Halesowen Chronicle, January 22, 2015

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Groups in A deadly
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to EDL’s weapons
protest COUNCIL RENTS put in bins
MORE than 100 people A TERRIFYING array of
havesigneda‘unitystate- deadly weapons have been
ment’callingupontheEng- takenoffthestreetsinBir-
lishDefenceLeague(EDL) mingham and the Black
tostayawayfromDudley. Country.
Among those who have More than 150 knives,
pledged their opposition guns and knuckledusters
to the EDL’s protest are havebeenretrievedbypo-
Dudley North Labour MP licewithbinsprovidedby
IanAustinandStourbridge theWord4Weaponscharity.
ToryMPMargotJames. Theywereallhandedinat
Others include The Rev FREEZING council house rent will binsprovidedbythecharity
AndrewWickensfromTop help families in ‘difficult times’, says Bikers ride again for Brandon’s charity inEdgbaston,Sparkbrook,
ChurchandImamHashmi Hockley,Lozells,Erdington
from Dudley Central theleaderofDudleyCouncil. and Wolverhampton, and
MosquealongwithDudley nowafurtherbinistobe
CouncilleaderPeteLowe. Theaverageweeklyrentfor23,000tenants placedinAston.
ItcomesafterBlackCoun- willremainat£82.54undertheplans,which The Edgbaston bin was
tryUniteAgainstFascism gobeforethecouncil’scabinetnextmonth.It unveiledinJulybythepar-
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thetowncentreonSatur- councilwantedtoeasethe waskilledinMarch2013.
day,February7. burden on families who Theteenagerwasfatally
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tridge,cabinetmemberfor ment of the New Bradley Pub plans to
housing, added: “We have HallcarehomeinKingswin-
counts denied now reported to the Take fordtoaprivatefirm. be discussed
ControlHousingBoardour A public consultation
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to death with a saucepan rentsastheyare. the services which matter IT was a rally held to make cancer His uncle David Brenton said: Halesowentojoinwhatbecameknown bidtostopplansforacon-
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week. sandsofhardworkingpeo- Meanwhile,rentforcoun- natics joined the 27-year-old as he aHarleyFatBoyandhesaidhewould Brandon’sfamilyarehopingforan- New River Retail’s £1
Leo Barnes, aged 33, pleacrosstheborough.” cilhomesinSandwellisdue realisedhisdream,byridingaHarley lovetorideaHarleyDavidson. otherbigturnoutinaidtheir£10,000 millionplanforaCo-Opera-
of Runcorn Road, Balsall It’sthefirsttimecouncil torisefromAprilascouncil- Davidsonthroughthestreetsofthe “Andwhenhewasfirstdiagnosed targetforBirmingham’sQueenEliz- tivestorenexttotheHaden
Heath, denies killing Mrs houserenthasbeenfrozen lorsstrivetofindextracash Black Country from Halesowen to hesaidagainthathewouldloveto abethHospitalFightingSkinCancer CrossInninCradleyHeath,
Cynthia Beamond at her inmorethantenyears. to fund investment in its Bridgnorth. rideone.” FundthisSunday. was rejected by Sandwell
homeonJune27. Theplanswillgobefore properties. Sadly,Brandon,whowasfromCol- Mission Mr Brenton said: “It’s amazing Council.
Barnesalsodeniesmur- the cabinet’s meeting on Leaders at Sandwell leyGate,losthisbattlewithskincan- howmanypeoplehavegotinvolved. Friends of Haden Cross
dering 67-year-old Philip February11.Themovegoes Council were set to rub- cerjustfourmonthslaterattheage Hisfamilymadeittheirmissionto Weraisedjustunder£2,000fromthe Innhavevowedtocontinue
Silverstonewithacarjack against a formula which ber-stampthedecisionthis ofjust27. givehimhiswishandthroughbiker firstrideandthetotalsofarisaround toprotectthepubandwill
athisLondonhomethefol- calculatesthatthecouncil week,whichwillseetheav- Nowfamily,friendsandmotorbike friendsmanagedtoorganisetheevent. £5,850.” discussplansatthepubin
lowingday. couldincreaserentsbyup eragerentincreaseby£1.03 enthusiastsarecomingbacktodoitall Butitstillcameasasurprisewhen TheconvoywillleaveStreetbike,in HalesowenRoadonFebru-
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practice in Dudley town out during the past five
centre or right across the A GRANDMOTHER’S battered years.JackieO’Callaghan,
borough. bodywasfoundatherhomeaf- headofpropertyservices
DudleyPrivateHireand ter concerns were raised when atBlackCountryHousing
TaxiAssociationchairman shefailedtoreturncallsandher Group,said:“Wehavean
Shaz Saleem urged the ongoingprogrammeofim-
committee to think again. curtains were closed, a court provements.”
He said: “Businesses are heard.
strugglingoutthere.They The family of 80-year-old widow Jobsfairatarmy
arethinkingofnewinitia- CynthiaBeamondhadbeenunableto reservecentre
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The committee voted to totrytosummonherbuttherewasno ing held in Dudley today
defertheirdecision. signofthepensioner,ajurywastold. (Thursday).
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figures drop statementfromBeverleyHadley,MrsBea- ingplaceinDudleyArmy
mond’sdaughter,atWolverhamptonCrown Reserve CentreinVicar
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A SPECIAL police constable from Stour-
bridge fiddled his expenses to claim more
than£1,300inthreeyears,acourthasheard.
MaheshRanderiaclaimedtheextracashbyin-
creasingmileagesonexpensesforms.
The51-year-old,ofTeasdaleWay,hasbeensuspended
fromhisroleandaninvestigationisongoing.
Hehasworkedwiththeforcefor28yearsandpleaded
guilty to the offence at ByTimSpiers
Birmingham Magistrates
Court.
During October 2010 strophiceventsinhislife,”
andNovember2013Rand- said Ms Swan. Randeria
eriasometimesdoubledthe hadbecomeacarerforhis
amountofmilesheclaimed motherandbestfriend,both
tohavetravelled. ofwhomhadbeendiagnosed
Randeria, a part-time withcancer,andwasalso
stewardatAstonVilla,was diagnosedashavingType2
oncehonouredastheforce’s diabetes.
longestservingspecialcon- “Mr Randeria does ac-
stable.Hewasnicknamed cepthiswrongdoinginthis
TheHeat–Americanslang offence,howeveritappears
forpolice–afterappearing tobeborneoutoflaziness
inaTVadvertforenergy morethanacalculated,pre-
suppliernpower. determined dishonesty on
OwenBeale,prosecuting, hispart,”sheadded.
said:“MrRanderiawasat “Itwouldhaveinvolved
the time of this offence a gettingreceiptsandbeing
special constable at West organised with those re-
MidlandsPolice. ceipts. He didn’t bother
Journey withthat.”
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“Ajourneyhesaidwas61 said Randeria had abused
miles,itinfactbecameclear his position of trust. He
that the journey distance added:“Thedegreeofculpa-
washalfthat–30miles.” bilityisundoubtedlydeter-
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Randeriahadbeenpraised wereapublicservantand
forhisexcellentworkand thatthelosswasagainsta
commendedforlongservice. publicemployer.Theculpa-
The fraudulent claims bilityistheabuseofthede-
arose when he did not greeoftrustthatwasplaced obligation
change his mileage after onyoubyyouremployerto
splitting from his partner act honourably and prop-
and moving out of their erly.”
home. Randeria will be sen-
“Mr Randeria has had tenced at Birmingham quotation and
acatalogueofreallycata- CrownCourtonFebruary4.
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