Stourbridge Chronicle, January 8, 2015

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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
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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 Fans rallying around injured player 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- IT is the moment every oldMrSingh,wasremanded
schoolchampions. riodwithmorethan12,000peoplevisitingthe footballerdreads–whenthe incustodyatSandwellMag-
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partintheevent. Major construction pro- growingsuccessfully. months on the sidelines Court yesterday (Wednes-
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identity. Iconic standsat82employees–ex- thelastfiveseasons.Butthe Mr Singh had been one
“I also want it to be cludingseasonalstaff.That midfielder’scareerhasbeen ofthefoundersofSmeth-
non-politicalbecausethisis Renovations have also includesafullrestructure temporarilyhaltedafterhis wick-basedMahalWarriors
acommunityfestival.” seentheiconiczooentrance oftheretailsectiontocover horrificaccidentinagame FootballClub.
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bluecolourandlightshave partiesandspecialevents, The25-year-oldfelltothe
been put behind the ‘zoo’ requiredustogrowourcore ground and dislocated his
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risk. £200,000fromtheHeritage hind-the-scenes work and saidBen,wholivesinKes- MoorStreet,BrierleyHill,
The firm operates 84 LotteryFund,andremain- investment. We are de- trelRoad,ColleyGate.He ataround3.25pmonSatur-
storesnationwide–includ- ing£217,000paidfromthe lightedthatthroughthese hadanoperationandmay day.Firefightersbelievethe
ingoneattheMerryHill zoo’sowncoffers.Thefunds actionsDudleyZooisenter- faceanother. bikeslidonametaldrain
shopping centre – and all arepartofa£1.15million inganewera.Projectsfor Theclubhasheldcollec- coverafterrainmaderoads
storesremainopenasnor- HeritageLotteryFundcon- 2015includethelaunchof tionsforhimandopeneda greasy. They helped raise
mal. tributionthat alsohelped CastleCreatures,featuring bankaccounttoallowfans thebustoallowthemtopull
No redundancies have towardstherefurbishment liveanimalswithinmedie- tohelpout. thebikefromunderneathit.
beenmadewhileadminis- ofthe1958chairliftandthe valwalls,abirthdayexperi- He added: “The club’s Theroad,nearthejunc-
tratorDeloitte isconsider- launchofanapprenticeship enceforyoungvisitors,plus supporthasbeenfantastic tionwithNorthStreet,was
ing interestinthebusiness schemeforconcreterepair fournewly-restoredTecton andsohasthefans’.They blockedforuptoanhour
fromseveralparties. andconservationskills. structurestoexplore.” StourbridgeTownfootballerBenBillinghamsufferedanhorrificinjuryonthepitch havebeenlegends.” aftertheaccident.
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2 Feature 6 able people and those recovering premiseswithintheStThomas’s munities. executiveJohnPolychronakissaid clear pile
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TheChronicleandExpress&Starhaveateamof thatcounciltaxintheboroughwillbefrozen Harriet Templar-Vasey,
reporterscoveringDudleywhocanhelp: forthefifthyearrunning. agency spokesman said:
HeatherLarge:01384353203 CouncillorPeteLowesaidthankstotheauthority’spru- “Wearecontinuingtotake
[email protected] dencyandearlyplanning,hewillbeleadingamotiontonot legalactiontoforceRefuse
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AndrewTurton:01384353202 overthenextthreeyearsasthecouncilattemptstosave mainingwastefromthesite.
[email protected] Officer hit by £27millionoverthatperiod. “We have recently ob-
LeeWatton:01384353230 He said: “There are no tainedawritofsequestra-
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Motoring: ostuattsiiodne,DneuadrleTyipPtoornt.railway Themotion,ifapproved, laey29i-syeaacrc-uosldedmoafnstinabBbiunrg-
The46-year-oldhassince wouldmeanthecostforan ton Road last Friday. He
LizBarratt beenreleasedbuttheother averageBandDpropertyre- appearedatWarleyMagis-
Tel:[phone] man,44,remainsinhospital mainsat£1,283ayear. trates’ Court on Monday.
E-mail:[email protected] andcontinuestobetreated However,chargeswillstill Thecasewasadjournedand
forleginjuries. bemadebytheFireAuthor- theteenagerwillreappear
Distribution: The crash shunted the ity and Police and Crime at Wolverhampton Crown
Mercedesintothepoliceof- Commissioner. Courttomorrow(Friday).
PaulJones ficers. Thisyearthecouncilwas Themanstabbedremains
Tel:[phone] Both officers suffered given£1,145,027fromthe in hospital. A 19-year-old
E-mail:[email protected] broken legs and one was Governmentforitscouncil womanalsoinjuredonthe
knocked unconscious. taxfreezegrant. bushasbeenreleasedfrom
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The 37-year-old Golf authority would receive planstobuildaconveniencestoreonthe Thepubisonabusyroadandalthoughthis
driver, from Dudley Port, £1,154,632 from the Gov- carparkofapopularCradleyHeathpub. shopmaynotincreasetrafficitwouldin- COMEDIAN and actor
51-53,QueenStreet wastakentohospitalwith ernment. ProposalsfortheCo-Operativestoreat creasethenumberofmanoeuvresonand Duggie Brown comperes a
a suspected broken shoul- Among the savings out- theHadenCrossInnhavebeenlodgedwith offthecarpark.Athirdissueiswejust nightrelivingtheGoodOld
Wolverhampton derandwasspokentoby linedarecutstostreetclean- SandwellCouncilandwillbeconsideredin don’tneedanotherconveniencestore.” Days of Variety at Dudley
officers,whocontinuetoin- ingandplanstoshortenthe thecomingweeks.Theschemewouldre- NewRiverRetail,whichownstheHaden TownHall.Duetorepairs
OpenMondaytoFriday9am-1pm vestigatethecircumstances collectionperiodforgreen duceparkingspacesforpub-goersfrom30 Cross,saidtheproposalshadbeendesigned atthevenue,theafternoon
and2pm-5pm ofthecollision. wastetosave£100,000. tojustfive. tohelpsafeguardthefutureofthepub. showhasbeenmovedback
www.yourchronicle.com Anyonewithinformation Maintenanceofparksand ChairmanoftheFriendsofHadenCross Morethan400peoplesignedapetition from March 3 to October
shouldcallthecollisionin- publicspaceswouldalsobe Inngroup,TimHaskey, said:“Thereason againstitandapublicmeetingisbeingheld 13. Tickets are £11. Call
vestigationuniton101. reduced. wearecampaigningistosavethepub.But atthepubonJanuary13,7.30pm. [phone].
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