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Press releases - August 2008

Click on the links below to read press releases for August 2008.

 

 
 
Up to 70% off in sale as gallery prepares to move shop - 21 Aug
 Shoppers visiting Wolverhampton Art Gallery’s popular shop can grab themselves a sale bargain – with up to 70% off a range of beautiful gifts.

Grimebusters set to clean up in the TV ratings - 21 Aug
 Council staff who work tirelessly to keep Wolverhampton’s streets clean and safe are set to become stars of the small screen.

Bins collected as normal on late summer Bank Holiday Monday - 20 Aug
 We will be collecting domestic refuse, dry recyclables, green and commercial waste as usual on Late Summer Bank Holiday.

Get ready for waterways extravaganza - 19 Aug
 The three-day Black Country Waterways Festival will be held at Pendeford Park, Blaydon Road, Wolverhampton, this Bank Holiday weekend (23 to 25 August) and it promises to be a great day out for all the family.

Sporting tasters to mark Olympic handover - 18 Aug
 Preparations are underway to celebrate the official handover of the Olympic Games from Beijing to London next weekend (Sunday 24 August, 2008).

City offers facilities to Olympic athletes - 18 Aug
 Aldersley Leisure Village is offering its facilities to athletes taking part in the 2012 Olympic Games.

New road opens in Bilston - 15 Aug
 A new road layout, which paves the way for work to start on the huge multi-million Bilston Urban Village scheme, has opened to traffic today.

Graffiti youth brought to justice - 13 Aug
 Council staff have been praised for helping to bring to justice a 17-year-old who was responsible for scrawling graffiti on the cenotaph in St Peter’s Square on 14 July 2008.

Floral city is still blooming - 11 Aug
 While Wolverhampton waits to find out if it has scooped gold in this year’s Heart of England in Bloom awards, local gardeners are being rewarded for their contribution to the bid.

Chance to enrol in adult education courses - 1 Aug
 The council’s Adult Education Service will be enrolling hundreds of students onto its courses next month (September 2008).

Archives prepare for historic move to Molineux Hotel - 27 Aug
 Wolverhampton’s Archives and Local Studies Service will open in its state-of-the-art new home in February 2009 at Molineux Hotel.

Historians needed to reveal city’s past - 18 Aug
 Amateur historians with a common interest in the city will come together at the third Local History Symposium in February 2009, sharing their research with colleagues and the public.
 
 
 
 
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