Here are a few stories that have featured on our websites today, in case you missed them.

 

POLICE who raided a Redditch house “nipped in the bud” a cannabis growing operation that had the potential to produce drugs worth more than £17,000, Worcester Crown Court heard.

The two men who lived at the house in Drayton Close – Leigh Ryan and Robbie Morton – were between them growing 277 plants, at various stages of development, in their bedrooms.

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DUDLEY Council is back in business after local elections following the announcement of a new Mayor and cabinet reshuffle.

At a meeting last night (Thursday) Cllr Steve Waltho officially began his year in office as the borough’s first citizen.

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STOURBRIDGE'S Mary Stevens Hospice has unveiled a unique wall sculpture created by a top glass artist for people to remember lost loved ones.

Charlotte Hughes-Martin, of the Spark Factory, was commissioned to create the Glass Giving Tree for the Hagley Road hospice's newly-refurbished In-Patient Unit.

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A KIDDERMINSTER woman has proved you are never too old to learn how to swim by enrolling for lessons – at the age of 80!

Barbara Withwood has signed up for Wyre Forest Glades Leisure Centre’s Swim 4 Health lessons having plucked up the courage to learn.

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