A HUSBAND and wife fiddled more than £33,000 in benefits after failing to reveal they were living in a house in Oldbury owned by their son. Aslam and Mafooz Begum also failed to inform the Department of Work and Pensions that their daughter, who
A “DESPICABLE” Oldbury woman who bound and gagged a frightened 91-year-old pensioner has been jailed for ten years. Sandra Mowbray targeted vulnerable Flora Knight in her Oldbury home because she knew she was frail and she left her nursing a cut
THE nephew of a man who was killed during a fight at a Halesowen house has pleaded guilty to assault during the violent confrontation which resulted in the fatal stabbing. Father-of-one David Carpenter, aged 47, died after being stabbed in the
A MAN who was stabbed during an incident at a house in Oldbury is described as stable and progressing well in hospital today. The 28-year-old, from Tipton, suffered life-threatening stab wounds and was in a critical condition in Birmingham's Queen
SHORT Cross Methodist Church is holding a fundraising coffee morning this weekend. The Attwood Street church is inviting people to a Breast Cancer Campaign coffee morning on Saturday between 10am and noon. There will be hot and cold drinks,
A POPULAR West Bromwich Albion steward from Oldbury died after being run over near his home on Saturday night. Mick Hodgetts, aged 54, worked at The Hawthorns and was knocked down on the Wolverhampton Road just after 9.30pm. Mr Hodgetts, who
A BOGUS Rowley Regis charity collector duped kind-hearted shopkeepers into giving him money, claiming it was for cancer research. David Armson was jailed for 16 months after a judge at Wolverhamoton Crown Court told him his actions undermined public
WOMEN in Halesowen and Sandwell will be putting a new slant on the saying ‘charity begins at home’ when they join “The IN Thing” this autumn. Cancer Research UK is launching an exciting new fundraising campaign, known as The IN Thing, and is urging
A MAN who fell from the roof of an Oldbury pub remains in a critical condition in hospital more than a week later. The 36-year-old suffered serious injuries in the fall from ta flat roof at the Manchester Stores Pub, Churchbridge at 9.15am on Sunday
TWO bailed vandalism suspects accused of a series of graffiti attacks across Halesowen and Stourbridge, which have cost taxpayers £10,000, have been re-arrested by police. The latest marker pen attacks saw street furniture daubed with slogans in
AN ARTIST and historian have teamed up to give people a new insight into Cradley Heath. Renowned artist Fran Wilde and local historian Vicki Darby Smith are holding walks and a picnic to explore the past and the present of the town. On Saturday
A BULLYING Rowley Regis drunk pushed a young woman to the ground snapping her wrist as she tried to act as peacemaker to stop him at attacking her friend. Bret Dance, aged 30, had been drinking heavily and taking cocaine before the attack on Lena
