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Armed robbery at Lichfield Road Tesco Express

UPDATE: West Midlands Police have launched an appeal regarding the black and bright orange scrambler bike used in the robbery. More here. A Securicor van was today held up in an armed robbery at the Tesco Express on the corner of Linthouse Lane and Lichfield Road, Wednesfield. The guard, who was emptying a stand alone […]

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Environment News

Google Street View comes to Wednesfield

Google has today extended it’s Street View service to cover 95 per cent of the UK, making an extra 210,000 miles of detailed mapping images available online – including Wednesfield. As you can see by clicking on the street view image above, the majority of Wednesfield is now available to explore and you can literally […]

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Business Consumer Employment News Shopping

Just For Pets opens at Bentley Bridge on 25th March

The new Just For Pets store at Bentley Bridge Retail Park is due to open on Thursday 25th March according to the Express and Star. If you’re interested job vacancies, we suggest visiting the careers page on the Just For Pets website.

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Education News Poll Travel

What are your views on school parking?

Does your child’s school have a problem with parking? Do parents insist on parking dangerously close to the school entrance, despite double yellow lines, signage and pleas from the school? Perhaps you’re a resident who is sick of your drive being blocked by cars at school time? Or maybe you’re a parent who thinks that […]

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Success at Bentley Bridge after 5 years of struggle

The Express and Star looks at the current success of Wednesfield’s Bentley Bridge Retail Park in this recent article. As previously reported, national chain Cosmo is due to open it’s new Pan Asian restaurant next month which will serve food from China, Japan and Mongolia, creating 38 jobs. JD Sports is also rumoured to be […]

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Arts Employment News

Famous, Rich and Jobless – BBC TV show brings celeb to Wednesfield

Next week a new BBC TV documentary called ‘Famous, Rich and Jobless’ in which four celebrities learn about the realities of unemployment will feature the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker Bowles’ niece Emma Parker Bowles behind the bar at the Noah’s Ark pub in Wednesfield. Celebs Larry Lamb, Diarmuid Gavin, Emma Parker Bowles and Meg […]

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Introducing Lee Matthews Blackbelt Academy

Recently we were contacted by Carl Rowntree, a instructor from Lee Matthews Blackbelt Academy who have recently begun Martial Arts classes in Wednesfield. Here’s what Carl had to say: I am writing to introduce the Lee Matthews Blackbelt Academy and to let WV11 readers know that we have just opened a new satellite school in […]

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