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  • Body found identified as missing Dudley woman Julia Rawson

    A BODY found last week in the search for missing Dudley woman Julia Rawson has been formally identified as the 42-year-old, police have confirmed. Police have said today that a post-mortem examination on a body found in Tipton on June 12 by specialist

  • Fire destroys van outside police station

    A BLAZE destroyed a van outside Sedgley police station this afternoon (June 20). West Midlands Fire Service were called to Gospel End Street just after 3pm to reports of a van on fire outside the station. A fire crew from Wolverhampton attended

  • Sir Mo Farah fitness class to launch in Dudley

    FITNESS fans will be able to take on Sir Mo Farah's exercise regime for free at a Dudley gym this weekend. The British Olympic champion has teamed up with the Village Gym at Castle Gate to launch his total body athletic training class. The gym

  • Man found in Dudley lake charged after spate of burglaries

    A 36-YEAR-old man who was found by police on an island in a Dudley lake has been charged with a string of burglaries in the Black Country and Birmingham. Christopher Straker, of no fixed address, has been charged with a spree of burglaries in Dudley

  • Fundraisers set for mountainous challenge to help brave mum

    KIND-HEARTED Stourbridge gym members are set to take on a mountainous challenge to help brave mum Deb Drew who nearly drowned trying to save a little boy in heavy surf in north Devon. Members of the gym at Stourbridge Lawn Tennis and Squash Club

  • Letter from Westminster: Mike Wood MP

    Amongst all the noise surrounding the Conservative leadership race, a package of measures to deliver the greatest transformation in mental health services for a generation slipped out almost unnoticed. In the twenty-first century, we should not

  • Bus driver celebrated for bravery during robbery ordeal

    A COURAGEOUS bus driver is up for a top policing award after protecting her passengers from men who assaulted and robbed a customer on a busy bus route. Tracey Evans was driving the 126 service to Dudley from Birmingham, when she noticed an attack