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. […]
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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 […]
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Major fire at Corus Steel plant
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 […]
Friday afternoon saw over 200 local residents fill Wednesfield High Street outside St Thomas’ Church for the annual Christmas lights switch on. The festivities included a choir service with performances from several local schools, a visit from Father Christmas who gave out sweets and raffle tickets and a speech from Wolverhampton’s Mayor, Councillor Surjan Singh […]
The Express & Star reports that a Wednesfield car depot was today destroyed by Fire. More then a dozen cars were destroyed at Auto Technique on Strawberry Lane, Wednesfield and Fire Crews spent more than five hours battling the blaze. Investigators are apparently looking into the possibility the fire was started deliberately. Did you see […]
Yesterday saw the release of Ofsted’s annual report by Chief Inspector Christine Gilbert with all the results from their inspections in the period 2008/9. The report outlines how all schools have performed in their latest Ofsted inspections and goes into further detail on how the education system is working as a whole. What was of […]
WV11-born former ‘Apprentice’ runner up Ruth Badger returns to Wednesfield to switch on the Christmas lights on Friday 27th November. The event begins at 3:30pm with the lights being switched on at around 4:30pm. Is it time to put your decorations up?