Express & Star » Edition - Lichfield: http://www.expressandstar.com Midlands News – West Midlands Local News - UK News Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Downpours shower region with chaos http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/06/downpours-shower-region-with-chaos/ http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/06/downpours-shower-region-with-chaos/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:15:00 +0000 Lara Page http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/06/downpours-shower-region-with-chaos/ visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/06/downpours-shower-region-with-chaos/feed/ Police bonuses soar to £2.7m http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/06/police-bonuses-soar-to-27m/ http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/06/police-bonuses-soar-to-27m/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:00:00 +0000 Lara Page http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/06/police-bonuses-soar-to-27m/ Bonus payouts for police officers in the West Midlands doing dangerous jobs have increased more than five-fold in three years to over £2.7 million, the Express & Star can exclusively reveal.

Almost half of the force’s bobbies shared a bonus of £2,767,318.

In 2005 the … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/04/fear-as-999-chief-takes-two-jobs/feed/ 200,000 to be hit as car tax soars http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/04/200000-to-be-hit-as-car-tax-soars/ http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/04/200000-to-be-hit-as-car-tax-soars/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:33:20 +0000 Tim Walters http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/04/200000-to-be-hit-as-car-tax-soars/ visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/04/200000-to-be-hit-as-car-tax-soars/feed/ Minister apologises for eco-town ad error http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/04/minister-apologises-for-eco-town-ad-error/ http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/04/minister-apologises-for-eco-town-ad-error/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:29:11 +0000 Tim Walters http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/04/minister-apologises-for-eco-town-ad-error/ A Government minister has apologised over an advert which was printed in support of a proposed eco-town near Lichfield.

The city’s MP Michael Fabricant received the written apology from Caroline Flint, the Government minister for housing and planning, over an advert claiming the … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/04/bank-set-to-hold-interest-rates/feed/ Lichfield firmly on the map http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/03/lichfield-firmly-on-the-map/ http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/03/lichfield-firmly-on-the-map/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:42:10 +0000 Craig Birch http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/03/lichfield-firmly-on-the-map/ Lichfield will be firmly on the map when its main library hosts a display of historic Ordnance Survey maps of the city on September 13.

It will be part of a local history open day to be held at the library. The maps will be on view between 10am and 3pm.

The library team leader for information and local studies, Scott Rosenberg, said: … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/03/lichfield-firmly-on-the-map/feed/ 60 homes in Lichfield given go-ahead http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/03/60-homes-in-lichfield-given-go-ahead/ http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/03/60-homes-in-lichfield-given-go-ahead/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:40:46 +0000 Craig Birch http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/03/60-homes-in-lichfield-given-go-ahead/ Plans to build more than 60 homes on the former Victoria Hospital in Lichfield have been given the go-ahead.

The building in Friary Road was the subject of a campaign to try to save its ornate 1930s frontage from demolition.

But the frontage of the much-loved building was torn down in August last year, as protesters looked on.

Yet campaigners have now welcomed the … [visit site to read more]

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