A RETIRED Wordsley man hanged himself after wrongly fearing he had cancer, an inquest was told. Ronald Bennett, aged 77, was found dead in his home in November. Black Country Coroners Court was told that around 20 years ago, Mr Bennett’s brother-in-law
THROUGHOUT the last 12 months Lye-based Midlands Air Ambulance Charity has celebrated the 25th anniversary of its lifesaving work. Under the banner of ‘Air25’, the anniversary year became the Dudley Road organisation’s most publicly supported to
A STOURBRIDGE dental nurse and community gardener have teamed up to form a new group for people with thyroid problems. Lucy McGinty, a 28-year-old dental nurse from Stourbridge, and Jackie Careless, aged 52, from Coseley, a community food growing
STOURBRIDGE boss Gary Hackett is one of the thousands of British tourists who have been evacuated out of crisis-torn Gambia. The Glassboys’ manager was on a week-long holiday in West Africa with his wife Kate before being sent home due to the country's
AMBLECOTE community campaigners have moved a step closer in their bid to stop travellers setting up illegal camps on football pitches in the area. The Friends of Amblecote have been told they can have £13,500 from the coffers of the Amblecote Community
SCHOOL crossing patrols will continue to be funded by the Dudley Council after a major U-turn by the local authority. Funding for the service was under review as part of the council’s budget savings, with the proposal set to save £395,000 a year
DEFENDER Kristian Green has left Stourbridge and completed a move to National League outfit Solihull Moors. The versatile former Gornal and Halesowen Town player was the subject of a seven-day approach from the Moors as he was not on contract with
BOSSES at Birmingham Metropolitan College have announced they have selected a preferred developer for the long-derelict Longlands School site in Stourbridge. After a series of meetings with potential buyers before Christmas - site owners BMet and
IN reply to Mr Wilson’s letter January 12, UKIP may soon have to change its name to something such as EIP - the English Independence Party. Not only was UKIP complicit in splitting the United Kingdom almost exactly into two during the referendum
