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Wolverhampton Thursday,January26,2017 Readbymorethan65,000people Pricewhensold70p CONCERNS FAREWELL TO ICON RACHAEL AS FUNERAL DETAILS ANNOUNCED Patrolsupbyschool after‘nearmisses’ WOLVERHAMPTONwillsayfarewell itiesandcausesthatBaronessHeyhoe profoundinfluence.”Herevealedhis andtoincludetheirname,addressand tocityiconRachaelHeyhoeFlintnext Flintsupportedwillalsoberepresented motherhadinstructedherfamilynotto supporternumber. monthasdetailsofherfuneralwere attheservice. besadatherpassingwhenshereceived Adonationpagehasbeensetupby announced. HersonBenspokeofhisgratitude thenews.Wolveslabelledtheserviceas BaronessHeyhoeFlint’sfamilywhich POLICEtrafficpatrolsaresettotakeplace Baroness Heyhoe Flint died last forthecountlesstributesandmessages a‘serviceofthanksgiving’forherlife. well-wishers can donate to at www. outsideacityprimaryschoolafteranum- Wednesday,aged77,followingashort ofsupportwhichhavepouredinfrom FlagsatMolineuxhavebeenflying youcaring.com/ourrachaelfromwhere berof‘nearmisses’sparkedfearsamong battlewithcancer.Abigcrowdofpeo- Wolverhamptonandbeyondforthefor- athalfmastandWolvesplayerswore donationswillbedistributedtothevar- parents. pleisexpectedtodescendonMolineux merWolvesvice-presidentandex-Eng- blackarmbandsforSaturday’smatch iouscharitiesthatshesupported. Oakmeadow Primary School in Ryan andStPeter’sChurchonFebruary8 landcricketcaptain. againstNorwichCity. Meanwhile,formerWolvesandEng- Avenue,Wednesfieldhasbeenplacedon forherfuneral. Influence FamousnamesconnectedtoWolves landmanagerGrahamTaylorwillbe thelistofprioritypatrolsbyWestMidlands Fanscanenteraballottoattendthe andthecitylineduptopaytribute, laidtorestnextWednesday.Hedied Policeafterresidentsandparentsraised churchservice.Spacewillbelimited Paying tribute, he said: “We’re includingRobertPlant,SteveBulland onJanuary12aged72.Thefuneralser- concernsaboutmotoristsdrivingfastand asahighnumberofmournersareex- deeplysaddenedandyetwe’refilled JacquiOatley. vicetakesplaceatStMary’sChurch, makingrashmovements. pectedtowanttopaytheirrespects. withimmenseprideaswenowlook Wolvesfanswhowanttoapplyfora ChurchStreet,Watford,at1pm. A request for increased patrols from WednesfieldNorthCouncillorPhilBateman Afuneralcortegewilldepartfrom backonherachievementsingovern- placeinsideStPeter’sChurchshould Aprivatefamilycommittalwillfol- wasacceptedatthelastPACTmeeting BaronessHeyhoeFlint Mtootlhineecuhxuartch2.pmSobmeefoorfetmheakminagnyitschwaary- mcoemnmt,ucnriitcykoetn,wfohoitcbhalslh,echhaadritsyucahnda [email protected]–bjwecitthlinRea–- lowlaterlinTrtahielbdlaazye.r–Page6 cfoerivtehecoamrepala.inHtsefsroamid:re“sIidceonnttsinaubeoutottrhee- ‘Bigger and better’ pledge as events to expand dangerousparkingtakingplaceatOak- meadowSchool.” REVAMP BOSTIN’ £200K Workunderwayon civichallsfacelift REFURBISHMENTworksonWolver- hampton’sCivicandWulfrunhallswas underwayagainthisweek. ShaylorGrouphasthejobofcarrying FESTIVAL BOOST outthephased£14.4millionscheme. Bothwillreopenattheircurrentcapac- ityforaseriesofpubliceventsbetween October21andJanuary1,2018. TheCivicwillthencloseagainbut theWulfrunHallwillremainopento stageevents,withworkcontinuingon constructionofitsnewrearbalcony duringdaytimehours. CHARGED Manincourtover THEBlackCountryFestivalwillbecomebiggerandbet- Way ahead – just one year on ter under agreed plans to invest £200,000 in the event street sex attack andspreaditoutacrossallfourauthorityareas. Thethree-yearschemewillseeaLye-basedBaltiFestival,moreBlack A35-YEAR-OLDmanappearedincourt Country Beer Festivals and themed night and day events. The plan, onSaturdayafterawomanwassexually whichwillseethreepeopleemployedtofocusontheevent’sexpansion, assaultedinWolverhampton. Theallegedattackissaidtohavehap- willbeginthisyear.ItwasapprovedattheBlackCountryLocalEnter- pened just after midnight on Friday as prisePartnershipmeetingwhichwasheldonMonday. the44-year-oldvictimwaswalkingalong Thefestival,whichstartedin2014,cel- NewhamptonRoadWestintheWhitmore ebratestheregion’sbesttraditionsandat- ReportbyJudithHawkins Reansareaofthecity. tractionsduringavarietyofeventsheldon RichardTaylor,fromGreenLaneinAl- andaroundBlackCountryDayonJuly14. dersley,hasbeenchargedwithsexualas- All this has been achieved largely graphicalreachbyusingthetemplatedevel- saultandappearedatWalsallMagistrates throughvolunteers,butbysettingathree- opedsuccessfullyinDudleythroughoutthe CourtonSaturday. yearbudgetof£200,000,threepaidstaff otherBlackCountrycouncils.” Forhelpandsupportifyouhavebeen couldbeemployedtohelpexpandthefesti- Thereportcontinues:“Usingthesuccess affectedbysexualviolence,calltheSurvi- val.Co-organiserofthefestival,SteveEd- oftheBlackCountryFestivalinDudleyas vorsTruston08088010818. wards,said:“Overthelastthreeyearsthe atemplateandthegrowthaspiredtofor festivalhasbeenexpanding,buttohave 2017,theywillworkthroughout2017tode- INSIDE helpthroughtheLEPtomakeitevenbig- velopexistingrelationshipsandforgenew gerwillbeabsolutelyfantastic. oneswithcommunitygroups,businesses IT’S STRICTLY Identify andlocalcouncilsinSandwell,Walsalland Wolverhamptonwithaviewtodeveloping “ItstartedinDudley,buteveryyear theBlackCountryFestivalinJulyinthese FFAABB-UU-LLOOUUSS we’veaddedeventsinneighbouringbor- areas,andwithaviewtoextendingthisfur- oughs, and we would like to add even therin2018.” more.”Businesseswillbeencouragedto The plan is for the festival to remain sponsortheeventinordertoraisemoney, primarilyfocusedonDudleyin2017,with whiletheBlackCountryConsortiumwill BlackCountrybrandedtowncentreenter- CelebratingthefirstanniversaryofTheWayYouthZonebypreparingatimecapsule alsoworkwithDudleyArtsCounciltohelp tainment,aLye-basedBaltiFestival,high identifysourcesoffunding. profilevarietynights,businessshowcases, ITwashailedasthe‘startofsomethingwonderful’ withpicturesandrecordingsmadebytheyoung ThereportpresentedbySarahMiddle- andextraBlackCountryBeerFestivals. andoneyearonTheWayYouthZonehasprovided peoplegivingtheirownpersonalaccounts. ton,chiefexecutiveoftheBlackCountry Thefestivalcommitteeandstaffwilluse enjoymentandhelpforthousandsofpeople. TheyouthzonewasthevisionofformerWolves ConsortiumLtd,states:“Overthenext thisyear’sfestivaltoforgenewrelation- The£6millionWolverhamptonvenue,whichhas chairmanSteveMorganandtooktwoyearstoma- threeyearsBlackCountryFestivalCom- shipswithcommunitygroups,businesses beenbackedbythelikesofLiamPayneandRobert terialise.Officesfortheexcitingprospectwereini- mitteebelievethattheycanextendthe andcouncilsinSandwell,WalsallandWol- Plant,markeditsfirstbirthdayonSaturdaybybur- tiallyhousedattheExpress&StarinQueenStreet successoftheBlackCountryFestivalin verhamptonwithaviewtoextendingthe yingatimecapsule. whiledevelopmentwasunderway. termsofnumberofevents,includingmore eventin2018.By2019,itishopedtherewill Themetalcannisterincludedahostofitemsfrom ThecentrefinallyopeneditsdoorsinSchool PAGE31 eventsthroughouttheyear,andthegeo- beeventsacrosstheregion. asignedstaffT-shirttoamobilephone,complete StreetonJanuary16,2016. ServingtheWest ALLORDERS •Windows Visitournewwebsite:-www.ashmoreglass.co.uk Midlandsfor20years PLACED •Doors ASHMORE GLASS BEFORE & MIRRORS LTD WE ARE WOLVERHAMPTON’S JANUARY •Conservatories 31STWILL •Compositedoors Units27-28EssingtonIndustrialEstate, ONLY ONE STOP DOUBLE BEGIVEN BognopRoad,EssingtonWV112BA AFREE •Porches GLAZING COMPANY UPGRADE •Orangeries NOREDQEUPIORSEIDTS TOTRIPLE •Bi-foldingdoors Dealdirectwiththeowners, GLAZING nosalesman,nopressure,nononsense Telephone:01902488334or01922400029 www.ashmoreglass-wolverhampton.co.uk [email protected] CONTENTS Market wall collapses ‘wrong way’ U-turn made 2 LETTERS 8 on weekday 17 MEMORY LANE 16 WORK to demolish Wolverhampton’s said that the wall had “come down the has fallen the wrong way, sometimes uary 26, 20 AFTPAVRRS EOLTAPI S TEFTIROCINTCKYGUE STS 36-31348831 wtatfohoser eAramd er egweo arsraalop d mluowl. tpacit troeohkldfl e a tfitaph vttseo eea o dcrck ooos lanuplnasniltp dluris nune2gced.t 5x di5pwoepenbacm lrtwlie soadt rrot tyk nutie nhrtrngoes siwtrmoaor ai@caoddlgn:eT egta“oh Wro w ebufoWa opltyvt ehth”eahe r tmeha h mnadoemdetiros bHpthrrthiiaososaptun.t s n moatdnhna edrTys kph weceatlidsrot etesdesedetrd mr iaattonhhnlidees- twwchoiena“Wt hOttc oiihlnnnreauek aap i nobnptefooge d u nttd htshte e4hiwm s0el iaoy tmnhleaiare sidnreshe. au wm tthueaosepsl. i.”tbo iIllodotn c smwk.e aadsr kwcelhte ialiers calto Bsuarnet opclkan n former Westside Wolverhampton Retail tion goes wrong!” A Wolverhampton council spokesman Ja MOTORING 63 Market at Peel Street. The demolition site supervisor said said: “We were alerted to the fact debris day, SCPOORNT TACT US 74-76 cshoAmownee didm ohawogwne , tuhsnhee awxrpeadellc taoepndp lesyoa, rceicadol l tlmaop ehsdainivage, bsdoaumnt gene ord eambse rtmihse bh erarodsa dof faw ltlahesne b plionuctbkole idcth owef efr.r oea idn, kbfrreoitms h w atalhls eh cadledea mfraeoldllei tnsiwo innif ttoolfy t thahene dr fo otahrdme. seTirth eme hdaaers-- COUNCILLORS have bowed to public e Thurs TEEe-Dml:I Ta0Oi1lR:9 wI0A2oL l3:v e1 r9h3a6m3pton.chronicles@expressand- SThec collaphsed wallo tbohreCic okpnsr osattnerlcdut cidtvuieoss ntb ainwrrtooier tr kh,e esrp sri iolalaitnd .gt n hdee bsrcies noe f twote Hs hteoa psd a thsirdoa:mf fi“ecWo anhneed ena p tt ehtdheee sw ter aniladl n cosacf. m Tthehe ed rowiowaanldl tbutieroeensn c ywosenilctlui nbruee de is.n oAtrndao dtdhiuticisoe pndaa rblr te sfoaoff reteht eyed esmmiteeoa.l”si.-- Motsoep oePpcnnloloa dstsniahetsyi e oB rtnGoae vnarFeantraoddiclde emk-adI yHa Ii, d nloaei usl Alats e yueUd ego -aubtnrusu twrri onlwedu eoionnkvuddgel. ardc y plhsol.aasenvdes cl star.co.uk But the council has now confirmed oni STePl:O 0R1T9S0:2 319453 i5tp wmi ldl urreimnga itnh eo spuemn mbeetrw meeonn t1h1sa.m and r E-mail: [email protected] The authority has also revised its pro- pton Ch PEATEe--DHmml:VO aa0ETii1ROll::9 TGps0IRuiS2ceA It3N.uPt1orGHe9l:ldI6 eCSe2y:us@0 keT@e eTlox: epl0lxre1pey9rs0ess2as n3ad1ns9dta4sr3t.ac0ro.c.uok.uk among country’s worst spsfaoutnoolrsdlnvoe edwfCry iocr.n mhagfa t n7 fGe3ge5eads lpl betearoocy pko alp enae dttn h itpnrhuogeub hglcioihctu yamr nase r aoecthtn iilBnvingieless- m PROPERTY: Colin Bailey It had been proposed Bilston Craft a Tel: 01902 313131 ext 3731 Gallery would close between Monday h E-mail: [email protected] and Friday, but it will now open between er MOTORING: Phil Morris noon and 4pm on Thursday and Friday. v Tel: 01902 319177 The city archives will be shut on Sun- ol E-mail: [email protected] days, but will open between 10am and W CLASSIFIED: 1pm on Saturdays. Tel: 01902 317878 Councillor John Reynolds, cabinet ED-ImSTaRilI:B mUyT-IcOlaNs:s Pifiaeudl @Jonexepsressandstar.co.uk WOLVERHAMPTON has the Station access safety fears raised minegm rebveire wfoerd cvitisyi teocro nnuommyb,e rssa iadn: d“ Hpeaavk- Tel: 01902 319990 highest rate of under-performing times we felt the current opening times E-mail: [email protected] schools in the Black Country, ac- for these four venues were not cost ef- Wolverhampton cording to new league tables. faercet ihvaev aint ga t oti mmea nwahgeen h ulogcea lc eanuttrhaol rGitoievs- Five of 17 secondary schools across ernment cuts. the city fell below a ‘floor’ standard “We also wanted to ensure these ven- 51-53 Queen Street set by the Government. ues are open at times when there is most The scores are based on the progress of demand for them. The consultation pro- Wolverhampton, WV1 1ES pupils from the end of primary school to cess let the public have their say and we Open Monday to Friday 9am-1pm and 2pm-5pm whIet nm tehaenys c othmep lceittey trhaenikr sG aCsS tEhse. seventh fheaevdeb aadckap wteed r oecueri vperdo.p”osals based on the www.yourchronicle.com worst area in the country for the propor- There are no proposals to change tion of secondary schools found to be under the hours at the city’s Art Gallery. The performing. changes come into effect on February 6. The rankings were based on one of the Government’s new headline measures for Two come forward assessing schools – known as Progress 8 – which have replaced what had been the over collection box proportion of pupils with five A*-C GCSEs. Other figures revealed 58.8 per cent of pupils in Wolverhampton secured a grade C TWO men suspected of taking a charity or higher in both English and maths. collection box and who were later spot- Challenge ted catching a train bound for Telford have contacted police. Alex Jones, Wolverhampton council’s An appeal for information was service director for school improvement, launched after a collection box for a said: “The majority of secondary schools in mental health service was stolen from a the city are above the government’s floor waiting room at Wolverhampton railway standards. Five schools are currently below, station. two are academies under the jurisdiction Chandni Tanna, British Transport of the regional schools commissioner and Police spokesman, said: “Following this three are currently subject to ongoing chal- appeal, two men have come forward and lenge and intervention from the city coun- officers will be speaking with them in cil’s school improvement team. due course. “It’s important to remember that the “We would like to thank the public picture across the education system in the and the media for their assistance in city of Wolverhampton is an improving one. sharing this appeal.” nu“mInb etrh oef glaosotd tawndo -oauntds-taa-nhdailnf gy OeaFrSsT tEhDe Private hire driver Sohail Khan, with councillors Milkinder Jaspal and Paul Singh boUx pw thoe £n6 0it haaldl ebgeeednly c ovlalencitsehde din ltahset schools has risen from 65 per cent to 85 per COUNCILLORS from across the shared their concerns. Councillor passengers get out, they get out on month. cenAtl.o”ngside the Progress 8 measure, the pcoonlicteicranls doivviedre thhaev er oraadi sleady osuatf eatyt Jhaasdp caoln staaicdt esde hveimra lw oitthh efera crsit.izens the“ Ii’nmsi dael soof tlohoek rionagd .a t the sharp Bakery reopens government has also brought in Attain- Wolverhampton Railway Station. He said: “The taxi drop-off point edges of the kerbstones. And there ment 8 which is based on GCSE results Tory Councillor Paul Singh and is a real dangerous area because if are one or two parking issues where after makeover from grades A* to G across eight subjects. Labour counterpart Councillor both doors are open each side then the spot itself is very narrow.” On Attainment 8, Wolverhampton Milkinderpal Jaspal, have joined cars won’t be able to manoeuvre Wolverhampton Council said the ranked 127th of 152 local authority areas the chorus of those not happy with when coming in. access had been largely well re- A BAKERY has reopened after a make- in England with a score of 47.7. the new access off Corn Hill. “Another thing I have picked up ceived by the public. over. 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They had, to bring in pinles pfercotmor sp. oCteivnitciaarle a Mbuidsela nandsd, hbaarsmed’ ,i na cHcoigrdhi nRgo atdo enxopt etraikenenci ntog paobluicsee,, ohro aw seevneiro, rt hmise minbfeorr mofa tthioen c owmas- hovoewreavlle rt,o f aimilepdr otvoe mtahkee s seurvffiicceie nant di mrpemroavienmeden itns homes are backed olv was found to be ‘badly led and unresponsive to peo- pany. After speaking with the company and the breach of multiple regulations. er ple’s needs’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). supervisor responsible, inspectors said they found “People were not protected from potential abuse h Metro route lowTihneg aag veniscity bwya Cs QpCla ciends pienc tsopresc iianl Amuegaussutr –e sw fiotlh- trhepaot rnteinitgh earb uusned aenrsdt opordo ttehcet icnogr rpeecotp pler ofcreodmu rheas rfmor, aans dt hmea pnraogveimdeern dt itde anmot w eenrseu mrea nbaogthin gth seayfe, gtuhaer sdtianfgf AtoN a ipnliatnia lf otrh 2u1m0b hs oumpe hs ains bEesesnin ggitvoenn. am bsioxs smeos nttohlds toor mfaacek ef utrhteh nere caecstsioanry. improvements in theIn rseppeocrtto crosn stainidu etdh.at Civicare had improved in cthone cperronvsi dcoerrr’se catblyil.i “tyW teo f ouunndde rssitgannifidc aanndt fraeiclionggnsi sine Ttoh set omp oav e£ 36fo lmloiwlliso nr edsiisdternibtus’t iobna tstule- pto Inspectors returned in November and a subse- terms of effectiveness, care and responsiveness, but when care provided did not meet the required stand- per-hub being set up in the village. n WORK has begun to clear overgrowth quent report said that while improvements had the firm would be kept in special measures and con- ards.” Outline permission for the site, off C from a derelict railway line which will been made ‘they had failed to make sufficient im- tinue to be monitored over the next six months. The Civicare Midlands director Nash Khosla said: “We Hobnock Road, was granted by South h brWfooere Tctmdorhnmaeemer ens bSeasuw eonrru ervytowi hcau enrtS.oed t u waBtfiefrl olif erobrdrels eMbhyui irHidlelti a lbRln eadotin wlMw eteehatnye- DmpraToivnheeemd r eiennp trobsrr toe vasecahriaid ol lft htmoav uti lmtai ppprleeo rvrseeeo gntuh luea ntsideorenrvrs i’cC.ei vainscadr ree’s- rbmeeeprno 2ftr0st 1as6an idwd :wea “ afAostu n tnohdwe t imchnese pepetricontvigeoi dnteh creo hrmeagpdu l emltaeatddioa einn is mN aprorovouevmn ed-- aaslerrreev taica oelko iitns goa fnt dhd iiwsntchgrsae tpu hapan tswc ibieteshe wnt hireteeh fl CeitQc tbCeed. tr wiWne teeh nfe e hryeeol pwtoh rtethr.”ee SmvpSeatcianhrtfktiofeeioonnelr .gcdw e sTa hhsthii tcrenohe re seCawc,roh obauueylnmll doSce titslm e’iJsrne ovpnchelltaun stnd’ hsanee nisP nh drgao i e mmccxoaoetmrsrna.y-- ronicle ltihnee 1–9 6w0hs.i ch closed to passengers in hoTmhees acocruonscsi lt hwea dnitsst rtioct .b Curilidti c1s, 0s7a0y Th Workers – subcontracted out by the infrastructure could not cope. u Midland Metro Alliance – have been rs clearing the tracks of plants and trees Uninsured car is d so structural and environmental sur- ay veCyso mcamn ubne ictayr lreiaedd eorus ts.aid the devel- over the price of fuel seized by police , Ja opment will create ‘huge opportuni- n ties’ for jobs and tourism in the area. ua Route AN uninsured and untaxed car has ry been seized by police after being spot- 2 The railway line, which saw trains ted being driven around Wednesfield. 6 stop running in the 1980s, will offer The police action was part of a , 2 new rail service to parts of the Black crackdown on illegal vehicles being 0 Country that currently don’t have driven in the town. 17 one. It had been spotted driving around The route will run from the Water- the streets. The driver of the vehicle front in Brierley Hill, passed Dudley THE CHEAPEST and most was reported by the police for the of- Castle, and to Wednesbury Great expensive petrol stations in fence. Western Street. Wolverhampton have been In 2015, almost 500 untaxed cars MMA, who are working on behalf of revealed – showing a 17p were seized from Black Country roads. the West Midlands Combined Author- This is almost six times the number ity, expect work on the route to begin per litre difference between of vehicles that were taken off the in 2019 and be open for passengers by some garages. streets in 2012. 2023. Drivers are facing a lottery of The cost of the project is not known fuel costs at the pumps, accord- LGBT praise for yet. MMA will have to submit a ing to a figures from a week long Cbuosminmeussn ictaiesse atno dt hLeo cDael pGaortvmerennmt efnort petrol price watch. homes company before it can find out. In Wolverhampton, Esso in Fall- Funds will be paid by the Govern- ings Park, was the cheapest place ment and those delivered to the West for unleaded petrol at just £1.159 WOLVERHAMPTON Homes has Midlands Combined Authority. per litre. The cheapest for diesel was been named a top employer by Stone- Morrisons in Bilston at £1.177. wall, the lesbian, gay, bi and trans For unleaded, this was closely fol- equality charity. Statue repairs lowed by Asda, Jack Hayward Way, It was this year’s highest new entry which offered it at £1.167 and Esso for the West Midlands at number 63 a month away in Fallings Park offered the second in its Top 100 Employers list. cheapest price for diesel. Lesley Roberts, chief executive Demand said: ‘I’m over the moon to be listed in the Top 100. I’m so proud of the WORK to repair the Billy Wright stat- The most expensive garage, ac- work our Proud to be Me Network ue outside Molineux will not start for cording to the PetrolPrices.com fig- has done, so to be recognised in the at least a month, Wolves officials say. ures proved to be the M6 Hilton Park top 100 is fantastic.” The statue was badly damaged after Motorway service area in Essington, Driver, 38, is bailed being hit by a car in the early hours where unleaded prices averaged omf aSnu nhdasa yb, eJeann ubaarilye d1 5o.n A s 3u0sp-yieciaorn-o oldf ££11..334199 pwehr illisttr ei.ts diesel prices were after car accident dangerous driving and drink-driving. Ninder Johal, member of the Black The full extent of the damage is yet Country Local Enterprise Partner- A DRIVER has appeared in court in to be assessed and other paperwork ship and former president of the Black connection with a crash in Windmill approved before the work can begin. 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Landlords are Group behind pub graffiti could fold NEWS IN BRIEF 5 made to pay Helping to find W THE boss of an arts group behind Salter said: “With sadness we have labour six days a week – along with over faults tinh et hBea Bnlkascyk- iCnsopuinrterdy gsraayfsfi itti iosn o np uthbes bate eNne fworhcaemd ptoto gniv Aer ntso tCiceen otnre o.ur space ouFr oort htehr ea spsoacsita ttews.o” years, Mental work for disabled olv brink of collapse. “I was assured that we would get Spaces has been in operation in the er Mental Spaces was set up two years funding to continue to provide a free West Side Artists’ Quarter as part of h at properties atogno Aanrtds oCpeenratrtee si nfr Womol vtheerh Namewphtoanm.p- sbpuatc eth fiosr haarsti sbtese tno wmiethetd raanwd np rianc ttihsee WoLlavsetr hyaemarp itto nop’se naretds uscpe nthee. 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Most were dealt with by city mag- y Risatrsahtpeasl. ABmaionnsg ptlheeamde, dJ ogguinildtye r taon da drugs on street ‘market’ after CCTV appeal , Ja string of failures at flats they rented nu out in Merridale Road, Wolverhamp- a ton and were ordered to pay £34,000. TWO men have handed themselves in ry Balwant Rai and Raj Kumari, both to police following the theft of a char- 2 fcroosmts oBfi lmstoorne, twhaerne £ h5i,t8 0w0i tahf tfiern efasi lainndg isttya tiboonx. at Wolverhampton railway 6, 2 tleom psu at tr aig phrto pheeratlyt hin a Cnadr tsearf eRtyo apdr.ob- twOo fsfiucsepresc trse laefatseerd t hCeC bToVx wimasa gteask eonf 017 hlcltirsnaahuuoarnsneAeazgpdndrca eeyle. rh o co,brdFe trcnauseduac,nsidrus rl,ed i dt pbnhlh a-ieyaugaee c n ddphrltaw r oiiocbfimnuaackfys sasip w lpi laeonr eta difoogcfss vat lstdtodeimeuoorfm fi eantitdslocieh yne,re n et aerafoht ovlsg f pe one wel rfiaador,oi lsv ettepastiaehdc aen Fr e fwr.dfitee thi artbysayees--, tFadko reItTTVu othhhg’Et ea ueid ynld n e o graduafual sr s3ngeWe 2dig dnd ,oy sbejlewurv aaoosehrlatfesro d 4.hr cu7saaws s dmseeta orrpymesls dt e,ofi a shhnsltmaae gvsareieotnnd rbig en ‘emeo teaotpnan. k eajdainnn incl gemor dua1 anfc9ocrk7-re hbslpmiantelasoaaf“A vtsoltnFe e pfrm,Bon ome crsl.rao lmoaaikontmitiwid tinosho:ehing n n“ fefw gTWro.ao irrfetmtwath henr a irttessrhh cp daeeeoa mnrapcwttnhp laiyPdaeni tar oadioillntp,uif ycgfipet e ec wrb ceasoooorlpouxes omd r mkwsw feeoeaois.lnn”rs-l Anita Kumari breached an improve- when the money-spinning operation, held in broad Studio treat for ment notice in relation to a property daylight at Chester Street, Whitmore Reans, was in Welling Road. She was ordered to open for business, Wolverhampton Crown Court pay £1,006, while Jaspal Singh Sahota heard. city youngsters must pay out £7,400 over a breach of Police smashed the racket with an undercover emergency prohibition order and an operation during which surveillance could not be improvement notice for properties in carried out around the clock for practical reasons. YOUNGSTERS with emotional, med- Osier Place and Sherwood Street. But officers still managed to film the deals taking ical or psychological needs are to en- place in the road and a walkway. joy a visit to Warner Bros Studio. Arriva to change It was estimated that at least a kilo of crack and On February 10 children from Or- heroin were sold at the ‘market’ during the nine- chard Centre Pru, Wolverhampton, month police probe. will discover the magic of Harry Pot- bus routes in city Judge Simon Ward told them: “It was as though ter at the Watford attraction. you were market traders. You could have had a table It has been arranged by Happy next to the alleyway you frequented and it would Days Children’s Charity which has not have looked out of place. I have seen shops that provided short breaks and day trips ARRIVA is making changes to some of were less busy than you were.” since 1992. Community fundraiser, ictesn btrues frrooumt eFse ibnr uWaorylv 2e5rh taom apvotoidn ccointy- Commercial Ssoucfifiaal aSnhda hd,e vsaeildop imt wenatsa ilm skpoilrlsta.nt for gestion and improve punctuality. Mr Martyn Bowyer, prosecuting, said there was New director takes on Buses still serve Stafford Street, no need for the trade to be carried out through BSqrouaadr eS atrnede tV, iLcitcohrfiiae lSdt rSeterte,e bt,u Qt utueernn pmhaornkee tc aclolsn dauncdt esedc irne tb mroeaedti ndgasy.l i“gThht ias tw wahs iacnh oapneyn- Star Public Relations back via Skinner Street and Salop body needing heroin could go and buy their drugs,” Street, rather than looping back he said. A NEW director has been appointed to around Cleveland Street, Garrick Anthony Cameron, aged 28, Marco Brooks, 24, lead Star Public Relations, which has Street and Market Street. and Riccardo Brown, 26 – all of whom either lived or been launched by Midland News As- The city centre route change affects had family members living in Chester Street – were sociation, the parent company of the services 70 and 71/71A, which will at ‘the hub’ of the operation, he said. Express & Star. also no longer call at New Invention Father-of-two Cameron, a barber, was filmed Sundeep Sehijpal joins Star Public Square, with journeys operating di- dealing drugs on 84 occasions over 15 days between Officers swoop on suspected drug dealers in Chester Street, Whitmore Reans Relations with 14 years of media ex- rect between Essington Road and Li- October 2015 and last March. He was dubbed a perience. chfield Road. figurehead of the group with his family’s Chester that he had ‘more runners than the Olympics and of the gang but he had been caught selling drugs a Based in Telford, with an office in Amendments have also been made Street address at its heart. more weight than a whale.’ short time earlier. Police found £890 in the pocket Wolverhampton, Star Public Rela- to service 61 on certain journeys to Cameron also had an address in Park Dale West Mr Robert Cowley, defending, protested: “That of a coat at his home with a £300 rock of cocaine and tions, will work with businesses and avoid the congestion at school times. but his family’s home was opposite the alleyway was mere bravado.” But the defendant’s website £465 cash stuffed under a mattress. organisations that operate in sectors used by dealers that led to Leicester Street. Mobile profile picture told a different story. It showed him Twenty-year-old Talbi, whose parents were Tuni- at national, regional and local levels. Uni talk to stay phone messages between members of the gang often clutching a wad of cash although he claimed to be in sian, came to this country aged nine with his father Students tune up spoke of Leicester, Chester and The Alley, the court debt through gambling. who abandoned him six years later. He lived in flat ahead of game heard. Binman Brooks, who also lived in Chester Street, in Manby Close, and joined the racket because he THE University of Wolverhampton Cameron had been shot and stabbed during a life- was diagnosed with cancer around December 2015 thought the dealers were ‘cool.’ Big Band is due to play a concert in time in Whitmore Reans. His barrister Mr Anthony but still continued to deal drugs, giving instructions All the defendants admitted conspiracy to supply the city next Friday. A RENOWNED sports psychologist is Eskander said: “He started to sell drugs because to Libyan-born Fahd Talbi from his hospital bed. Class A drugs between October 1 2015 and July 14 The band, formed by the Faculty of to give a lecture at the University of he saw no other way to provide for his family. He His barrister Miss Pamela Brain said: “He has a last year. Brown was locked up for eight years two Arts, will be performing in the Arena Wolverhampton on February 6. made a bad mistake thinking the risk outweighed very virulent form of the illness and the prognosis months, Cameron received an eight year term and Theatre in Wulfruna Street at 7.30pm Professor Andy Lane’s talk takes the cost.” is not good.” Brooks was locked up for six years. McIntosh was on February 3. Tickets are £10. Call place from 4 to 6.30pm in Chancel- Brown, who lived with his mother in Chester Keiron McIntosh, aged 28, who lived with his par- given five years nine months and Talbi got four 01902 321321. lor’s Hall, Wulfruna Street. 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He hadn’t actually heard the speech, v but we don’t what little details like that to ol get in the way of a bit of pompous virtue W signalling, do we? Anyway, the good news is that the crime rate is obviously so low in the West Midlands that the Old Bill found time to investigate. They concluded that no crime had been committed, which you might think might would be the end of the matter, but in the strange world of “hate” legislation it is never that simple. If you’re “They suddenly realised there was a woman found guilty it’s a crime, but if you’re in- As tributes are paid following applying. The MCC held a referendum on fe- nocent it is recorded as a “hate incident”. the death of Baroness Heyhoe male members and after a second referendum This sort of thing would normally make it got through. me livid. But this is the Home Secretary, Flint, HEATHER LARGE looks “I was there the day the vote was passed the figurehead for the establishment back on her life and legacy at Lords, it was just amazing. She has been a which created all this nonsense. Poet- great role model.” ic justice is the phrase which springs to Later Baroness Heyhoe Flint became a suc- mind. SHE was known for being a proud cessful journalist – working for the Express & n n n Wulfrunian with a heart of gold and Star and as sports editor on the Wolverhamp- BY the way, the definition of “hate ton Chronicle – and an award-winning after crimes” on a poster in my local library in- a trailblazer for women’s sport. dinner speaker. cludes “anything that is offensive to your But to her beloved football club, Bar- After Sir Jack took over Wolves in 1990, Bar- family.” I take it mother-in-law jokes are oness Heyhoe Flint will always be “Our oness Heyhoe Flint became heavily involved in out, then? Rachael – warm, witty, hugely competent the club’s public relations department, From n n n and irreplaceable.” 1997 to 2003 she served as a director at Sir MANY people in the Black Country will As Wolves mourn the loss of their vice-pres- Jack’s request, later being made a vice-pres- be saddened to hear of the death of Dud- ident tributes have flooded in from the world ident. ley confectioner Ted Gray, aged 81. of sport for one of England’s finest female She was President of the Lady Taverners Ted, who worked full time until the cricketers. And there was an outpouring of from 2001 to 2011 and a Deputy Lieutenant age of 76, was one of the old school, a grief from across Wolverhampton – the city of the West Midlands. In 2008 she received her type of businessman you rarely find to- she loved and called home. OBE from the Prince of Wales and two years day. A small, quietly spoken man with a Her son Ben says Wolverhampton and later was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall proper Black Country accent, he never Wolves meant everything to the 77-year-old. of Fame. had any big ambitions or grandiose ex- “She, the club and the city were intrinsically Honoured pansion plans, he just liked sweets and linked,” he said. wanted to carry on his family tradition. Gruelling In 2011 she was honoured by her home city His tiny, beautifully chaotic office was by being granted the Freedom of Wolverhamp- stacked high with precarious piles of pa- Baroness Heyhoe Flint was still a familiar ton. She was also inducted into Wolverhamp- per, the walls festooned with sepia pic- and much-loved face at Molineux up until her At the Molineux home of her beloved Wolves, where she served as vice president ton’s Sporting Hall of Fame. tHfsaauesecrAnse tussosliem v ry acei.on hd fjgr o o wfumnruriitnacshnaltiinrnl’isas g twtr i,eot ahlnIul ek cra ietnctamg ont mehcdmiespis tbatomane nyrdo ’cedsfeel ei vhesoeiltsi,rfn t goauthn rnyaey-. rtisdnhpeir ce“iteWe Seccnh tlohtuoel evrb ir,lwe l ihsnone’owen mccstnohs e n.tag otaSrri inuhnetdeyevul eilawanirwnnygaga d stg y soaca,c om rhtpmaaeerkidn moeuw u oulahdern . eksisnteluey epes nthwp ,oie obn rrowttkeeta trrodse moseatf- Cvater BSroshphcoakoermrne wtr po feartnnnoo tdJnm u oG Gnanenei ort 1elofsfa 1r pr He1llyay9i yg H3a h9gae e yStp ohaci nhvoPeodoE,to lat lath lte peerau rofcp oltheirale mu irengsex hrdRc teeWo lPvmloeeEllda--. sinsnhoa rBempe asrdetor iov fltolnih drce eirhsn eswegd r ioHshtmeeeeldrefy .nhhw’iosmit eth ew Fatihmltihen itppn ll aba1yte9ficon7ar0gmm. a eY mt eotaa hrmjeos arl fikaretore slaert asmthp leiB“oen Srgsegthehnssneem dtswwoaa i anainsdsssa : thjjy euui“ rpssaAmt tba maosnl o udoguttfi m tv ohthih.fnee Serg pl h soeopeivovem epwer psrloaeo lfste n h hh a,te eah ag rdilyr nw feeawgaaamsryto s slnipi l ktbdeyher.uesi rthnof euktnor-l, boastful soundbites that would make my of the table or top of the table. For 30 years it oping women’s cricket, captaining England woman to be admitted to the MCC when her ing about other people, not herself. It was job easier. Teddy Gray’s shops were sell- was the mainstay of her life,” added Ben. during a career which spanned two decades, playing career ended and in 2004 she became almost impossible for me to keep track of ing the classic sweets in jars long before Wolves club secretary Richard Skirrow said: and leading her country to victory in the 1973 the first woman elected to the full commit- everything she was doing.” it became fashionable, and even today “We have lost a really special lady. I’ve known World Cup. tee. She later became the first woman to be Huge crowds are expected at Baroness Hey- there is something unmistakably welcom- her well for over 20 years. You felt you knew During her first House of Lords speech inducted into the International Cricket Coun- hoe Flint’s funeral on February 8. A funeral ing about them that the new pretenders her well from the first meeting as she was such in 2011, she said: “My challenges in sport cil’s Hall of Fame. cortege will leave Molineux at 2pm and make can’t quite emulate. a warm and engaging person. Rachael was a began with garden cricket aged seven with my Ben added: “Women’s cricket was an units way to St Peter’s Church. Some fans will be It is often hard to explain to outsiders bundle of energy; tireless, always on the move brother and his friends. known sport then, and under-funded, which is able to attend church, but via a ballot. Num- what makes the Black Country special, and always, it seemed, happy. “I wasn’t allowed to bat for three years be- where her wonderful friendship with Sir Jack bers will be limited due to the amount of peo- but this unassuming little man had it in “Her many achievements will be well docu- cause girls don’t play cricket. When I did even- Hayward started. There was a lot of bigotry in ple expected to pay their respects. spades. mented and for her charity fundraising alone tually get to bat, the boys couldn’t get me out sport then and she faced real barriers. But she To apply for a place, email fans@wolves. World famous in Dudley, that’s what he she should perhaps have been more highly for three days, so in the middle of June they was a trailblazer. co.uk with Rachael Heyhoe Flint in the sub- was. A proper Black Country mon who decorated but, at Wolves, she’ll just always be decided it was the football season.” “She applied to the MCC under the radar ject line, and include a name, address and sup- wouldn’t have had it any other way. “our Rachael” – warm, witty, hugely compe- It was while playing cricket that she became as R.Flint. As the MCC started to process her porter number. It will be family flowers only tent and irreplaceable.” friends with Sir Jack Hayward when he spon- application they thought she was a bloke. at the funeral. 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It is the first time these have been recorded in released Terry Wilkes, leader of Windmill Community Church, at the for- figures. mer St Thomas’s church building in Finchfield Mr Jamieson said: “These statistics A TINY Victorian church could be the store with an additional 10 car should be a wake-up call to the govern- restored to its former glory. parking spaces. ment. They show once again that crime is changing and not falling. St Thomas’s in Finchfield dates A planning application has been “West Midlands Police is facing more back to 1875 but has stood derelict lodged with Wolverhampton Coun- SALE ENDS SUNDAY4PM complex threats than ever before and for more than two decades. cil and a decision will be made soon. should receive the resources it needs to deal Originally a school, it became a Terry and Margaret Wilkes, of with those threats. Instead of which next small mission church with a 25 con- Windmill Community Church, year’s budget will be cut by a further £6 gregation. It closed in 1997. Wombourne, said they hoped to million on top of the £130 million already A couple have revealed plans to buy the site and secure planning lost since 2010.” restore and reopen the church – and consent so work can start in April. FINAL CHANCE TO Staff numbers in the force have been have the backing of the wider com- Windmill Community Church slashed by a 23.6 per cent since April 2010. munity. The nearby Lidl supermar- hope to be in their new home at ket is involved as it would provide Christmas. 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It starts the 201 SALE jbeeecraeuds aet t fhoery p herafdo rbmlaicnkge na emdo frarciess d. ance, just agWriceu altruer leo ysienagr . too many of our traditions MabRou tD tehrye kn eVwe rn(bount wnervoeter 26, onT ohuirs cisu ljtuusrte a annodth wear ye xoaf mlifpel ein o Bf arint aaitnt.ack jsutastn db eBcraiutisseh tcouol tmuraen ayn pde wopalnet dtoo nd’ets turnodye irt-. uSstreede)t c, oaalcohn gsstaidned tihne B milsettorno y Morris dancing has been going for hun- These hecklers are actually the racists terminus. Basically coach ar dreds, perhaps thousands of years. against us. operators refuse to use it. u As stated the blackened faces are a type of DEREK GRIFFITHS The coach stand is in an disguise just as a mask, hood, veil would be. Wolverhampton the most awkward location J Programme LETTERS TO THE EDITOR imaginable. Drivers (when y, leaving) would have to make a a tricky and potentially dan- sd is there to gerous left hand turn into ur POST E-MAIL two lanes of traffic, with no h traffic lights to assist them. nicle T NOW ON HpAVrINoG terecadyt uJensny WWoollC5vv1ehe-rrr5hoh3ana mimQclpupetet ooEenndn ,iC tSWohtrrrVioea1nel i,t1cEleS, [email protected] s fasop rmTRe n hciOtlae lsoLi ohnIcnV,o t EubhpRnuiostcu. inla ldliess ghsetadrslay p bhpeaeelndf hro Jmaumseeds’ sa tl ehtetre ro uI’tmlo oqku oitne Rbiep- Letters nsuhmoubledr .b Teh ber Eiedf iatonrd r MesUerSvTe sin tchleu dreig nhat mtoe c, oanddderenssse alentdte tresl.ephone Wolverhampton C off Britain, sending report- Problem is the Wake-up call n ers abroad. o This programme is set-up mpt “tob ehienlgp rainpdp epdr ootfefc”t suos wfrhoamt population age over the NHS a does it matter what it costs h in licence fees? er These reporters do a v great job helping the pub- OVERPOPULATION is the cause of all of WE keep hearing political parties blaming ol lic against any individual, the problems in England. This is a view one another for the lack of funds in the W company, gang, or indeed that has been in existence since the late NHS, in my view it is not that easy. councils who are all out to 18th century. For one thing, too many people have deprive us of our money, Britain had a population of 10 million been allowed into the country before the ON MOST ITEMS! goods, freedom and our then and the philosopher Robert Malthus NHS had the extra funds to cope with it. rights. stated overpopulation would be cured by Next the NHS has been too successful No other organisation war, pestilence and famine until it fell back with the changing of organs in the human does more than (Rip off to a sustainable level. He was wrong. In body, so that some people with money have Britain) and tells us of our England approximately two per cent of land abused the body and jumped the queue to rights than they do. is built on. Notwithstanding Green Belt is- have the damaged organ changed at the 01902 424 700 Britain alone is open to sues, if a one-mile strip of land around the expense of babies and young children; it’s more scams, fiddles, thefts, West Midlands was used for housing, one all wrong. million extra houses could be built. The NHS was created to get people well fraud, deception than any There will be protests about losing all of so as to get back to work to look after them- other European country and our leisure land but our island is not over- selves and their family. When we are born probably in the world little crowded, we just like living close together we are given a human body. That is beyond or 01384 458 258 is done to protect us by the for whatever reason. any machine known to man. It is up to us Government, Consumer Our ageing population is an increas- to look after it to the best of our ability. Rights or the DPP, who all ing problem. There will never be enough Sometime it will happen that the NHS seem to be on the side of schools and hospitals to meet our needs. will not have the funds to cope. The writ- these scammers etc when it Think back, we always had to wait hours ing’s on the wall, it’s a wake-up call, and comes to punishment. in A&E but back then we would go there these people that abuse the body with 117 Salop Street, Wolverhampton WV3 0RX I for one am glad this pro- for fractures or at least wounds that needed smoking, drink, and over eating will end gramme exists no matter stitches. Now we go when we have a head- up at the back of the queue. what the costs, if it saves me ache. That’s the problem, not overpopula- The needs of the many outweigh the or 10 Castle Street, Dudley DY1 1LF being taken for a ride. tion. needs of the selfish few. MR GRIFFITHS DAVID STEELE MR B LAWLEY Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Bilston Economic bad news just a T&C’s subject to the production of ID. Applicants must be over 18. 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Mr Bates, 82 is a re- the ability of either Mr Harper or Mr Bart- THEVERSATILEROOFINGSYSTEM tired art and design teacher. lett to ensure that vehicles are roadworthy Mrs Bates, said: “We’ve always sup- given their manifest failure, over such a ported each other, but let each other go long period of time and despite several Unit42,WombourneEnterprisePark, LikeusonFollowusonFollowuson Alvyn and Brenda tie the knot our own way.” warnings, to do so.” BridgnorthRoad,Wombourne,WV50AL Notinconjunctionwith anyotheroffer.Offers foralimitedtimeonly. 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DW C Windows has moved on way beyond just n double glazed windows - of which it offers o t many different styles and colour profiles, p m including aluminium - over the first ten years a in business, and also offers conservatories, h doors, solid tiled conservatory roofs and r e much more. Company Secretary and Dave’s v ol wife, Claire, said that her husband had 25 W years’ experience in the windows industry and had fitted them for other companies, but realised that he could provide a better service if doing it himself. “We have gone from being Managing Director Dave Walters advises a customer Just a few examples of DW Windows’ extensive window range one man with a van operating from our home in Wolverhampton, to employing more than window products are on display as well as construction industry. In November 2016 the through its website - www.dwwindows. The team of installers is trained in house to 30 people across two sites,” she explained. more specialist products like the Residence company was rewarded by becoming finalists co.uk - and many people choose to book an industry standards, with the assistance of DW opened its first showroom in Brick Collection windows, Lumi frameless in the Black Country Chamber of Commerce appointment from its product advisers at their an external health and safety consultant. It Street, Sedgley, in 2010 and last July opened glazing, aluminium, flush sash windows awards for customer service and outstanding homes. They can be booked on Freephone has CHAS (Construction Health and Safety a much bigger 7,300 sq ft showroom and a and also insulated solid tiled conservatory achievements. Our plan now is to open more 0800 999 0909. Scheme) accreditation. new head office in Meadow Lane, Coseley, roofing systems. At the Sedgley showroom showrooms in the West Midlands in the next Once a customer has decided on exactly DW Windows, which last year carried out creating a further 15 new jobs. A former there are many other windows, doors and few years as we continue to grow,” she said. what they want and signed a contract, one more than 900 installations, always strives warehouse was renovated to create one of conservatory designs on display. The core area of business for DW Windows is of the company’s four directly employed to ensure the standards of installations are the largest windows and doors showrooms DW Windows specialises in Liniar and the Black Country and surrounding areas of surveyors will attend to do a final measure the highest and there is a strong focus on in the Midlands, along with offices and a Profile 22 uPVC windows and doors and Staffordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire and up. professionalism, workmanship, customer warehouse for DW Windows’ stock and Apeer and Eurocell composite doors. Birmingham. It has also had people come A date is then given for installation and the service and after sales advice. DW customers supplies. Claire Walters, who joined her husband in from as far as Yorkshire and Wales who had surveyor will draw up the job, process it and are insured from the moment they sign At Coseley, the window, door and the business in 2013 said that it had grown heard about the standard of the company’s book the fitters in. the contract and they also get a ten year conservatory centre, eight conservatories/ from a turnover of £180,000 in its first full year work. For most work, the aim is to complete guarantee on frames and a five year one on oranJgeries, two pAorches, 27 various doors, to £2.3N million last year. “We have achieved UMost of DW’s business comes froAm the work within four weeRks of an order, but glass.Y three sliding patios, two bi-fold doors, sliding this in spite of going through the height of the recommendations and the remainder from for bigger jobs like conservatories, dates Telephone 01902 661779 or visit the sash windows and many other various economic downturn and uncertainty for the people calling in to its showrooms and are given for the completion of each stage. website at www.dwwindows.co.uk SALE THE ONLY GENUINE WINDOW OFFER 6WhiteUPVCDoubleGlazedWindows AnySizeManufacturable | A+13EnergyRated DW WINDOWS LTD BIGGEST EVER £ONEOPEN1ERPER,W7INDOW9|10YEAR5INSURANCEBACKEDGUARANTEE DearDave, Thankyouforalltheworkyouhavedone Fully Fitted ontheconservatory.Thewholejobis NEW YEAR PROMOTION perfectIamreallypleasedwitheverything’ inc. 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