Cannock Chronicle, January 19, 2017

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Cannock & Rugeley
Thursday,January19,2017 Readbymorethan71,000people Pricewhensold70p
SITES EARMARKED
STADIUM
Firms submit bid
forredevelopment
ADOZENfirmshavelodgedbidsforthe
FOR 1 000 HOMES redevelopmentofCannockStadium.
CannockChaseDistrictCouncilsaidit
, hopedtofullyopenthenewlookproject,
alongwithanew3Gpitchandallotments,
laterthisyear.
PlansforthePyeGreenRoadscheme
were first agreed in 2012 and rub-
ber-stampedin2014.
Thecouncil’scultureandsportportfolio
leaderCouncillorChristineMitchellsaidthe
sixfirmshadappliedforcontractsandthey
wouldbechosen‘overthenextfewweeks
ormonths’.
BYJACKAVERTY HEARTFELT TRIBUTES AS JILL LAID TO REST WEATHER
Crashesanddelays
MORE than 1,000 homes and
20 new permanent gipsy and
asthesnowarrives
traveller pitches are on the
waytoSouthStaffordshire.
South Staffordshire Council has SNOWshowersandicycoldweather
earmarked land in Billbrook, Bre- puttheWestMidlandsregiononago-
wood, Cheslyn Hay, Codsall, Coven, slowasmotoristsfacedlongwaits.
Featherstone, Great Wyrley, Kinver, Gritterswereouttohelpdealwith
theconditionsbuttherewerereports
Swindon, Wheaton Aston and Wom- onsocialmediaofalackofgrip.
bourneforthe1,070newhomes. MarkHandstweetedthathis19-year-
Additionally,20newpitcheswillbeadded oldsonhadcrashedinCannockwhen
toexistingtravellersitesinBrewood,Cheslyn hewasonhisonhiswaytowork.He
Hay,Coven,CovenHeath,Essington,Hather- said:“MyladhadanaccidentinHem-
tonandWombourne.Theplanswereunveiled lockWayat4thismorning.Whynogrit
inthecouncil’slatestsiteallocationdocument, ontheroads?#whypaycounciltax.”
whichwasreleasedtothepublicthisweek. lPictures–Page4
Thecouncilannouncedin2014thatmore
than1,000newhomesneedtobebuilt,and RAILWAYS
consultationhasbeenongoing.
Thefinalproposalswillbecarriedoutunless
asuccessfullegalchallengeismounted. Penaltiesnotfare
Atotalof158homeshavebeenearmarked
forCheslynHayandGreatWyrley,while10 enough, says MP
and15homesareonthewaytoSwindonand
WheatonAstonrespectively.Featherstoneis
settosee60newhomesatBrinsfordLodge.
According to Essington councillor David CANNOCKChaseMPAmandaMillinghas
Clifft,hisvillageis‘quitehappy’withproposals calledforfare-dodgingfinesontheChase
fortwotravellersitestobeextendedasoriginal Linetobeincreased.
proposalsincludedplansforthreenewsites. ShealsowantsLondonMidlandtoen-
Objections sureticketmachinesareinworkingorder
alongtheroute,fromWalsalltoRugeley.
ThesesitesareTheStablesinOldLandy- TheMPjoinedtheoperator’sRevenue
woodLaneandBrickyardCottage. ProtectionTeamlastyearandsawnearly
Codsallistheareawherethemosthomes 200finesissuedinoneweekalone.
havebeenearmarkedfor,with230intotal. Shesaid:“Whileitisimportanttheticket
CouncillorMattEwart,whorepresentsCod- machinesareinworkingorder,anissue
sall,saidthevillagehadbeen‘signpostedfor IhaveraisedwithLondonMidland,Iam
development’becauseofthefacilitiesalready Jill’stwinSuewithothersisterRachelandbrotherJoe Jill’shusbandGavinDrakeandsonMyles alsoconcernedthatthe£20penaltyfareis
inplace.Hesaid:“Duetohavingschools,shop notaneffectivedeterrenttofaredodging.”
andpharmacies,Codsallisabletosustainnew HUNDREDS of people said goodbye to Jill VeryRevAdrianDorber,TheDeanofLichfield, lStations–Page19
homesbecausewehavetheservices.” Saward–thefirstrapevictimtowaiveherright greetedguestsbeforeleadingtheaudienceinto
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oneofthesitesthathasbeenearmarked,which rapedbyagangofintrudersatherfather’svic- A musical tribute followed from singer/
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homesofflandsouthofWhiteHill. outaboutthehorrificordeal,herabilitytofor- Sawardthroughherdarkesthours.Another
Wombourne has been earmarked for 179 givehercallousattackersandherendlessfight closefamilyassociate,RevGaryPiper,from
homes,including80onlandnorthofBeggars forfellowvictimsofsexattacks–acampaign London,deliveredhisownheartfelthomily.
BushLane.Proposalshavealsobeenputfor- whichhaspromptedfundamentalchangesin MrHartledfurtherprayersandthenthe
wardtomakeonetemporarytravellerpitch lawandcontinuesinherstead. hymnLordoftheCrossofShame,writtenbyMs
permanentinPoolhouseRoadandaddanother ManyworetraditionalblackonTuesdayto Saward’slatefather.BishopofWolverhampton
pitchtothesite.CovenandCovenHeathare mournMsSaward,whodiedaged51,twodays RtRevCliveGregorydeliveredthefinalblessing
settoseethemajorityofextratravellerpitches, after suffering a stroke. Others wore bright andtheserviceclosedwithYou’llNeverWalk
withproposalsputforwardtoaddpitchesto clothingincelebrationofherlife,whilesome, Alone.Aprivatecremationwaslaterheld.
sitesinGranaryCottage,TheSpinney,Brins- includingvictimsshehadhelped,chosepurple MrsSawardissurvivedbyherhusbandGavin
fordBridge,HordenLodgeandGlenside. tomakeastatementagainstsexualviolence. Drake,threesonsMyles,RoryandFergusas
Atotalof40homeshavealsobeenearmarked All remained silent as her coffin was car- wellashersiblingsSue,JoeandRachel.
forlandwestofSchoolLane. riedintothebuildingthroughthenorthwest AstatementfromGavinDrakecanberead
InBrewoodatravellersiteatTheBungalow door.TheburialsentenceswerereadbyRev at http://gavindrake.co.uk/2017/01/16/good-
hasbeenproposedtobeextendedbytwo,with PrebPeterHart,vicarofStLuke’s,Cannock. bye-jilly/ BravecampaignerJillSaward PAGE16
53homesonthewaytolandoffEngletonLane.
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CONTENTS Fight duo in spotlight on bar’s top table Employee
2
LETTERS 8 stole £4k
17 CLUB NEWS 13 CARL Frampton will share the mic question-and-answer session in his reg- Cannock date, too, as he’s due to defend
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y PUZZLES PAGE 33 Reigning WBA ‘super’ featherweight McGuigan in Cannock last November. The two will go toe-to-toe in the
ar boss Frampton is the next big attrac- The McGuigans will again be repre- United States, after Frampton’s major- gambling
u PROPERTY 35 tion in the Premier Suite on Thursday, sented this time out, with Barry’s son ity points victory last July.
Jan MOTORING 63 MaHrec hw 2il,l wbrei tjoesin Cerda bigy BCiorlclhin.s, who won nanydin Fg r‘aTmhpet oJna’csk caol.a’ cMh cSGhaunigea anc cJorm wpial-l fasWt iins oarl rloesaed,y t hae h2i9s-tyoerayr -molda kferor,m a Bfteelr-
y, SPORT 79-80 WBO titles at middleweight and super also bring tales with him of how the feud becoming the first Northern Irishman
da middleweight, at the top table to be in- between David Haye and Tony Bellew is to win world titles in different divisions. A TRADING STANDARDS officer stole
s CONTACT US terviewed by a third world champion. reaching breaking point. Tickets are on sale now. For more thousands of pounds from the council
ur Telford’s Richie Woodhall, who once He will be in Haye’s corner for the information and to book places for the he worked for in an attempt to fund his
h held the WBC strap at super middle, fight, which takes place two days later. show, get in touch with Bar Sport di- gambling habit.
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cl E-mail: [email protected] took £4,690 from Staffordshire County
oni STePl:O 0R1T9S0:2 319453 Ccoouunncciill .b Hosiss ecsr iumned weratso oukn caonv earueddi tw ahnend
r E-mail: [email protected] found money had been put into Mahon’s
Ch PE-HmOaTiOl: GpRicAtuPrHedICe:s kT@el: e0x1p9r0es2s 3a1n9d4s3ta0r.co.uk PtwaeyePna lO actcocbouern 2t 0o1n2 eaingdh tA uocgcuassti o2n0s1 4b. e-
e ADVERTISING: Sarah Jones The card was used by Mahon under
h Tel: [phone] over waste charges the false name of Thomas Smith to
T E-mail: [email protected] make legitimate test purchases from
PROPERTY: Marguerita Finnegan businesses online as part of his work,
Tel: [phone] Stafford Crown Court heard. An ebay
E-mail: [email protected] account and a Hotmail account were set
MOTORING: Jayne La Hiffe up to accompany the credit card.
Tel: [phone] Mahon, aged 36, of The Saplings, Staf-
E-mail: [email protected] ford, was sentenced to eight months in
CLASSIFIED: prison suspended for 18 months.
Tel: [phone] Recorder Michael Elsom told Mahon,
ED-ImSTaRilI:B mUyT-IcOlaNs:s Pifiaeudl @Jonexepsressandstar.co.uk THE councillor who brought in Keeper defends big-cat enclosures cwihl:o “ iYs onuo klonnegwe ry eomu pwloeyree dt abkyi nthge pcuobulnic-
Tel: [phone] charges at tips across Stafford- money. You were doing it because you
E-mail: [email protected] shire is ‘on another planet’ to ex- had an addiction to gambling.”
Cannock pect no increase in fly-tipping, a Miss Amrisha Parathalingam, defend-
council leader has said. ing, said Mahon has sought help over his
addiction from the counselling charity
Cannock Chase Council’s leader GamCare and is also on antidepressants.
51-53 Queen Street George Adamson said the county’s en- Mahon will repay all of the £4,690 he
Wolverhampton, WV1 1ES vironment boss Councillor Gill Heath took from the council. He must also pay
had told him to ‘stop talking’ about £425 costs.
Open Monday to Friday 9am-1pm and 2pm-5pm fly-tipping over fears it could encour- The married father-of-two will also
www.yourchronicle.com age more people to dump rubbish. complete 150 hours’ unpaid work and
As Staffordshire County Council’s cab- will be supervised by a probation officer
inet member for environment, Councillor for the next 12 months. He had admitted
Heath is responsible for a scheme, intro- one count of theft by employee.
duced in November, which sees residents
have to pay to get rid of items including Attacker in court
soil, rubble and plasterboard.
The district council is responsible for
picking up fly-tipped waste, and the county on murder charge
council pay to dispose of it.
Councillor Adamson recalled a conver-
sation with Councillor Heath at a district A MAN already in prison for attacking
council meeting last Wednesday. He said: his housemate has appeared in court
“Her response was ‘Stop talking about it, charged with his murder.
you’re encouraging people to do it’. Gareth Rowton is serving an 11-and-
“I’ve no intention stopping talking about a-half year sentence after he admitted a
it. It’s an issue for our residents, it’s an charge of wounding with intent against
issue for this council.” David Stanton.
Predicted Staffordshire Police said Mr Stanton
died as a result of ‘delayed complica-
He referred to an incident near Newcas- tions of a severe brain injury’ on June
tle-under-Lyme where the road was ‘com- 29, 2015.
pletely blocked by fly-tipping’. “Nothing Rowton, aged 36, was involved in an
to do with these charges, because, as Gill altercation outside the pair’s home in
Heath said, ‘Staffordshire people are too Old Fallow Road, Cannock, on Novem-
hflyon-teipst’.. TWhee d wonom’t adno iilsl eogna al nthoitnhgesr; pwlea ndeotn.”’t Anthony Beckwith, of Chipperfield’s Circus, with one of the lions being kept at Streetway Farm, in Cannock beRr o9w, 2t0on12 a. ppeared at Stafford Crown
Councillor Adamson told the meeting A LION and tiger keeper has de- protesters who were confronted as and two lions on the site. Mr Beck- Court via videolink from HMP Dovegate
that he will be urging officers to recoup fended their living conditions after they tried to break into the prem- with said the enclosures were big- near Uttoxeter on Thursday.
money the council spends on clearing fly- animal rights protesters tried to ises on Saturday at 2pm. ger than legal recommendations, He will next appear at the same court
tipped waste from the county council as a break into their enclosure. He said: “It is the fifth incident and the animals were stimulated on March 10.
result of the policy. Anthony Beckwith, who runs in total but this was the first in the and interacted with daily.
Councillor Heath said: “The evidence is Chipperfield’s Circus with Thomas middle of the day when we have He also said that both Depart- Music fans ready
that so far, as predicted, levels of fly-tip- Chipperfield, has had an enclosure been able to confront them. ment for Environment Food &
ping across the county are pretty constant for wild animals at Streetway Farm “They said they were just out for Rural Affairs and Cannock Chase to enjoy Motown
since the introduction of small charges for in Watling Street, Norton Canes, a walk and they thought it was a Council were satisfied with animal
specific items of non-household waste. for the last three years. horse sanctuary, even though they welfare standards at the site.
“Sadly there are always some people who The 30-year-old said the location were wearing balaclavas with skull A council spokeswoman said:
will behave anti-socially and they will be had remained discreet for much of masks. We are used to the issues “We can confirm that these ani- MOTOWN and soul music enthusiasts
prosecuted wherever possible. that time but recently gained un- now. This is the longest we’ve been mals are being kept on the site in are invited to dance away their January
“What I said is that I don’t believe Staf- wanted attention after being the in one place and the trouble usually accordance with a licence issued by blues at an event later this month.
fordshire people will begin acting illegally subject of a national newspaper dies down. I am just concerned for the council.” The first of this year’s Stafford’s Got
rather than paying £3 or £4 to take a large report. Mr Beckwith said it was the others who share the site.” No-one from Staffordshire Police Soul & Motown nights will take place on
bag of non-household waste to the recycling targeted by two balaclava-clad There are currently three tigers was available for comment. January 28 at The White Eagle (Polish)
centre,” Councillor Heath added. Club on Riverway in Stafford.
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services ‘is pitals in Staffordshire struggle to cope with Jan Sensier, chief executive of Engaging portant for people to consider their options to delays on route C
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2015, while a maternity-led service for 7
low-risk deliveries remained.
Julian Porter, from the Support DOZENS of health campaigners are
Stafford Hospital group, said: “Why gearing up to join a national rally in
waste money doing this when the London opposing cuts and closures to
outcome was always going to be the NHS services.
same? Support Stafford Hospital (SSH) is
“They have to do a consultation, hoping to turn out in force on March
otherwise we would challenge it le- 4. The group, which has vehemently
gally and take it to a judicial review. It demonstrated against downgrades to
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all of this is insulting.” Staffordshire and the Black Coun- skills have done all we can locally to oppose
NHS England concluded that staff- try, new figures show. downgrades to Stafford but now is the
itnagin l eavte ltsh we ohuolsdp bitea ld, iftfihceu nltu tmo bmear inof- The NHS guidelines for hospital trusts time to join forces with other groups.”
births would be too low to provide the is that at least 95 per cent of patients are set in £10,000 award for
adequate experience for staff, and the dealt with within four hours of admission.
move would be financially unviable. However, the latest figures from the NHS,
David Levy, NHS England Regional for October, show only Dudley’s Russells Hall bird-watch camera
Medical Director (Midlands and East), Hospital meets the target, with 95.5 per cent stone
added: “Patient safety is always our of 15,289 patients seen within the four hours.
overriding priority and has been the New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton saw STAFFORDSHIRE Wildlife Trust has
leading principle underpinning this 92.3 per cent of 11,108 patients within the tar- been given almost £10,000 towards a
review.” get, while Sandwell General Hospital saw 86.1 special project to allow residents to
per cent of 14,272 patients within the target AN apprentice stonemason view the world’s fastest animal from
Amazon worker in the month. But the picture was different at who works in Cannock won the comfort of their own home.
other hospitals in the region. a top prize at a glittering The trust submitted a project to be
At Walsall Manor Hospital, 80.9 per cent of ceremony in London. entered into The Aviva Community
took £1.6k goods 6,388 patients were dealt with within the four- Peter Cross was named Fund to install a camera on the cliffs
hour period, meaning thousands more were left trainee mason of the year at its Roaches nature reserve, near
facing long waits over four hours for 2016 at the Stone Feder- Leek, to monitor the peregrine falcons
A MAN admitted taking more than And at University Hospitals of North Mid- ation’s annual event in the which have previously nested there.
£1,000 of IT equipment from his em- lands (UHNM), which runs Royal Stoke capital. The cameras will be installed ahead
ployer. University Hospital and County Hospital in Peter, who is 17, works for of Peregrine Watch in March.
Constantin Sadhu worked for Am- Stafford, 76.5 per cent of 15,000 patients were Croft Building and Conser-
azon at its Rugeley base until last seen within the target time. vation and was awarded his Christopher a design
month. The 22-year-old was seen by Demand prize by TV celebrity builder
employees placing empty packages in Tommy Walsh. winner at boat show
the bin during a shift on December 12. The figures were taken ahead of a busy win- He was found to be the
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the strain that all local services are under. and accuracy. He is always at children from its store checkouts.
PENKRIDGE Market will be holding “This had a significant effect on the number listening and enthusiastic, It will also provide a range of health-
a Fine Food & Craft Market on Satur- of patients waiting in our A&E departments striving for perfection. Aged ier snacks. The assurance has been
day. between 9am and 3.30pm. before being admitted to a ward, and all health just 17, his work is admired given to David Hallam, who is the
There will be food plus local crafts and care partners have been working extremely Apprentice stonemason Peter Cross with Tommy Walsh at the by his peers. He will be a West Midlands representative on the
on sale in the indoor market. Admis- hard to put suitable alternatives in place,” she Stone Federation’s awards ceremony in London real asset to the industry.” Co-op Members’ Council.
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DAMAGE estimated at £1,800 was posts are deer deterrents and are and deer are once again in danger of h
caused when posts designed to pre- designed to create a virtual fence to being hit by traffic.” e
unlicensed vent deer fatalities on busy roads prevent deer from being hit by traffic. Last month a deer and its fawn in drugs arrest C
were vandalised. “When traffic is approaching they were killed and left lying in the road h
Installed last year, the posts emit emit an audible and visual alarm to after they were hit by a car in Burnt- r
fireworks an alarm when deer approach, mak- startle any nearby deer, hopefully wood. David and Rebecca King, aged A MAN led police on a pursuit on
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tions 2014 and one offence under the
Health and Safety at Work Act. FRIDAY the 13th proved to be lucky
The District Judge at North Staf- for three Cannock postcode winners
fordshire Justice Centre ordered who won £1,000 each.
both to serve community orders of 12 The Belmont Close residents, who
months with a requirement to com- share the postcode WS11 8SS, landed
plete 200 hours of unpaid work each. the People’s Postcode Lottery’s daily
He also ordered them to pay a £60 vic- prize.
tim surcharge and £1,211 costs each. People’s Postcode Lottery ambassa-
Officers also visited Lakeside Stores A NEW takeaway service which Elbow lined up for Chase concert dor Judie McCourt said: “So much for
Ltd at 1 Swift, Lakeside, Tamworth, helps to reduce the amount of food Friday the 13th being unlucky!”
where fireworks were being sold with- waste has been launched in Can- A minimum of 30 per cent of ticket
out the correct licence. Store owners sales goes directly to charities – the
Aaron Dhaliwal, 25, and Charanjeev nock. People’s Postcode Lottery has raised
Purewal, 26, pleaded guilty to three Entitled ‘Too Good to Go’, the new app more than £168 million to date for
offences for breaching the Explosives service allows residents to collect excess good causes in Britain and abroad.
Regulations. food from restaurants at discounted pric-
The District Judge ordered them es. Thief targets van
to serve a community order of 12 The app, which is available for free down-
months with a requirement to com- loaded through Apple and Android app stores, and flees on bike
plete 200 hours of unpaid work each. acts as a link between restaurants with excess
He also ordered them to pay a £60 vic- food and customers who can place orders to col-
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biodegradable takeaway box with the food on Its owner disturbed the thief after
for retail scheme offer. hearing noises, before seeing the of-
Loft 89 is the first place in Cannock to sign fender ride off on a Vittesse Aeroblade
up to the app scheme. 21-speed racing bike which is also be-
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within Class A1 retail together with a chester and Leeds, we are expanding our fight
drive-thru restaurant and associated against food waste in the UK every day. THE Mind shop in Burntwood is look-
access, car parking, servicing, and “We have had a great response from restau- ing for more volunteers.
landscaping works. rants and customers so far, and can’t wait to The charity would welcome support
Dimble Cottage, Newlands Lane, engage with the waste-conscious community in from people willing to help with tasks
Stockwell Heath, Rugeley – erection the Cannock even further. such as sorting, steaming, pricing,
of a detached double garage. “Our mission is to place the lost value back handling sales and customer service.
Lea Lane Cottage, Lea Lane, Ruge- onto food as something which belongs in bel- Regional manager David Elvidge
ley – Two-storey extension to side to lies, not bins – all while helping local restau- said: “Volunteering at the Mind shop
form lounge, dining room and study rant and businesses to thrive. in Burntwood is a great way to give
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floor level. a profit on food they would otherwise throw MERCURY Prize winning rock mances in Glastonbury Festival’s independent programme organ- shops or call in at the shop at Unit 8
in the bin. Aside from this, our main aim is to band Elbow have been revealed sunset slot and taking part in ised by the Forestry Commission Burntwood Shopping Precinct.
£700 handed to put a desperately needed dent in the 600,000 as the first act to take part in this the closing ceremony of the 2012 to bring forests to new audiences. Walking on the Chase
tonnes of food that is wasted by restaurants year’s Forest Live concert series Olympic Games. The band will re- Income from ticket sales is
first responders eaAchs yweealrl .a”s cutting down waste to help the en- in TChaen nMocakn.chester group, whose Lleiatstlee tFhiecitri osnesv,e onnth F setburduiaor ya l3b.um, aspnedn et xponan dpirnogte Ectninglga,n idm’sp froorveisntgs CHASE Ramblers will be going on an
vironment, Too Good to Go has also integrated albums include The Seldom Seen Last year saw Cannock welcome and woodlands and increasing eight-mile moderate walk on Cannock
a Pay-It-Forward scheme into the app, allowing Kid, Build A Rocket Boys and Kaiser Chiefs, Paul Heaton and their value to people and wildlife. Chase this Sunday. The meeting point
A SUPERMARKET handed over residents in Cannock to donate meals to those The Take Off and Landing of Jacquie Abbott and James Bay for Tickets for Elbow’s Forest Live as usual is Hednesford railway sta-
£700 to first responders after a char- in need for as little as £1. Everything, will perform on Can- a series of summer concerts, with show are £41.50 plus £4.65 book- tion car park, in Anglesey Street, for
ity appeal. Figures show 2.3 million UK children live in nock Chase on July 7. the likes of Robert Plant and Paul ing fee available tomorrow (Fri- a 9am prompt departure. For further
Penkridge and District First Re- poverty, while 10,570 tonnes of food were given Stand-out gigs from the band’s Weller also coming to the site in day) at 9am on 03000 680400 or details contact Jean on 01889 570178.
sponders were given £710 by Sains- out to people in crisis between 2015 and 2016 history include numerous perfor- previous years. Forest Live is an at www.forestry.gov.uk/music New walkers are welcome.
bury’s Local in Penkridge. equating to more than one million meals.
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could do his own DIY.
Which brings me to the “humanitarian
crisis” which is supposed to be engulfing
the NHS at the moment.
There are no easy answers. We have a
growing and ageing population and more
costly procedures and drugs than ever
before, not helped by profiteering drug
companies.
And while there are plenty of people
who say it is all down to funding, these
people tend to have a stock reply when wonder people thought they were being short-
asked how much extra tax they are pre- Our new £1 won’t just look changed. The reverse designs of the £1 coin
pared to pay. very different, its value is represented the UK and its four constituent
Nothing. It should be somebody else parts – Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and
who pays for it. nothing like it was years ago, England and the first series of designs took flo-
Then there are the vast swathes of the as Mark Andrews reports ral emblems as its theme.
population who take the attitude that if a Resistance to the coins turned out to be
service is free to use, they might as well comparatively shortlived, and the last pound
use it. HAD a look at your change lately? notes were phased out in 1988. Besides, there
We’ve all met them. They take a fort- Noticed how many shiny new £1 was far more to complain about in 1990, with
nTihgehyt coaflfl twheoirrk G ePv ewrhye nti mthee yt hgeeyt isnndeigeezse-. coins have been issued over the tahned i5nptr ocodiuncst.i oBnu ot f wthheil en etwhe s mpoaullnedr £co5i nn ohtaess
tion. And rock up at A & E every time they past few months? largely been accepted by the general public, it
get a headache. And shout a lot when Well don’t get too attached to them. By has given birth to another problem. Forgery.
they don’t get immediate attention. October they will cease to be legal tender. From the start, the £1 coin has been forged
A bit like middle-aged men who think A new, 12-sided £1 coin – designed by Wal- on a prolific scale, Ironically, one of the rea-
a charity for the elderly should do their sall teenager David Pearce – will enter circu- sons the coins proved so popular with forgers
home improvements. lation on March 28, and by October 15 the was the ease of disposing of them in vending
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has familiar round pound will be no more. Given machines.
come in for a lot of stick for suggesting that there are thought to be 1.5 billion of these Surveys by the Royal Mint have estimated
the four-hour waiting targets should only coins in circulation, it is going to be a very big that up to three in every 100 £1 coins are
apply to people with urgent conditions, operation. fakes, and this has been a major driver in the
but I tend to think it is a fair point. When the pound coin was introduced on redesign. David Gauke, chief secretary to the
If people expect Bupa standards of April 21, 1983, the response was muted to say Treasury, has pledged that the new £1 coin
healthcare, we are going to have to start the least. Just 10 months earlier, the 20p piece will be harder to forge than ever before.
paying Bupa prices. All of us. Otherwise, had been introduced, with many consumers, Lighter
we are going to need a mature debate particularly the older generation, complaining
about what we can reasonably expect that it was too small – smaller than the 2p, 5p The new coin will be made from two met-
from the NHS. or 10p coins of the day, for example. als, with a gold-coloured outer ring and a sil-
And it might mean that while priority is Inflation Walsall youngster David Pearce whose design was chosen from 6,000 competition entries ver-coloured inner ring. It has an image that
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Back in 1967, when prime minister Harold Britain, there had been a not-especially-suc- least 40 years. The number of early £1 coins While the existing pound coin has changed
A LOT has been made of the number of Wilson famously assured us that the pound in cessful trial in the Isle of Man. Many people still in circulation is testament to their dura- little since 1983, people’s spending habits
celebrity deaths over recent months, but our pockets had not been devalued, a £1 note refused to acknowledge the new coin, causing bility. have, with greater use of plastic and the in-
none has made me sadder than that of would have bought a discounted winter coat in them to more or less disappear from circula- Unsurprisingly, the vending trade was very ternet.
former Villa, Wolves and England manag- the sale at Shrewsbury’s ABC Warehouse. Or tion. The Manx Treasurer was left with little supportive of the move, too, as it allowed ma- According to figures from the Payments
er Graham Taylor. failing that, it would be enough to pay for 10 choice but to print a new batch of £1 notes. chines to be adapted to accept larger amounts Council, cold hard cash accounted for 86 per
Maybe it’s because football is a bigger loaves of bread, or six pints of beer in a pub. The original £1 coin was designed by the of money. The launch of the new coin also co- cent of payments in the UK in the mid-1980s,
part of my life than film, television or mu- But by the time the pound coin arrived in Bank of England’s chief engraver Eric Sewell, incided with the growth of pay-and-display car but by 2011 this had dropped to 55 per cent.
sic. 1983, it did not go so far – enough to buy a who was very proud of his new design. He parking machines. The decline in cash usage has coincided with
But maybe it is because the loss of the single pint of Carling Black Label, or five pints said it was very distinctive and could easily Given the pound’s origins, it is perhaps not the rise in automated payments such as direct
bright young manager who arrived at Villa of milk. be picked out from lesser coins in a purse or surprising that some people felt the small coin debits and standing orders.
Park in 1987 reminds us of our own mor- Today, it will typically buy two pints of milk, pocket of change. But on launch day it was re- had cheapened its value. The oldest currency Debit cards made up almost one fifth of pay-
tality. or a single loaf of bread. But forget a trip to ported that some critics said they would spend in the world, the pound took its name from ments by 2011, but they made none when the
Either way, he will be greatly missed. your local – a typical pint is now nearer £4. it like loose change because that was precisely its weight in silver during Norman times – £1 coin was first introduced because the debit
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lion super-hub near their homes. noise that the proposed depot would generate.
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OFFERS transport depot off Hobnock Road, Essington. The firm on planning issues.
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works, paving the way for the scheme. try into one large headquarters in South Staffordshire. It
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missed the argument as the old brickworks took up only firm will move out of the area, putting 550 jobs at risk.
ExtendingDiningTablewith6chairs £738 SinglebedandHeadboard £299 11 acres, or a quarter of the plot DX wants to develop. The It still plans to appeal against the council’s refusal of
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