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1 week ago | 
expressandstar.com | Daniel Walton
Second World War veterans, aged from 98 to 104 years old, are to meet the King at a Buckingham Palace tea party in a special event to help mark VE Day, the Royal British Legion has said.
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1 week ago | 
expressandstar.com | Daniel Walton
High pressures are set to bring more moderate temperatures to the West Midlands and Black Country as we face more sunshine in the week ahead. Bank holiday Monday promises to remain dry for the rest of the day as the region experiences sporadic clouds, interspaced with sunnier weather developing in the afternoon.
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1 week ago | 
expressandstar.com | Daniel Walton
The crisis-hit council passed through another painful budget earlier this year which included an enormous wave of ‘savings’ and cuts to services, as well as a council tax hike for a second successive year. One particularly divisive proposal was to introduce parking charges at Sutton Park in Sutton Coldfield, Lickey Hills Country Park, on the Worcestershire border, and Sheldon Country Park, close to Birmingham Airport.
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1 week ago | 
expressandstar.com | Daniel Walton
Landywood Primary School, on Holly Lane, Great Wyrley, is a school where students put respect and self-development above all else. The school's pupils are taught to hold themselves to a high account via their R.E.S.P.E.C.T system, a set of seven traits that help develop a pupil's future of learning through showing respect and working as a team.
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1 week ago | 
expressandstar.com | Daniel Walton
Dudley Council has given notice that three separate roads are due to close to make way for various works around the region. The works are set to take place between May 5 to May 23, with diversions being put into place for each closure. See the list of closures, their closure date and their diversions below: Stocking Street, Lye. Stocking Street will be close to traffic for the purpose of gas mains repairs being carried out near or on the road.
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1 week ago | 
expressandstar.com | Daniel Walton
Eco-minded runners raised concerns over transport options for this year's AJ Bell Great Birmingham Run due to the 'close-cutting' arrival times of public transport services. The concerns were raised after it was found that many of the train and tram services around the West Midlands would arrive in Birmingham only minutes before the start of the Great Birmingham Run.
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1 week ago | 
expressandstar.com | Daniel Walton
Natalie Bailey, of Copthorpe Road, in Great Barr, who ran a private boarding kennel in Birmingham admitted a series of animal welfare offences against three dogs, with one needing to be put down. Bailey was investigated by the RSPCA investigators after concerns were raised by a member of staff at a vet when a bulldog was brought to the building in a suffering state.
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1 week ago | 
expressandstar.com | Daniel Walton
The streets of Wolverhampton were filled with dhol drums, flags and plenty of smiling faces as members of the Sikh community celebrated the religious festival of Vaisakhi on Sunday. Vaisakhi, also known as Baisakhi or Mesadi, celebrates the year 1699 - the year when Sikhism was born as a collective faith.
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1 week ago | 
expressandstar.com | Daniel Walton
Hednesford Town Football Club has said that a supporter who was taken ill was 'responsive' upon being airlifted from the stadium during Saturday's game. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Hednesford Town have said that a fan who was struck ill during their promotion game against Congleton Town at Keys Park was 'alive and responsive' when they were airlifted from the stadium.
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1 week ago | 
expressandstar.com | Daniel Walton
On an explosive day for English football, Hednesford Town secured promotion to the seventh tier following their spectacular 2-0 victory over Congleton Town at Keys Park on Saturday. The Pitmen secured the win after strikes from Jake Jervis and Jack Bearne hit the net, with the team facing a decent opposition from Congleton all throughout the match.
