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Headline Media in merger talks
Headline Media (Birmingham), the owners of Switch Radio and Vale Mail, are looking for an organisation to take over their services because of funding difficulties in the current recession. Neil Hollin… more →
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Headline Media in merger talks
Vale Mail wrote 4 days ago: Headline Media (Birmingham), the owners of Switch Radio and Vale Mail, are looking for an organisati … more →
Abuse for trolley collectors
Vale Mail wrote 3 weeks ago: Sainsbury’s staff have faced abuse from some residents when they have called to retrieve shopp … more →
Toy heaven
Vale Mail wrote 2 months ago: Smyths, Castle Vale's newest superstoreSmyths Toy Superstore opened in the Vale shopping precinct to … more →
Sainsburys (Castle Vale) bank holiday opening times (August 2009)
Vale Mail wrote 3 months ago: Sainsburys (Castle Vale) will be open from 9am till 7pm on August bank holiday Monday (31st August). … more →
Asda (Minworth) August bank holiday opening hours
Vale Mail wrote 3 months ago: Asda (Minworth) will open from 11am till 8pm on Monday 31st August, and will re-open for 24-hour ope … more →
Cheap fuel
Vale Mail wrote 3 months ago: Diesel is 22 pence per litre cheaper than it was a year ago. It’s currently at 100.9ppl at Sai … more →
Empty shops
Vale Mail wrote 3 months ago: One in every seven of Birmingham’s shops lies empty, slightly above the national average. Derb … more →
Sainsburys pledges support for Hospice
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Vale Mail wrote 5 months ago: Sainsbury's hospice supportersStaff at Sainsbury’s in Castle Vale have chosen to support the J … more →
End of line for Vale's Subway
Vale Mail wrote 5 months ago: Subway in Castle Vale has closed down 18 months after it first opened. Carl Sanders and Andrew Patti … more →
Skylark plans: two 'catering' premises open till 11pm
Vale Mail wrote 5 months ago: Plans for the Skylark have been made public; the consultation period for comments from the public cl … more →
Skylark plan for five shops
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Vale Mail wrote 5 months ago: The owners of the Skylark pub on Farnborough Road plan to demolish the pub and build a single storey … more →
Skylark: plans for three shops after pub demolition
Vale Mail wrote 6 months ago: The new owner of the Skylark pub, a Greek Cypriot who lives abroad, is planning to demolish the pub … more →
Fuel prices creeping up
Vale Mail wrote 7 months ago: The cheapest diesel is now 99 pence per litre, at Sainsbury’s and Asda. This is now at the lev … more →
Gus' grass could spell end for lawnmowers
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Vale Mail wrote 8 months ago: Local groundsman Gus Eaton, with a blade of micro-grassGus Eaton, Centre Park’s head groundsman, is … more →
Sainsbury's charity cycle heroes
Vale Mail wrote 8 months ago: Sainsbury's charity cyclists Steve Harris, Derek Allen and Lorraine HillsdonThree Sainsbury’s … more →
Flowerworx hopes for bumper Mother's Day
Vale Mail wrote 8 months ago: Credit crunch blues hit Valentine’s Day this year, with orders for flowers over 20% down compa … more →
Perfect Looks sold
Vale Mail wrote 8 months ago: High Street hairdresser and beauty treatment shop Perfect Looks has been sold, and will be closed fr … more →
Sports village - it's a yes!
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Vale Mail wrote 8 months ago: Castle Vale’s proposed sports village – the development of the stadium and surrounding a … more →
Skylark premises 'becoming dangerous'
Vale Mail wrote 9 months ago: debris, including broken glass and burnt wood with protruding rusty nails, on the pavement in front … more →
