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  • Two taken to hospital after crash in Hungary Hill

    TWO people were taken to hospital after a road crash in Hungary Hill, Stourbridge, on Monday night (March 18). Emergency crews flooded the scene just after 6.30pm after reports of a two-car crash. A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance

  • Dirty Lye restaurant fined over hygiene failings

    A LYE restaurant has been hit with a hefty court bill after serious hygiene failings were discovered. Dudley Council’s environmental health officers took the case against Isha’s Indian restaurant in Stourbridge Road following an inspection in October

  • Free swimming extended to all school holidays

    FREE swimming for children across the borough will be extended to include all school holidays, starting from this Easter. A trial during last year's summer holidays saw more than 14,000 children take advantage of free swimming at Dudley, Crystal

  • Shock as supermarket staff find tropical spider

    STAFF at a Brierley Hill supermarket had something of a shock when they discovered a tropical spider lurking amid the bananas they were unloading. The arachnid is believed to have made a 5,200-mile journey to the Black Country all the way from Costa

  • Dudley Council's chief executive to leave

    THE chief executive of Dudley Council has announced she is set to leave the authority this summer. After more than four years at the helm, Sarah Norman is heading off to become chief executive at Barnsley Council. She said: "It has been a huge

  • Two drivers jailed after cyclist dies in horror Romsley crash

    TWO drivers have been jailed for causing death by dangerous driving after a cyclist was killed in a horror smash in Romsley. Balvinder Sangha and student Emily Wilkinson were jailed at Worcester Crown Court on Monday following the death David Fawthrop

  • Dudley teenager hurt by robber armed with a gun

    A TEENAGER was injured by a robber who threatened him with a gun during a terrifying attack in Dudley. The 16-year-old was approached by a man holding a gun on Clifton Street, Hurst Hill at around 6.30pm on Friday March 15. The teenager was hit

  • Before the courts: the latest from Dudley Magistrates' Court

    A BRIERLEY Hill man stole £30 of chocolate from a convenience store, Dudley Magistrates’ Court has heard. Wesley Smile, aged 30, of Chapel Court, Brierley Hill, pleaded guilty to two counts of stealing chocolate from One Stop Convenience Store,

  • Thieves steal dumper truck from Rowley Regis building site

    A THREE-tonne dumper truck was stolen from a building site in Rowley Regis by opportunistic thieves. The crooks struck at premises on Throne Road at some point between 4.30pm on Wednesday (March 13) and 7.35pm on Thursday (March 14). They removed