DUDLEY Mod Revival band The Circles are set to make a comeback - more than 35 years after their first single was released. The band reached number three in the independent charts in 1979 with their debut release Opening Up but had been inactive
A "DANGEROUS" man who savagely stabbed two Stourbridge sisters with a large kitchen knife after callously pushing their 88-year-old grandmother to the floor has been jailed for ten-and-a-half years. John Loveridge left Amy Brookes and his former partner
MORE than 300 scouts took part in an annual Stourbridge St George’s Day event at the weekend. The event kicked off with a parade to the park from the TA Centre, in Swinford Road, led by the 451 (Stourbridge) Squadron Air Training Cadet Band.
HUNDREDS of Black Country school children have been celebrating National Stationery Week thanks to a partnership of a Kingswinford-based business and the Black Country Living Museum. The museum teamed up with Maped Helix to give all schools visiting
THE main Stourbridge to Lye road has now reopened after a crash involving a lorry left part of the busy route closed. Stourbridge Road from its junction with Bagley Street to its junction with Dudley Road/Pedmore Road was temporarily closed to
MARY Stevens Hospice won two prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects West Midlands awards at a ceremony in Birmingham last night (April 30). The £1 million inpatient unit at the hospice base in Hagley Road was one of nine projects shortlisted
THE main Stourbridge to Lye road has been closed to traffic after a lorry hit a railway bridge. Stourbridge Road from its junction with Bagley Street to its junction with Dudley Road/Pedmore Road has been closed to eastbound motorists following
THOUSANDS of bikers recently took part in one of the largest biking events in the country, raising money for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. Seven-times World Superbike champion and current ‘King of the Jungle’ Carl Fogarty was joined by TV presenter
Kinver ladies have had an unusual month, we welcomed King Alfred the Great, in the form of Max Keen, to join us and lots of friends at the KSCA he didn’t seem to care that he’d carelessly burnt some poor woman’s cakes, instead he told us all about
WORCESTERSHIRE Wildlife Trust is offering nature-lovers chance to brush up on their knowledge of the county's wildlife with a series of discovery courses.Led by local wildlife experts, the courses cover everything from birdsong to slugs and cater for
AMERICAN R&B star Joyce Sims, famous for her 80s hits, will be appearing at The Swan, in Stourbridge, this evening (Friday May 1). The native New Yorker, whose top 40 hits included ‘Come Into My Life’ and ‘(You Are My) All and All’, will be
