Walsall

Huge 20ft wide sinkhole swallows up part of busy street in Walsall after sewer collapse 

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A huge 20ft-wide sinkhole swallowed up part of a busy street in the West Midlands on Thursday after the sewer beneath it collapsed.  Drivers were forced to swerve around the 20ft-wide hole which opened up when a sewer collapsed on Stafford Street, in Walsall, West Midlands., on Thursday. Witnesses said how people from nearby businesses … Read more

Walsall grandmother, 68, died after oxygen tank set armchair alight and caused explosion in her home

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A grandmother died after sparks flew from an oxygen tank being used to treat her coronavirus symptoms, ignited the armchair where she sat and caused an explosion, an inquest has heard. Paramedics had been called out to Lynn Hadley’s home in Walsall on Easter Monday after she started showing signs of Covid-19. But as crews … Read more