Here are a few stories from across our websites today.

A LOVESICK Brierley Hill teenager who threatened two young men with a gun has been allowed to keep his freedom.

Grant Pearson, of High Street, was trying to track down the new man in his ex-girlfriend’s life, when he threatened the men.

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A 23-YEAR-OLD Bewdley man has appeared in court after police allegedly found evidence from his Facebook account he had "text sex" with a child.

Nathan Morris, of Queensway, is said to have got a girl, aged between 13 to 15, to take part in "text sex" with him and to send him intimate images of herself between June 20 and July 13 last year.

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SEDGLEY councillor Bill Etheridge has called a public meeting as part of a concerted campaign to save The Seven Stars pub.

The event has been organised after the Bristol-based Planning Inspectorate overturned Dudley Council’s decision to refuse Marston’s Estates Ltd planning permission to extend the pub on Gospel End Road as part of proposals to turn it into a Morrisons food store.

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A CELEBRATION is being held in Bromsgrove to welcome the triumphant fundraising cycling team led by a Barnt Green resident.

Geoff Thomas was diagnosed with leukaemia and given less than three months to live in 2003.

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