RESIDENTS and councillors are dismayed that a failed bid to open a hand car wash in the car park of a Halesowen pub has been resurrected. People living near the Full Moon, Hurst Green Road, were relieved to hear the application had been refused
A POSTIE made a special delivery to an Old Hill school when he popped in to read them his favourite children’s stories. Mike Billingham, from the Coombs Wood depot, was one of a range of workers who read to children at Old Hill Primary School,
OLDBURY turned Goldbury for the day when hundreds of people turned out to celebrate and cheer on Sandwell’s Commonwealth Games stars. The town hosted the special day which saw a bus stop sprayed gold, road signs renamed Goldbury and the town centre
CRADLEY MP Margot James was pretty in pink when she attended The Breast Cancer Campaign Parliamentary fundraiser.The Breast Cancer Campaign held a “Wear it Pink” event in Parliament to help raise cash and awareness about the disease.The charity
A FORMER world champion accordion player will be hitting the high notes during a performance in Rowley Regis. Pearl Fawcett-Adriano, ex junior and senior world champion, will play at the Black Country Accordion Club on Monday (September 22).
BINGE drinking was blamed for a Rowley Regis plumber throwing a punch at a fellow drinker and breaking his jaw and eye socket after they had been thrown out of a Stourbridge nightspot. John Evans lashed out with a single blow after being involved
I was saddened to read in your recent article that Grace Kalinski, 18, of Halesowen, twice fought back from the brink of death after contracting meningitis earlier this year.Everyone at Meningitis Now was touched that friends and well-wishers are embarking
A HARVEST concert featuring two Salvation Army bands is being held in Cradley Heath next weekend. The Burton on Trent and Cradley Heath Salvation Army bands are performing on Saturday, September 27, at 7pm.The concert at the Salvation Army, Meredith Street
A HALESOWEN church is holding two services this Sunday to celebrate Harvest.Hurst Green Methodist Church, Narrow Lane, is appealing for people to bring harvest gifts which will be distributed to the needy. A traditional style harvest service begins at
THE £1.3 million modernisation of the outdated Rowley Regis Crematorium has begun this week. Rowley Regis Crematorium in Powke Lane opened in 1962 and now needs updating and expanding to accommodate larger groups. Work on the upgrading of the
AN ARMED robber who terrified staff at a Halesowen bank during a vicious raid has been jailed for 16 years. Stephen Loftus, from Bewdley, was on the run at the time from police after failing to comply with the requirements of his licence following his
ORMISTON Forge Academy in Cradley Heath is throwing open its doors this month to prospective students and their parents.The two open events will be held on Thursday, September 25 and Saturday, September 27.Children due to start secondary school in September
