Cllr Chris Burden 🐺
@WulfrunianChris
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Fallings Park Councillor, City of Wolverhampton Council. Cabinet Member for City Development. PhD Candidate. Personal Views.
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Professional Account for Cllr Chris Burden, City of Wolverhampton Council.
For Casework, email me on Chris.Burden
@Wolverhampton
.gov.Uk
For Personal Account, see
@ChrisFromWolves
Promoted by Chris Burden of Terry Duffy House, B70 6NT
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Thinking about that time the Black Country had a monorail and how you can still see the terminus station and tracks decaying on the roof.
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There’s not a day that goes by when I don’t think about the proposed British Rail direct Wolverhampton to Paris railway service.
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When you live in a city with a smaller gay community, and less permanent gay presence, seeing the city come alive with rainbows during Pride Month feels so much more important.
Wolves Pride is this Saturday, it costs a FIVER but there’s also a free parade, market, and stage.
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My first Aventra ride.
Open gangways, new standing areas, wide interiors AND more than enough legroom even when you’re taller than 6’4!
The West Midlands is seeing a definite upgrade with these in service.
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People think Mariah Carey is the start of the Christmas Season.
Real people understand it’s the Sauce Udders reappearing.
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In Wolverhampton alone, hundreds of apprentices, employees, and many more in supply chain are already working on HS2.
There was meant to be a supply chain and jobs for a decade, leaving a massive infrastructure project…
Instead there will be… nothing?
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Crossrail cost £18.8 Billion, a rail corridor in London.
The West Midlands pay off for losing HS2?
1 Billion to maybe get a tram line in the future.
The Government are laughing at us.
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but this suggests that the only devolved money THE ENTIRE METROPOLITAN W.MIDS will get is £1Billion.
That’s what? One and a half tram lines?
So after consultancy fees, tendering, construction, we might get a tram line and a bit in a decade?
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Amazing night at
@TheHallsWolves
to see
@mikasounds
Absolutely unreal venue in the heart of Wolverhampton.
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POV: You’re queuing up for one of the best lunchtime bites you can get in the UK, hands down.
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Wolverhampton came out in force today for our biggest Pride Parade in our history.
We’re always proud to be a tolerant, open, and diverse city and seeing the whole town splashed in colour was amazing.
Next year, bigger and better!
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The yearly West Midlands experience is desperately trying to find a card with “Mom” on it because if I called her Mam or Mum she would excommunicate me.
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Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but this suggests that the only devolved money THE ENTIRE METROPOLITAN W.MIDS will get is £1Billion.
That’s what? One and a half tram lines?
So after consultancy fees, tendering, construction, we might get a tram line and a bit in a decade?
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Add a simple flourish to your cocktails with a Pombear.
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All the card readers on the automatic machines were down at Wolverhampton Station.
West Midlands Railway and Trainline app also weren’t vending tickets.
Whole station then starting to queue at the one (very lovely) physical counter.
This is why we needed ticket offices.
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Happy New Year to you in Wolverhampton, The Black Country, and everywhere beyond.
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I love that Wolverhampton decorates so many roads in the city fill festooned with Pride flags.
Raising awareness and visibility is a hugely important element of pride.
Remember, our pride is ONLY A FIVER to come to the main stage, and the other stage and parade are FREE.
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I’m proud to have been invited to join the Cabinet once again, as Cabinet Member for City Development, Jobs and Skills.
I’m also thrilled to see Wolverhampton’s absolute commitment to Sustainable Transport, with a brand new Cabinet Member for Transport and Green City.
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The Government is about sign off on a national insurance 2p cut that will cost the nation £10bn, saving the average worker as little as £37 a month.
Instead, with that money, they could save, and radically improve Local Government, saving residents much more.
They won’t.
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Happy Birthday to me, I finally got a Caterpillar Cake but nobody can, and I quote, “be doing with putting 28 candles in it, he can have one and be lucky for it”
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Full campaigning session in the bag, and then a proper Black Country dinner to celebrate.
Cheese could do with being a bit thicker but that’s a proper cob.
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Warm enough weather to eat a fat burrito outside.
We are so back.
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@floragraham
Don’t quote me on this but the vehicles were sold to a transit authority in a different country.
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A special baby and his owners visited us in Wolverhampton today.
We had a tour around town, and he loved West Park while the owners loved the Art Gallery and Coffee Shops.
It’s always great showing people around Wolverhampton.
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New £61 million college for the City Centre, bringing hundreds and hundreds of students right into the heart of the city every single day, just a 5 minute walk from BUS, TRAIN and TRAM stations.
Is this the best connected major college outside of London?
We have secured the main contract with our chosen constructor
@Official_McLH
to ensure the new City Learning Quarter city centre site is completed for the start of the 2025/26 academic year. Full story 👉 (1/3)
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10 years without dad today. It’s always a difficult day, but spending it with my mum and sister is always the best thing to do.
Bowel Cancer is treatable if found early.
Don’t ignore any of the symptoms.
Being a bit embarrassed in front of a Doctor is always worth it.
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The first time I have ever presented my research has been at the NRW School of Governance.
We discussed my research from
@AstonSSH
@AstonUniversity
@Aston_PIR
It’s been an absolute pleasure coming to Duisburg and meeting academics from around the the continent.
It's a rainy afternoon in Duisburg but we don't care because we are listening to a highly activating presentation by
@WulfrunianChris
#ecpr_nrwsog23
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Sorry but this building has absolutely got to be the worlds tallest purely tetradecagonal building.
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Ideal chip colouration.
This is what peak performance looks like.
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Over due and TfWM and the WMCA need to learn lessons to ensure that this isn’t repeated in Dudley.
BUT
This forms a key part of creating seamless interchanges in Wolverhampton to national and local transit.
Seamless integration between Bus-Tram and Tram-Rail are now available.
Customers are set to enjoy seamless connections between trams, trains & buses when the new Wolverhampton extension opens on Sunday, 17th September 2023.
Find out more:
#WeAreMetro
#newextention
#Wolves
#open
#Sunday
#opening
#timetable
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Wolverhampton Council invested in our historic asset, and has brought a much-loved venue up to modern standards, attracting the very best in the industry.
Thousands more in the City Centre and a crucial reminder of our responsibility to invest in and celebrate arts and culture.
The transformation of a historic music venue in Wolverhampton has been shortlisted for a construction award
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Starmer specifically mentioning automotive engineers in Wolverhampton in his speech is hugely important.
Wolverhampton deserves to be at the heart of technical education in this country, building on our strengths, and getting our industrial engine firing on all cylinders again.
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There should be a lot more people from Wolverhampton on TV because honestly the unbridled chaos and joy that follows.
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Council Investment with the private sector bringing a quality family-run company cinema to our City Centre.
It is the responsibility of Councils to invest and ensure that citizens have access to the arts in the most accessible places.
🎞️ Exciting redevelopment of Wolverhampton’s city centre cinema within the historic and award-winning Grade II-listed Chubb Buildings set to start in coming weeks after preferred operator, PDJ Management Ltd, agreed Heads of Terms with council.
More 👉
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@declanmartin75
If I find one I’ll send it over but it was one of those things that kind of trundles between car parks and had bold plans for expansion that never met funding requirements
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Amazing to see such a local landmark and also behind it the worlds tallest solely residential purely octagonal tower.
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@KingmakerScribe
I know stock was built and sold but didn’t know that much detail.
Genuine tragedy. Demise of British Rail and the intransigence of the national leadership about on train border control sealed the deal!
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Wolverhampton’s history was celebrated in a stunning light show this weekend.
My favourite parts to see celebrated were these:
Founded by Lady Wulfruna in 985.
UK’s first automatic traffic lights 1927.
Invention of the Newcomen Steam Engine 1712.
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Free public art is vital for the public, and for encouraging pride in our place.
Visit today and tomorrow between 6-9pm for this free light show.
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Good to see the 5-Carriage versions of the Aventra in Wolverhampton.
Upgrades for these long distance trains are well overdue.
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Made a Valentines Day toad in the hole for innuendo purposes only but it turned out to be an absolute BEAST.
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Accidentally said no to the offer of a bag and now I’m having to carry my burrito through the rain like a swaddled babe.
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Seeing a local icon receive funding to expand their offer, and open a new city centre venue is absolutely amazing.
The Grand is one of the very best things about Wolverhampton, and their plans to bring another iconic venue back into life is fantastic.
BREAKING NEWS! 🎭 Wolverhampton Grand Theatre has received a grant from the Community Ownership Fund to implement Phase One of our City Centre expansion plans.
Click for full story:
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Sun and shadows on the commute, and blue skies to match the blue tram.
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Me seeing Rishi Sunak cancelling the train line he promised to keep.
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Fabulous to be invited to the reopening of
@BM_AG
where they were showing their Victorian Radicals.
Amazing to see this return to the West Midlands after a hugely successful North American tour.
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Today the
@WolvesGrand
is 129 years old and we’re here watching the amazing Panto.
This year is Snow White and they’re knocking it out the park!
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I’ve voted!
After 5 solid hours on the doors in Wolverhampton, I’ve taken a break to cast my vote.
Get out there!
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Pre-Council vs Post-Council.
4 hours of debate in a windowless chamber with almost no air conditioning is an extreme sport.
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Good to see Claudia Winkleman land an elusive role in the Austrian National Museums.
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It’s vital that Wolverhampton was chosen to host the biggest gathering of Mayors that this country has seen.
All of the Labour Regional Mayors in one place, bringing global cities like London and the vast East Midlands to Wolverhampton to discuss the future of our Country.
Great to welcome
@Keir_Starmer
,
@RachelReevesMP
,
@AngelaRayner
, and all Labour regional mayors, including new addition
@RichParkerLab
, to Wednesfield!🌹
With a strong message: A Labour government is committed to investing in cities and towns like Wolverhampton & Willenhall.🌹
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Treated myself to my favourite British comfort dish, kedgeree.
Still recovering from the absolute high of getting medium boiled eggs the exact way I wanted them.
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Queen’s Building catching the sun.
Bus Station testing its new tram stop.
New business on a prominent corner which has just made it past its first year.
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Absolutely taken aback by both the unexpected feeder line and by quite how much I look like that man from the poster in the men’s toilets in a brewery in Walthamstow.
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We’ve worked hard, we’ve spoke to so many residents, and we’ve delivered thousands of leaflets.
Thank you to the residents of Fallings Park who put their faith in Val and gave us a new majority and mandate to carry on working for you.
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Made a Balti and some bread.
It was incredible.
That is all.
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Scrapping T-Levels just 3 years after they were introduced is a ludicrously Ill-thought out policy.
What about the schools and colleges that started teaching them? What about the universities which built admissions criteria for them?
We need flesh on the bones of this policy.
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Wolverhampton will be hosting the Kabaddi World Cup in March 2025c including the KnockOuts and the FINAL of a sport watched by hundreds of millions of people.
The eyes of the world will be on Wolverhampton as we host this major event in the home of British Kabaddi.
Wolverhampton has won the honour of hosting the knockout stages and final of the men’s and women’s Kabaddi World Cup in March 2025.
Cllr Bhupinder Gakhal, Cabinet Member for Visitor City shares more in this video and further details are at
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Incredibly fortunate to watch the
@jaivantpatelco
production of the
#WaltzingBlueGods
performance.
Moving, emotional, and an incredibly powerful insight into queer cultures.
The
@Arena_Theatre
is a true treasure in Wolves too.
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Loved the Rocky Horror so much on Tuesday we are back on Friday.
The
@WolvesGrand
is the best theatre going and is absolutely packed.
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Class 730 out in Wolves.
Looking good but looking forward to them being in service properly in the region now.
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Out supporting one of our youngest candidates in Wolverhampton, Ben Evans, and also
@RichParkerLab
for the Mayoral elections.
Great weather and some really good chats with people cutting the lawn and washing the car.
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Mum is talking about how great the Jet2 music is and I might scream.
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If you enjoyed Birmingham Pride, please come along and support your local pride too.
Tickets to
@pridewton
are only £4 if you grab them now, and there’s also the free Parade through town and a free stage, community events, and activities.
Local prides rely on you!
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This game is two years older than me and simply only causes trouble
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Thank you to the people who nominated me for this award, and the
@LGiU
for shortlisting me as a finalist.
In the last year, we’ve made huge changes for our Children and Young People:
- Schools now 89% GOOD or OUTSTANDING.
- Care Leavers now a protected characteristic.
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The WMCA seeing I’m back in a Combined Authority meeting and worrying if I’m about to start LiveTweeting it again.
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I dream of the day the West Midlands gets a Mayor where “major announcements” are more than random AI generated images and vague promises of speculative future pedestrian bridges.
That day can be May 2nd.
A region of over 3 million people deserves so much more.
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Jurassic Wolves.
Take the kids round the town to do the trail which goes past shops, restaurants, and sustainable transport infrastructure Xx
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Arts and Culture are the beating heart of cities around the country.
Investing in a nation-leading standard of venue is ensuring Wolverhampton is at the centre of the map for music.
Seeing the nomination of this venue for a FOURTH award is an amazing vote of confidence.
👏 Council’s major Civic Halls transformation shortlisted for a further 3 honours in the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) West Midlands awards. In the categories of community benefit, public sector, and refurbishment/revitalisation.
More 👉
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Back at it at the Council.
Lots of important items and questions today, with important issues being raised around Kids, Activities, and Support for Families.
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Thus far, I’ve not been informed of a Wolverhampton School with RAAC concrete.
However, the Government has put our children at risk with their brutal education cuts.
We need a General Election, and we need it now.
If the Government refuses to lead, the Labour Party will.
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I’m pleased to see a full planning application go in, and the final designs have clearly taken into account feedback from the public and businesses.
Wolverhampton needs a class food venue, just down the road from the Civic Halls to drive footfall.
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I’m proud that Wolverhampton is the home of British Kabaddi, and that residents can benefit from FREE tickets.
Wolverhampton will also be hosting the Kabaddi World Cup, being the first city outside of Asia to hold this honour.
In Wolverhampton, we invest in our arts and sports.
The British Kabaddi League returns to WV Active Aldersley on 20 April- 21 April with 5 games scheduled to take place on both days.
FREE tickets can be claimed for either the morning or afternoon sessions, or for the whole day. To get tickets, visit:
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Wolverhampton food should be given UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage status.
Have you ever met someone from Wolverhampton who doesn’t immediately scream about orange chips?
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Mad that my mom’s wheelie bin is a solid couple of years older than me.
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When your dog suddenly starts crunching on something and you don’t know what it is.
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Ordered a small dosa for lunch and it’s well over a foot long.
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@NeilEvansRocks
Incidentally I’ve done Wolverhampton-Mainz and Mainz-Wolverhampton twice and it’s a change in London, Brussels and Cologne that makes a really awkward journey.
The timings weren’t actually horrendous, and the price not dreadful considering the only local link is Lufthansa.
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Love seeing finishing touches and attention to detail like this.
Beautiful carved stones with patterns celebrating the designs of our City inlaid into the seating.
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Remember, what they’re doing to Local Government is a choice.
Whether that’s commissioners slashing arts funding by 100%, or punitively huge Tax rises.
They’re giving our money away, and then charging you even more for it through the back door claiming they’ve saved you cash.
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From the DMs it’s come to my attention that people thought this was a tiny fish but we’re not in possession of the knowledge that I’m actually just an enormous person.
When I was looking after my Nan today, she asked for fish and chips.
The shop near her cooks everything to order, which is great.
However they passed me this searing hot package that I then had to walk home with in pain.
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@ichoosemag
It vibrates so other things don’t, and also
Keeps things in place so it doesn’t sink.
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Class 730 being tested at Wolverhampton.
2x2 seating and some nice views through the carriages.
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Freshly made scones as a little treat.
Any better pleasure?
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I’m in a bar and because we didn’t have a table number he hit “Custom” and wrote “TALL AND BEIGE” into the field.
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Thank you to everyone who made our City’s Remembrance events so solemn, and successful.
Despite the rain, hundreds of people turned out to see the military parade, and observe the minutes silence.
We were also joined in St Peter’s for a moving sermon on peace.
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Surely one of the best lunchtime bites in the whole of the West Midlands?
Absolutely unreal.
(Although spicy means SPICY).
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When I was looking after my Nan today, she asked for fish and chips.
The shop near her cooks everything to order, which is great.
However they passed me this searing hot package that I then had to walk home with in pain.
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At the Wolverhampton City Centre Living Showcase, hearing plans for over 2000 homes in the City Centre.
City Centre living is the best way to charge forward our economy, and build the number of houses needed for our growing population as a city.
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Nobody else seems to remember that random time in 2015 that Casualty did a Film Noir murder mystery episode without warning and then the next episode went back to normal as if the whole thing didn’t happen.
I always feel like it’s a fever dream and nobody believes me.
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Winter is here so it’s time for me to make huge portions of Kaiserschmarrn and retreat to the sofa.
Is there anything better than a 23cm pancake, topped with icing sugar, some shaved dark chocolate, and some rum soaked raisins?
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