PLANS for a new care home in Oldbury have been submitted to Sandwell Council. Denbigh Homes Ltd wants to convert a semi-detached house at 25, Brandhall Road, Oldbury, into a care home for two users and build a new care home for five residents
PLANS to pioneer Very Light Rail technology in the borough and put Dudley on the national map are “under threat”, the leader of the council has said today (Monday). Councillor Patrick Harley has written to the government asking for help in meeting
AN elderly Belbroughton couple have been left upset after vandals slashed their garden recliners that were given to them to celebrate a milestone anniversary. The couple, aged in their 80s, had recently received the chairs as a gift for their silver
STOURBRIDGE Repair Cafe is going online to help people fix their much-loved treasured or essential items. The group has not been able to hold its monthly cafe in The Ryemarket due to coronavirus social distancing requirements and volunteer menders
A 12-YEAR-OLD suspected burglar was hurt when he was bitten by a police dog in Halesowen. The youth was one of three boys arrested by police after being chased by police dog Romeo and found hiding in a bush in Manor Lane. They were arrested
A MAN from Brierley Hill has been charged after a police motorbike was hit by a car in Shropshire. The police officer involved received hospital treatment for minor injuries after the incident on the A458 between Bridgnorth and Much Wenlock on
EYES down, Mecca Bingo is back. The nation's best known bingo chain has confirmed Mecca Bingo in Brierley Hill and Oldbury will be among clubs re-opening on Saturday July 4. Mecca Bingo is taking a phased approach to re-opening its clubs across
A MAIN Halesowen road will be made temporarily one-way so that it can be resurfaced. Stourbridge Road (A458) will be one-way westbound from Wednesday July 8 to Monday July 13, from 9.30am till 3.30pm. Dudley Council said the one-way
ALDI has announced it wants to open a new store in Cradley Heath as part of expansion plans. The discount supermarket has revealed a list of 18 new locations where it is looking for town-centre or edge-of-centre sites suitable for development
THE leader of Dudley Council has written to the government to ask if nearly £10 million in unallocated business grants can be used to support the borough’s tourist attractions and town centres to fight back from the coronavirus crisis. The council
