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Pals gear up for ride

Pals gear up for ride

5:43pm Tuesday 30th September 2008

ENERGETIC Stourbridge pals Martin Baker and Simon Boswell will be getting on their bikes this weekend to start their charity challenge to cycle from Lands End to John O’Groats.

Trust scoops foundation status

5:47pm Tuesday 30th September 2008

THE Dudley Group of Hospitals has become the first NHS Trust in the Black Country to become a Foundation Trust.

Cyclists protest over barriers

Russell Eden, of Stourbug, with Guy Sheppard from Dudley's Friends of the Earth group

5:11pm Tuesday 30th September 2008

TRANSPORT campaigners staged a protest in Stourbridge to encourage more cycling on canal towpaths and disused railway tracks.

Manager to take on half marathon

Bradley Holmes and brave pal Jonjo Rooney

3:51pm Tuesday 30th September 2008

A BELBROUGHTON project manager is getting set to run the gruelling Great North Run this weekend to raise money for Leukaemia Research in honour of his friend who has battled the deadly disease.

Elderly residents urged to be vigilant

12:48pm Tuesday 30th September 2008

POLICE are warning elderly people in the Belbroughton area to be vigilant after a woman’s handbag was stolen from her home while she was distracted.

Burglar jailed for raiding family's home

12:24pm Tuesday 30th September 2008

A 21-YEAR-OLD Stourbridge man who ruined the honeymoon period of a Wordsley family when he raided their home and stole treasured property has been jailed for 20 months.

Talent turns out for movie

Executive producer and actor Richard Lloyd, with stars Sally Lindsay and Les Dennis

10:46am Tuesday 30th September 2008

A HOST of Black Country talent turned out to join celebrities Les Dennis and Sally Lindsay on screen in a Halesowen film-maker’s latest charity project.

Seven years for Brierley Hill rape fiend

2:35pm Tuesday 30th September 2008

A BRIERLEY Hill man who brutally raped a 12-year-old schoolgirl has been jailed for seven years.

Coffee fundraiser proves a hit

2:27pm Tuesday 30th September 2008

A COFFEE morning held at Wollaston Methodist Church as part of the world’s biggest coffee morning has raised £270 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Jail for Stourbridge druggie

12:24pm Tuesday 30th September 2008

A 48-year-old Stourbridge man caught with nearly £11,000 worth of drugs including 1,988 ecstasy tablets has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.


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Anger as ITV axes 40% of news jobs

ITV News is to axe more than 400 jobs

Updated 10:09pm Tuesday 30th September 2008

ITV News has come under attack from unions and MPs after announcing plans to axe more than 400 jobs across its regional services under plans to save millions of pounds.


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