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  • Midnight Walk nets £11,000 for hospice

    A MIDNIGHT Walk around the streets of Wordsley and Kingswinford has pulled in more than £11,000 for Mary Stevens Hospice. Almost 200 women took part in the popular hospice fundraiser which started at Dudley Kingswinford Rugby Club at 11pm on Saturday

  • Kinver gets heavy horse power to announce fayre's return

    KINVER called on some heavy horse power to prepare for the return of the village country fayre. On Saturday May 21, Clydesdale horses Noah and Wallace pulled a dray delivering ale from the Kinver Brewery to the Vine, the Cross and Kinver Constitutional

  • Young and old win over talent judges

    A UKULELE-playing pensioner and a ten-year-old future singing star were named winners of this year’s Wordsley’s Got Talent show. Malcolm Palmer, aged 75, from Gornal, won the adult section of the second annual competition - staged by the organisers

  • Hospital parking row continues

    DUDLEY councillors have hit back at Russells Hall Hospital bosses who have objected to plans to overhaul parking around the site. After setting up Russells Hall Parking Working Party to develop proposals aimed at tackling parking congestion in the streets

  • Hospice better off thanks to store donation

    MARY Stevens Hospice in Stourbridge has received a £510 boost thanks to a town supermarket’s charity scheme. A cheque for £510 was presented to the Oldswinford hospice from the proceeds of Waitrose’s monthly Community Matters tokens initiative. Waitrose

  • Teens caged for EDL demo affray

    TEENAGERS from Amblecote and Brierley Hill have been caged for their part in violence during a demonstration in Dudley. A protest by the English Defence League (EDL) on July 17 last year turned ugly when objects including crowd control barriers were