Following Wolverhampton City Council’s controversial plans to merge Libraries, Community Centres and Youth Centres into ‘Community Hubs’ across the city over the next 5 years, a number of public consultation events have been scheduled to allow residents to find out more about the plans.

As ever, WV11.co.uk remains neutral on such issues, however we would like to encourage residents in Wednesfield to attend these meetings and find out the facts about proposals.

Unfortunately there have been a lot of unfounded rumours flying around and Express & Star headlines such as “Wolverhampton Libraries Facing Closure” do not help matters. Non of the Libraries, Community Centres or Youth Centres in Wednesfield are facing closure under the new proposals.

Wednesfield & Long Knowle will remain largely unaffected with new joined entrances being proposed.

In Ashmore Park the proposals are to relocate the Library and Community Centre to the current Youth Centre site. This would see extensive work to make the site fit for purpose as a Community Hub.

WV11.co.uk have taken part in meetings with the a group of local people working together under the banner of the ‘Ashmore Park Community Hubs Advisory Group’. This group recently met with Cllr Elias Mattu and council officers to discuss the proposed changes in Ashmore Park and to address resident’s questions and concerns. We will be writing a follow up article in a few days with the feedback we were given at this meeting.

For now, we urge you to attend one of the following meetings to find out more about the proposals for yourself:

Wednesfield & Falling Park LNP Meeting

24th September, 6:30pm
Jennie Lee Centre
Local Neighbourhood Partnership meeting

Library meetings and drop in sessions

Wednesfield
September 3 to October 5 during library open times
Wednesfield Library, 2 Well Lane, Wednesfield, WV11 1XT

Long Knowle
September 3 to October 5 during library open times
Long Knowle Library, Wood End Road, Wednesfield, WV11 1YG

Ashmore Park
October 16 at 2pm until 6pm
Ashmore Park Library, Griffiths Drive, Wednesfield, WV11 2JW

Community Centre meetings and drop in sessions

Wednesfield
August 20 to October 19 during centre open times
Wednesfield Community Centre, 2 Well Lane, Wednesfield, WV11 1XT

Long Knowle
October 18 at 6.30pm until 7.30pm (meeting)
August 20 to October 19 during centre open times (opportunity to comment)
Long Knowle Community Centre, Wood End Road, Wednesfield, WV11 1YG

Ashmore Park
October 2 at 7pm until 8pm (meeting)
August 20 to October 19 during centre open times (opportunity to comment)
Ashmore Park Community Centre, Griffiths Drive, Ashmore Park, WV11 2LJ

Youth Club meetings

Wednesfield Youth Club
September 13 at 7pm
Wednesfield Community Centre, 2 Well Lane, Wednesfield, WV11 1XT

Long Knowle Youth Club
September 20 at 7pm
Long Knowle Community Centre, Wood End Road, Wednesfield, WV11 1YG

Ashmore Park Youth Centre
September 17 at 7pm
Ashmore Park Youth Centre, Griffiths Drive, Ashmore Park

More information can be found online at www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/communityhubs.

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Tweets from the Wednesfield North PACT Meeting, held at Ashmore Park Community Centre on Tuesday, 25th September 2012.

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A volunteer-run Community Centre home to numerous community groups is the latest place to fall victim to a spate of burglaries in Ashmore Park.

Thieves broke into Ashmore Park Community Centre on Griffiths Drive yesterday (Thurs 29th Nov) between 4pm and 7pm, ransacking the office which is staffed by volunteers and stole a computer, whilst damaging doors, desks and filling cabinets.

This is the 12th burglary reported in the area in 3 weeks and Police have stepped up local patrols in an effort to catch those responsible.

Residents are being urged to be vigilant and make sure that their homes are secure. (Click here to see our Burglary Advice article).

Police are asking for witnesses or anyone with information to call them on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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Update from Sgt Simon Causer:

Wednesfield Burglaries

Traditionally this time of year can see a spike in burglary offences being committed, a combination of the darker nights and the fact that people are stocking up early on Christmas presents is too much of a temptation to a burglar.

Between 1st October and 30th November this year we have seen 58 burglaries in the Wednesfield Area, 35 were burglaries of peoples homes. The same period last year saw 51 offences of which 21 were of peoples homes. These are spread across Ashmore Park, Wednesfield, Wood End, March End, Castlebridge, Linthouse areas.

At this very moment two adult males are being interviewed by Local Detectives regarding burglary offences.

Crime Prevention

We urge residents to take some simple crime prevention steps which could stop them being a victim. Simple steps such as making sure doors and windows are closed and locked, even when you are at home. This includes doors at the rear of homes. All too often burglars will try this means of entry first as it is less obvious to passers by. Leaving a light on when you go out. Ensuring that there are no tools left in your gardens overnight which the opportunist burglar can use to enter your home.

Advent Calendar

While burglary across the force is reducing, it continues to be a priority for us, especially in the run up to Christmas. We recognise the long-term impact that burglary has on victims and their invasion of privacy so we work hard reduce burglary and bring offenders to justice.

The force is launching an advent calendar tomorrow. Read the press release which contains details here. http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/latest-news/press-release.asp?ID=4125

Essentially it will contain crime prevention advice and info in the run up to Christmas. The link below is to the advent calendar and will be live from tomorrow. (1st Dec 2012)

http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/misc/advent/

As an LPU Wolverhampton has introduced Operation Arrow as a method to target burglaries across the City. This involves a number of activities involving Uniform and Plain Clothes Officers from a variety of teams including Response Teams, CID, Neighbourhood Teams and our Offender management team. This is addition to the regular patrols by both your Neighbourhood Officers and the Local Neighbourhood Wardens. Officers and Wardens across Wolverhampton are involved in leaflet drops to residents offering crime prevention advice. The Local Neighbourhood Partnership is actively visiting victims to offer further security advice and simple effective alarms to prevent them becoming a repeat victim. Being the victim of a burglary once is once too many times.

We urge the Community to contact us if they see anything suspicious. If anyone has any information as to who is responsible for these crimes please contact your local Neighbourhood Team, the CID at Bilston Street or Crimestoppers. Any information you have could help us to reduce further the offences being committed.

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Rev Claire Turner at St Thomas’ has sent us a list of all the local Churches’ services over the Christmas 2012 period.

Check out the events listing page for more info.

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Last night saw the annual Christmas Concert at St. Thomas’s church. Once more Ashmore Park Choir were performing in this, their 40th year. There was a full concert with many soloists and to break up the singing there was a reading, an ode and a monologue.

Terry Green as Musical Director was on top form as always, along with his assistant conductor Mr John Billau. Ros Green was the accompanist and Gillian Edwards the organist at St. Thomas’s played magnificently as always. Many carols were sung including favourites which we could all join in and sing together; Once in Royal David’s City, Hark the Herald Angels Sing and my particular favourite, O Come All Ye Faithful to name but a few.

There were solo performances by Rita Williams, Sue Ridgway, Steve Robotham,, Sandra Lloyd, and a new carol I hadn’t heard before performed by Jill Hatton called The Monkey’s Carol  The non singing entertainment was Geraldine Blanchette doing a Gervais Phinn reading about Our Wayne in a manger, and an Ode about pensioners shopping at B&Q  by Clive William and finally a Christmas Monologue by The Bard of Wednesfield, Irene Dodd, was the last but not least non singing contribution.

At half time there were drinks and mincepies which were put on by the ladies and Gentlemen of the Church.

It was a wonderful night and over a Thousand pounds was raised for Christian Aid. Sales of the Jubilee Concert  CD and the lovely Calendar were also good.  The Choir also made a donation from their CD sales to Compton Hospice.

This is always the start of Christmas for me and once again Terry Green and his Performers did a wonderful job as always .

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Every year volunteers for the Rotary club bring Santa to the streets of Wednesfield making collections for charity and spreading a little Christmas cheer along the way and this year is no different. Below is a list of dates where Santa and his Rotary friends will be hitting the streets around our way.

Please bare in mind Santa and his helpers are volunteers, they can not get everywhere they’d like to in the limited time they have and while start and finish times are published we cannot say with any accuracy exact times for set streets. Most collections with the Sleigh commence at 6.00pm and end at about 8.00pm other vary see listings below BUT this is all dependent on road conditions, the way cars are parked allowing for access volunteers and whole array of other eventualities beyond their control….

TR –  Turn right
TL –  Turn left
SO – Straight Over 

Route 1 Thursday 13 December 2012

Start: Whitehouse Avenue
TR        Shardlow Road
TL         Rocester Avenue
TR        Overseal Road
TL         Shardlow Road
TL         Spondon Road
TR        Measham Way
TR        Springhill Road
TR        Wootton Avenue
TR        Duckhouse Road
TR        Wootton Avenue
TL        Ridge Lane
END

Route 2  Friday 14 December 2012.

Start:  Wimbourne Road
TL         Newbolds Road
SO         Kingsway Road into Newbolds Road
SO         D’Eyncourt Road into Carlton Avenue
TL         Mullett Road
TR        Mill Lane
TL         Poplar Avenue
TL         Willow Avenue
TR        Beechwood Avenue
TR        Poplar Avenue
TR        Mill Lane
TL         LongMill Avenue
TL         Long Mill North  return and enter Long Mill South
END

Route 3 Saturday 15 December 2012

Start:  Yale Drive
TR        Calvert Crescent
TL         Teasel Road
TR        Silverton Drive
TR        Eastern Gardens return Silverton Drive
TL         Waddens Brook Lane
TL         Ellards Drive
TL         Seaton Close  return to Ellards Drive TL
TL         Smallshire Close  return to Ellards Drive TL
Then Drive to Brackenwood Drive
TL         Longmoor Close  return Brakenwood Drive TL
SO         Brackenwood Drive
TR        Ferndown Gardens  return Brakenwood Drive
TL        Broad Lane South TL intoSouthfield Road
TL         Orwell Close return Southfield Road TL
TR        Hawthorne Road return Southfield Road TR
TR        Firsdale Road
TL         Rosalind Grove return Firsdale Road
TL         Silverton Way
TR        Redstone Drive
TR        Egmont Gardens return Redstone Drive TR
TL         Holberg Grove
TR        Silverton Way
TR        Lyndale Drive
TL         Hopton Crescent return Lyndale Drive TR
TR        Raymond Gardens return Lyndale Drive TR
TR        Westport Crescent
END

Route 4 Sunday 16 December 2012  (commences approx 2.00pm)

Start:   Olinthus Avenue
TR        Lichwood Road
TR        Olinthus Avenue
TR        Lich Avenue
TR        Olinthus Avenue
TR        Moathouse Lane East
TL         Wright Avenue
TL         Day Avenue
TR        Pritchard Avenue
TR        Davenport Road
TL         Wright Avenue
TL         Hyde Road
TR        Hylstone Crescent
Into Moat House Lane East finish at junction with Wright Avenue
END

Route 5 Sunday 16 December 2012   (commences approx 4.30pm)

Start:   Clanfield Avenue
TL         Clanfield Avenue into Fitzmaurice Road
TL         Gadsby Avenue
TL         Peacock Avenue
TR        Whiston Avenue
TL         Ecclestone Road
TL        Griffiths Drive
TR        Ashmore Avenue
END

Route 6 Monday 17 December 2012

 

Start: Coleman Avenue
TR        Perry Hall Road
TL         Lawrence Avenue
T Sharp right at Lawrence island
SO       Perry Hall Road into Haden Crescent
TR        Perry Hall Roa
SO       Stubby Lane into Ratcliffe Road
TL         Merrick Road
TR        Castlebridge Road
TR        Merrick Road
TR        Pool Road
TR        Wyrley Road
TR        Castlebridge Road
END

Route 7 Tuesday  18 December 2012

Start:   Victoria Road
TL         Graisley Lane
TL         Frederick Road
SO         Nordley Road into Woden Avenue
TR        Woden Crescent
TR        Woden Avenue
TR        School Road
TL         Vicarage Road
TL         Nordley Road
SO       Frederick Road/Woden Avenue
TL         West AvenueintoNorth Avenue
TR        East Avenue
BL        into South Avenue
TR        Graisley Lane
TR        Victoria Road
TL         Parkhouse Avenue/Highfield Crescent/The Grove.
END

Route 8 Thursday 20 December 2012

Start: Fairview Road
TL         Fairview Crescent
TL         Fairview Road
SO         D’Eyncourt Road into Sambrook Road
TL         Kingsway Road
TR        Wimbourne Road
TR        Cadman Crescent
SO       Kingsway Road into Cadman Crescent
SO       D’Eyncourt Road into Hatton Crescent
END

Route 9  Friday 21 December 2012

Start: Buttermere Drive
TL         Thirlmere Drive
TR        High Hill
TR        Wolverhampton Road
TL         Hill Street
TL         Hawthorn Road
TL         Brownshore Road
TL         Bognop Road
TL         Swynnerton Drive
Return Bognop Road/Brownshore Road
TL         Larchmere Drive
END

Static Collections

SAINSBURY’S – Friday 14 and Saturday 15 December.
HIGH STREET – Saturday 22 December.
PUBS – Friday 21 December

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St Alban’s Church in Ashmore Park is hosting the Alpha Course starting on Wednesday, 23rd January.

Here’s the details…

Alpha Course at St. Alban’s Church

Do you like tasty food and good company?

Would you like to discuss life and faith openly and honestly without feeling judged?

Are you interested in things like whether prayer works, who Jesus is, whether God guides us, if the Bible is relevant and how we can have faith?

If the answer is yes, then try Alpha and see if you like it.

When – ten Wednesday evenings, starting on Wednesday the 23rd January

Time – 7.00pm till 9.30 pm

Where – St. Alban’s House, next to St Alban’s Church, Griffiths Drive, Ashmore Park.

What to expect?

- A warm welcome

- Good food and drink

- An interesting talk on an aspects of Christian faith

- Open discussion where you can be honest about your opinions and questions.

- Good fun and new friendships

For more info call Sam on 01902 732317 or email revsamleach@gmail.com.

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Plans for Ashmore Park’s new Community Hub are progressing at pace with local people having a direct input into the design of the building.

The new Community Hub, which will be based at the existing Ashmore Park Youth Centre on Griffiths Drive will see library, community centre & youth services brought together under one roof in order to reduce running costs and protect services. The image above is an Architect’s mock up of how the new Hub building could look once it’s completed.

Since Wolverhampton City Council’s Cabinet agreed plans to create a number of Community Hubs across the City in November 2012, a design group made up of residents, community, youth and library staff, as well as volunteers has met regularly with Council architects to draw up plans for the new Hub.

The design group has worked to identify the needs of service users and address any issues that have arisen, whilst ensuring community services and facilities remain on the estate.

The Plans

The plans, which have been drawn up by Wolverhampton City Council architects and adapted several times at the request of the design group will see a brand new extension built to house Library facilities, creating a link between the two existing Youth Centre buildings, whilst flexible, multi-purpose rooms will be available for the community to use.

Other plans include a new combined fitness gym, an IT suite and wifi throughout the building, as well as major refurbishment of the existing sports hall roof and changing rooms.

Have Your Say

With the plans yet to be finalised, the design group has organised a drop in session in order to give residents an opportunity to see the plans in further detail and have their say.

The drop in session will be held at Ashmore Park Youth Centre from 7pm – 8:30pm on Wednesday 13th February.

Local residents are encouraged to attend the drop in and speak to design group members about the plans – comments can also be left and these will be fed back into planning meetings.

If the plans are approved it is hoped that Ashmore Park’s new Community Hub will open in March 2014.

Previous Hubs Coverage

• Cabinet to consider a revised plan for Community Hubs
• Video: Community Hubs consultation
• Wednesfield Community Hubs consultation meeting notes
• Community Hubs consultation dates
• Changes to Library, Youth and Community services in Wolverhampton

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Wednesfield North Policing Team are looking for volunteers to take part in Community Speedwatch.

Residents taking part will be shown how to operate hand held speed guns and identify speeding drivers.

The next Community Speedwatch session takes place at 8:30am on Monday 25th March, 2013 in Ashmore Park.

Those interested in taking part should contact PC Richard Miller on r.j.miller@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk or call 101 and ask for Wednesfield Police Station.

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Thursday 4th April B.F Done and other local retailers are holding the Ashmore Park Easter Trail.

Running 10am – 4pm, The trail will start at the library where families will be given a sheet (depending on the children’s age) where they will follow the trail along the parade and back to the library. Completed sheets will be handed in to receive a prize and entered into a prize draw to win an Easter Hamper.

The clues will be displayed in selected shop windows and along the parade. It will be a fun free local community activity and hopefully will promote Ashmore Park Shopping Parade to ensure new and returning consumers. Thanks are being given to the majority of shops on the parade who are taking part and have been supportive.

Nationally a project is being run called INDIE EASTER this is is to promote independent shops and how just £1 spent in the local community has a significant effect to the local economy. More details can be found on their website www.indieeaster.co.uk.

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TLC

Tea – Laughter – Chat

New Parent and Baby Group

At  St Alban’s Church

Every Friday Morning

9.30am – 11.30am

A free, friendly welcome with tea and cakes and toys.

For more information please call

Jo Leach on 01902 732317

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The True Briton public house on Snape Road, Ashmore Park has undergone a face lift and is now under new management.

Run by experienced landord Kev and Rachel they are hoping to bring the venue back to life with a bar where adults can enjoy a pint and a lounge where families will be welcome to socialise together.

They are already planning a evenings of entertainment and other family events with the first being a UB40 tribute act on the 21st July.

Why not pop by this weekend say Hi, grab yourself a drink and sit outside in the sunshine.

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Come and join in at the Summer Fun Day at Ashmore Park Shopping Precinct, (the bottom shops) on Sat 27th July from 10am – 3pm!

The event, which has been organised by many of the groups behind last year’s Diamond Jubilee fun day at St Alban’s school, is set to be jam packed with activities for all of the family.

Activities planned for the day include:

• Climbing Wall
• Inflatable Rides / Bungee Run
• Face Painting & Badge Making
• Treasure Hunt
• Wolfie the Wolves Mascot
• Zumba Demonstration
• Dance Mats & Activities
• Arts & Craft Stalls
• Charity Tom Bolla
• Fire Engine
• Police Cars & Vans
• St John Ambulance
• Police Dogs & Puppies
• Bike Maintenance
• Cycling Challenge
• Wednesfield Aces
• Football Tournament
• Scouting Demonstration

Support your local shops and buy refreshments from them!

*Please note that the precinct car park next to the Library will be closed to traffic during the day as the area will be used for demonstrations and activities. If you need to park, please use the Ashmore Inn or any of the other local car parks as these will be open as usual.

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Update 5th Oct: The man’s death is not being treated as suspicious and Police have handed responsibility of the case over to the coroner.

Our thoughts go out to the man’s family and friends.

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A man’s body has been discovered in Ashmore Park this afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the back of the ‘bottom shops’ on Griffiths Drive at around 4:30pm this afternoon (4th Oct) to reports of man’s body being found.

The death is being treated as unexplained at this stage and enquiries are ongoing. We will publish further information when we have it.

Anyone with information is asked to called West Midlands Police on 101.

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Work is well under way to create the new Ashmore Park Community Hub.

And residents and community leaders were able to see progress for themselves when they took a tour of the site.

The hub is the first of number of developments across the city which will bring information and library services and youth and community facilities under one roof.

By doing so, Wolverhampton City Council hopes to protect these important services in the face of Government cuts.

At Ashmore Park, a 134m2 glass and steel extension is being built to house a library and link together the existing youth club and sports hall buildings – both of which are being refurbished to create flexible facilities that can be used by the whole community.

Both Ashmore Park Library and Ashmore Park Community Centre, which are on the same road, will relocate to the new facility, which will open for the first time in May 2014.

The new hub will also feature a new community gym including showers and changing facilities, six multi-purpose meeting rooms, a lounge and kitchen and IT facilities, as well as additional parking.

Contractors AM Griffiths have been on site for three weeks, and are busy stripping out some of the internal fittings before the main construction work gets underway.

Local residents and community organisations played an instrumental part in the Community Design Group which shaped the proposals.

Design Group member and WV11.co.uk co-founder James Clarke said: “The members of the community-led design group have worked really hard guiding the design process for the hub and we are looking forward to seeing this much needed facility opening on our estate in 2014.”

Councillor Elias Mattu, Wolverhampton City Council’s Cabinet Member for Leisure and Communities, said: “We’re pleased that we’re now starting to see the new Ashmore Park Community Hub taking shape. This is an exciting point in the development of the hub, which I am confident will become a popular and well-used facility for the people of Ashmore Park.”

He added: “This is one of the first in a network of hubs which we are developing across the city as we try to protect important services in the face of swingeing Government cuts.

“By bringing them together under one roof, we hope to make them both more cost-effective and also more easily accessible to customers.

“The new Ashmore Park hub will offer more space and flexibility for community activities than is available at the current community centre, and there will be opportunities for social events and private parties which can’t presently be accommodated there.”

Ashmore Park Library and Ashmore Park Community Centre will continue to operate as usual while construction work takes place, but to enable the improvements to be carried out to the youth club and sports hall some services are being altered during this time.

As a result, Tuesday and Thursday youth club sessions have been temporarily relocated to Ashmore Park Community Centre, while the regular sessions for young people from St Albans, Corpus Christi and Coppice schools are being provided at St Albans Church Hall every Monday and Friday. Youth workers are also offering a variety of outreach sessions around the local area.

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A man has died following an accident in Kitchen Lane, Ashmore Park today.

West Midlands Ambulance Service were called to reports of a road traffic collision shortly before 9.30am this morning.

An ambulance, a rapid response vehicle, a paramedic area support officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford were sent to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle that had been in collision with a lamp post.

“The driver, a man, was found to be in cardiac arrest. Crews commenced advanced life support at the scene but unfortunately nothing could be done to save the man who was confirmed deceased at the scene.”

Thoughts go out to the man’s family and friends.

Source: West Midlands Ambulance Service.

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Detectives are hunting three robbers following a raid at the Ashmore Park One Stop this morning (Wednesday 23 October).

Police were alerted to the crime just before 6am when staff dialled 999 to report that three offenders with their faces covered entered the shop and threatened the two workers.

Local officers flooded the area and Staffordshire Police were alerted to the crime to help with the search for the offenders.

Detective Sergeant Paul Reeves, from force CID is leading the investigation. He said: “The investigation is in its very early stages but a number of witnesses have been spoken to and forensic scene investigators also scoured the store for clues.”

Cash, cigarettes and a black BMW 335 which belonged to one of the workers were stolen. Although badly shaken by their ordeal neither of the shop staff were physically injured.

Anyone with information which may aid the investigation should call Det Sgt Reeves police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Businesses can get free anti-raid advice at: www.safer-streets.org

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Relatives of a man who passed away earlier this month are being asked to get in touch with Wolverhampton City Council.

David Perry, who lived in the Ashmore Park area, died on Friday 4 October, 2013. He was 48.

It is thought Mr Perry was the man discovered collapsed in Ashmore Park.

The council’s Court of Protection team is trying to trace Mr Perry’s relatives so that his funeral can be arranged.

Anyone who is related to Mr Perry, or has any information which may help trace his relatives, is asked to contact Elaine Thursfield on 01902 555740 or email elaine.thursfield@wolverhampton.gov.uk.

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Four men have been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery following a series of raids at convenience stores across south Staffordshire and neighbouring regions.

All four men will be appearing before magistrates in Cannock, today, Thursday, charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. They are:

Craig Osmund-Smith, aged 40, of Valley Road, Dudley;

Graham Aulton, aged 32, of High Street, Wednesfield;

Stewart Ferguson, aged 34, of Talbot Lane, Millfields, Bilston;

Alan Britton, aged 40, of Duke Street, Wolverhampton.

The four were arrested on Tuesday as part of a regional operation involving officers and staff from several forces (Staffordshire, West Midlands, West Mercia) and partner organisations (including the National Crime Agency and Central Motorway Policing Group).

They are charged in connection with seven robberies on convenience stores where cash and cigarettes were amongst the items stolen. The seven robberies took place at:

Sep 9: Tesco Express, Bilbrook Road, Codsall;

Sep 15: Tesco Express, Willenhall Road, Wolverhampton;

Sep 21: Spar Stores, Windmill Bank, Wombourne;

Sep 26: Co-op, Wolverhampton Road, Penkridge;

Oct 11: Sainsbury’s Local, Louise Street, Gornall;

Oct 16: Spar, Bayston Hill, Shewsbury;

  Oct 23: One Stop, Ashmore Park, Wolverhampton.

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