BUSY parents can keep children active during the half term holiday at fun packed sport and activity sessions at Cradley Heath's Haden Hill Leisure Centre. Full and half day holiday camps, for children aged eight to 16, will be available at the
A GALA night of comedy and music in Cradley raised more than £1,200 for a cancer charity that helped organiser musician Brian T Williams overcome throat cancer. The event at the town’s sports and social club last week featured top midlands comic
FIREFIGHTERS across Dudley and Sandwell will be striking again next weekend as part of a national dispute. The Fire Brigades’ Union has announced its members will walk out for five hours between 6.30pm and 11.30pm on Saturday October 19. The
A YEAR-long programme of celebrations has been launched at a Cradley school as teachers and children mark its diamond anniversary. Sixty years of history will be recalled at Caslon Primary School, which first opened its doors in 1953. Headteacher
SANDWELL Council's new children's services director has been urged to be "more transparent" during his tenure in office. Matthew Sampson has been lured from Sheffield Council to take the reigns of the department rated "inadequate" by Ofsted inspectors
TEACHERS at Blackheath Primary School will honour former colleague Alethea Taylor, who was murdered by her unfaithful husband, by planting a tree in her memory. Past and present members of staff will gather in the grounds of the Britannia Road
By Jamie Home COLIN Brookes has seen good times and bad during his 20-year association with Halesowen Town - and currently it’s the former rather than the latter. The club’s recent history saw them beset by financial difficulties but that would
