HIMLEY Hall’s Musicom festival has been rescheduled due to recent changes in the government’s roadmap out of lockdown. The festival which was due to take place in July has been pushed back to September 12. Black Country at Musicom Party in
FIRE Crews are battling a blaze at The New Wellington pub on Brettell Lane in Brierley Hill. West Midlands Fire Service say they are dealing with a severe fire in the the kitchen area of the public house. The road is currently closed so motorists
THE A&E department at Dudley's main hospital is set to get a major overhaul after a damning inspection ranked it as inadequate. Proposals have been put forward to Dudley Council planning officers by the borough’s NHS trust which are aimed at
EMERGENCY services were called out to an incident outside the Crystal Leisure Centre in Stourbridge on Saturday (June 19). West Midlands Police said they responded after a teenage girl on a wall experienced a "mental health crisis". West Midlands
Choosing a baby name can be one of the toughest decisions new parents are likely to face. Unless a family rule is to name a child after a family member then there is a plethora of names out their and it can be difficult to decide on the perfect
EMERGENCY services were called to a two car crash in Hagley on June 20. Two females were involved in the collision on Kidderminster Road South, who were out of their vehicles before fire crews arrived at the scene. A Hereford and Worcester
THE owner of a stolen van got his vehicle back after calling 999 while following the thieves. The van was stolen from Kingswinford on Friday (June 18) with the quick-thinking owner following it and calling police. He lost sight of the vehicle
A MAN, who pleaded guilty to selling illegal tobacco in a shop in Brierley Hill, who originally avoided jail back in 2019, now finds himself behind bars. Ali Ibrahim Hamad of Huntingdon Road, West Bromwich sold illegal tobacco in his shop Istanbul
MORE than 100 further cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus have been recorded in Dudley, new figures reveal. With cases of the now dominant Delta strain, first identified in India, rising rapidly across England, vaccinations have opened up
THERE are temporary traffic lights on a Stourbridge road this week. The traffic signals are on Racecourse Lane in Norton outside the house named Comberton today (Monday June 21) and tomorrow (Tuesday June 22). They are to allow Virgin Media
A RETIRED Black Country magistrate has been left in disbelief after being hit with a county court judgement after a long-running dispute over car parking fees. Clive Sowerby, who runs Sowerby's Shoes in Stourbridge, dedicated 22 years to seeing
POLICE have launched an appeal to help find a missing man last seen near the Barbridge pub in Stourbridge. Errol Smith, aged 64, has been missing since Saturday night (June 19) and was last seen just before 11pm. The man has never been missing
BOSSES at Dudley Council are lobbying the Attorney General for a sentence review for two men who attacked and racially abused a litter warden. The unnamed Dudley Council officer was attacked with a wooden pole while carrying out his duties in August
