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  • Santa boat trips to run from Stourbridge's Bonded Warehouse

    FAMILIES can get into the Christmas spirit when the Stourbridge Navigation Trust runs its popular Santa boat trips from The Bonded Warehouse. The trips will run from Canal Street on the December 14, 15, 21, 22 and 23. After a 20-minute boat ride

  • Golf course closure ‘would be a disaster’

    RESIDENTS living next to the threatened Brandhall golf course have spoken of their fears over Sandwell Council’s plans to turn it into a housing estate with a school and parkland. Neighbours of the Oldbury sports venue have voiced concerns over

  • Teen suffers facial injuries in attack near Halesowen school

    A 17-YEAR-OLD suffered facial injuries in an assault near a Halesowen school. The teenage boy was attacked in Furnace Lane, opposite Earls High School, at around 1.45pm yesterday (Monday December 2). Police are investigating the nasty incident

  • Rogue Dudley landlord fined over safety hazards

    A ROGUE Dudley landlord has been fined more than £150,000 after failing to rectify safety hazards in a property they let. Latif Rehman, of Lordswood Road, Birmingham, was fined a total of £151,070 by Wolverhampton Magistrates Court for three breaches

  • Stourbridge Conservative defends decision to skip hustings

    STOURBRIDGE Conservative candidate Suzanne Webb has defended her decision not to attend tonight's public hustings. All candidates standing in the December 12 General Election have been invited to attend the event organised by Stourbridge Churches

  • Kinver Christmas Vouchers will be dished out this week

    AN early festive treat if available senior citizens in Kinver this week. Kinver Old People's Welfare Christmas Vouchers will be distributed on Friday December 6 from 9am to 1pm from Kinver Senior Citizens Rooms in Legion Drive. Kinver residents

  • Why we're taking a stand against fake newspapers

    Our publisher Newsquest is sending an open letter from local media publishers to party leaders Jeremy Corbyn, Boris Johnson and Jo Swinson. We have been moved to act after finding election campaign material imitating local newspapers from the three

  • Could you spot the signs of child sexual exploitation?

    PEOPLE across the Dudley borough are reminded to be aware of the key warning signs of child sexual exploitation (CSE). The see me, hear me partnership led by West Midlands Police and councils across the West Midlands, including Dudley Council, is

  • Police warning after spate of burglaries in Romsley

    RESIDENTS in Romsley are being warned to be on their guard following a break in. A stables building was broken into on Dark Lane and a messy search was carried out. Nothing was reported stolen, but there have been other reports of similar break

  • Missing teen from Netherton found safe and well

    A 19-YEAR- OLD girl missing from Netherton has been found. Police had been searching for Michaela Orpen after she went missing last night (Monday December 2). They announced this morning at around 9am that she had been found and thanked the

  • Brierley Hill pair charged with conspiring to launder money

    A MAN and a woman from Brierley Hill have been charged as part of a major investigation into a cash couriering group who flew over £15m from the UK to Dubai. Joe Round, aged 30, from Blewitt Street, Pensnett, and Louise Smith, aged 33, from School