BUSY Broadfield House Glass Museum will be staging a teddy bears picnic for under five year olds tomorrow (Thursday). It will form part of a family fun day at the Kingswinford based museum where youngsters can enjoy the grounds and take part in
A TEENAGE drug dealer who left a Lye woman "petrified" when he made a gun gesture at her after she supported police when he stabbed a man in a drugs row has been jailed Jolean Gordon made a gun out of his hand and was grinning as he pretended he
SOCCER mad staff from Stourbridge pub Lloyds Bar will be taking on rivals from fellow Wetherspoon pubs next month to raise much needed funds for company charity CLIC Sargent. Halesowen College has donated the use of its pitch for the game which
A THEATRE group is holding auditions for its forthcoming pantomime Hercules. Team Productions Musical Theatre For Fun is holding open auditions this Saturday (July 26) and on Saturday August 2 for both main and smaller roles in the show which will
AN elderly Kingswinford man sustained a fatal head injury when he fell while he was being assisted to the bathroom, an inquest was told. Harry Harper, aged 87, of Elmhurst Drive, died at Russells Hall Hospital on April 21, two days after the fall
STOURBRIDGE rock royalty was on show for a charity gig which raised more than £2,600 for Cancer Research UK.Bluesman Ian Parker and singer Big Jim Merris joined main band The Spacehoppers during their set at Stourbridge Rugby Club, Bridgnorth Road
BRIERLEY Hill Samaritans armed themselves with collection tins to help raise cash to keep the service up and running. Six volunteers from the charity, which helps people in distress, manage to collect £230 from generous shoppers in Stourbridge
STOURBRIDGE Rock Choir members joined forces with punk legend Toyah Willcox at a concert in Birmingham. Singers from the town group formed part of the Midlands Rock Choir who took to the stage for a fundraising concert at Birmingham's Symphony
FORMER Dudley Council leader Les Jones is to stand for the vacant position of West Midlands police and crime commissioner next month. The Pedmore and Stourbridge East councillor has been nominated as the Conservative candidate for the commissioner's
HOLLYWOOD action hero Steven Seagal swapped the big screen for a Black Country music venue this week as part of a mini UK tour with his blues band. The Under Siege star packed out the Robin 2 in Bilston when he stopped off for a two-night run on
WALL Heath and Kingswinford War Memorials Research Group want to hear from anyone who can provide them with information about J T Williams who lived in Back Lane and died during World War One.He remains the outstanding serviceman who the group know nothing
A NORTON school has been given the go-ahead to expand and create four new classrooms to cater for an additional 105 pupils. Three existing undersized classrooms at Gig Mill Primary School will also be made bigger, a new staff room and play area
FAMILIES can step back in time this weekend with the return of the free 1940s event at Wordsley's Red House Glass Cone. To set the scene, the Victorian Westerners will be parading around the site dressed as soldiers, munitions workers and glamorous
A CLENT special school is looking for sporty supporters to help boost funds by taking on the Black Country Run. The annual event, organised by Halesowen and Rowley Regis Rotary Club, includes a 5k fun run and a 10k race around Halesowen town centre
