AN asthmatic from Halesowen is pounding the pavements in readiness for his first major run - the New York Marathon - to raise funds to help other sufferers. Bank manager Rob Smith will fulfil a lifelong ambition when he takes part in the gruelling
BRITISH Transport Police officers are launching a crackdown on anti-social behaviour at Langley Green rail station in Oldbury. Officers from BTP are stepping up patrols at the Western Road station after receiving information from rail staff and members
A BABY-FACED father, who fronted a cannabis and amphetamines factory in an Oldbury caravan, has been given a suspended sentence. Adam George, aged 22, was only arrested after police officers called at his house on a routine inquiry but smelt
TWO Halesowen football teams have been turfed off their own pitch by travellers who have set up an illegal camp on their ground. The Warley League Woodgate Sports First and Reserve teams, based at the Old Crown pub, Carters Lane, were dismayed at the
TWO men who took part in a terrifying robbery by a masked gang on a Halesowen supermarket have both been put behind bars for 40 months. Three men wearing masks ran into the Select and Save store in Saddlers Close where joint owner Jaswinder Kaur was
TEENAGERS can indulge in War Hammer war games and a figurine painting workshop at Cradley Heath Library, Upper High Street, on Wednesday (August 25) from 10.30am until 12.45pm in a pilot session for a monthly club for youngsters aged from 12, which will
BLACK Country monument maker Luke Perry is turning his skills to TV presenting, fronting a Channel Four series on the building of the Titanic. The 27-year-old, who family has been chain making in Cradley Heath for 200 years, said the chance to work
