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Scenes in and around rattlechain lagoon during the recent freeze

I usually produce an annual calendar highlighting the manmade damage that the local chemical industry inflicted (and still does) on the Oldbury/Tipton area, but this year I’ve decided to champion something that they will never destroy- NATURE.  For all the … Continue reading →

It’s not just the chemicals that these scumbags made that was toxic in the community- some of their staff were outright wrong-uns and convicted criminals. We have seen lags like The seaman saboteur  James Pinel and metal thief Ernest Sulley  … Continue reading →

As we take a break for a while with matters relating to current events in the area, it is worth a reminder of the different types of waste that Albright and Wilson, as well as other polluting chemical industrial outlets … Continue reading →

This is a guest blog post by local campaigner Darryl, active in the community in relation to environmental concerns and issues surrounding “reclamation” of contaminated land, in particular the so called “Friar Park Urban Village”, much lorded by the WMCA … Continue reading →

  Well, we seem to have been here before and are going around in circles. 🙄 It is now becoming as farcical as an episode of Allo Allo. Just a quick recap. The Black Country Core Strategy set out to … Continue reading →

This third and final week of the Sandwell Local Plan examination was about specific policy areas and their soundness and was conducted online instead of in the council chamber. I had never used Microsoft Teams before so had a practice … Continue reading →

It has been my longstanding personal experience of this local authority that wildlife protection and the protection of wildlife habitat have been thrown to the wolves or housing developers over time. Nature corridors like those which border Sheepwash Local Nature … Continue reading →

And so to week 2 of the Sandwell local Plan examination. Week one and my participation in that I looked at HERE. This week saw “the big one” as I see it, discussion of soundness of the plan regards site … Continue reading →

With Rattlechain lagoon again being in focus of late regards the ill conceived Sandwell local plan and its examination-( a further update on that for weeks 2 and 3 coming soon), it is with interest that a new sign has … Continue reading →