Here are a few stories that have featured on our websites during the day.

A FORMER Muslim leader has accused Dudley Council of being Islamophobic throughout the controversial 10 year battle to secure a site for a replacement mosque.

Dr Khurshid Ahmed said the Muslim community had "suffered enough" at the hands of the local authority and urged councillors to bring the matter to a conclusion.

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KIDDERMINSTER Town Hall will be ringing the wedding bells for the first gay couple to be married under its roof next month.

Danny Mellor and Richard Coleman are having their fairytale wedding in the landmark building after it became the town's registrar following the closure of the district's register office at the Council Offices, Woodfield, Bewdley Road.

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A POPULAR Stourbridge gym has closed its doors with no warning to its members, staff or instructors.

The windows of Revolution Fitness Centre, in Hagley Road, have been blocked out and there is no sign of opening again in the near future.

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COMMUNITY-minded residents are being urged to join forces to take part in a new clean up operation.

Organised by the new Bromsgrove group, Town Team, residents will be picking up litter and tidying places in the High Street where rubbish gathers during the Great Bromsgrove Clean-Up event.

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