Earlier this month the council announced that the sports hall would be named after Joel Richards, aged 19 from Wednesbury, who died – along with uncle Adrian Evans, 49, and grandfather, Charles Patrick Evans, 78 – while holidaying in the coast
Sergeant Sean Griffiths, from Wednesbury North Neighbourhood Team, said:
Helen James, aged 43, from Wednesbury, was shocked to discover she had made it to the regional finals of Open Mic UK - after her husband, Spencer, sent off an audition tape without her knowledge.