Express & Star 4 Feb 10

The under-threat Willenhall Leisure Centre has now been given an extra six-month stay of execution. Councillors and campaigners backing the centre were told that if they did not come up with a “satisfying” solution to the funding crisis affecting the centre in three months, the centre would be closed immediately…

• 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
• Express & Star 25 Jan 10 Rescue hope for leisure centre
• YamYam links 23 Jan 10 Walsall councillor withdraws request for scrutiny conduct inquiry
• Express & Star 22 Jan 10 Axe looms over Walsall swimming pools
• Cllr Ian Shires 22 Jan Some hope for Willenhall centre?
• YamYam 20 Jan Walsall awash with swimming pools says council
• Ian Shires blog 20 Jan Comments: Council counting private pools
• Yahoo groups Pooling resources
• B'ham Mail 24 Dec Willenhall Leisure Centre facing closure
• Express & Star 17 Dec 09 Pensioners join fight for Willenhall Leisure Centre
• Cllr Ian Shires 14 Dec Is there a glimmer of hope for Willenhall's Leisure Centre?
• Cllr Ian Shires 11 Dec Scrutiny process reduced to farce
• Cllr Ian Shires 10 Dec Concern expressed as plans to develop LNPs unveiled
• The YamYam 8 Dec Council boss says “put up or shut up”
• Cllr Ian Shires 8 Dec Community condemn plans to close Willenhall's leisure centre
• Cllr Ian Shires 7 Dec  Attempts to debate Leisure Centre closure rejected
• Express & Star 2 Dec  Council spent £200k on doomed Willenhall centre
• Cllr Ian Shires 2 Dec The nonsense of scrutiny
• The YamYam 30 Nov  Walsall councillors scrutinise budget
• Express & Star 30 Nov Campaigners step up Willenhall leisure centre fight
• Cllr Ian Shires 30 Nov Comment: the theory and practice in health equalities
• YamYam 23 Nov Willenhall closure “sheer vandalism” says MP
• Cllr Ian Shires 19 Nov Cabinet votes down demands on closure of Willenhall Leisure Centre
• Walsall Council Cabinet report 18 Nov Draft Corporate Revenue Budget for Consultation
• Express & Star 13 Nov Willenhall leisure centre users’ fury at closure plans
• Walsall Council 13 Nov Have your say on leisure facilities
• Express & Star 12 Nov Willenhall leisure centre axe plan
• Express & Star 12 Nov Battle vow on plans to shut down centre
• Cllr Ian Shires 12 Nov Willenhall Leisure Centre singled out
• Express & Star 13 Oct Major review brings fears for Willenhall swimming pool
• BrownhillsBob 19 Sep Comment: And so it begins
• YamYam 19 Sep Walsall leisure centres under threat
• YamYam links 9 Sep Cash crisis at Walsall Council
• Walsall Council Willenhall Local Neighbourhood Partnership (LNP)
• Walsall Council Willenhall Leisure Centre
• Facebook Save Willenhall Leisure Centre

• Cllr Ian Shires 24 Jan 10 News blog Walsall Council to debate ward funding reforms
• The YamYam 20 Jan 10 News Walsall awash with swimming pools says council
• The YamYam 14 Jan 10 News Tory whip in domestic violence row
• The YamYam 14 Jan 10 News Charities named in Walsall grants bungle
• The YamYam 13 Jan 10 News Signs of the times in Willenhall
• Express & Star 12 Jan 10 News Walsall Council in £357k grant mix-up
• B’ham Mail 11 Jan 10 News Walsall Arboretum’s £4.7m Heritage Lottery Fund grant approved
• The Plastic Hippo 9 Jan 10 Comment Willenhall car boot sale – everything must go
• Express & Star 17 Dec 09 News Pensioners join fight for Willenhall Leisure Centre
• BBC Sport 30 Nov 09 News Simmonds claims pool gold in Rio

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