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Saturday, October 10, 2009

Restaurant move at Champagne Harry's

Former nightspot lined up to serve Cantonese meals upstairs.

A 180 - seater restaurant could be created in the middle of a parade of shops in Anchor Road,Aldridge,creating new jobs.Plans have been put before Walsall Council for the expansion of Cantonese Express currently sited in Anchor Road.

The takeaway at the former Champagne Harry's nightclub opened earlier this year,but it has now lodged a plan to create a restaurant upstairs withh 180 covers creating jobs for kitchen and waiting staff.Solihull based agent LG Design Associates has urged Walsall Council to approve the plan.

Joe O'Brien,the site supervisor for Aldridge Shopping Centre,said "We were always aware this was their plan and as far as I know every one is happy for it to go ahead.

We do not have a Cantonese restaurant currently in Aldridge so it seems it is a good addition.That unit would be a big one to have sitting empty.If the plan is approved by councillors it will allow for a kitchen on the ground floor with a restaurant on the first floor.A report to the council by LG Design Associates state the aim of the application is to have the ability to vary the usability of this property.The unit concerned starts at the end of a large parade of shops in Aldridge.

If the application is successful the unit will be the subject of some investment to improve its potential.The opening hoours of the restaurant are proposed to be 12.00pm to 14.00pm and 17.00pm to 11.00pm Monday to Thursday and 12.00pm to and 17.00pm to 11.30pm Friday to Saturday with opening hours 17.00pm to 10.30pm on a Sunday.

The LG Design report added of the proposal aims which is to capitalise on the opportunities presented in the provision of revitalised premises that will hopefully cater fully for the local needs of Aldridges wider community.

The former night club spot sits between a row of existing shops and takeaways with parking bays along its frontage.

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Post office where boss stole over £5,000 goes on sale.

Lazy hill Post office goes on sale.

A Aldridge post office where the boss stole thousands of pounds from customers accounts has now been put up for sale,and a search has been launced for a new post master.

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A postmistress from the Black Country conned elderly customers out of thousands of pounds by tricking them into punching in debit card pin numbers twice.

Jasvinder Kaur Uppal helped herself to nearly £5,000 after her victims elderly customers unwittingly made double withdrawals from their accounts.

The village branch lease is now up for sale for £110,000 with a new postmaster needed to take over on a permanent basis.

Jackie Stenson,of RoyalMail said "its business as usual at Lazy Hill Post Office which is being run by a temporary sub - postmaster and the branch is being sold as a going concern.

Postmistress Uppal was found to have tricked customers into entering their PIN's twice and taking double transactions.

Uppal aged 37 living in Wilkes Avenue Bentley,Walsall admitted to 10 charges of theft totalling £1,840 and asked for a further 19 offences involving sums totalling £3,130 to be taken in to consideration during an appearance before Walsall Magistrates this week.She is to be sentenced on October 27th at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

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