Walsall news

 

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• Cuvelier happy to stay at Walsall
  BBC Birmingham & Black Country 22 Feb 12
  Walsall loanee Florent Cuvelier is pleased to be staying until the end of the season.
• Deadline missed over Halesowen fire cuts
  Halesowen News 22 Feb 12
  WEST Midlands Fire Authority has failed to meet a deadline calling for cuts to Halesowen’s fire service to be shelved and vital documents to be sent to protesters proposing legal action.
• Flatmate killer jailed for at least 16 years
  Express & Star 22 Feb 12
  A killer who attacked and murdered his “vulnerable” flatmate by beating him to death at the home they shared has been told by a judge he must serve at least 16 years in jail.
• Violent robber jailed for attacks on elderly women
  Express & Star 22 Feb 12
  A violent robber who attacked elderly women in their own homes in the West Midlands – and who police suspected was behind identical attacks in Walsall – must serve at least nine years in jail.
• CCTV cameras cost region’s taxpayers £8m in four years
  Express & Star 22 Feb 12
  CCTV cameras in the Black Country and Staffordshire cost taxpayers £8.7 million over the past four years, new figures showed today.
• Halesowen lorry crash driver may have dozed off
  Halesowen News 22 Feb 12
  A LORRY driver who was killed when his vehicle crashed into a bridge on the M5 at Halesowen may have fallen asleep at the wheel, an inquest was told.
• Scunthorpe United 0-1 Walsall
  BBC Birmingham & Black Country 21 Feb 12
  Walsall move out of the League One relegation zone following victory at Scunthorpe.
• Flatmate murderer gets 16 years
  BBC Birmingham & Black Country 21 Feb 12
  A man is given a minimum term of 16 years for killing his flatmate in Walsall.
• Flatmate found guilty as man beaten to death
  Express & Star 21 Feb 12
  A killer was today facing life in jail after being convicted of murdering his flatmate by beating him to death at the Walsall home they shared.
• Police probe reports of fugitive John Anslow on continent
  Express & Star 21 Feb 12
  Detectives hunting fugitive prisoner John Anslow – suspected of killing a Staffordshire businessman – today revealed they are investigating potential sightings of him in Spain.
• Hundreds protest over probation hostel plan
  Express & Star 21 Feb 12
  Hundreds of banner-waving protesters gathered to campaign against controversial plans for the creation of a probation hostel in the Midlands.
• Second World War hero dies aged 94
  Express & Star 21 Feb 12
  A Second World War veteran who was adopted by pupils at a Walsall school has died, aged 94.
• Ex-pub boss is given ban on playing music
  Express & Star 21 Feb 12
  The former boss of a Willenhall pub has been banned from playing music at any premises he runs – after putting on songs without a licence.
• Police hunt lorry after moped rider dies on the A38 in Lichfield
  Lichfield Live 21 Feb 12
  Police are searching for a lorry which is believed to have been involved in a crash in Lichfield which left a young moped rider dead. The crash happened on the A38 northbound carriageway near Streethay at around 5.25am this morning (February...
• Walsall man Earl Clarke found guilty of murdering Chuckery flatmate
  Birmingham Mail 21 Feb 12
  A MAN faces a long jail term after he was found guilty of killing his Walsall flatmate.
• Result as stunned fan says ‘yes’
  Express & Star 20 Feb 12
  A Walsall football fan received a major shock when his girlfriend proposed on the Saddlers pitch in front of more than 3,000 people.
• More than 180 caught stealing from bosses
  Express & Star 20 Feb 12
  More than 180 people have been arrested and charged for stealing from their employer in the past two years alone across the Black County and Staffordshire, figures show.
• Families faced losing their homes
  Express & Star 20 Feb 12
  More than 3,900 families faced losing their homes in the Black Country and Staffordshire last year, latest Government figures reveal.
• Council bills for funerals rise by 90%
  Express & Star 19 Feb 12
  Councils are being forced to foot the bill for rising numbers of funerals as cash-strapped relatives cannot afford to pay, it has been revealed.
• West Midlands Ambulance paramedic sacked after he lied about football hooligan crimes
  Sunday Mercury 19 Feb 12
  A PARAMEDIC failed to tell ambulance bosses that he had TEN convictions for football hooliganism, health watchdogs have been told.
• Fakes seized at Walsall Market
  Express & Star 18 Feb 12
  Fake designer clothes worth thousands of pounds have been seized from Walsall Market.
• Vandalism, thefts and arson hit school budgets
  Express & Star 18 Feb 12
  Vandalism, arson and metal thefts are costing schools hundreds of thousands of pounds a year across the West Midlands and Staffordshire, figures reveal.
• Free training open day for unemployed Bloxwich adults
  Express & Star 17 Feb 12
  A Bloxwich charity is to run an open day to promote and enrol learners on to free training courses to support unemployed adults who want to get back into work.
• Church roof stripped by lead thieves
  Express & Star 17 Feb 12
  Three men were caught in the act stripping lead from the roof of a church in Walsall town centre in the early hours of the morning, a court heard.
• Garden shed dentist in search for a base
  Express & Star 17 Feb 12
  After three years working as a dentist, Rikki Dhody was looking forward to bringing his work a bit closer to home – right into his garden shed to be more precise.
• Increase in trade for shops bucking trend
  Express & Star 17 Feb 12
  A shopping centre in Walsall is enjoying a resurgence in trade after being able to attract new business as well as more visitors, bosses said today.
• Man loses four fingers in Walsall factory machine horror
  Birmingham Mail 16 Feb 12
  A MAN has been airlifted to hospital after losing four fingers in an industrial accident in Walsall.

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