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  • Hundreds expected at Sam Cox's funeral

    HUNDREDS of friends and family are expected to pay tribute to a Quarry Bank teenage kick boxing champion, who died in a horrific car crash. Sam Cox, formerly known as Sam Passey from Calewood Road died after the car he was travelling in overturned on

  • Robber facing five years jail

    A 25-year-old Kingswinford robber has been warned by a judge he is facing five years behind bars. Gavin Oliver admitted robbing a man of jewellery and two mobile telephones and also possessing an offensive weapon, a knife, in Bromley Lane, Kingswinford

  • Nine months suspended for cannabis cash crook

    A MAN who laundered thousands of pounds for a Brierley Hill cannabis factory has avoided a jail term. Robert Williams, aged 56, handed over £37,816 in rent for an industrial unit in Pear Tree Lane after receiving the cash from a man he met at a supermarket

  • Acerbic Amstell on good form

    Simon Amstell, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, Sunday June 1 King of TV sarcasm Simon Amstell is best known as the acerbic host of BBC's Never Mind the Buzzcocks and, to the younger generation, as the former presenter of Channel 4's ground-breaking youth

  • Zut Alors set for tour

    STOURBRIDGE indie band Zut Alors are getting set to hit the road this weekend on the Academy Live Tour. The four-piece fronted by Tom Eccleshall will be joining The Headliners, Soft Toy Emergency and Suzi Won on the tour, which kicks off on Saturday

  • Residents invited to attend a partnership meeting

    LYE and Wollescote residents are being invited to have their say by attending a partnership meeting. The meeting is being held at Wollescote primary school, Drummond Road, Lye on Tuesday June 10 at 6.30pm. Lye and Wollescote partnership are a group