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  • Security upgrade plans after £20k raid

    SECURITY guards may be required in the battle to thwart thieves after a £20,000 raid at a Stourbridge medical centre. Health bosses are considering a range of security measures after crooks broke-in to the Hill House centre in Amblecote, smashed internal

  • Dedicated teen scoops memorial award

    A COMMUNITY spirited 13-year-old boy has been given an award in memory of a popular Stourbridge policeman who was killed in a tragic road accident. Tim Newbold, a pupil at Sutton School Special College, Russells Hall, was presented with the Pc Paul Owen

  • MP backs cut-price booze ban

    STOURBRIDGE MP Lynda Waltho has today (Tuesday) backed a bill to stop the sale of cut price booze to try and stop the explosion of binge-drinking. The new bill aims to bring in a four point package to combat binges in which people drink over half the

  • Dudley fails to deliver first class service

    DUDLEY is failing to meet targets for next day deliveries of first class mail, according to Royal Mail performance figures. The borough has been named one of the 20 worst postcode areas for getting first class post to its destination by the next working

  • Group targets park yobs

    A NEW group of volunteers has vowed to clean up a Stourbridge park plagued by vandalism and drug dealing. The Friends of Swan Pool Park say the time has come to tackle anti-social behaviour including late-night underage drinking and dog fouling at the

  • Pals set for peaks challenge

    A GROUP of gutsy Kingswinford pals are getting set to scale the nation's three highest peaks in less than a day. Team-mates Matt Biggs, Carl Hancox, Craig Jones-Newey, Michael Wall and Adam Hemmings - who call themselves the Kingswinford Eskimos - are

  • Centre's AGM this month

    WORDSLEY and District Community Association is holding its annual general meeting at Wordsley Community Centre at The Green on Thursday June 19 at 8pm.

  • Centre's AGM this month

    WORDSLEY and District Community Association is holding its annual general meeting at Wordsley Community Centre at The Green on Thursday June 19 at 8pm.

  • Show offers a touch of glass

    A POPULAR exhibition is heading to a Kingswinford glass museum to show off paperweight making in a contemporary style. Glass artist Siddy Langley will be the star of the show at the Broadfield House centre on Saturday June 7, other attractions will

  • Driver jailed over car damage lie

    A STOURBRIDGE driver who tried to cover his tracks after a fatal collision has been jailed for nine months. Ambrez Mahmood was caged by a judge at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday May 30 after he admitted perverting the course of justice following