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  • Call for Easter egg donations for disadvantaged children

    KIND-hearted staff at a Dudley hotel are collecting Easter eggs to give to disadvantaged children in the area. Guests and gym goers at the Village Hotel are invited to visit the new Village Pub & Grill inside the hotel to drop off a boxed up

  • Man jailed for setting fire to hospital

    A DUDLEY man whose life was saved by brave members of staff after he started a fire in his room at a mental health hospital in the town has been jailed for three years nine months. Twenty one patients and staff had to be evacuated from Bushey Fields

  • Garden centre taken over

    VALUE garden centre group Cherry Lane has taken over Wyevale’s Barnett Hill garden centre near Clent. Cherry Lane is now officially trading at Barnett Hill on Worcester Road and the garden centre will be known as Barnett Hill by Cherry Lane.

  • Councils toothless on rule breaking

    COUNCILS are toothless when it comes to councillors who break the rules – a Black Country politician has warned. Councillor Adam Aston said sanctions local authorities have to deal with those who breach codes of conduct are inadequate. The

  • Woman, 92, dies after Stourbridge town collision

    A 92-YEAR-OLD woman has died following a road collision in Stourbridge last Thursday - police have confirmed. Doreen Sachs was crossing Bell Street just before 2pm on April 11 when it is understood she was struck by a blue Ford KA. She suffered

  • Consultation event for revised Longlands School plan

    A PUBLIC consultation is being held tomorrow over plans to build a new housing development on the old Longlands School site in Stourbridge. Persimmon Homes is holding the event at St James’ Church Hall in Belfry Drive, Wollaston, on Wednesday April

  • Community 'disgusted' by park vandalism

    CAMPAIGNERS for a Gornal park have been left 'disgusted' by vandalism which has damaged the park's newly installed play equipment and seen racist graffiti scrawled on a wall. Vandals struck at Abbey Street Park last Thursday, when a fire extinguisher

  • Old CAB office could be new police base

    THE former Citizens Advice Bureau office in Stourbridge is being eyed up as a potential new police base. Councillor Steve Clark, who represents Wollaston and Stourbridge Town, says he has been working with Dudley Council and West Midlands Police

  • Grant funding will help museum frontage to sparkle

    GRANT funding of nearly £50,000 has helped to landscape the front of what will become the borough's sparkling new glass museum. The British Glass Foundation has been able to landscape the frontage to what will be the brand new White House Cone Museum

  • Stourbridge man to take on iconic road race for hospice

    A STOURBRIDGE fundraiser will be travelling down to London to compete in the Virgin Money Giving London Marathon 2019 to raise vital funds for Mary Stevens Hospice. Daniel Williams, aged 26, from the Redhill area of Stourbridge, will be competing