 In October 2003, arsonists set fire to a pigeon loft in the garden of a house in Linwood Road and killed nine pigeons.On another part of the estate, anti-social behaviour was creating so much trouble that one family gave an interview to the "Express and Star" regional newspaper openly criticising the local council for failing to respond to their demands for a transfer.In March 2004, Dudley Register Office (located in Priory Park) was set alight by arsonists.