Temporary nightingale courts set up in Wolverhampton hotel and Telford town centre to stay open until 2023

Several temporary courts set up to cope with the backlog of court cases during the Covid-19 pandemic will stay open for another year.

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The Wolverhampton nightingale court is at the Park Hall Hotel & Spa

Nightingale courts in Wolverhampton, Telford and Birmingham are set to stay open for another year.

It means more planned events at the Park Hall Hotel in Wolverhampton will be cancelled while the Ministry of Justice continues to use the hotel's ballroom.

Telford's court is in the town's former county court building.

The MoJ is planning to close 11 of the temporary courts within weeks but keep 12 others open for another year.