HALESOWEN and Rowley Regis MP James Morris has defended his decision to vote for council budget cuts across the country. The Local Government Finance Report, which suggests more than £1bn of cuts to local authority budgets, was approved in Parliament
A DANCE student from Halesowen College was chosen to star in the curtain raiser for Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake in Birmingham last Friday (February 8). Ophelia Nunes-Wickham was among more than 200 students to be selected to dance before the professional
A LANDSCAPE gardener from Halesowen has been jailed for two years for drug dealing by a no-nonsense senior judge. Cocaine dealer Alexander Heppe was visibly shocked by the custodial term handed out at Worcester Crown Court this week. But Judge
THE restaurants, cafes and canteens with the poorest hygiene ratings in the borough have been revealed. Oldswinford based The Retreat bar and bistro is the only eaterie in the borough with a zero rating, latest figures from the Food Standards Agency
WEST Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson has gone on the offensive to cut car crime. Mr Jamieson says he is angry about how easily crooks can get into high-tech vehicles which use keyless technology. He is calling on car makers
A POLICE chase ended with a Rowley Regis man being arrested on suspicion of drug-driving - on the Isle of Wight. After a car chase, police stopped a BMW driver near the Christ the King College in the town of Newport. The incident happened just
