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Young mum-to-be died of natural causes

4:38pm Thursday 28th August 2008

AN INQUEST heard how a young fit and healthy mum-to-be died from a rare complication which the Black Country Coroner confessed he “hadn’t come across” before.

Church closes doors

Alan Wedge outside Vicar Street Methodist Church

4:33pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

IT’S the end of an era for one Dudley church which is closing its doors for the final time on Sunday.

Fun in the sun

Adam Finch and Flip the clown as goalies

3:21pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

THE sunshine drew hundreds of Dudley residents to Priory Park on Saturday to celebrate the first community fun day.

MP's brother stole £226,000 from Dudley nurse

3:04pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

A DUDLEY nurse has described the brother of Dudley South MP Ian Pearson as the "lowest of the low" after he stole £226,000 from her while acting as a financial advisor for the family.

Back from the brink: Miraculous recovery for cancer sufferer whose family were twice told he was hours from death

FAMILY CELEBRATION: Raymond Hughes with wife Susan (left) and daughter Jane Howen.

2:00pm Thursday 28th August 2008

A grandad who survived a two year battle with pancreatic cancer has been hailed “the walking miracle of Halesowen.”

Two more Post Offices face axe

Councillor David Vickers with protesting residents outside the Hagley Road post office in Hasbury.

2:10pm Thursday 28th August 2008

Two Halesowen post offices which act as lifelines to the communities they serve could get the chop under controversial proposals to axe 2,500 branches across the country.

Fight to save doomed Post Office lost

2:20pm Thursday 28th August 2008

Campaigners have lost the battle to save a Quinton post office.

Pub plan gets green light

2:08pm Thursday 28th August 2008

Plans for a housing development on the site of a former Cradley Heath pub have been given the go ahead.

Brass band treat at Haden Hill

11:53am Thursday 28th August 2008

Brass band fans are in for a treat when a top band play a Cradley Heath park.

Traders anger at parking cost increase

8:40am Thursday 28th August 2008

Angry traders have hit out at plans to increase parking charges in Blackheath town centre by more than 400 per cent.


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Abbey latest to cut mortgage rates

Abbey is one of the banks awaiting the test case judgment

Updated 2:32am Friday 29th August 2008

Abbey has become the latest lender to announce it was cutting its mortgage rates in a further sign that competition is returning to the market.


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