Black Country news and blogs Friday 29 November 2013
Elderly people
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Fears grow for missing Great Barr pensioner
Birmingham Mail 28 Nov 13
Diabetic OAP who suffers from dementia has not been seen since Wednesday afternoon…
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Oldbury pensioner attacked by two robbers
Halesowen News 28 Nov 13
AN elderly man was the victim of a terrifying robbery by two men who burst into his Oldbury home and tried to gag him before escaping with an undisclosed amount of cash.
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Robbery thugs pin down raid victim aged 88
Express & Star 28 Nov 13
An elderly man was pinned down by robbers who held a cloth over his face as they stole cash from his home.
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Age UK recommended for £750 towards Christmas celebration in Brierley Hill
Brierley Hill Blog & Guide 27 Nov 13
Age UK Dudley has been recommended for a £750 Community First grant after expressing concerns about older people in Brierley Hill, feeling lonely and missing family and loved ones who have passed away, during the Christmas period.
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‘Mighty wave of pensioner objections will flood the streets of West Midlands’
Coventry Telegraph 27 Nov 13
Free bus fare worries and binmen complaints – Coventry Telegraph Letters for November 27…
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Police believe pensioner found in Smethwick road was hit-and-run victim
Express & Star 26 Nov 13
An elderly man who died after being found injured in the road is believed to have been hit by a ‘large vehicle’ which then fled the scene, police said today, as neighbours paid tribute to him.
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Pensioner, 89, injured in fall on busy Wolverhampton road
Express & Star 26 Nov 13
A pensioner suffered head injuries after falling over on a busy road in Wolverhampton today.
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Police Appeal after Beakes Road hit-and-run
Bearwood Blog 26 Nov 13
POLICE are appealing for information after an elderly man was found lying in Beakes Road, Smethwick on Saturday evening , 23 November at around 9.30pm .
Blog feature
Gig #113: The Hare and Hounds, Minworth. 22nd November 2013
Dave Pitt 25 Nov 13
It’s rarely a standard gig when it’s for David Rees-Jones.
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Elderly man dies after ‘being hit by vehicle’ in Smethwick
Express & Star 25 Nov 13
An elderly man has died after police believe he may have been hit by a vehicle in Smethwick.
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Speed limit to be cut at Stourbridge accident blackspot
Express & Star 25 Nov 13
The speed limit on a busy route will be cut from 40 mph to 30 mph following a spate of accidents, including the death of an elderly woman who was knocked down.
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Elderly man dies after ‘being hit by vehicle’ in Smethwick
Express & Star 24 Nov 13
An elderly man has died after police believe he may have been hit by a vehicle in Smethwick.
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Free travel axe plans are subject of meeting
Express & Star 23 Nov 13
Plans to take away free train and tram travel from pensioners in the West Midlands are to be discussed by councillors on Monday.
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Five teenagers held in probe on racist attacks
Express & Star 23 Nov 13
Five teenagers have been arrested as police probe a series of terrifying racially-motivated attacks – including an assault on two pensioners.
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PROPOSED PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FROM CENTRO
Cllr Keith Linnecor: Labour - Oscott 22 Nov 13
As you will see from the press release from Centro there is no threat to the national pensioners bus pass from the possible proposals from Centro.
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Car hits tree in Kingswinford
Stourbridge News 22 Nov 13
AN elderly man was trapped in his car after it hit a tree in Kingswinford.
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Pensioners vow to fight huge cuts to Coventry bus and rail services
Coventry Telegraph 22 Nov 13
OAP group campaigns against £14m savings over the next two years which could see free travel for elderly people scrapped…
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Battle is launched over plans to cut free travel for pensioners
Express & Star 22 Nov 13
A campaign is being launched against ‘terrible’ plans to strip pensioners of free train and tram travel and cut funding for Ring and Ride services.
NHS
Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG wins social enterprise award
NHS Newsroom 20 Nov 13
Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has won an award for its partnership with Agewell – a local social enterprise offering befriending and support services to older people.
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Helping residents at every stage of their life
Staffordshire CC: Chief Exec's blog - Nick Bell 20 Nov 13
Helping our communities to be more independent, resilient, and plan for their future has for a number of years been at the heart of what we do to engender community wellbeing.
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Conman jailed for four years after targeting vulnerable victims in Stourbridge
Stourbridge News 20 Nov 13
A CONMAN who targeted pensioners in Stourbridge and Halesowen to pocket hundreds of pounds from telling them sob stories has been jailed for four years.
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Conman who preyed on Halesowen pensioners jailed
Halesowen News 20 Nov 13
A CONMAN who pocketed hundreds of pounds by from Halesowen pensioners by telling them sob stories has been jailed for four years.
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Concerns over Sandwell pensioner missing from care home
Express & Star 20 Nov 13
Concern is growing for the welfare of a Smethwick pensioner who went missing from her care home without her medication four days ago.
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Axe threat to free West Midlands travel for elderly in Centro cuts
Express & Star 20 Nov 13
Free train and tram travel for pensioners is facing the axe while children’s bus fares could soar, under transport spending cut proposals unveiled today.
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Elderly man rescued from West Bromwich flats fire
Express & Star 19 Nov 13
An elderly man had to be led to safety by firefighters after a kitchen blaze in a set of flats in the Black Country.
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Concerns over Sandwell pensioner missing from care home
Express & Star 19 Nov 13
Concern is growing for the welfare of a Smethwick pensioner who went missing from her care home without her medication four days ago.
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Who she is, not what she’s lost….
sheesstillmymum 16 Nov 13
When you talk or even think about a loved one with dementia, it’s very easy to focus on what’s gone, not what remains.
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Killer Willenhall arsonist Aiden Elmore caught with phones in prison
Express & Star 16 Nov 13
Killer Aiden Elmore was caught with mobile phones in prison while on remand for murdering a pensioner after starting a blaze outside his flat, it can be revealed today.
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Wife was first at the scene of pensioner’s fatal road accident
Birmingham Mail 16 Nov 13
Son of Birmingham pensioner Saleh Dalie reveals his mum was first on the scene of accident as local residents campaign for better road safety…
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Missing pensioner found
WM Police Birmingham West & Central 15 Nov 13
p OFFICERS searching for missing pensioner Marjorie McBean are pleased to report that she has been found safe and well in West…
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Christmas Fête at Berwood Court
Tyburn Mail 15 Nov 13
Berwood Court Care Home is holding a Christmas fête on Saturday 23rd November.
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Judge shows no sympathy for burglar who raided Gornal pensioners’ home
Dudley News 15 Nov 13
A BURGLAR who raided the home of an elderly Gornal couple has been locked up for 32 months.
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Retired lecturer jailed after being caught in online chatroom paedophile sting
Birmingham Mail 12 Nov 13
Sutton Coldfield pensioner caught by online vigilante Stinson Hunter at park near Nuneaton.
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Life prison term for arsonist who killed pensioner trapped in flat inferno
Birmingham Mail 12 Nov 13
Aiden Elmore set fire to a wheelie-bin barricade he had placed at the rear exit of a block of flats in Southey Close, Short Heath, trapping residents…
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Life prison term for arsonist who killed pensioner in flat inferno
WM Police Walsall 12 Nov 13
A FIRESTARTER who set a series of blazes after a drink and drugs binge ” including one that killed a Walsall pensioner ” has been jailed…
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Halesowen sex attacker jailed
Halesowen News 12 Nov 13
AN elderly woman was sexually assaulted by a 22-year-old Halesowen man who was so high on drugs and alcohol he had no recollection of the incident, a court heard.
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Pool tournament will get the ball rolling for all-day charity fundraiser
Caldmore Accord 12 Nov 13
Dedicated pool players in Telford are hoping to pot plenty of cash for Children in Need this week when they take part in a 12-hour long pool tournament .
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Look: Bedworth Armistice parade remember end of hostilities 95 years ago
Coventry Telegraph 12 Nov 13
Pensioners of honour defied weather and stood to attention around the cemetery memorial…
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Arsonist jailed for life after murdering pensioner trapped in burning Willenhall flats
Express & Star 12 Nov 13
A jilted ex-boyfriend who started a fire at a block of flats which killed an innocent pensioner was today sentenced to life in prison for murder – and was told he will serve a minimum of 21 years behind bars.
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Driver banned for a year after knocking over and killing 88-year-old
Coventry Telegraph 12 Nov 13
Andrew Jones reversed into pensioner at Wellesbourne petrol station forecourt…
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Pensioner dies after lethal overdose at a Birmingham hospital
Birmingham Mail 12 Nov 13
Ethel Gee was accidentally given sixteen times the normal dose of noradrenaline at Heartlands Hospital…
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Mobile hairdresser who stole from elderly customers caught on CCTV
Birmingham Mail 11 Nov 13
Louise Hemmings swiped bank notes from the purses of pensioners, aged between 84 and 92 years old, who she had earmarked from her client list as easy prey…
Council
Find out about becoming a ‘Shared Lives’ carer
Sandwell Council News PR 11 Nov 13
Organisers of a project to help people with disabilities and older people live independent lives have launched a campaign to recruit carers.
Baggies
Chelsea pensioners in danger of surrendering Jose Mourinho’s unbroken record
Telegraph 10 Nov 13
Listless performance against West Bromwich Albion fuels supporters’ concerns over ageing team.
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My Maserati does 185
The Plastic Hippo 9 Nov 13
When young drivers and some older people who should know better, spend inordinate amounts of time, effort and money in turning their wheels into a statement, it seems unduly cruel to point out that the statement they are making is: “look at me, I`m…
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Castle Vale pensioner tagged for assault
Tyburn Mail 8 Nov 13
A Castle Vale pensioner has been placed on a curfew for assaulting a woman by physically beating her.
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Charity claims Dudley pensioners could be heading for poverty by missing out on benefits
Dudley News 8 Nov 13
THOUSANDS of Dudley pensioners could be heading for unnecessary hardship as benefits go unclaimed and prices continue to rise.
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Charity claims Dudley pensioners could be heading for poverty by missing out on benefits
Halesowen News 8 Nov 13
THOUSANDS of Dudley pensioners could be heading for unnecessary hardship as benefits go unclaimed and prices continue to rise.
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Charity claims Dudley pensioners could be heading for poverty by missing out on benefits
Stourbridge News 8 Nov 13
THOUSANDS of Dudley pensioners could be heading for unnecessary hardship as benefits go unclaimed and prices continue to rise.
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Official opening for Sandwell extra care
24dash 8 Nov 13
Sandwell Council Leader, Councillor Darren Cooper, has officially opened a new extra care scheme for older people in Sandwell.