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Frequently updated headlines and news snippets for the Smethwick locality - provided courtesy of Express & Star. Full coverage of stories can be viewed online at ExpressandStar.com.
£15m Smethwick leisure centre plan
A new £15 million leisure centre will be built in the heart of Smethwick, bringing the town’s four existing centres under one roof and modernising facilities, Sandwell Council’s leader revealed today....
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Floods hit Midland Bank Holiday weekend events
Wet weather has forced organisers to cancel two events in the region planned to take place this bank holiday weekend....
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Six new jobs in Smethwick firm’s £1.5m expansion
A waste firm today revealed it will invest £1.5 million into its base and create six new jobs in the first phase of investment....
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Takeaway refused under obesity policy
A planned Indian takeaway has become the first in Sandwell to be refused under pioneering planning controls on new fast food restaurants, aimed at beating the borough’s obesity crisis....
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Trust group digs in to create allotment
A bit of help from Prince’s Trust volunteers based at a Black Country police station has served up a treat for a local charity....
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Dazzling colours shine as parade hits streets
Tens thousands of people took to the streets in the Midlands for one of the country’s largest Vaisakhi celebrations....
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Motorcyclist injured in Smethwick crash
A motorcyclist was in hospital with head injuries today after his bike was in collision with a car in Smethwick....
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Helicopter is used in hunt for missing boy aged 10
Police were today searching for a missing 10-year-old boy from Smethwick....
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Man is shot in Smethwick street row
A man was shot in the leg following a row at a pub in the Black Country....
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‘Magical’ time on stage for Smethwick pupils
Children, staff and parents from Crocketts Community Primary School, in Smethwick, were treated to a 'magical' performance of Jon Shepherd’s Reuben Whizzbanger's Magical Museum, by year 3 and 4....
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Blaze at Black Country garage destroys vehicles
Three cars were destroyed and two other vehicles damaged when flames tore through a garage in the Black Country....
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Anger mounting over planned death sentence of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana
Anger is growing among the Sikh community in the West Midlands at a planned execution due to take place in India tomorrow....
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M5 crash man woke to find brother had died
A fruit packer from the Black Country who cheated death in an M5 horror crash has told how he blacked out and woke up in hospital to discover his brother had died....
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Victims of M5 horror crash are named
A man from Smethwick who died following a horror crash on the M5 has today been named as father of three Liaquat Ali....
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Lorry driver dies after M5 bus crash horror
A driver whose lorry hit the back of a coach on the M5 in thick fog, killing a passenger and injuring more than 40, has died in hospital....
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£14,000 reward to find armed Pattingham raid gang
A businessman this afternoon offered a £14,000 reward to find the armed gang responsible for a terrifying raid on the luxury Pattingham home he shares with his fiancee – as he revealed the attack had “destroyed” their lives....
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Cancer woman welcomes GP suspension
A mother from Smethwick whose breast cancer spread undetected for more than a year despite nine visits to her GP has welcomed the suspension handed to the doctor....
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Experts wowed by IT use at Shireland Collegiate Academy
Lord Jim Knight, together with Doug Brown from Step A International, a world-wide educational, advisory organisation visited Shireland Collegiate Academy in Smethwick to look at the innovative use of technology used across the academy to support learning....
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Sandwell pictures from the past
A selection of Sandwell nostaligia photographs which are available to purchase online from the Express & Star....
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Fire closes Smethwick High Street
Smethwick’s busy High Street was closed today after flames broke out at a landmark pub....
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