Dudley Chronicle, January 28, 2016

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DEATH
Medics fought to
saveaccidentvictim
AMANhasdiedafteranaccidentatadeliv-
CAR ROAD BAN eryfirmdepotinBrierleyHill.Thetragedy
happenedatTuffnellsParcelExpress,on
TheWallowsIndustrialEstate.
Paramedicsfoughttosavethemanbut
hediedatthesceneaftersufferinga‘trau-
maticcardiacarrest’.
Emergencyserviceswerecalledtothe
premisesinFensPoolAvenueataround
9.50pm on Friday. Ambulance service
spokesmanJohnHawkersaid:“Advanced
lifesupportwascarriedoutatthesceneby
medicsbutdespiteeveryone’sbestefforts,
nothingcouldbedonetosavetheman.”
ReportbyRichardGuttridge COLLEGE MARKS HIGH SCHOOL HERITAGE AT CAMPUS CRIME
Shotgunand£20k
THE father of a 21-year-old
woman who was killed by a
stoleninburglary
driverasheracedat100mph
onaBlackCountrystreethas
called for ‘performance’ cars ASHOTGUN,jewellerywortharound
tobebannedfromtheroads. £8,000and£20,000cashwerestolen
duringaraidonaKingswinfordhouse.
Gerard McManus told MPs Burglars broke into the house in
high-poweredcarshave‘noplaceon PloverdaleCrescentthroughakitchen
ourroads’. window.ABrowningSuperSport325
shotgun and 70 shotgun cartridges
HisdaughterRebecca,aformerStourbridge weretakenwiththecashandjewellery.
studentfromOldbury,waskilledinMay2014 Amobilephone,iPadsandagames
afteraMitsubishiLancerEvolutiondrivenby console were also taken between
SukvinderMannancrashedintoherasshe 1.30pmand9pmonWednesday.
waitedatabusstoponHagleyRoadWest, Anyonewithinformationshouldcall
BearwoodwithfriendHarrietBarnsley,who policeon101.
wasseriouslyinjured.Mannanwasdrivingat
101mphina40mphzone.
Rebecca,apromisingpoetwhohadstudied ROADWORKS
A-levelsatKingEdwardVICollege,hadjust
completedathree-year Quarryrouterepairs
degreeinEnglish.
Garage manager
Mannan, from Hale- willlastforaweek
sowen,wasjailedfor
eightyearsafterhead-
mitted causing death
bydangerousdriving. MOTORISTSarefacingmoremiseryon
The driver he had theroadswithanewsetofroadworkslast-
been racing, Inderjit ingaweekneartoanoldquarry.
Singh,ofCranbourne WardcouncillorDaveTylersaidhehad
Avenue, Ettingshall, beenintouchwithhighwaysengineersfor
RebeccaMcManus Wolverhampton, was ‘anumberofyears’aboutthepoorstateof
given a one-year jail EnvilleRoad,WallHeath,wherehesays
term,afterpleadingguiltytodangerousdriving heavyvehiclesusingthequarry,which
inhisBMWM3.Hehadpulledoutoftherace closedlastyear,havecausedproblems.
secondsbeforeimpact. Substantialresurfacingworkswillnow
Test takeplaceonthestretchofroadbetween
SwindonRoadandChapelStreet.Enville
MrMcManusurgedMPstoactinawritten Roadwasakeyaccessroutefortrucks
submissiontoaHouseofCommonsinquiry headingtothequarry,whichoperatedon-
intoroadtrafficlaws. and-offfor85years.
HesaidtheMitsubishiEvolutionwasadver-
tisedasa‘sports’car.Hewrote:“AsMitsub- INSIDE
ishiclearlystatetheEvohasbeendeveloped
throughdecadesofcompetingsuccessfullyat
thehighestlevelofinternationalrallying,why SCHOOLS TOP
isitontheroad?”
“Moreandmorecarsarebeingproduced
witharacingspecification,theywillnevergo OF THEIR CLASS
anywhereneararacetrack,Ifindthatabit FormerDudleyGirlsHighstudentsMaurenDu-Mont,aged78andformerclassmateJeanWeston,also78,withthedatestone
puzzlingbecausesurelythedriverofthese
powerfulcarswillwanttotestthevehicle,but TWO historic stones commemorating the BBCnewsreaderSueLawleyandformerLib- “TwiceayearwehaveaDudleyGirlsHigh
where?Well,onourroadsobviously. formerDudleyGirlsHighSchoolhavecome eralDemocratMPBaronessTongeofKew. reunionwhichisalwayswellattended.The
“Thirtymphspeedlimit,40mphspeedlimit? outofstorageandarebeingunveiledinthe DudleyGirlsHighSchoolopenedonDecem- newcollegebuildingslookgreatandIamglad
Itwillnotmatter,andmyselflikesomanyroad groundsofthetown’snewcollege–almost ber8,1910,inPrioryRoad.ItservedDudley thatthissiteisstillallabouteducation.
userswillwatchinhorrorascarsaredrivenat 105yearstotheweektheywerefirstputin anditssurroundingareafor65years,before “It is just wonderful that these stones
speed,orracedwithotherswithnoconsidera- place. itmergedwithDudleyGrammarSchooland havebeenputbackasareminderoftheold
tionforothersortheconsequences. Thedatestoneandthefoundationstone theParkSecondaryModernSchooltoform school.”
“Thosebehindthewheelaresooftentotally havebeenkeptinsafestoragebyDudley TheDudleySchoolinSeptember1975. LowellWilliams,DudleyCollegeprincipal,
immature.” Councilsince1996whenthegirlshighschool Former student Maureen Du-Mont, 78, said:“Wehavethesewonderfulnewfacilities
MrMcManuscalledforahalttomarketing buildingwasdemolished. said:“Iwasatschoolherefrom1948to1955 inDudleyforstudentsbutitisimportantthat
beingabletorefertoperformanceorspeedand Nowtheyarebackinplaceonthesiteof anditwasamarvellousplace.Iwasdeputy wedon’tforgetourpastandappreciatethe
peoplewishingtodrivethemneedingaspecial the former school whose alumni included headgirlandIhavealottothanktheschool historyofthesitethatournewcollegecam-
categorylicencewhichallowsthemtodriveon WimbledontennisaceDorothyRound,the for,itwasveryforward-looking. pusison.” PAGE2
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kingswinford
CONTENTS Man killed by car was ‘lying in road’ Graffiti is
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MARKANDREWS 6 daubed on
16 LETTERS 7 AFATHER-OF-TWOwasalreadylying driver.Hehadbeendrinkingthenight “A Nissan Micra was caught on
28,20 CALGURBESATPLACETOLIVE 283 ikqnuileltehsdtehbryeoaaarddc.awrhtehnathfeaiwleadstrousntoopv,earnainnd- owufpatsihnuetnhaceclecraiodraeednx.tabctulytthhoewchouerhtahdeeanrddeidt CSinaCjduTlryVyhianentrdhecedeaiievrdeedainaancdQautdaersoetvnreopEohvliiezcrahbheeimathd. the home
y THEFASTTICKET 31 AnthonyMaskell,50,wasfoundon Black Country Coroner Zafar Sid- Hospital.”
ar BirchfieldLane,Oldbury,afterbeing diquesaid:“MrMaskellhadbeenso- MrSiddiquesaid:“Itisunclearex- of governor
u PROPERTY 39 runoverbyasilverNissanMicra. cialising,drinking,andbottlesofcider actlyhowheendeduplyingintheroad.
Jan MOTORING 45 hoSwmMetrhMwiacskkeClloorofnWeresstgCaotuerTtehrreaacred, werefDouundawl-itchahrimri.ageway fic“cOonllibsaiolnanbcuethIehdaievdefnroomtcaomroeadtotrtahfe-
y, SPORT 55&56 RowleyRegis,diedfromaseriousand conclusionitwasanaccidentaldeath.”
sda CONTACTUS heTadheincjourroynoenrrJuulleyd3h0i.sdeathwasasa al-“cHarerihaagdewaattyemonptBedirctohficerlodssLtahnee.duIt- theThsielvseerar2c0h00co/2n0t0in3uNesisfsoarnthMeidcrraiv.erof “wIh’Mytdheivsahsatastheadp.pIejunsetdd.”on’tunderstand
ur resultofaroadtrafficaccident. wasnotclearwhetherhehadbeento Mr Maskell’s father, David, said: ThewordsofCoseleySchoolgovernor
h Mr Maskell, known as Tony to apublichousebutforsomereasonhe “Anyonewithabitofdecencywould SueRidneyaftervandalsdaubedgraf-
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Chr PTeHl:OJToOhGnRSAaPmHbIrCo:oks01902319431 rCeot“suIertlneyew,datotsofinahdercthohmaotupvslaeentiednalGsshohouacgdkhs,”tRruotachkde.,
dley ATEe-Dml:Va0Ei1Rl:3Te8ImS4Im3N5Ga3.:[email protected] top of class for GCSEs 6‘dl4oiew-sy’eaahnrad-dotlhbdeesneaniIdsn.po“rtIaicyceeoddutladhcersoemsesetsthsheoenwwotihrnde-
u PROPERTY:MargueritaFinnegan frontgarden.Therewasoldengineoil
D Tel:[phone] everywhere.
E-mail:[email protected] WestMidlandsPolicespokeswoman
MOTORING:LizBarratt JoanneHuntsaidaninvestigationhad
Tel:[phone] beenlaunched.
E-mail:[email protected] DudleyCouncilannouncedearlierthis
CLASSIFIED: month that 528-pupil Coseley School
TEDe-ImlS:Ta0Ri1lI:9Bm0U2yT-3IcO1laN7s8:[email protected] SCHOOLS in Dudley have mngruaomywbibneegrssfi,hnpuaotnodcrioaawlcndaeddfieucmieti.ctorefasulllitnsgapnudpial
TEe-ml:a0i1l:[email protected] cGoCmSeEatnodpAo-flevthelerepsiuleltsfoinr apAhmasoendgcthloesuopretioonfsthbeeisncghcooonlsiindewrehdicihs
Dudley the Black Country for the pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 would be
second year running, ac- moved,withthoseinYear10stayingput
untiltheycompletetheirstudies.
cordingtothelatestfigures. Planstoopenatechnicalcollegeor
51-53QueenStreet Dudley was top but the bor- studio school on the site have been
oughslippeddowntherankings mooted. The proposed closure has
Wolverhampton,WV11ES compared with last year’s fig- sparkedfuryamongparents,whohave
OpenwMowndway.ytooFuridracyh9raomn-1ipcmlea.ncdo2mpm-5pm ugarAiense.tdotfiavleoofr5m3opreerGcCenStEsofatpuAp*i-lCs so“tIpaferInthe(dasveaeebcpeaaemgnepta1ai3rgg)n.etMteodrskbeReecipaduntseheyeoafsdcwhdheoadot:l
includingEnglishandmaths,aslight isgoingonattheschoolthenpeopleare
fallonlastyear’sfigureof53.3per gettingthewrongendofthestick.”
cent.
OldSwinfordHospitalSchoolwas Art works go on
theleadingperformerforthesecond
yearrunningwith81percentofpu-
pilsachievingbenchmarkgrades. show at glass cone
PaulKilbride,headoftheschoolin
HeathLane,Stourbridge,said:“The
statsreflectthehardworkofthestu- THEBrierleyHillSocietyofArtistshas
dentsandthestaff. returnedwithanotherexhibitionatthe
Effort RedHouseGlassCone.
Theshowfeaturesover75original
“Thekidsputsomuchtimeandef- framedpiecesofartwork,plusmanyun-
fortintotheirwork.Theyareacredit framedprintsusingwatercolours,mixed
tothemselvesandtheschool.” mediaandacrylic.
Summerhill School in Kingswin- Visitors will see a wide variety of
ford came second on 70 per cent, works, covering local scenes like the
whileBishopMilnerCatholicCollege cone itself, Himley Hall, Stewponey
inDudleyandWindsorHighSchool Locks,LudlowandBridgnorthtoplaces
inHalesowenbothsaw69percent furtherafield.
ofpupilsgainthebenchmarkgrades. Othertopicsincludeanimals,flowers,
WindsorHighheadteacherStephen landscapesandevenacartoonofTVpre-
Lanckham,said:“Wehavebeende- senterandformerMPMichaelPortillo
lightedwithanothersetofexcellent duringavisittothecone.
resultsandrecognisethattheyrepre- Alloftheworkondisplayisforsale
sentthehardwork,commitmentand andpricesstartat£15.Thereisalsoa
collaborationofstaffandstudents. children’spicturesection.Theexhibi-
Welldonetoallconcerned.” tionwillrununtilMarch6.
CastleHighSchoolandVisualArts
Collegecame19thinthetablewith Virgin jobs threat
35percentof113pupilsachieving Delighted–WindsorHighSchoolheadteacherStephenLanckhamwithpupilsattheschoolatRichmondStreet,Halesowen
fiveormoreGCSEsatA*toC,in- noneofthe21pupilswhotookGCSEs theboroughwas114th.Thefigures, Hesaid:“Whileweareyettore-
cludingEnglishandmaths. managedtogainbenchmarkgrades. which were released last week by ceivethefinalvalidatedresults,we in group’s revamp
TheCoseleySchool,whichisun- Acrosstheborough53percentof theDepartmentforEducation,also are pleased that early indications
dergoingaconsultationoveritsfu- pupils taking their exams in 2015 showedthatDudleycame36thout showthatwehavemaintainedour
ture,slumpeddownthetablesto20th gainedtheGovernment’sbenchmark of152localauthoritiesforA-level standardsinGCSEattainment.We AROUND900jobsareunderthreatat
placewithjust31percentofpupils offiveormoreGCSEsatA*toC,in- results. willcontinuetobuildonthisover telecomsgiantVirginMedia,afteritan-
gainingfiveormoreGCSEsatA*-C cludingEnglishandmathematics–a Councillor Ian Cooper, cabinet the next 12 months and support nouncedplansforamajoroverhaulof
includingEnglishandmaths. slightdropfromthepreviousyear’s member for children’s services, ourschoolsandouryoungpeoplein thegroup.Virginemploysaround1,000
The only school below Coseley results. vowedthatthecouncilwouldcon- achievingtheverybest.” atitsEagleCourtsiteinBirmingham
School was the Elmfield Rudolf Dudleysitsin117thpositioninthe tinuetobuildontheimprovements The borough had improved pri- and another 40 at The Waterfront in
SteinerSchoolinStourbridge,where nationaltableforGCSEs.Lastyear shownbyitsschoolsinrecentyears. maryschoolperformancelastyear. BrierleyHill.
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