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01 September 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Have your say on Wednesfield’s future school designs

Parents, pupils, residents and the general public are being invited to have their say on designs for Coppice Performing Arts School, Wednesfield High School and The Braybrook Centre, which are due to be refurbished as part of Wolverhampton City Council’s £300m Building Schools for the Future programme by 2013.
People will be able to see displays showing [...]

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25 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

St Alban’s C of E Primary School delays reopening for Autumn Term

As mentioned recently on our Facebook page, St Alban’s C of E Primary School in Ashmore Park has been forced to delay reopening for the Autumn Term due to building work over running.
The school has undergone a much needed refurbishment over the summer and the work has meant that the new term will now begin [...]

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25 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Armed Police seek sword wielding man in Essington

Armed Police descended on Essington early this morning after reports of a security guard being threatened by a man armed with what has been described as a machete or samurai sword.

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12 August 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Travellers leave Wednesfield site, clean up begins…

As reported by Wv11.co.uk last night, the travellers who have occupied the Colman Avenue / Ellards Fields site in Wednesfield for the past 10 days have now vacated the area.

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10 August 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Wednesfield teenager killed in cycling accident

A 16 year old school boy suffered serious injuries and subsequently died yesterday after being involved in a collision with a skip lorry.
Tyron Allen, from Ashmore Park, was cycling along Sandbeds Road, Willenhall at about 10.30am when the accident happened.
Paramedics and police at the scene attempted to save the youngster but he was pronounced dead [...]

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10 August 2010 ~ 1 Comment

More travellers in Coppice Farm / New Invention

It seems just across the border in WV12, Walsall residents are having similar problems as us in WV11.  The Yam Yam is reporting travellers have moved moved onto open land off Coppice Farm Way.  The field, which is located at the bottom of the “Black Path” and divides Ashmore Park from Coppice Farm/New [...]

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06 August 2010 ~ 3 Comments

Playground equipment removed from Wednesfield traveller site

The District Manager for Wolverhampton Parks & Green Spaces has informed Wednesfield & Fallings Park LNP that they are dismantling swings and any items that can be vandalised or stolen from the natural play area equipment and play park on the Coleman Avenue open space area (known as the Ellards Open space, Perry Hall Park) [...]

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