FREE on-street parking in Halesowen is set to double in a bid to boost trade in the town centre. The plan by Dudley Council bosses to make 70 free 45 minute spaces available follows a long campaign by the town’s chamber of trade. Chairman Wayne Edwards
SANDWELL’S children’s care services are bracing themselves for a “good” Ofsted inspection, which started today, to lift them out of their “inadequate” grade. Council leader Councillor Darren Cooper said “vast improvements” had been made in the way the
THE groundbreaking Brett Young Dementia Gateway centre in Halesowen has reopened and now offers state-of-the-art facilities for people with dementia. The centre was officially reopened last Thursday by the Mayor of Dudley Councillor Margaret
AN inter-faith conference is being held at the new Hindu Temple in Rowley Regis.The leaders at the Shri Pashupatinath Mandir have invited representatives of all the different faiths represented in Rowley Regis to the meeting on Saturday, February 7.There
A DISABLED Halesowen man, who suffers from severe back pain, feels “abandoned” by Russells Hall Hospital after his treatment was stopped last November. The Dudley hospital’s pain and rheumatology patients were moved out of A1 ward to make way for the
A CAMPAIGN to persuade Halesowen businesses to support plans to make the town a Business Improvement District is in jeopardy after councillors approved only a third of a grant application. Halesowen Chamber of Trade applied to the Halesowen North and
FIGHTERS from Priory Park Boxing Club are set to demonstrate their skills during a packed show next month.Boxers of varied ages will go head to head with opponents from clubs from across the country at the Copthorne Hotel, Merry Hill, on Saturday, February
WANNABE UKIP MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis has poured scorn on Labour claims that his party would destroy the foundations on which the NHS is built. Dean Perks accused the Labour Party of sending out “hypocritical and untrue” literature. The prospective
