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Police make statement on Walsall Wood incidents
I know there’s currently a lot of rumour and speculation locally on social media about a series of incidents in Walsall Wood, last night, Monday, 30th December 2013 – a few people have been asking what went on – so here’s an official statement and a request for witnesses or other information from West Midlands Police.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 2013, 30th December, alarmist, anti social behaviour, assualt, Damage, Events, Facebook, Felicity Keane, fight, Fitness first, kicked, Lichfield, Nicky Biddlestone, Police, punched, SB, Street's Corner, Suspect, Taxi, teenagers, Twitter, Vandalism, Walsall, West Midlands Police, WMP, Wood
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Shot down
On Friday, 30th July 2010, six days after publishing an alarmist, flawed and shoddy scare story about Lichfield Road in Brownhills being ‘gun-plagued’, subsequently proven utterly wrong by West Midlands Police, the Walsall edition of the Express & Star contained this … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Express & Star, Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Shared media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged @ziksby, alarmist, Apology, Brownhills, correction, CS cannister, Elizabeth Joyce, Express & Star, Firearms crime, FOI, freedom of information, Gun crime, Gun plagued, Lichfield Road, Local media, local reporting, Roger Jones, Shire Oak, Superintendent Keith Fraser, The YamYam, transparency, Twitter, Walsall
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West Midlands Police respond to ‘Alarmist’ gun crime story
This morning, 29th July 2010, regular reader and helpful sort Roger Jones – @ziksby on twatter – supplied this comment in response to my ‘Shot in the foot‘ post, which was attempting to locate the truth behind an unpleasant, sensationalist … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Express & Star, Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Shared media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged @ziksby, alarmist, Brownhills, CS cannister, Elizabeth Joyce, Express & Star, Firearms crime, FOI, freedom of information, Gun crime, Gun plagued, Lichfield Road, Local media, local reporting, Roger Jones, Shire Oak, Superintendent Keith Fraser, The YamYam, transparency, Twitter, Walsall
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Shot in the foot
On Saturday, 24th July 2010, the Walsall Edition of the Express & Star ran a story that really annoyed me. The story also appeared online at the same time – you can see a screenshot of the story below in … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Express & Star, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Shared media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged alarmist, Brownhills, Elizabeth Joyce, Express & Star, Firearms crime, FOI, freedom of information, Gun crime, Gun plagued, Lichfield Road, Local media, local reporting, Shire Oak, The YamYam, transparency, Twitter, Walsall
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