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  • 'Justice at last' for family of murdered Stuart Roe

    THE family of murdered hairdresser Stuart Roe said they have "finally got justice" after his killer pleaded guilty and faces life in jail. Martyn Turley, aged 58, stabbed Stuart through the heart in the early hours of December 30 last year in Springfield

  • Brexit rift led to MP's resignation

    "WE just drifted apart on the Brexit situation," Stourbridge Conservative Association has admitted in the wake of Stourbridge MP Margot James's resignation. "She was a great MP, she had our full support for nine-and-a-half years," Roger Spencer

  • Man, 76, hit by car in Himley Road dies a week after crash

    AN elderly man who was hit by a car while crossing Himley Road last week has died. Francis Wright - who was also known as Alan - was seriously injured in the collision which happened just before 6pm on October 28. The 76-year-old pedestrian from

  • Stuart Roe murder trial: man pleads guilty to stabbing

    THE man accused of killing Black Country hairdresser Stuart Roe has pleaded guilty to murdering him by stabbing him through the heart after a chance drunken encounter. Martyn Turley, aged 58, of Whitehouse Street, Tipton, entered a guilty plea

  • Man released on bail after child grooming arrest in Wollaston

    A MAN arrested in Wollaston on suspicion of grooming a child for sexual activity has been released on police bail while enquiries continue. The man, aged 50, who has not been named, was arrested after police were called to The Kingsway just before

  • Brierley Hill Choral Society set for Christmas concert

    BRIERLEY Hill Choral Society should be in full voice when they present 'A Concert for Christmas Time'. The Society will be joining forces with Mount Pleasant Primary School choir for the event which takes place on Saturday, December 7 at St Michael's

  • Brierley Hill grandfather raises £500 for cancer charities

    A BRIERLEY Hill grandfather has handed over more charity cash to causes close to his heart. Gurcharan Singh Bedi, aged 77, lost his wife Surjeet Kaur Bedi to cancer in 2008 when she was just 56 and since then he has made it his mission to fundraise