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#365DaysOfBiking- September 24th - Near Anchor Bridge on the canal at Brownhills,... September 25, 2016
- September 24th - Heading for Chasewater from Brownhills along... September 25, 2016
- September 23rd - At Calton, high in the Weaver Hills, I was... September 25, 2016
- September 23rd - A chance day off and escape into the... September 25, 2016
- September 22nd - Also coming out better than expected was... September 22, 2016
- ISeptember 22nd - It was a pleasant but slightly chilly evening... September 22, 2016
- September 21st - I’d had to nip to Birmingham late, and came... September 22, 2016
- September 20th - It was so beautiful on the way home that I... September 22, 2016
- September 20th - Spotted in a customer’s cycle shed, two bikes... September 22, 2016
- September 19th - Freewheeling down Shire Oak Hill into... September 22, 2016
- September 19th - Yet another abundance this year of bright... September 22, 2016
- September 18th - I have no idea about this, as I’m no... September 19, 2016
Tag Archives: FOI
Derek Tickles: We salute you
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
Posted in Fun stuff to see and do, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Local politics, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Council
Tagged Cheap tat, Derek Tickles, Eric Pickles, FOI, freedom of information, Local politics, Mike Bird, Silly, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, What do they know, whatdotheyknow
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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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