail 5 Feb Kraft causes anger after spelling Bournville wrong
B’ham Mail 4 Feb Three Cadbury top brass quit after Kraft takeover
BBC 3 Feb Cadbury top bosses to step down
B'ham Post 3 Feb 10 Kraft refuses to guarantee Cadbury jobs
B'ham Post 3 Feb Kraft close to taking Cadbury off the Stock Exchange
B'ham Post 2 Feb Kraft completes takeover of Cadbury after shareholders vote
MBN 3 Feb Midlands warned conditions right for more foreign buyouts
B'ham Post 2 Feb 10 Union calls for Cadbury job guarantees
BBC 2 Feb 10 Does it matter that Cadbury is no longer British?
B'ham Post 2 Feb 10 D-Day arrives for Kraft bid to take over Cadbury
BBC 2 Feb 'Kraft will cut jobs': Is Mary Buffett right?
Guardian 2 Feb Cadbury takeover: workers travel to London to lobby MPs
BBC 2 Feb Cadbury workers lobby government over Kraft takeover video
B'ham Post 1 Feb Union's fresh job fears on eve of takeover vote
B'ham Mail 1 Feb Kraft boss is bullish over Cadbury deal
Express & Star 1 Feb Kraft boss says job cut fears overstated
B'ham Mail 30 Jan Private Cadbury shareholders tell unions they don't want to sell
B’ham Mail 30 Jan 10 Cadbury unions demand five year pledge from Kraft
B’ham Mail 30 Jan Union leader's shelf-stacking fears for UK workers
Unite Union Home
B’ham Post 28 Jan 10 MP told to apologise after 'whingeing workforce' jibe
B’ham Mail 28 Jan 10 Cadbury pensions boss demands Kraft's 'commitment'
B’ham Post 28 Jan 10 Ken Clarke: Cadbury should thrive under Kraft
B’ham Mail 27 Jan 10 Workers take to the streets to protest
B’ham Mail 26 Jan 10 Kraft staff told to be "very worried"
B’ham Mail 26 Jan 10 City councillor hands over cadbury petition
B’ham Post 26 Jan 10 Cadbury workers to launch campaign at Bournville to protect jobs
B’ham Mail 25 Jan 10 Cadbury petition handed in to Downing Street
B’ham Post 25 Jan 10 Kraft pledges investment in Cadbury and the creation of jobs
B’ham Post 25 Jan 10 What happened when Kraft took over Terry's of York
B’Mail 24 Jan Tories tell staff to see Kraft as good news
Mail 24 Jan Cadbury chairman calls for debate on strategic firms
Mercury 24 Jan Former Flake girl slams bosses sale
Guardian 23 Jan 10 Kraft pledges to honour Cadbury's Fairtrade sourcing commitments
Guardian 23 Jan 10 Bournville: The town that chocolate built
Fairtrade Foundation Home
B’Mail 23 Jan Get on board! Battle to go to London
Express & Star 23 Jan 10 Ken Clarke visit to Cadbury pledged
B’ham Mail 22 Jan 10 Tory MP calls Cadbury workers "whingers"
Bob Piper 22 Jan Comment: Cheeky sod
BBC News 22 Jan Hershey rules out bid for Cadbury
B’ham Mail 22 Jan 10 Cadbury video report
Daily Mail 22 Jan 10 Cadbury - How the deal affects investors
Express & Star 22 Jan Mandy says he’s no chocolate fireguard
B’ham Post 22 Jan Bournville Trust safe from Kraft plans thanks to George Cadbury
Prof David Bailey B’ham Post 22 Jan Comment: Kraft and Government assurances over Cadbury mean nothing
George Tyndale Mercury 22 Jan Comment: Crumbliest, flakiest government is to blame
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B’ham Mail 21 Jan 10 Curly Wurlys could be axed
Express & Star 21 Jan Warren Buffett hits out over Kraft takeover deal
B’ham Post 21 Jan Great grandson of Cadbury founder slams board's acceptance of Kraft bid
B’ham Post 21 Jan Birmingham regeneration chief urges Cadbury shareholders to reject Kraft bid
B’ham Mail 21 Jan Lord Mandelson seeks meeting with Kraft over Cadbury
B’ham Mail 21 Jan Minister attacks colleagues for failing to take on Kraft
B’ham Mail 21 Jan Unions fights Kraft takeover of Cadbury to hold emergency meeting
B’ham Mail 21 Jan Cadbury fight to go to Westminster
Stirrer 21 Jan RBS aid Kraft as council fights Cadbury bid
Anna Blackaby B’ham Post 21 Jan Comment: After Cadbury and Rover, which other Midland firms might attract foreign buyers?
B’ham Post 21 Jan Comment: Cadbury and the chocolate soldiers
BBC News 20 Jan 10 Clegg attacks Brown over RBS funding for Cadbury bid
B’ham Post 20 Jan Gordon Brown under fire as public-owned RBS to fund Kraft takeover of Cadbury
BBC News 20 Jan Sir Adrian” “Kraft has a duty to look after Cadbury staff”
The Stirrer 20 Jan Less jaw jaw... more law law
Express & Star 20 Jan Cadbury boss could walk off with £12m
B’ham Mail 20 Jan Cadbury directors accused of taking "blood money"
B’ham Post 20 Jan Historian Carl Chinn fears closure of Cadbury factory in Bournville
The Stirrer 20 Jan Jobs for life?
BBC News 20 Jan Bournville Village Trust: Kraft takeover 'will not harm us'
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BBC News 19 Jan Cadbury agrees Kraft takeover bid
Telegraph 19 Jan Kraft agrees to buy Cadbury
Stirrer 19 Jan Bore: “Hundreds face compulsory axe”
B’Mail 19 Jan Unions: “Sad day for UK manufacturing”
B’Mail 19 Jan MPs 'worried' for future of Cadbury
B’Mail 19 Jan Analysis of Cadbury takeover bid video
B’Mail 19 Jan Takeover reaction video
B’Post 19 Jan Questions remain over Kraft's intentions
B’Post 19 Jan Chairman Roger Carr's defiance is broken
B’Post 19 Jan UK & USA have different chocolate tastes
B’Post 19 Jan Chamber ask Kraft to respect heritage
Bob Piper 19 Jan Nostalgia makes heart grow fonder
Derek Bennett 19 Jan Comment: Sweet & sour
BBC News 19 Jan Money and greed
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Build-up to the Kraft takeover bid
Stirrer 19 Jan Cadbury’s board waves white flag
Times 19 Jan Cadbury set to accept offer after suitor Kraft sweetens the deal
Guardian 19 Jan Kraft set for higher Cadbury bid as deadline looms
BBC News 18 Jan Cadbury is expected to accept higher bid from Kraft
Mail 18 Jan Cadbury waits for 850p knockout bid
B’ham Post 18 Jan Takeover buzz sees shares rise
Telegraph 18 Jan Cardbury chief “could soon be worth £10 a share”
Bloomberg 18 Jan Kraft’s bid needs to top 900 pence says Standard Life
Robert Peston BBC News 18 Jan A bigger Cadbury bid may be worse for jobs
The Times 18 Jan Cadbury braced for battle as Kraft debates revised bid
B’ham Post 18 Jan Kraft set to increase offer for Cadbury
B’ham Mail 18 Jan Cadbury fight prompts city centre "eat in"
Telegraph 16 Jan Sweeten offer investors tell Kraft
BBC News 16 Jan Kraft 'must increase its Cadbury takeover offer'
B’ham Mail 16 Jan Chocolate lovers asked to ditch the diet to help fight Kraft bid for Cadbury with a public ‘eat-in’
B’ham Post 15 Jan Cadbury better off independent claims Prof David Bailey
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B’ham Post 14 Jan Hershey set to bid for Cadbury after Ferrero walks away
Express & Star 14 Jan Hershey to enter fight for Cadbury
BBC News 13 Jan Union fears loss of 7,000 UK Cadbury jobs
B’ham Post 13 Jan Union warns thousands of jobs could go if Kraft takes over Cadbury
FT 13 Jan Ferrero debating Cadbury retreat
Telegraph 12 Jan Cadbury says Kraft's offer 'even more unattractive'
B’ham Post 12 Jan Ministers could block Kraft bid for Cadbury
BBC News 12 Jan Chocolate lovers hold Birmingham Cadbury-support event
B’ham Post 12 Jan Board urges shareholders to reject Kraft offer
Express & Star 12 Jan Cadbury chairman’s plea to shareholders
B’ Post 11 Jan Ferrero prepares loan deal to finance late bid for Cadbury
B’ Post 11 Jan Ferrero bid for Cadbury to rival Kraft
B’ Post 11 Jan Roger Carr goes on the attack as deadline looms in Cadbury battle
Telegraph 10 Jan Cadbury scornful of Kraft's ability to raise offer
Telegraph 5 Nov 09 Roger Carr: fuelled by twin obsessions
Telegraph 7 Dec Irene Rosenfeld: Kraft's CEO profile
Cadbury Roger Carr
Telegraph 8 Jan Cadbury set to bolster defence with strong results
B'ham Post 7 Jan Unions turn up heat on 'worst employer' Kraft over Cadbury takeover
Unite Union Home
Express & Star 6 Jan Cadbury deal hopes hit by Buffett
BBC News 5 Jan Kraft's Cadbury takeover plans dealt blow
Berkshire Hathaway 5 Jan Cadbury statement pdf
B'ham Mail 5 Jan Kraft shareholder criticises Cadbury takeover chase
B'ham Post 5 Jan Cadbury dismisses new Kraft Foods bid as still 'derisory'
B'ham Post 5 Jan Kraft increases offer as Nestle rules out bid
B'ham Post 5 Jan Cadbury shares rise as Nestle is linked with a news bid
BBC News 5 Jan Nestle rules out takeover bid for Cadbury
Express & Star 5 Jan Kraft ups bid for Cadbury
B'ham Mail 4 Jan Kraft set to raise bid for Cadbury
Express & Star 4 Jan Kraft set to up bid for Cadbury
B'ham Mail 1 Jan Cadbury gets three more days to fend off Kraft
B'ham Mail 1 Jan Cadbury's eyebrows TV ad wins top award video
The Takeover Panel UK Home
B'ham Post 28 Dec Ferrero still mulling options over Cadbury
B'ham Mail 31 Dec Cadbury takeover 'would kill Bournville'
Express & Star 29 Dec Ferrero set to join battle
Express & Star 21 Nov New £10.2bn bid for Cadbury
Daily Mail 19 Nov Bid battle for Cadbury takes decisive turn
BBC News 18 Nov ‘Talks on rival bid’ for Cadbury
Graeme Brown B'ham Post 21 Dec Unions set to lobby Cadbury shareholders
B'ham Mail 18 Dec Prof Carl Chinn backs campaign to save Cadbury
B'ham Mail 17 Dec Labour backbenchers vow Cadbury action
B'ham Post 16 Dec Kraft hits back at union criticisms of its plans for Cadbury
B'ham Mail 16 Dec Local MP accuses Kraft of being 'like Arthur Daley'
BBC 16 Dec Cadbury workers head to Commons
B'ham Mail 16 Dec Kraft maintains it offers best prospects for Cadbury workers
B'ham Mail 15 Dec Thousands pledge Cadbury support on Facebook
B'ham Post 15 Dec Workers protest video
B'ham Post 15 Dec Cadbury's workers protest in Birmingham against Kraft takeover
B'ham Post 15 Dec Kraft's pledge to be disciplined in Cadbury bid as protest heat up
Times 15 Dec Cadbury bolsters defence against bid with robust update
B'ham Post 14 Dec Cadbury begins fightback against Kraft
Cadbury 14 Dec Cadbury issues defence statement
BBC News 14 Dec Cadbury feature: The factory in the garden
BBC News 13 Dec Cadbury and Hershey in bid talks
B'ham Mail 13 Dec Unite union calls for shareholders to reject Kraft
BBC News 12 Dec Union tries to block Cadbury bid
B'ham Mail 12 Dec Retired Cadbury workers demand stronger action
B'ham Mail 12 Dec Mail launches 'Hands off Cadbury' campaign
Stirrer 11 Dec Cadbury's petition no longer takes the biscuit
B'ham Post 11 Dec Mandelson tells foreigners: respect our heritage
B'ham Post 11 Dec PM warns he will oppose Cadbury asset stripping
B'ham Mail 11 Dec Cadbury workers throw down the gauntlet to Kraft
B'ham Post 10 Dec Chamber seeks assurances from Kraft over Cadbury plans
Stirrer 10 Dec Council bans Cadbury petition
B'ham Mail 8 Dec 'Keep Cadbury in Bournville' plea to Mandelson
B'ham Mail 7 Dec Lord Mandelson in warning over Cadbury takeover
Times 7 Dec Cadbury to respond to Kraft by Monday
Stirrer 7 Dec Can Mandy save Cadburys?
Boris Johnson Telegraph 7 Dec If Americans can afford to buy Cadbury, then let them
Telegraph 7 Dec Irene Rosenfeld: Kraft's CEO profile
B'ham Mail 5 Dec 60 Day battle begins as Kraft confirms bid
Times 4 Dec Kraft goes hostile in £9.8bn bid for Cadbury
Guardian 4 Dec Mandelson warns Kraft over quick buck
B'ham Post 3 Dec Gordon Brown says Cadbury reputation depends on British workforce
B’ham Post 30 Nov Mandelson: We are powerless to halt sale of Cadbury to US firms
B’ham Post 30 Nov Unions warn of job losses if Kraft buys Cadbury
BBC News 30 Nov Unions fear job losses at Cadbury
B’ham Post 23 Nov Cadbury shares rocket after reports of Nestlé interest
Express & Star 23 Nov Cadbury defiant as Nestlé weights up bid
B’ham Mail 22 Nov Cadbury set to reject £10.3billion takeover bid by Hershey
Express & Star 21 Nov New £10.2bn bid for Cadbury
Daily Mail 19 Nov Bid battle for Cadbury takes decisive turn
BBC 19 Nov Cadbury union bosses meet Kraft
BBC News 18 Nov ‘Talks on rival bid’ for Cadbury
Prof David Bailey B’ham Post 18 Nov Comment: The Choc Wars Update
B’ham Mail 17 Nov Cadbury workers want Kraft talks
E&S 17 Nov Green & Black boss sees red over threat
Alun Thorne B’ham Post 16 Nov Unions wants answers from Kraft-Cadbury over takeover
Unite 16 Nov Unite pushes Kraft to come clean
B’ham Post 13 Nov MPs back campaign to keep Cadbury British
Prof David Bailey B’ham Post 13 Nov Comment: Taxpayers’ money funds hostile bid for Cadbury
B’ham Post 13 Nov Birmingham Chamber boss Jerry Blackett: No reason for Cadbury shareholders to back Kraft bid
B’ham Mail 12 Nov Cadbury TV advert cleared of racism
B’ham Post 11 Nov House of Commons motion to keep Cadbury British
B’ham Post 10 Nov MP Khalid fights to save Cadbury jobs
B’ham Post 9 Nov Cadbury reject £9.8 billion hostile bid from Kraft Foods
Independent 9 Nov Hostile Kraft for Cadbury bid ‘derisory’
B’ham Post 9 Nov Cadbury board braced for last-minute Kraft bid
BBC News 9 Nov Cadbury awaits latest Kraft move
The Stirrer 9 Nov Chocs away for Cadbury bid
Express & Star 9 Nov Shares rise as Cadbury braced
B’ham Mail 8 Nov Kraft expected to launch fresh hostile Cadbury bid
B'ham Mail 4 Nov Kraft finance deal strengthens plans for a Cadbury takeover
B'ham Mail 21 Oct Cadbury’s sales growth boosts fight to defeat Kraft’s takeover bid
B'ham Post 22 Oct Cadbury chief hails lastest figures as proof of confidence
BBC 21 Oct Strong sales rise boosts Cadbury
B'ham Post 16 Oct Kraft plans for Cadbury takeover hit by death of advisor
Express & Star 5 Oct Relative of Cadbury hits out at Kraft bid
B'ham Post 9 Oct Kraft will grow wither way
B'ham Mail 1 Oct Cadbury's impose Kraft time limit
B'ham Post 1 Oct Kraft defend firms investment record
B'ham Post 30 Sep Kraft given deadline to lodge bid
B'ham Post 28 Sep Kraft planning hostile take-over
B'ham Post 25 Sep Cadbury insists Kraft takeover would have no merit
B'ham Post 24 Sep Cadbury sees 'some sense' in deal with Kraft
B'ham Post 22 Sep Kraft CEO in UK to discuss Cadbury takeover bid
B'ham Post 18 Sep Cadbury launches new TV advert as Kraft steps up takeover pressure
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B'ham Mail 19 Sep Cadbury advert (full length video)
B'ham Post 16 Sep Kraft preparing formal takeover bid
B'ham Post 16 Sep Chief: strong future without Kraft
B'ham Post 15 Sep Cadbury chief to outline defence
B'ham Post 14 Sep Cadbury chief blasts Kraft's bid
Telegraph 13 Sep Gloves off as Cadbury fights bid
B'ham Post 15 Sep Cadbury chief to outline defence
Observer 13 Sep Unions warn of job losses
Mail 12 Sep Fears for suppliers in Kraft bid
Guardian 11 Sep Life is sweet in Bournville video***
Telegraph 9 Sep Kraft holds back in bid for Cadbury
Bloomberg 9 Sep Kraft 'in $8bn finance talks'
Telegraph 9 Sep Bankers big winners in Kraft's bid
TImes 9 Sep Rewards will go to US shareholders
Times 9 Sep Hershey considers Cadbury counterbid
Times 9 Sep Bid for Cadbury about imperial realities
B'ham Post 8 Sep Cadbury rivals sense an opportunity
B'ham Post 8 Sep Strength will keep independence
B'ham Post 8 Sep Cadbury dismisses £10.2bn Kraft bid
B'ham Post 7 Sep Kraft launches £10.2bn takeover bid for Cadbury
B'ham Post 7 Sep Video report on bid
Telegraph 7 Sep Famous brands they both own
Independent 7 Sep Kraft: rise of the food giant
Times 7 Sep Cadbury: history of sweet success
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Guardian 3 Sep 09 Cadbury threatened with strike action
B'ham Post 29 Jul Cadbury workers protest at 'greedy' bosses
Guardian 3 Oct 07 Cadbury Schweppes closes UK factory and axes 700 jobs
One man’s mission to clear-up Willenhall alley - video
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One man’s mission to clear-up Willenhall alley
Express & Star 17 Mar 10
Tony Ball is on mission to clear dirty syringes dumped by drug addicts, beer cans and litter from an alley used by children and pensioners living on a Willenhall estate. He got so fed up with the mess along the footpath between Cedar Road and Noose Lane he regularly cleans it up himself...
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10 Extra litter hit squad to help tackle environmental crime
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10 Walsall’s part-time brown bin service gets updated
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10 Walsall learns how to make silk purses from sow’s ears
BrownhillsBob 12 Mar 10 From the ‘Not terribly bright’ department…
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Walsall Council Bulky item collection
Walsall Council Envirocrime
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
Walsall Council Brown bin collection times (April only)
One man’s mission to clear-up Willenhall alley
Express & Star 17 Mar 10
Tony Ball is on mission to clear dirty syringes dumped by drug addicts, beer cans and litter from an alley used by children and pensioners living on a Willenhall estate. He got so fed up with the mess along the footpath between Cedar Road and Noose Lane he regularly cleans it up himself...
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10 Extra litter hit squad to help tackle environmental crime
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10 Walsall’s part-time brown bin service gets updated
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10 Walsall learns how to make silk purses from sow’s ears
BrownhillsBob 12 Mar 10 From the ‘Not terribly bright’ department…
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Walsall Council Bulky item collection
Walsall Council Envirocrime
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
Walsall Council Brown bin collection times (April only)
Chuckery woman is sentenced over cannabis
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
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
Yellow water shock in Bloxwich homes
Express & Star 17 Mar 10
Yellow water has been pouring through the taps of hundreds of households – sparked by a burst pipe drama in the Black Country. Families in Bloxwich noticed the discoloured water, which Walsall-based South Staffordshire Water blamed on the water main problems in Great Bridge more than seven miles away...
South Staffordshire Water News
Historic Aldridge brass firm jobs boost
Historic Aldridge brass firm jobs boost
Express & Star 17 Mar 10
An historic manufacturing firm has been taken over securing the future for 45 workers and promising new jobs. Bolton Brass in Aldridge, has been bought by businessmen Nick Harrison and Peter Brown who are to rename it McKechnie Brass – its original name from 1871...
WM unemployment rate highest again after 17,000 more are jobless
17 Mar 10 12:05 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
WM unemployment rate highest again after 17,000 more are jobless
Graeme Brown B’ham Post 17 Mar 10
Unemployment is again higher in the West Midlands than any other part of the country after 17,000 more people joined the jobless queue. The unemployment rate in the region now stands at 9.5 per cent, according to the latest statistics. The news came despite a UK-wide fall in unemployment, and a huge cut in the numbers claiming jobseeker’s allowance...
BizDesk 18 Mar Concerns remain despite fall
Express & Star 17 Mar 10 Good news as unemployment falls
B’ham Post 17 Mar 10 Survey shows fall in recruitment confidence
Office for National Statistics 17 Mar 10 Employment figures
YamYam links 17 Feb 10 Midlands in new jobless high
Walsall Advertiser 28 Jan 10 Walsall jobless rate worse than UK average
Walsall learns how to make silk purses from sow’s ears
16 Mar 10 23:43 Filed in: Features | Features-Walsall
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Walsall learns how to make silk purses from sow’s ears
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10
Not sure what day Walsall Council collects your green bin recycling? Can’t find the information on the council website? Don’t worry, a workshop at Walsall Leather Museum could be just the answer...
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Walsall learns how to make silk purses from sow’s ears
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10
Not sure what day Walsall Council collects your green bin recycling? Can’t find the information on the council website? Don’t worry, a workshop at Walsall Leather Museum could be just the answer...
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Walsall’s brown bin service gets updated
16 Mar 10 23:43 Filed in: Features | Features-Walsall
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Walsall’s brown bin service gets updated
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10
Refuse collectors in Walsall have started putting stickers on brown bins as part of a £380,000 investment in Walsall Council’s part-time garden waste scheme...
Walsall Council Brown bin collection times (April only)
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Walsall’s brown bin service gets updated
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10
Refuse collectors in Walsall have started putting stickers on brown bins as part of a £380,000 investment in Walsall Council’s part-time garden waste scheme...
Walsall Council Brown bin collection times (April only)
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Extra litter hit squad to help tackle environmental crime
16 Mar 10 23:43 Filed in: Features | Features-Walsall
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Extra litter hit squad to help tackle environmental crime
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10
Don’t be tempted to fly-tip just because you can’t afford the extra cost of paying Walsall Council for bulky item collection. The Council has strengthened the litter hit squad to help in the clean-up of rubbish and flytipped waste across the borough as part of an ongoing council campaign to tackle environmental crime...
Walsall Council Bulky item collection
Walsall Council Envirocrime
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
BrownhillsBob 12 Mar 10 From the ‘Not terribly bright’ department…
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Extra litter hit squad to help tackle environmental crime
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10
Don’t be tempted to fly-tip just because you can’t afford the extra cost of paying Walsall Council for bulky item collection. The Council has strengthened the litter hit squad to help in the clean-up of rubbish and flytipped waste across the borough as part of an ongoing council campaign to tackle environmental crime...
Walsall Council Bulky item collection
Walsall Council Envirocrime
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
BrownhillsBob 12 Mar 10 From the ‘Not terribly bright’ department…
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Pelsall gets a chance to find out about new centre
Pelsall gets a chance to find out about new centre
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10
Residents in Pelsall are being invited to find out more about a new £4 million health, library and children's centre at a special roadshow next week. The development in Pelsall High Street is scheduled to be up and running in late 2011 and will create a one stop facility for health, information, learning and child and family development...
The YamYam 9 Mar 10 Lib Dem candidate questions Pelsall health centre plans
Walsall Advertiser 25 Jan 10 £4m Pelsall centre plans will go on show
Advertiser 18 August 09 Funding for £4m Pelsall health centre plan is finalised
Express & Star 16 Jul Pelsall health centre plan go-ahead
Blog Cllr Marco Longhi 27 Jun State-of-the-art combined facility for Pelsall
Blog Cllr Garry Perry 27 Jun Combined family centre
Wolverhampton Lib Dems Contacts
Walsall Council Aldridge Consultation
Saddlers comment: Is attacking football really the answer?
16 Mar 10 14:18 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Is attacking football really the answer?
Darlo Saddler Walsall Web-Fans 16 Mar 10
A constant topic of conversation among Saddlers fans over the last couple of seasons has been the way in which our home attendances have slumped badly and what the reasons for this phenomenon might be. Several theories have been mooted, from the unpopularity of the current regime to the cost of admission to the largely tedious football we've had to endure. We go to the match in the hope of seeing our team score a few goals with the logical outcome of a victory if all goes well so, if we play attacking, exciting football – remember that? – goals will flow and the stayaway fans will return. It's that simple. Or is it?
YamYam links 13 Mar 10 Leyton Orient 2 Walsall 0
YamYam 13 Mar Local football fixtures and results
Blog Comment: I don’t mean to carp, but… by @BrownhillsBob
I don’t mean to carp, but…
BrownhillsBob 16 Mar 10
With a touch of sadness, but no surprise, I noticed on Friday that Rodney, the Walsall Wood fisherman, is still without his fish, somewhat oddly christened ‘Bob’. He’s also been the victim of rather more destructive vandals, who’ve tagged him with spray paint...
BrownhillsBob 12 Feb 10 Comment: Piscine in the wind?
BrownhillsBob 9 Feb 10 Walsall Wood’s new fisherman sculpture vandalised
Advertiser 11 Feb Letters: Use taxes to clear up, not install art
TwitPic @Hapdaniel naughty miner!
Express & Star 9 Feb 10 Walsall Wood angler model refuses to take the bait (bait now taken!)
Express & Star 8 Feb 10 Pithead recreated to honour town miners
Chasewater Stuff’s Blog 6 Feb The Artworks of Walsall Wood
BBC News 6 Feb 10 Walsall Wood monument unveiled
BrownhillsBob 6 Feb Don’t forget big event...
Express & Star 18 Jan 10 Mining industry gets Walsall Wood sculpture tribute
Advertiser 22 Jan Memorial erected to honour history of pit
BrownhillsBob 17 Jan Comment: Fiddler’s Folly
Tonym666 on Flickr Walsall Wood pit head pictures
Express & Star 23 May Sculptor’s artwork is far from the pits video
B’ham Post 14 May Walsall Wood coal-mining sculpture approved
Blog Brownhills Bob 13 May Walsall Wood mining memorial
Brownhills Bob is not impressed... have your say!
Walsall Council PR 13 May Green light for colliery sculpture
Walsall Council PR 22 Apr Walsall Wood pit head rises
Blog Cllr Mike Flower 17 April Seeking permission for memorial
WM petrol prices to hit new high
16 Mar 10 13:54 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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...
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
Museum appeal for film footage of Walsall - video
16 Mar 10 13:37 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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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
BrownhillsBob 17 Feb 10 Broadcasting from home
Walsall Council Walsall Museum
Bevoin1970 You Tube Pleck wedding 1967
Barry Coward You Tube Walsall Trolleybuses
Alan Carter Willenhall History Society Housing in Willenhall
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
BrownhillsBob 17 Feb 10 Broadcasting from home
Walsall Council Walsall Museum
Bevoin1970 You Tube Pleck wedding 1967
Barry Coward You Tube Walsall Trolleybuses
Alan Carter Willenhall History Society Housing in Willenhall
Vincent looks to unite the Saddlers
16 Mar 10 12:58 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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 Filed in: News | News-Walsall | News-bloxwich | News-aldridge | News-brownhills | pelsall
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
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
Countrywide Land Indemnties Contaminated land walsall
Landmark Walsall MBC - Developing a Contaminated Land Strategy
Walsall Council Pollution control
Walsall Council Contaminated land
Last trader quits beleaguered Brownhills market
Last trader quits beleaguered Brownhills market
Express & Star 16 Mar 10
He has been the sole trader to set out his stall at a beleaguered town market for weeks. But now Mohammed Sajid has decided to call it a day, with his last appearance at the lonely Brownhills pitch to be on Saturday before he moves to a car boot sale. It will mean the market in Silver Street will be left empty unless the council can secure new traders...
E&S 15 Mar Sandwell market fees are cut to £5
Express & Star 15 Feb 10 Only two traders at Brownhills market, again
BrownhillsBob 12 Feb 10 Disastrous marketing
BrownhillsBob 9 Feb 10 Reality bites in Brownhills
YamYam 9 Feb 10 “Naff all” for sale in “ghost town” Brownhills
Express & Star 6 Feb 10 Brownhills market deserted as traders stay away
YamYam 4 Feb 10 Brownhills market will stay open vows council
BrownhillsBob 21 Jan 10 Comment: Supermarket sweep
YamYam 18 Jan 10 Brownhills Tuesday market axed
Walsall Council 18 Jan 10 Proposals to move Brownhills market
BrownhillsBob 13 Nov 09 Walsall Council launches Brownhills ‘Shop Local’ Initiative
Express & Star 2 Nov 09 Rents for struggling Brownhills market halved
BBC News 28 Oct 09 Brownhills Market rents to be reviewed
Express & Star 20 Oct 09 Traders fear for revamped Brownhills market
YamYam 14 Oct 09 Dodgy DVD man arrested at Brownhills market
Birmingham Mail 8 Sep 09 Mixed views on reopening of Brownhills Market
Walsall Council 7 Sep 09 Joy at market re-launch
BrownhillsBob 5 Sep 09 Brownhills market: back from the dead
YamYam 3 Sep 09 Brownhills market re-launches
Walsall Council 28 Aug 09 'Full house' of stalls expected at market relaunch
Express & Star 25 Aug 09 Revamped Brownhills market set to reopen
Express & Star 11 Aug 09 Walsall's unemployed looking for market jobs
Express & Star 4 Aug 09 Extra market day for Brownhills
Express & Star 28 Jul 09 Brownhills Market saved by council
Express & Star 15 July 09 Loss of market hits shops hard
Express & Star 26 Jun 09 Hopes to resurrect market
Express & Star 20 Jun 09 Final day for market after 37 yrs
Brownhills Bob 20 Jun 09 Tesco development off?
Express & Star 19 Jun 09 Market may be rescued
Express & Star 18 Jun 09 Market comes to an end
Blog Brownhills Bob 7 May 09 Market not quite doomed
Express & Star 6 May 09 Brownhills Market traders reprieve
Walsall Council Markets
For Sale signs go up outside City Link's Darlaston HQ
For Sale signs go up outside City Link HQ
Express & Star 16 Mar 10
City Link’s Darlaston headquarters has been put up for sale leaving 600 workers facing an uncertain future. It was announced last month by bosses that the firm is to close down its national distribution depot this summer, with redundancies on the cards...
Express & Star 5 Feb 10 Axe falls on courier HQ
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JLR to source more low-cost components abroad
16 Mar 10 10:59 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
JLR to source more low-cost components abroad
Duncan Tift Business Desk 16 Mar 10
Jaguar Land Rover parent Tata Motors is preparing to source more of its components from low-cost economies to cut costs on the luxury brands. Around one third of JLR’s component requirements will be sourced from factories in India, China and Eastern Europe within the next 12 months, reports in India have suggested...
B’ham Post 16 Mar 10 JLR back down on final pension scheme
Express & Star 16 Mar 10 JLR global sales booming
B’Mail 12 Mar Unions slam JLR over closure process
BBC 8 Mar Jaguar's WM' built XJ goes on display
BBC 7 Mar WM jobs 'safeguarded' by Jaguar XJ
B’Post 3 Mar JLR to take on 50 new engineers
Express & Star 27 Feb 10 Jaguar Land Rover drives back into profit
B’ham Mail 26 Feb JLR swings into a £55m profit
BizDesk 25 Feb JLR secures £340m loan
BizDesk 19 Feb JLR changes sparks model rumours
Stirrer 19 Feb History fears for future at JLR
BusinessDesk 18 Feb JLR names news CEO
B’Mail 16 Feb New boss for JLR owner Tata
B’ham Mail 27 Jan 10 JLR staff 'saddened' by departure of boss
Jon Griffin B’ham Mail 26 Jan 10 Chief executive David Smith departs Jaguar Land Rover
B’ham Post 26 Jan David Smith goes amid deepening rift with unions
Times 26 Jan David Smith steps down video
BBC News 25 Jan Jaguar Land Rover boss to depart
B’ham Mail 23 Jan 10 JLR talks with union break down
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B' Post 7 Jan £1m Gov't grant for JLR electric car
B'ham Post 7 Jan Annual fall in Jag & Land Rover sales
Mercury 7 Jan Car sales buoyed by scrappage offer
B'ham Post 31 Dec Jaguar Land Rover in recruitment drive for graduates
Alun Thorne B’ham Post 30 Nov JLR showing signs of recovery says Tata
Prof David Bailey B’ham Post 30 Nov JLR has turned the corner
B’ham Mail 16 Nov JLR cash flow boosted by £170m loan deal
GE Capital 16 Nov GE Capital agrees JLR funding facility
B'ham Post 5 Nov JLR must regain workforce trust
B'ham Post 3 Nov Unions demand Government action over JLR job threats
B'ham Post 3 Nov Tata motors sales rise by 34%
B'ham Post 2 Nov JLR chief to discuss development plans
B'ham Post 2 Nov WM automotive supply chain aid scheme
B'ham Post 27 Oct Sales up for Tata
Mercury 20 Oct Jaguar Land Rover to shed 200 jobs
BBC News 7 Oct Jaguar Land Rover gets £175m loan
B'ham Mail 7 Oct JLR chief says some production must shift overseas
B'ham Mail 1 Oct Closing JLR plant 'may secure long run'
B'ham Post 1 Oct Tata sees monthly rise in sales
B'ham Mail 30 Sep JLR aims to double production
B'ham Post 28 Sep Unions accuse JLR of 'fantasy'
Stirrer 28 Sep Alden calls for Jag taskforce
B'ham Post 28 Sep Wheeldon 'Tata vision will pay off'
BBC News 27 Sep MP calls for Tata chief meeting over JLR closure
B'ham Mail 27 Sep JLR director honoured
B'ham Mail 27 Sep Closure impact upon supply chain
B'ham Mail 26 Sep Union chief claims JLR is planning to quit UK altogether
B'ham Post 25 Sep JLR boss in jobs pledge over factory closure
B'ham Post 25 Sep Leaders welcome JLR jobs pledge
B'ham Post 25 Sep Mandleson refuses to speculate
B'ham Post 25 Sep Workers & businesses fear worst
B'ham Post 25 Sep 70 year history of Castle Bromwich
B'ham Mail 25 Sep Castle Bromwich 'most likely to close'
B'ham Mail 25 Sep Video report from Castle Bromwich
B'ham Mail 25 Sep Unions declare war on plans
B'ham Mail 25 Sep Carl Chinn 'deeply disturbed'
B'ham Post 25 Sep Unions condem plans
B'ham Mail 25 Sep Families face worrying wait
B'ham Mail 25 Sep Blog: David Bailey gives his response
B'ham Post 24 Sep JLR to close one West Mids factory
B'ham Mail 24 Sep Fear for thousands of jobs
B'ham Mail 24 Sep Mandy praises Tata's 'commitment'
BBC News 24 Sep Jaguar to shut one Midlands plant
Express & Star 24 Sep Jaguar to shut plant
B'ham Post 24 Sep Tata denies Castle Brom faces axe
The Stirrer 23 Sep JLR unions summoned by Tata
Guardian 18 Sep Tata get £10m Gov't loan for electric car
B'ham Mail 18 Sep Gov't lend £10m to Tata in Coventry
B'ham Post 1 Sep Tata blames JLR for £41m quarterly loss
B'ham Post 25 Aug Tata shares motor after profit rise
B'ham Post 25 Aug Soured Tata's commitment to JLR seen as strong as ever
B'ham Post 17 Aug Tata slams Mandelson
B'ham Post 17 Aug Strategic plan & financial stimulus key for motor industry
B'ham Post 17 Aug Automotive industry facing global shift
B'ham Post 17 Aug China Auto Parts Expo opportunity for Midlands manufactures
B'ham Post 12 Aug JLR: Tata 'turns back on miserly offer'
B'ham Post 12 Aug Closure threat remains for JLR assembly plant
B'ham Post 11 Aug JLR says 'thanks but no thanks'
B'ham Post 11 Aug JLR secures short-term financial future
BBC News 11 Aug JLR secures private funding
B'ham Post 6 Aug JLR investment hits Tata credit rating
B'ham Post 4 Aug JLR parent firm Tata Motors sees sales rise 18 per cent
B'ham Post 3 Aug JLR hopes rise for Government loan
B'ham Post 3 Aug Comment: Cautious optimism
B'ham Post 3 Aug Taking the long view at JLR
B'ham Post 27 Jul Blog JLR '08 loss tops a billion dollars
B'ham Post 27 Jul JLR loss (video report)
B'ham Post 27 Jul JLR loss of £350m
B'ham Post 24 Jul Tata fury as Mandy leaks JLR talks
B'ham Mail 22 Jul Agreement soon for JLR's £340m Euro loan
B'ham Post 20 Jul Mandelson urges Tata to speed up talks
Mercury 20 Jul JLR to shed 200 jobs
Telegraph 18 Jul Mandelson warns Tata over Jaguar
B'ham Post 19 Jul Mandy: I won't let JLR collapse
B'ham Post 16 Jul Call for Gov't action to avoid JLR crisis
B'ham Post 16 Jul Jaguar to halt X-Type assembly
B'ham Post 15 Jul Mandelson insists Gov't did not interfere
B'ham Post 15 Jul JLR cut 300 jobs at Halewood plant
B'ham Post 7 Jul JLR benefits from scrappage scheme
B'ham Post 2 Jul Ratan Tata still delighted at JLR purchase
BBC News 1 July Jaguar Land Rover pay delay plea
B'ham Post 1 Jul Workers asked to accept wage delay
B'ham Post 1 Jul PM talks to end Tata stand-off
B'ham Post 29 Jun Research money would stop JLR becoming next MG Rover
B'ham Post 26 Jun JLR plans cuts after £281m losses
BBC News 26 Jun Jobs warning at JLR
B'ham Post 26 Jun Blog: JLR needs urgent Gov't support
B'ham Post 25 Jun JLR fightback clouded by strike threat
B'ham Post 24 Jun JLR night shift workers in strike threat
B'ham Post 23 Jun JLR part pioneer low carbon transport
B'ham Post 22 Jun JLR gets empty promises from Gov't
B'ham Post 11 Jun Loans 'failure' blamed for research axe
B'ham Post 8 Jun JLR 'new XJ' under a psychedelic swirl
The YamYam is One today
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More news in brief
More news in brief
YamYam links 15 Mar 10
These headline links are just for archive reference.
Main stories are published on the YamYam's front page
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E&S 15 Mar Blaze hits historic Smethwick foundry
E&S 15 Mar Brierley Hill sport centre chemical scare
E&S 15 Mar Flood chaos hits the Black country
BBC News 15 Mar Passenger dies in Sutton collision
SikhTimes 15 Mar Gov’t ignoring Sikh religious needs
B’Post 15 Mar Arrest over fatal Small Heath stabbing
BBC News 15 Mar Man denies B’ham taxi murder
WM Police 15 Mar Motorcyclist in Willenhall accident
BBC News 15 Mar Hungarian Vizsla Yogi wins Crufts
B’Mail 15 Mar Wolves Ravi Kumar goes to pop No 1
B’Mail 15 Mar Brum queues see return of Hoard
E&S 15 Mar W Brom Jensen Interceptor goes for £15k
E&S 15 Mar WM garden centres are blooming
Sutton Obbo 15 Mar Talking newspaper needs £20k
Mercury 15 Mar MP Kumar found dead, aged 53
Camden NJ 15 Mar PM at funeral of Michael Foot
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Mercury 15 Mar Brown 'intervenes' in BA row
B’Post 15 Mar CBI calls for action on congestion
BizNews 15 Mar Businesses offered innovation help
Mercury 15 Mar Credit card changes 'to save £300m'
AsianBz 15 Mar Asian presenters slam BBC plans
E&S 15 Mar Sandwell market fees are cut to £5
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E&S 15 Mar Beckham’s World Cup dream over
BBC 15 Mar Mawhinney: Football League wage cap
Mercury 15 Mar Cricket: England victory charge delay
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Willenhall Lad 15 Mar Man flu, beer and politics
YamYam links 15 Mar 10
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Main stories are published on the YamYam's front page
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News
E&S 15 Mar Blaze hits historic Smethwick foundry
E&S 15 Mar Brierley Hill sport centre chemical scare
E&S 15 Mar Flood chaos hits the Black country
BBC News 15 Mar Passenger dies in Sutton collision
SikhTimes 15 Mar Gov’t ignoring Sikh religious needs
B’Post 15 Mar Arrest over fatal Small Heath stabbing
BBC News 15 Mar Man denies B’ham taxi murder
WM Police 15 Mar Motorcyclist in Willenhall accident
BBC News 15 Mar Hungarian Vizsla Yogi wins Crufts
B’Mail 15 Mar Wolves Ravi Kumar goes to pop No 1
B’Mail 15 Mar Brum queues see return of Hoard
E&S 15 Mar W Brom Jensen Interceptor goes for £15k
E&S 15 Mar WM garden centres are blooming
Sutton Obbo 15 Mar Talking newspaper needs £20k
Mercury 15 Mar MP Kumar found dead, aged 53
Camden NJ 15 Mar PM at funeral of Michael Foot
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Business
Mercury 15 Mar Brown 'intervenes' in BA row
B’Post 15 Mar CBI calls for action on congestion
BizNews 15 Mar Businesses offered innovation help
Mercury 15 Mar Credit card changes 'to save £300m'
AsianBz 15 Mar Asian presenters slam BBC plans
E&S 15 Mar Sandwell market fees are cut to £5
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Sport
E&S 15 Mar Beckham’s World Cup dream over
BBC 15 Mar Mawhinney: Football League wage cap
Mercury 15 Mar Cricket: England victory charge delay
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Willenhall Lad 15 Mar Man flu, beer and politics
£30k plan to bring end to troubles at Brownhills church
£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
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
Comment: Just enough education to perform - by @thePlasticHippo
15 Mar 10 15:11 Filed in: Comment | Comment-Walsall
Just enough education to perform
The Plastic Hippo 15 Mar 10
The Hippo has never been an avid or regular reader of The Sun. However, the odd discarded copy is sometimes blown across Hatherton Lake and a headline or two will occasionally catch the eye. Setting aside the insensitive “Gotcha” splash over the sinking of the Belgrano, the poisonous “Truth” headline perpetrated by Kelvin MacKenzie following the Hillsborough disaster and a reputation for sexism, homophobia, jingoism and scant regard for facts, the sub-editors at the paper who write the headlines do a very good job...
Newspaper Marketing Agency Classic pages: The Sun
‘That’ front page Hillsborough courtesy of an unapologetic Kelvin MacKenzie
Bloxwich Library building work gathers pace
Bloxwich Library building work gathers pace
Bloxidge Tallygraph 14 Mar 10
Bloxwich Library and the attached Library Theatre, opened 1960-64, are currently undergoing major refurbishment and remodelling to make the facility, which has been renamed Bloxwich Library & Studio Theatre (B.L.A.S.T) as state-of-the-art and user-friendly for the 21st century as it was cutting edge when it opened in the swinging 60s...
Bloxidge Tallygraph 14 Mar 10 Into The Matrix: Bloxwich arrives in Cyberspace
Bloxidge Tallygraph 24 Jan 10 Forum is having a blast in Bloxwich
Tallygraph A Short History of Bloxwich Libraries
Tallygraph 21 Nov 09 Bloxwich Library works under way
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Google Streetview comes to Brownhills
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
Google Streetview
BA passengers face seven days of strikes
15 Mar 10 13:03 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
BA passengers face seven days of strikes
David Millward Telegraph 12 Mar 10
The travel plans of tens of thousands of British Airways passengers have been thrown into disarray after the union representing 13,500 cabin crew called seven days of strikes...
Independent 19 Mar 10 BA strike talks continue
Mercury 15 Mar Brown 'intervenes' in BA row
Mercury 14 Mar Adonis in warning over BA's future
Mercury 13 Mar Union: BA must end 'needless war'
Mercury 12 Mar BA cabin crew to strike over cuts
B’Post 10 Mar BA strike talks end in deadlock
Observer 31 Jan 10 British Airways tries to start again
B'ham Post 14 Dec BA staff vote for strike action
Guardian 14 Dec BA's pension deficit: what it means
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Walsall brother remembered on charity walk with Ian Botham
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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Saddlers: Hutchings rules out a play-off place
15 Mar 10 12:43 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Hutchings rules out a play-off place
Express & Star 15 Mar 10
Walsall boss Chris Hutchings today admitted for the first time the play-offs are out of the Saddlers’ reach. The 2-0 defeat at Leyton Orient left them 19 points from League One’s top six in 13th – with just 33 points left to play for. And Hutchings conceded the gap is too big for the Saddlers to bridge...
YamYam links 13 Mar 10 Leyton Orient 2 Walsall 0
YamYam 13 Mar Local football fixtures and results
Midland terminal cancer patients missing out on £1.3million of benefits
15 Mar 10 12:23 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
News
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
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 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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...
Equality and Human Rights Commission 15 Mar 10 Police forces on notice
Stirrer 15 Mar 10 “Thousands” of victims of unfair powers
Guardian Stop and search
Home Office Stop and search
Car crash chaos shuts off Walsall streets
15 Mar 10 11:43 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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...
Saddlers: Deeney fumes after 'embarrassing' performance
15 Mar 10 11:35 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Deeney fumes after 'embarrassing' performance
Andy Walker B’ham Mail 15 Mar 10
Deeney tells it like it is
Fuming Troy Deeney lashed out at his lazy Walsall team-mates after labelling the performance at Leyton Orient as ‘embarrassing’...
UptheSaddlers 15 Mar 10 Deeney: ‘It’s pathetic!’
BBC Sport 16 Mar 10 Troy Deeney slams embarrassing team-mates
YamYam links 13 Mar 10 Leyton Orient 2 Walsall 0
YamYam 13 Mar Local football fixtures and results
Football: Leyton Orient 2 Walsall 0
15 Mar 10 11:25 Filed in: Sport | Sport-Walsall
Leyton Orient 2 Walsall 0
The YamYam 13 Mar 10
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After a bright start Walsall never looked like finding a way back into the game and failed to muster an attempt on goal after the interval. Two second half strikes from Orient midfielder Sean Thornton helped his side to their first win in eight games to ease their relegation worries...
BBC News 13 Mar 10 Leyton Orient 2 Walsall 0 video highlights
Walsall Advertiser 18 Mar 10 Leyton Orient 2 Walsall 0 match report
Deeney fumes after 'embarrassing' performance
Andy Walker B’ham Mail 15 Mar 10
Deeney tells it like it is
Fuming Troy Deeney lashed out at his lazy Walsall team-mates after labelling the performance at Leyton Orient as ‘embarrassing’...
UptheSaddlers 15 Mar 10 Deeney: ‘It’s pathetic!’
Express & Star 15 Mar 10 Hutchings rules out a play-off place
Express & Star 16 Mar 10 Vincent looks to unite the Saddlers
A sign of the times
Nick Mashiter Express & Star 15 Mar 10
As another season ends prematurely it is merely a sign of the times. After 35 games last season Walsall were 13th on 47 points. This year they are 13th on 44 points. This is where the Saddlers are in the world. They know their own limitations and Chris Hutchings’ acceptance of the play-offs being “along way off” sounds the death knell on the season...
Lack of creativity costs Walsall to allow Leyton Orient to end drought
Andy Walker Mercury 14 Mar 10
Walsall kissed goodbye to the faintest hopes of a play-off place with a lacklustre performance in East London. The Saddlers were sunk by an unwanted Mother’s Day treat from Thorntons - as Leyton Orient midfielder Sean Thornton hit a second-half brace...
Andy Walker B’ham Mail 15 Mar 10 Andy Walker's big match verdict and player ratings
AS statements go, it was hardly the most earth shattering. Walsall fans wouldn’t have spat out their coffee or choked on their toast after hearing Chris Hutchings concede the League play-offs were beyond his side.
Neil UptheSaddlers 14 Mar 10 Leyton Orient 2 Walsall 0 comment
Disgraceful performance. To call ourselves a professional football team is a joke...
Express & Star 13 Mar 10 Leyton Orient 2 Walsall 0 match report
Sean Thornton’s second half double sunk Walsall as the Saddlers failed to fire at Leyton Orient. The former Premier League midfielder struck twice in 10 minutes to settle a mediocre game which highlighted both sides’ limitations. Despite a bright opening the Saddlers couldn’t conjure a meaningful chance while Orient took their two opportunities – leaving Walsall floundering in mid-table...
Walsall Web-Fans 13 Mar 10 Leyton Orient 2 Walsall 0 match review
Walsall forced their one and only corner in the third minute as in a regular pattern on their travels this season, Saddlers start off brightly for the first ten to fifteen minutes then start falling away...
BBC News 13 Mar 10 Leyton Orient 2 Walsall 0 match report
Barking & Degenham Recorder 13 Mar 10 Thornton double sinks sad Walsall match report
Sky Sport 13 Mar 10 Thornton brace sinks Saddlers match report
Nick Mashiter Express & Star 13 Mar 10 Walsall go down at Leyton Orient video phone report
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Sky Sports 13 Mar 10 League One round-up
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Build-up and previews
Nick Mashiter Express & Star 13 Mar 10 Confirmed team from Brisbane Road video phone report
Neil UptheSaddlers 12 Mar 10 Leyton Orient v Walsall preview
Walsall MAD 12 Mar 10 Leyton Orient v Walsall preview stats
Waltham Forest Guardian 12 Mar 10 Leyton Orient v Walsall preview
Give Me Football 12 Mar 10 Leyton Orient v Walsall preview
Express & Star 13 Mar 10 Nicholls backed for major role
Express & Star 12 Mar 10 A mental battle for Jones and Saddlers
Sporting Life 12 Mar 10 Weston blow for Saddlers
Walsall Advertiser 12 Mar 10 Nicholls believes Saddlers still have a lot to play for in the run-in
Express & Star 12 Mar 10 Good finish key for Saddlers’ summer
BBC News 11 Mar 10 Hutchings in goalkeeping dilemma
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Sky Sports 12 Mar 10 League One preview
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Previous Walsall League One matches
YamYam links 6 Mar 10 Walsall 2 Millwall 2
YamYam links 27 Feb 10 Southampton 5 Walsall 1
YamYam links 23 Feb 10 Walsall 0 Yeovil Town 1
YamYam links 20 Feb Walsall 2 Brentford 1
YamYam links 16 Feb Leeds Utd 1 Walsall 2
YamYam links 13 Feb Oldham Athletic 1 Walsall 0
YamYam links 9 Feb Bristol Rovers 0 Walsall 1
YamYam links 6 Feb Walsall 0 Bristol Rovers 0
YamYam links 2 Feb Walsall 1 Charlton 1
YamYam links 30 Jan Gillingham 0 Walsall 0
YamYam links 26 Jan Walsall 1 Norwich 2
YamYam links 16 Jan Walsall 1 Brighton 2
YamYam links 19 Dec Walsall 2 Leyton Orient 2
YamYam links 12 Dec Millwall 2 Walsall 1
YamYam links 5 Dec Walsall 1 Southampton 3
YamYam links 3 Dec Yeovil Town 1 Walsall 3
YamYam links 24 Nov Walsall 3 Oldham 0
YamYam links 21 Nov Brentford 1 Walsall 1
YamYam links 14 Nov Walsall 2 Stockport 0
YamYam links 31 Oct Wycombe 2 Walsall 3
YamYam links 24 Oct Colchester 2 Walsall 1
YamYam links 17 Oct Walsall 3 Exeter 0
YamYam links 10 Oct MK Dons 1 Walsall 0
YamYam links 3 Oct Walsall 2 Carlisle 2
YamYam links 29 Sep Walsall 2 Huddersfield 1
YamYam links 26 Sep Hartlepool 3 Walsall 0
YamYam links 19 Sep Walsall 1 Swindon 1
YamYam links 12 Sep Tranmere 2 Walsall 3
YamYam links 5 Sep Norwich 0 Walsall 0
YamYam links 29 Aug Walsall 0 Gillingham 0
YamYam links 22 Aug Charlton Athletic 2 Walsall 0
YamYam links 18 Aug Walsall 1 Leeds 2
YamYam links 15 Aug Walsall 2 Southend United 2
YamYam links 8 Aug Brighton 0 Walsall 1
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Runners wanted for Walsall Hospice Fun Run
15 Mar 10 11:09 Filed in: News | News-Walsall
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.
Great Midlands Fun Run Home
Walsall Hospice Home
Walsall Hospice on Twitter @Walsall_Hospice
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
Feature: Deerly beloved at Chasewater
Deerly beloved at Chasewater
BrownhillsBob 9 Mar 10
A week ago, Brownhills Blog contributor, fellow Panoramio fan and top local history operative [Howmuch] went for a ride round Chasewater on a quiet Monday, armed as ever with his camera...
Chasewater Wildlife Group Deer at Chasewater and Cuckoo Bank
Express & Star 5 Mar 10 Canal water pledge on work at Chasewater
BBC News 23 Feb 10 Low water levels threaten Black Country canal festival
Express & Star 11 Feb 10 Festivals sunk due to work on Chasewater reservoir
Waterscape Black Country Boating Festival
Birmingham Canal Navigations Society Home
Lichfield Council Chasewater Dam
British Waterways Home
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
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
Poundland founder looking at new retail moves
15 Mar 10 10:33 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
Poundland founder looking at new retail moves
Anna Blackaby Business Desk 15 Mar 10
The businessman who created the hugely successful Poundland format is set to go upmarket for his next venture – with plans to launch a nationwide chain of “aspirational” general product stores...
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Express & Star 12 Mar 10 Willenhall’s Poundland set to be sold
Daily Mail 6 Mar 10 Poundland's Jim McCarthy: A boss who thinks small to grow big
B’ham Post 11 Jan 10 Willenhall’s Poundland sales rise by 35%
Express & Star 8 Nov Willenhall’s Poundland turnover bonanza
Express & Star 10 Oct 1,000 new jobs on the way at Willenhall's Poundland
B'ham Post 2 Oct Poundland director to speak at Excellence conference
B'ham Post 3 July Poundland moves in on more empty Woolworths stores
B'ham Post 3 Jun Poundland to open more stores
B'ham Post 2 June 09 Poundland buoyed by the downturn
Express & Star 2 June Poundland is quids in
Express & Star 16 Apr Record sales for Poundland
Express & Star 6 Apr Poundland enjoy £50m turnover
HomeServe’s Harpin leads WM apprenticeships
15 Mar 10 10:23 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
HomeServe’s Harpin leads WM apprenticeships
Jayne Howarth Business Desk 15 Mar 10
Business leaders from across the region have signed up to become apprenticeship ambassadors to persuade more employers to take on young trainees. The ambassador network is being led by Richard Harpin, chief executive of Walsall-based HomeServe...
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Councils warned of new accounting practices
15 Mar 10 10:15 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
Councils warned of new accounting practices
Business Desk 15 Mar 10
New accounting practices soon to come into force will impact upon local authorities’ financial reporting arrangements, according to assurance experts in the Midlands. It will be a requirement for local authorities to prepare financial statements based on the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) when the financial year ends in 2011...
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The YamYam 10 Mar 10 Walsall Council accounting cock-up
YamYam 15 Nov 09 Audit: Walsall Council could do better