A BALTI house's former owner was 'playing with human life' by falsely advertising a dish as peanut-free, a court heard. Reza Ul-Islam - the former director of B68 Indian Cuisine Ltd, trading as B68 Indian Cuisine and Takeaway - pleaded guilty to
A WOMAN who tried to run a man over before attacking two innocent women in ugly violence in Stourbridge High Street has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Judge Barry Berlin at Wolverhampton Crown Court told 47-year-old Michelle Nicholls: "You
A KINGSWINFORD company which specialises in developing driverless vehicles has won a £30 million contract in South Korea. Westfield Technology Group, based at Gibbons Industrial Park, will now supply three autonomous vehicles to Ulleungdo Island
A NEW outdoor music and comedy festival has been unveiled in celebration of Black Country Day. Tickets are now on sale for the Black Country Musicom which takes place at Himley Hall on July 14, the official day of celebration for all things Black
DUDLEY Council has denied 40 per cent of CCTV cameras used to fight crime across the area do not work. The claim came in a budget meeting where Conservative councillors asked for confirmation that monitors for Dudley, Stourbridge and Halesowen were
TWO incidents of strangers approaching parents and pupils - within the space of 24 hours of each other - have led to a pair of Oldbury schools issuing warnings. An Oldbury Academy schoolgirl reported being followed home by a white Mercedes Sprinter
A BURST water main caused rush-hour chaos in Oldbury on Friday morning (February 15). Four-way temporary traffic lights were set up at the busy Bromford Lane/Bromford Road island between West Bromwich and Oldbury. Kelvin Way and Brandon Way
A MAN has been charged with damaging a pensioner's car and then posing as a police officer to try and search his Halesowen home. Jamil Aslam is alleged to have committed criminal damage in Grange Road on February 7 this year then returned to the
A "PERSISTENT" Stourbridge crook who tried to pocket £200 from a 97-year-old man by pretending he had carried out repair work on guttering at his home has been locked up for 13 months. Judge Amjad Nawaz at Wolverhampton Crown Court said it was
