Dudley Chronicle, January 8, 2015

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Thursday,January8,2015 Readbymorethan53,000people Pricewhensold50p
TAPIR TALLY NED’S BOOK
Counting the creatures at attraction Old days are Gornal but not forgotten
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ZOO SUCCESS IS
Parties in Man is in
talks over court over
festival body in
proposals ANIMAL MAGIC basement
PLANSarebeingdeveloped A MAN from the Black
ahead of this year’s Black Country has appeared in
Country Day festival with courtchargedwiththemur-
councillors meeting to ex- derofafatherwhowaswas
changeideas. foundinthebasementofa
Leaders from Dudley houseinRowleyRegis.
Council’smainpoliticalpar- ThebodyofBaljitSingh
ties have been invited for wasdiscoveredatthehouse
talkstofurtherdevelopthe in Beeches Road on New
2015event. Year’sDay.
Plansarecurrentlyatan Hehadbeenmissingsince
earlystagebutallparties THOUSANDSmorevisitorshavebeen December23whenhehad
have been asked to bring pouring through the gates of Dudley Hayley signs up as boot camp booms left his home in Birming-
theirproposalstothetable. ham to collect a birthday
UKIP group leader in Zoo andbosses havetakenonextra cakeforhisson.
Dudley, Councillor Paul stafftocope. StuartMillership,whois
Brothwoodislookingtopro- accusedofkilling50-year-
motethefestivalbycreating Thesuccesscontinuedduringthefestivepe- AN urban boot camp oldMrSingh,wasremanded
schoolchampions. riodwithmorethan12,000peoplevisitingthe launched in Netherton is incustodyatSandwellMag-
Schools grottoattheCastleHillattraction. provingsopopularit’snow istrates’CourtonMonday.
Wordsley representative Intotal,22newmembersofstaffhavebeenhiredatthe itsakesntagoninganeexwtrtaraiwnoerrkaonudt Plea
Councillor Brothwood be- CastleHillattractionasit ByAndrewTurton sessions. Millership, aged 32, of
lieves the champions will celebrates a bumper year HayleyO’Farrell-Wignall, Beeches Road, Rowley
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“I also want it to be Iconic standsat82employees–ex- andatDudley’sPrioryPark. Mr Singh had been one
non-politicalbecausethisis cludingseasonalstaff.That Since the business was ofthefoundersofSmeth-
acommunityfestival.” Renovations have also includesafullrestructure formedlastFebruarybyin- wick-basedMahalWarriors
seentheiconiczooentrance oftheretailsectiontocover ternetentrepreneurJoshua FootballClub.
Fashion chain restoredbacktoitsformer thenewshopandentrance. andhissalesmanagerfriend Motorcyclist
glory. The famous ‘wave’ “Further demands for Lee,numbershavesteadily
jobs at risk egnontreanbcaecokntCoasittlseoHriilglihnaasl orouardvtrinaitna,gaelsochfaorirbliifrtthadnady isnescsrieoans.ed to around 30 a hurt in crash
bluecolourandlightshave partiesandspecialevents, “Thetimeisrighttooffer
been put behind the ‘zoo’ requiredustogrowourcore moreclasses,”saidJoshua.
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tingmorethan1,500jobsat andshopare£417,000,with many, many years of be- theperceivedSergeantMa- Theaccidenthappenedin
risk. £200,000fromtheHeritage hind-the-scenes work and jor-styledeliveryofbarking MoorStreet,BrierleyHill,
The firm operates 84 LotteryFund,andremain- investment. We are de- orderstorecruitsandare ataround3.25pmonSatur-
storesnationwide–includ- ing£217,000paidfromthe lightedthatthroughthese opentoanyonefrom16to day.Firefightersbelievethe
ingoneattheMerryHill zoo’sowncoffers.Thefunds actionsDudleyZooisenter- 60,”addedJoshua. bikeslidonametaldrain
shopping centre – and all arepartofa£1.15million inganewera.Projectsfor Supervised training coverafterrainmaderoads
storesremainopenasnor- HeritageLotteryFundcon- 2015includethelaunchof is held at Priory Park greasy. They helped raise
mal. tributionthat alsohelped CastleCreatures,featuring at 6.30am on Mondays, thebustoallowthemtopull
No redundancies have towardstherefurbishment liveanimalswithinmedie- Wednesdays and Fridays. thebikefromunderneathit.
beenmadewhileadminis- ofthe1958chairliftandthe valwalls,abirthdayexperi- On Saturday sessions are Theroad,nearthejunc-
tratorDeloitte isconsider- launchofanapprenticeship enceforyoungvisitors,plus heldat10amatChampions tionwithNorthStreet,was
ing interestinthebusiness schemeforconcreterepair fournewly-restoredTecton Churchcarpark.Thereare blockedforuptoanhour
fromseveralparties. andconservationskills. structurestoexplore.” Gettingalift–HayleyO’Farrell-WignallwithJoshuaBurchellandLeeMorganatPrioryPark alsoeveningclasses. aftertheaccident.
hreeaaWmnvdeyovwcfueairnlonlluimdtpuoclrivaefetr.paentd MsCaersaoesnmivogeueeSrhaoohlwfoucrnogaogermpanReneetdfwurb! The Big Store behind the Front Door
Lots Of Remnants To Clear
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From £14.99 Sq mtr A FAMILY OWNED AND RUN BUSINESS FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND COUNTING
Charity making bid for £350,000 Boss must
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[email protected] overthenextthreeyearsasthecouncilattemptstosave “We have recently ob-
LeeWatton:01384353230 Officer hit by £27millionoverthatperiod. tainedawritofsequestra-
[email protected] He said: “There are no tionfromtheHighCourt.
CharlieBenton:01384353201 plans to raise the council Enforcement officers
[email protected] car is out tax. have visited both Mr Mc-
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keentohearaboutanyissuesaffectingyou. of hospital aboutwherewecandrive gatingwhatassetscanbe
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Motoring: They were on the A461 Charges TheteenagerfromDud-
outsideDudleyPortrailway ley is accused of stabbing
station,nearTipton. Themotion,ifapproved, a29-year-oldmaninBur-
LizBarratt The46-year-oldhassince wouldmeanthecostforan ton Road last Friday. He
Tel:[phone] beenreleasedbuttheother averageBandDpropertyre- appearedatWarleyMagis-
E-mail:[email protected] man,44,remainsinhospital mainsat£1,283ayear. TheHadenCrosspubwherecampaignersarefightingthepub’scarparkbecomingaCo-op trates’ Court on Monday.
andcontinuestobetreated However,chargeswillstill Thecasewasadjournedand
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The 37-year-old Golf authority would receive ChairmanoftheFriendsofHadenCross groupisworkingtogetthepubrecognised
driver, from Dudley Port, £1,154,632 from the Gov- Inngroup,TimHaskey,thinksthiswould asan‘assetofcommunityvalue’. COMEDIAN and actor
51-53,QueenStreet wastakentohospitalwith ernment. betheendforthepubandcreateitsown MrHaskeybelievesitwouldbeworthy Duggie Brown comperes a
a suspected broken shoul- Among the savings out- problems. ofthetitlewithitsownfootballteamand nightrelivingtheGoodOld
Wolverhampton derandwasspokentoby linedarecutstostreetclean- Hesaid:“Thefirstissueandthereason threedartsteams. Days of Variety at Dudley
officers,whocontinuetoin- ingandplanstoshortenthe wearecampaigningistosavethepub.But Headded:“Before11am,whenthepubis TownHall.Duetorepairs
OpenMondaytoFriday9am-1pm vestigatethecircumstances collectionperiodforgreen thereisalsotheissueofhealthandsafety. shut,thecarparkisempty.Butfrom3pm atthevenue,theafternoon
and2pm-5pm ofthecollision. wastetosave£100,000. “Thepubisonabusyroadandalthough mostdaysitisfull. showhasbeenmovedback
www.yourchronicle.com Anyonewithinformation Maintenanceofparksand thisshopmaynotincreasetrafficitwould The friends group is holding a public from March 3 to October
shouldcallthecollisionin- publicspaceswouldalsobe increasethenumberofmanoeuvresonand meetingatthepubonJanuary13from 13. Tickets are £11. Call
vestigationuniton101. reduced. offthecarpark. 7.30pm. [phone].
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byStourbridgeCollege. MrOvington,said:“Itisreallynicetoberec- AwardsGraduationCeremonywere Stephen 40 homes on the site of le
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Home and Communities Monday. a
Agency(HCA)foramajor in vow to carry on project ry
residential development Blooddonorplea 8
sevenyearsago,whenmost ,
ofitsNHSservicesended. asnumbersdrop 20
WatesLivingSpacewas 1
appointeddeveloperforthe THEnumberofblooddo- 5
£30 million project four norsinDudleyhasdropped
yearsagobutmineshafts –promptinganappealfor
and limestone workings moretocomeforward.
havecauseddelaysforthe Figuresshowtherewere
scheme. 6,719activedonorsinDud-
Design CAMPAIGNERSwantingtoreopentheDud- Click and l6e,5y1i3nth2e01p4re,vaioudsroypeafrr.om
leyHippodromeasatheatrearerefusingto
The HCA had hoped a NHSBloodandTrans-
planningapplicationwould giveuptheirfight—despitetheirproposal plant along with council
be submitted to Dudley being dismissed by the new leader of the collect bosses,hopetoincreasethe
Councillastyear,butnow numberofvolunteers.
expectonetobelodgedthis boroughcouncil. Councillor Rachel Har-
summer. The Friends of Dudley Hippodrome group suf- ris, cabinet member re-
AssadHamed,areaman- feredablowafterCouncillorPeteLoweclaimedthe jumble sponsibleforhealth,said:
aMgiedrlafnodrs,thseaiHd:CA“HiCnAthies members’ business case ByAlexRoss “idTehnitssisinaDchuadnlecyetfoordroesa-
workingwithWatesLiving wasnotviable. gooddeed.”
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partnertoconcludedesign apreviousproposalbythe Wedon’tintendtogetthe
mattersfortheGuestsite. group for the venue, last money to do the revamp sessionstostart
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