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Christmas is fast approaching which means in a few days time many of us will have piles of wrapping paper, cardboard packaging and maybe even the odd wine bottle or beer can lying around waiting to be disposed of. Whilst Wolverhampton City Council has taken steps to make kerbside recycling relatively easy for residents, it [...]

Last month we introduced the Danesmore Diamonds football club to WV11 readers, this month we’d like to introduce another – Ashmore Park Rangers JFC. Ashmore Park Rangers JFC started out as the Victory Youth Club back in 2001. In 2002 the under 9′s then became Danesmore Casual Youth before finally forming Ashmore Park Rangers in [...]

Blogger ‘Captain Ahab’ has written an in depth post about Bentley Canal which passes through Wednesfield. The blog post not only contains a detailed history of the Canal and it’s origins, but also includes ‘then and now’ photos of the Canal from 1992 before much of the re-development work in the area began. One such [...]

A bogus charity collector from Wednesfield has been sentenced to 80 hours unpaid community service. Read the full story at the Birmingham Mail.

If a bus shelter you use is damaged or has a fault, such as the lighting not working, damage to seats, or timetables missing, you can report the problem to Network West Midlands who will then pass the fault onto the agency responsible for maintenance of the shelter. Make sure you take a note of [...]

The Wednesfield Area Action Network (WAAN) is holding a launch event for their 2010 calendar at the Wolverhampton Archives building this Wednesday. WAAN has been working closely with Wolverhampton Archives to produce a limited edition 2010 calendar featuring 24 historic photos of Wednesfield. Some of the photos span back over 100 years and show a [...]