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Blakedown WI

9:38am Thursday 16th May 2013

Members were asked to vote upon the National Resolution relating to the decline in our high streets.

Blakedown man jailed for cable theft

8:10am Tuesday 16th April 2013

A BLAKEDOWN man and two others from Stourbridge have each been put behind bars for 18 months after the theft of valuable overhead telecommunications cable brought chaos to homes and a pub business in the Iverley area.

Blakedown WI

10:00am Friday 5th April 2013

Doreen Jeeves talked about the work of the ‘Associated Country Women of the World’ (known within WI as ACWW) at the latest meeting.

Team Churchill and Blakedown wins Wyre Forest parish games

Worthy winners: Councillors from Churchill and Blakedown Parish Council pick up a cheque for £50.

7:50am Tuesday 26th March 2013

CHURCHILL and Blakedown Parish Council has won a financial boost after finishing first in this year’s parish games quiz.

Heathfield pupils past and present celebrate nursery's 10 years

Birthday party: Trying to fit on some of the nursery’s play equipment, from left, Tara Biddle, 11, William Howell-Morgan, 11 and Joshua Tidmarsh, 12.

8:00am Saturday 9th March 2013

STAFF and current and past pupils at a Wolverley school have celebrated 10 years of its day nursery.

Plans to rescue Blakedown signal box underway

7:30am Monday 21st January 2013

PLANNING permission is being sought to move a 19th-century signal box in Blakedown after Network Rail made plans to demolish it.

Jewellery stolen in Blakedown burglary

12:04pm Tuesday 15th January 2013

TWO watches have been stolen after thieves gained entry through a garage in a burglary in Blakedown yesterday.

Blakedown PACT meetings replaced with drop-in surgeries

12:10pm Wednesday 9th January 2013

PARTNERS and Community Together (PACT) meetings will be replaced with informal drop-in surgeries in Blakedown and Churchill.

Blakedown school boy takes part in harbour swim

Cold water: Paul and Sam Baggott after their Christmas day swim.

7:40am Wednesday 2nd January 2013

A 12-year-old Wyre Forest Swimming Club member made a splash on Christmas day by swimming across Weymouth Harbour.

Blakedown WI

5:00pm Wednesday 19th December 2012

The Drama Group reflected on the very special year of 2012 with the Olympic Games and  the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in their annual production entitled Happy and Glorious.

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I am a keen angler and can say that some so-called anglers kill more wildlife and fish than Keith the seal will ever do. They leave tins, bottles, line, hooks and many other items that kill thousands of wildlife species every year.  − VINCE SMITH, Kidderminster

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Surely parents could make a nice family breakfast in the comfort of their own homes before they go to work, rather than send the children out in the cold and wet at least an hour earlier to get it at the youth cafe. − PAT JONES, Bewdley

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