Local News
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New Art Gallery Petition
- 25/04/2012
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
No CommentsValerie has launched a petition calling for the reopening of the New Art Gallery on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays. Please use the form on this page to sign the petition.
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Valerie welcomes Zak the Zebra to Walsall and calls for a signal controlled crossing to be installed on Darlaston Road
- 23/04/2012
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
Zak the Zebra and Valerie have teamed up to call for a safer crossing on Darlaston Road in Pleck. Zak made an appearance with Valerie and local campaigners at the zebra crossing, near the junction with Hough Road, on Friday 20 April to call for a signal controlled crossing to be installed on the road. Valerie presented a petition of over 300 names to Parliament on Monday 23 April 2012.
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Valerie welcomes the Olympic Torch Relay route through Walsall South
- 20/03/2012
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
Valerie has welcomed news that the Olympic Torch Relay will travel through Walsall South on Saturday 30 June 2012, using Littleton Street East, Lichfield Street, Bridge Street, Park Street, Wolverhampton Road and Wolverhampton Road West.
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Valerie uncovers Walsall Borough Council’s £1.1 million revenue from parking charges and fines
- 19/03/2012
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
Figures obtained from a request under the Freedom of Information Act by Valerie reveal that Walsall Borough Council’s income from parking charges across the Borough exceeded £1.1 million in the year to November 2011.
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Valerie welcomes news that Council will not sell land for Moxley Approved Premises
- 17/03/2012
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
Valerie has welcomed news that after pressure to provide details of the discussion relating to the site Walsall Borough Council conirmed they will not sell the former Moxely Infants School site to the Staffordshire and West Midlands Probation Trust to build an Approved Premises