Tag Archives: FOI

Derek Tickles: We salute you

Posted on December 20, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

  I spend a lot of time trawling freedom of information requests on whatdotheyknow.com – I’d like to say the activity is for worthy research purposes, but often it’s just plain old nosiness. Some requests are painstaking and fascinating, some … Continue reading →

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Shot down

Posted on August 1, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

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 →

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West Midlands Police respond to ‘Alarmist’ gun crime story

Posted on July 29, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

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 →

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Shot in the foot

Posted on July 28, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

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 →

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