Work is set to start later this year on the first houses to be built on the former Goodyear factory site in Wolverhampton – and they should be followed soon after by a controversial new supermarket.
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Hooded raiders have struck at a supermarket in Kidderminster – and detectives believe the same men are responsible for earlier driving head on at a police car almost forcing it off the road.
Supermarket plan at Goodyear site
Rugby player, 22, dies in his sleep
A 22-year-old amateur rugby player from Worcestershire has died in his sleep.
Police sergeant arrested over assault of wife
A Walsall police officer has been suspended from his job and will face a crown court trial after being arrested for assault.
Rethink on visitors ban at New Cross
Angry relatives have forced a rethink on the visitor ban at New Cross Hospital enforced to control an outbreak of the norovirus winter vomiting bug, it emerged today.
£1.7m cost of unused fire HQ
A giant fire control centre that will handle all emergency calls for the West Midlands is costing taxpayers more than £1.7m a year – despite it not yet being up-and-running.
Woman’s leg impaled on fence spike
A woman became impaled on a spiked fence after trying to take a shortcut through the yard of a Black Country car sales garage.
40 firefighters battle blaze at paint factory
Forty firefighters were called to a Black Country paint plant after reports of a fire in an extractor system.
Blazers and bags ban for children at Tesco
Schoolchildren are being banned from wearing blazers and taking bags into a Tesco store in the Black Country.
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