A WOLLESCOTE drug addict who burgled his neighbour’s home while the family were away on holiday has been locked up for four years. Damien Hill carried out the raid while he was on bail for stealing fuel belonging to the scaffolding firm where he
VETERAN reporter Nick Pullen will be taking giant strides (plenty of them) in order to swell funds for the News Group Well of Life appeal. He will be rubbing shoulders with hundreds of walking enthusiasts from across the borough by taking part
STOURBRIDE made an inauspicious start to the 2015 campaign losing to Penkridge in a rain affected match. The Division Two clash in the Birmingham and District League had to be decided by the Duckworth Lewis calculations, which meant Stour was left
THE hard work starts now, says Glassboys boss Gary Hackett. Stourbridge completed their campaign with a 2-1 away defeat to Skelmersdale last Saturday. It meant they finished the season in 16th place after winning just one of their last 19 games
A KINGSWINFORD teenager is the second person from the borough to be arrested by West Midlands Police this morning (April 30) in relation to disorder at a local football derby. The 19-year-old was arrested in Rowan Rise following another arrest
BLACK Country firefighters were today (Thursday) continuing to search collapsed buildings in earthquake-devastated Nepal earthquake but hope of finding anyone alive in the rubble has now all but faded. Firefighter Dave Haywood, from Stourbridge
STOURBRIDGE RFC has been celebrating the success of their young players after another big end-of-season win.The Stourton Park club’s Under 9s were in battling form to claim victory at the Luctonians Anglo-Welsh Festival, one of the most prestigious events
AFTER being in a life-threatening car crash less than two years ago, a Lye woman is now hoping to re-pay the air ambulance crew that saved her. Lucy Dawkins, a PE teacher at Haybridge High School, ran 26.2 miles around the streets of the capital
STOURBRIDGE UKIP candidate James Carver says disillusioned Labour and Conservative voters are turning to the purple party in what he branded "the Heineken effect". Mr Carver, already an MEP for the West Midlands, said: "UKIP are reaching the parts
FORMER Lye Town favourite Kalum Evitts came back to haunt his old club as the Stourbridge Road side rounded off their first ever season in the Midland Football League Premier with an unimpressive 1-0 defeat at already relegated Tipton Town.Although Lye
DIRECTOR of Rugby Neil Mitchell says he will be doing all he can to change the "stale environment" at Stourbridge.Mitchell has highlighted a host of changes at the club after a difficult season saw them end the campaign in 10th place in National
WITH just a week left in the great race to the polls, Stourbridge rival election candidates Margot James and Pete Lowe posed together for a picture as both pledged the NHS will be safe in their hands. Conservative candidate Ms James and Labour's
STOURBRIDGE youngster Charlotte Bardsley was forced to settle for silver at the Butterfly Schools’ National Table Tennis Championships.The 12-year-old pupil at Heathfield School, Wolverley, was seeded number one in the under-13 girls’ category and duly
PUPILS at a Wollaston school were given a rugby master class by England Women’s world cup winner Lydia Thompson. Year 9 students at Ridgewood High School were put through their paces during a coaching session at Warley RFC by England Rugby as part
The April meeting was opened by Chairman of the day Liz Hubbard and as the speaker Chris Smith, originally booked, was unavailable Liz introduced Rosemary Prosser who talked about her decision to start a Farm House Bed and Breakfast in the early 1980
This week was finals week and saw Stourbridge chess club field teams in 2 finals. Unfortunately SCC have been the losing side in several finals in recent years. This year everyone was hoping we could bring home the silverware. The first final was
BARGAIN hunters can grab themselves a deal as well as support Wollaston school pupils at a car boot sale. The PTFA of St James’s Primary School, in Kingsway, will donate all proceeds from the sale to the school’s fundraising projects. This
A STOURBRIDGE man was one of three people arrested by West Midlands Police this morning (April 30) in relation to disorder at a local football derby. A 27-year-old was arrested at his Pebble Close home after police released 11 images of people
