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Emergency services were called to a occurrence astatine the Crooked House pub connected 5 August
By Susie Rack & Tracey Higgins
BBC News, West Midlands
An MP has told a nationalist gathering helium volition prosecute a instrumentality granting amended extortion for practice venues successful the sanction of a pub which was demolished aft a fire.
About 100 radical attended the gathering aft the 18th Century Crooked House, adjacent Dudley, was destroyed little than 2 days aft the fire.
Marco Longhi, Conservative MP for Dudley North, said helium would emotion to spot a Crooked House instrumentality support different venues from the aforesaid fate.
The occurrence is being treated arsenic arson.
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Image caption,Marco Longhi, MP for Dudley North speaking astatine the nationalist gathering successful Himley adjacent Dudley, astir The Crooked House pub, much than a week aft its burnt-out ammunition was demolished
South Staffordshire Council has said it was looking astatine imaginable enforcement enactment against those responsible.
Speaking astatine Himley Hall, Mr Longhi urged patience and asked residents to debar speculating astir the circumstances of the occurrence connected societal media.
Organisers of The Crooked House run group, Ian Sandall, Jackie Marsh, Paul Turner, Jacqueline Arriola and Tony Chen, were among astir 100 who attended the meeting
He said the building, which sank owed to subsidence caused by mining works successful the area, would "rise from the ashes", but it would beryllium a "marathon, not a sprint".
"I don't judge our existent legislative model is beardown enough," helium said. "I would emotion to see, successful future, a Crooked House law.
"It is important we marque a alteration successful the law. Our historical pubs and buildings are not protected adequately."
The MP expressed disgust that radical had removed bricks and debris from the tract to "make a speedy buck2
The MP pledged to bring the substance to Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, arsenic soon arsenic parliament reconvened successful September.
The pub, known for its sloping walls and floor, was bought from Marston's by ATE Farms Limited successful July.
On Tuesday, the BBC revealed its owners had experienced a immense occurrence connected different onshore they owned.
Paul and Dawn Craig accidental the pub was a "landmark" and portion of their heritage
Members of the nationalist voiced concerns astir a odor from the watercourse that runs alongside the pub and rubbish being dumped astatine the site.
Speaking aft the meeting, residents reiterated their enactment for the venue to beryllium rebuilt.Dawn and Paul Craig said the landmark should beryllium reconstructed successful the aforesaid spot, but amended lighting would beryllium needed connected the attack to debar radical utilizing the driveway arsenic a "tip".
John Hutchinson managed The Crooked House for respective years
John Hutchinson, who ran the pub arsenic a alleviation manager successful the 80s and 90s called for the caller owners to explicate what had happened. "Where are they, wherefore haven't they travel connected camera and faced the public?" helium asked.Others expressed disappointment South Staffordshire Council did not be the meeting.
Fencing has present been erected astir the ruins, aft the Health and Safety enforcement ordered the owners to marque the tract safe.
Mr Longhi said the behaviour of radical who had been removing bricks and different debris from the rubble was "disgusting" and said helium was blessed the fencing was up.
South Staffordshire Conservative MP Sir Gavin Williamson has besides voiced his enactment for restoration of the site.
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