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A pub in Wolverhampton has lost its licence after a ‘family fun day’ escalated into a mass brawl that left several people injured.

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Police were called to the Dog and Partridge in Broad Street, Bilston, in the early hours of 14 July after reports of gunfire and an attack involving a meat cleaver.

A woman in her 30s was taken to hospital and treated for head injuries following the incident.

Wolverhampton Council’s Statutory Licensing Sub-Committee heard this week the fun day was more of an adult-themed pool party, with noise levels exceeding 70 decibels.

We have seen overwhelming evidence of numerous disturbances and it’s our decision that the licence should be revoked and fresh interim steps be imposed.

A revamp of Wolverhampton Civic Hall will be finished on time and within budget, a council's pledged.

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The ongoing refurbishment of the building has been hit by several setbacks, including the collapse of construction group Shaylor last month.

The local authority's Director of Regeneration, Richard Lawrence, told councillors it had already had several offers of replacement contractors and he was confident work would restart this autumn.

The Civic Hall is currently scheduled to reopen in 2021 which, along with the regeneration of the city's Wulfrun Hall, was budgeted at £38.1m last year.

A rapper who is around 11 months into his transition from female to male was invited to visit his home town's mayor.

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Nate Ethan Watson, from Wolverhampton, has spent a decade in the music industry and performed with the likes of D Double E and Tim Westwood.

In April, speaking to Victoria Derbyshire on BBC One, the 34-year-old said he believed he was the UK's first transgender grime artist, but struggles to believe there are no others.

This week, the city's mayor, Claire Darke, invited him to visit the Mayor's Parlour and said he had shown "amazing courage and determination to be true to himself".

Work's started to expand a business park on the Staffordshire-Wolverhampton border.

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About 2,700 people already work at the i54 site for firms including JLR, aerospace company Moog and food testing specialists Eurofins.

Diggers have this week started building the new access road and new firms are expected to move in from 2022.

Celebrating the achievements of Wolverhampton women will be one of the city’s new civic leader’s themes for the coming year.

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Councillor Claire Darke, who has served the Park ward since 2008, was officially sworn in as the 61st Mayor of Wolverhampton at a ceremony held at the Civic Centre on Wednesday.

“I am the 61st Mayor of Wolverhampton but only the 10th woman mayor so to reflect this, one of my themes of the year is celebrating women’s contribution to the city,” she said.

Wolverhampton has seen the biggest cuts to youth services in the country over the last three years.

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The 91% drop in spending is being linked to a rise in knife crime by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Knife Crime - which analysed data from local councils.

City of Wolverhampton Council said that it has invested in the OnSide Youth Zone, which has also attracted private and grant support, in place of council run youth centres.

"Many more young people use the services at the youth zone than ever used youth centres so there is an arguably better provision for less public funding," it said.

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