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  • Alleged graffiti vandal faces criminal damage charge

    AN 18-year-old Halesowen man who allegedly took part in a series of graffiti attacks in Halesowen and Stourbridge, while on police bail for an early similar offence, was today charged with causing criminal damage. Lewis Douglas, of Greenhill Road

  • Supermarket bid for Oldbury site dismissed as speculation

    REPORTS that a supermarket could be built on a prime site in Oldbury have been condemned as “pure speculation”. A Sandwell Council spokesman denied the local authority had been approached by any prospectiive retailer or any other business interested

  • McDonald puzzled by goalkeeper 'mix-up'

    MARCUS McDonald has been left scratching his head over attempts to sign goalkpper Aaron Gayle. The Cradley Town boss thought Gayle would be available for this Saturday’s trip to Dudley Town - until he found out the keeper had signed in pre-season

  • James Morris MP enters increasingly bitter national NHS row

    HALESOWEN and Rowley Regis MP James Morris has weighed into a bitter national political row over the NHS. The Conservative MP has demanded what former Labour ministers knew about problems at Dudley’s Russells Hall Hospital after it emerged the

  • Lloyd a doubt for Causeway's Shepshed clash

    AARON Lloyd is a doubt for Saturday’s Causeway United’s Baker Joiner Midland Alliance game at home to Shepshed. The striker suffered a suspected cracked rib in Tuesday night’s 3-0 Birmingham Senior Cup defeat at Skrill Conference North side Leamington

  • No doubt that 12 Angry Men at The Rep is a Shaw fire winner

    EVER since watching the classic 1957 film 12 Angry Men as a child I have been waiting for the call to serve my Queen and Country as a juror. Sadly my number has never come up so I was not going to miss a star studded reprise of 12 Angry Men at

  • US and British brews to be pulled in beer festival

    AMERICAN beers will complement 40 British brews as the pints are pulled during a 16-day festival at three pubs in Halesowen and Sandwell. The US craft beers and real ales will be on offer at The William Shenstone, Queensway, Halesowen, The Moon

  • Yeltz march on with win over Market Drayton

    Halesowen Town 3 Market Drayton Town 1 YELTZ showed they are not distracted by their cup exploits with a comprehensive win over struggling Market Drayton. Nigel Penney scored his first goal for club and had a hand in two more as Halesowen moved

  • Halesowen youngsters offer harvest help to town's old folks

    BIG-hearted schoolchildren have donated their harvest festival produce to Halesowen’s Age Concern, as it recovers from two break-ins, which caused more than £7,0000 worth of damage. Halesowen CE Primary School donated money to help people in Tanzania

  • Oldbury residents chance to have their say

    OLDBURY people can have their say on issues affecting them at the latest series of neighbourhood forum meetings with police and council officers. They will be held at Causeway Green Methodist Church, Pencricket Lane, on Monday October 28, St Hubert