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It’s that time of year again when the nights draw in the central heating is always on and you gorge yourself on mince pies and brandy cream under the guise of celebration.

It’s also the time of the year that the events calendar fills with Christmas parties and family visits, but if you still have some time to fill there are one or two things going on that are easy to get to and fun for all the family. We’ve put together a list of just SOME of the fun…

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Over on iBostin.com, Phillip Tibbets, researcher of Heraldic Art and co-founder of Heartland Heritagewear has written an article about designing a flag for Wednesfield using elements of the town’s historic coat of arms.

Phillip’s flag design incorporates both colours and imagery from the coat of arms and he explains how some of these elements came about in his article.

Read the article and see Phillip’s flag design here.

Simon Lees, Guitarist magazine’s Guitarist of the Year 1998 and former member of legendary rock band Budgie brings his one man rock show to the Cross Guns in Wednesfield tomorrow night, Sat 5th December!

The guitarist who appeared on ITV’s Stars in Their Eyes as Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler will play a FREE gig which begins at 9pm.

Visit Simon’s website for more info.

Phil Bateman, the Chair of Governor’s of Ashmore Park Nursery School and The Park’s Children Centre has recently written Wolverhampton City Council concerning their proposals to limit or curtail Community Centres in the Wednesfield area.

You can read Phil’s letter to the Council on his website.

The Stirrer reports that over 1200 Wednesfield residents have signed a petition against Wolverhampton City Council’s plans to double the cost of Hot meals from it’s Meals On Wheels service.

The price of hot meals is set to rise from £2.20 to £4.40 – with a free frozen alternative being offered at the lower price.

But Cllr Steve Evans who organised Saturday’s signing points out that if the Council decide to drop off a fortnight’s worth of frozen meals at a time, this will mean that many elderly people are likely to miss out on the only daily visit they receive.

Read more at The Stirrer.

Down the at the “bottom shops” (anyone local to Ashmore Park will know what that means for everyone else  it’s  the larger of Ashmore Park’s shopping precincts) is a craft store. When I was little I always knew it as “the wool shop”  as that was where my Nan used to get her knitting supplies – and for years it was really called “Prima Crafts”,  but not any more….

… In the last few months it has welcomed a new owner Lyndsey Turner and with her comes a new name “Lora Crafts”.

It will still be stocking the wool I remember going in to buy as a child and most of the usual craft related items but Lyndsay will also be hunting down, and stocking, a large range of new lines – and  holding classes and regular craft events to show everyone how to get the most out of them.

To celebrate the festive season and to encourage you to get your crafty fingers out Lyndsay is offering all WV11 readers a 10% discount – all you need to do is drop by the shop and mention our website when you make a purchase.

For more information about the shop and its stock, for card tutorials and much more visit Lora Crafts blog www.loracrafts.blogspot.com/

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Over 20 members of staff were evacuated from the Corus Steel plant in Wednesfield last night after a major fire destroyed a sheet blasting machine.

Six fire crews attended the blaze around 8pm and one crew from Fallings Park remained at the scene until the following morning. No injuries were reported.

Read the full story at the Birmingham Mail.