Campaigners have threatened to protest outside a Black Country fire station in a last ditch bid to save it from the axe.  Around 40 residents, councillors and firefighters gathered at a public meeting last night to raise their objections.There are plans to shut Smethwick station as part of a shake-up of the fire service across the region.
But many of those who attended the meeting at the Fire Service Training Centre in Dartmouth Road in the town criticised the choice of venue, timing of the meeting and lack of publicity.
They called …