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  • Actress becomes patron of Side by Side theatre group

    BLACK Country born actress and comedienne Josie Lawrence has become the new patron of Stourbridge's award-winning Side by Side theatre company. Josie, who was born in Old Hill and brought up in Cradley Heath, visited the group of learning disabled

  • Reunion for Picturehouse clubbers

    A REUNION is being held for former Stourbridge clubbers who enjoyed nights out at the old Picturehouse nightclub. The club in Hagley Road opened its doors in 1996 and ran for 12 years and during its heydays top guest DJs including the likes of

  • Letter from Westminster: Mike Wood MP

    SINCE being elected as Dudley South’s Member of Parliament nearly 4 years ago, I have made it one of my missions to regularly visit our excellent local schools; meeting with teachers, students and parents to ensure our primary and secondary schools

  • Motorcyclist seriously injured in Cinder Bank Island crash

    A MOTORCYCLIST has been seriously injured in a collision with a car on Cinder Bank Island. Medics were called to the scene on Duncan Edwards Way in Dudley just before 7.30 this morning (April 11), after a member of ambulance service staff came across

  • Woman dies after being hit by motorcycle in Oldbury

    A PENSIONER has died after being hit by a motorbike in Oldbury on Wednesday night (April 10). The 70-year-old woman died at the scene of the incident, which happened just after 8.30pm on the A4123 Wolverhampton Road near to Birchley Island.

  • Dudley to get 'fair share' of police, councillors told

    DUDLEY is to get it's 'fair share' of the extra 200 police officers added to West Midlands Police, the Police and Crime Commissioner has assured councillors. Upper Gornal and Woodsetton councillors Kieran Casey and Adam Aston met with David Jamieson

  • Natalie Putt's family not giving up search for teen

    THE family of Gornal teenager Natalie Putt who went missing in 2003 have appealed for anyone with information to come forward so they can give her a proper burial. Natalie Putt vanished from her home in Lower Gornal on September 1 2003, aged 17-

  • Festival will remember Mitch

    A FESTIVAL style charity night will be held in Brierley Hill next week in memory of popular stage star Mitchell Bastable. Mitch, who had performed with numerous amateur operatic societies over the years, died suddenly after suffering two bleeds