HERE'S your evening news round-up for the Black Country and north Worcestershire.

Glass museum campaigners were celebrating today (Thursday) after securing a £142,000 boost from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards their bid to create a brand new tourist attraction in Wordsley.

After stumping up £14,000 of their own funds - the British Glass Foundation, which has been working with Complex Developments Ltd to create a new £5.5million world class glass museum on the old Stuart Crystal glassworks site, has been awarded a development phase grant to cover the project management, design development and business plan aspects of the scheme.

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A Dudley man with a conviction for manslaughter who viciously rained punches on a woman in an ugly incident outside a Netherton pub has been jailed for 28 months.

Judge Alan Parker at Wolverhampton Crown Court told Michael Cameron, of Eve Hill, the assault on Kelly Griffiths at the Holt Tavern was a “savage attack with repeated full force blows”.

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An Asian family are living in fear of their lives after their car was torched in what they believe was a racially motivated attack outside their Cradley Heath home.

The arsonist was caught on camera and appeared to deliberately target the Renault Scenic, worth £2,500, belonging to father-of-three Rajesh Dua.

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Government officials have today (Thursday October 8) confirmed they will not call in the proposed £80 million new redevelopment of West Midland Safari Park.

Worried members of Bewdley Town Council and Bewdley Civic Society had written to the Secretary of State for the Department of Communities and Local Government asking for his intervention on the planned new water park, hotel and conference centre and spa at the attraction.

They said they were concerned about the impact on traffic and building on greenbelt land on the site.

But Wyre Forest District Council, who approved the application back in September, has been notified by the Government that they would not be calling it in.

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Eleven patients have become infected due to dirty equipment at a Worcestershire hospital despite the NHS trust knowing of an issue for several years.

A report from the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust noted two separate incidents where patients got infected with bacteria - one involving seven patients and a second involving four patients.

All became infected due to problems with the decontamination of equipment in the endoscopy unit at Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.

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Health bosses in Worcestershire have spoken of their concern over a predicted £48 million deficit - saying it is "critical" to tackle the cash crisis.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is now predicting an end-of-year shortfall of £48 million instead of a previous prediction of £31.3 million.

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