Local News
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Valerie Celebrates 639 Bus Campaign Success.
- 01/07/2011
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
No CommentsValerie has welcomed the news that the 639 bus service from Kings Hill in Darlaston to Walsall Manor Hospital and Walsall Town Centre is to be restored, two and a half years after it was withdrawn. Centro, the West Midlands transport authority, announced the move as part of their West Walsall and Wolverhampton Bus Services Review.
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Valerie encourages nominations for Olympic Torchbearer
- 16/06/2011
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
Valerie is encouraging people in Walsall South to nominate someone who has made a difference to the community to be a Torchbearer during the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.
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Valerie meets with carer to mark Carers Week 2011
- 13/06/2011
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
To mark Carers Week (13th-19th June), Valerie visited Ms Patricia Rolston at her home in Bentley on Saturday 11th June. Ms Rolston is the sole full-time carer for her daughter, Lyndsey Ball. Ms Ball suffers from severe learning difficulties and has frequent epileptic fits.
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Valerie takes part in Diabetes UK walk at Walsall Arboretum
- 12/06/2011
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
On Sunday 12th June, Valerie marked Diabetes Week 2011 by taking part in a sponsored walk at Walsall Arboretum in aid of Diabetes UK. Despite the heavy rain, more than 150 people turned out to show their support for the charity.
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Valerie visits Hydratight in Bentley
- 10/06/2011
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
On Friday 10th June, Valerie visited the Hydratight headquarters in Bentley to meet with the company’s president, Jan de Konig, and to see some of the skilled manufacturing work undertaken at the site.