A PRIMARY school in Dudley is the first to adopt a smoking ban at its school gates, in a bid to improve the health of its pupils. Kates Hill Primary is the first in the borough to take on the Dudley Council campaign, which aims to cut down on the
A pensioner was stabbed in his own home by a masked gang who broke in during broad daylight. The victim, aged 71, was attacked with a knife after robbers forced their way into his home in Titford Road, Oldbury, just after 4pm yesterday (Sunday)
MIDLANDS middleweight champion Tyler Denny has enjoyed a week-long warm weather camp ahead of his ring return next month. Rowley Regis' ‘Ruthless’ flew out to Tenerife last weekend alongside a number of boxers, including fellow BCB Promotions'
Labour members of Sandwell Council are meeting in private tonight (Monday) to choose a new interim leader of their group after council leader Steve Eling’s party membership was suspended last month. Sixty eight Labour councillors will choose who
A DUDLEY man's generosity will improve treatment for respiratory patients at Russells Hall Hospital, all in memory of his late wife. Michael Bullen, from Oakham, has donated £8,000 to the hospital for the development of a new procedure room on ward
A CRISIS-HIT Halesowen primary is to bring in a headteacher from another school to offer support to its own under-fire head. The News reported last month how more than 330 people signed a ‘no confidence in the headteacher’ petition launched by parents
A BP garage in Lye was targeted by a gang of thieves, after one of the intruders claimed to be a police officer. The robbery took place around 4am on Sunday morning (February 10), when five men entered the garage after one of them claimed to be
A motorbike rider is fighting for his life in hospital today after a collision with a car in Halesowen. The accident happened in Hawne Lane on Friday night at around 9.46pm. The 37-year-old rider hit a stationary car. He was resuscitated at
MEMORIES of Dudley’s greatest sportsman, Duncan Edwards, were shared at the opening of a room in his honour at the Copthorne Hotel in Brierley Hill. Duncan's family members and former team-mates from his youth were joined by West Bromwich Albion
