A GROUP of young people, who give a voice to looked after children in Sandwell, is celebrating after winning a prestigious Diana Award. The Looked After Young People’s Board, largely made up of young people, has won the award for its commitment and
ANGRY traders are counting the cost of a graffiti spree which caused thousands of pounds of damage to Halesowen town centre shops. A hooded youth was caught on CCTV scratching his ‘tag’ onto scores of plate glass windows. The attacker struck on premises
TWO young girls, who were victims of a Halesowen sex attacker, suffered psychological trauma as a result, a court heard. Daniel Avery, aged 29, was jailed for five years after admitting 14 indecent and sexual assaults on the girls, who were under the
HEATING oil thefts and increasing pressure on space have forced an expanding Christian charity which helps people in urgent need has moved to bigger premises in Blackheath. Loaves ‘n’ fishes has quit its Waterfall Lane warehouse in Cradley Heath and
A NINE-month wait for a replacement green bin is over for a Halesowen householder after a call from the News. Requests for a new bin by Jon Holton and Halesowen North councillor Karen Shakespeare to Dudley Council went unheeded for several months.
BIG-HEARTED staff at two Black Country building society branches are aiming to bolster supplies at a Blackheath based food bank.The Halesowen and Stourbridge branches of Yorkshire Building Society have started a collection of non-perishable items for
FLOODING in one part of Halesowen should be consigned to history after Severn Trent Water announced a £300,000 sewer improvement scheme. New larger sewers and three rainwater storage tanks which can hold 250,000 litres of water will be installed in Manor
