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  • Tradesmen fined over shoddy electrical work

    A BUILDER and an electrician have both been fined after a court heard they attempted to cover up unsatisfactory domestic electrical work. The case, brought by Dudley Council’s trading standards, highlighted how the two had issued an electrical certificate

  • 300 cannabis plants seized at Dudley house

    AROUND 300 cannabis plants were seized by police at a house in Dudley. Police were called to an address on Buxton Road, in the Holly Hall area, following reports of suspicious behaviour, just after 5pm on Friday April 12. When police arrived,

  • Heathens preparing for return to league racing

    CRADLEY Heathens are counting down to the return of league racing. Heathens are back after a year at Trophy level as club bosses revealed a full season sharing home matches between Wolves and Birmingham would have been unviable. Now the riders

  • Bid to trace man as pub assault victim fights for life

    A SEARCH has been launched to find a man who helped a victim of a pub assault who is fighting for his life. Police want to trace the man who gave first aid to the victim outside the Fox and Goose pub in West Bromwich as they think he might have

  • Sisters take on tough challenges in aid of hospital

    TWO kind-hearted Stourbridge siblings have set themselves big challenges to help raise cash for Birmingham Children's Hospital. Five-year-old Hollie Shuttleworth will walk 14 miles from her home in Stourbridge to Birmingham Children's Hospital

  • Crooked roofer avoids jail time

    A CROOKED roofer who tried to con a Halesowen pensioner out of £4,800 for unnecessary work on her home has avoided a spell behind bars. "The public take a dim view of people like you who go around telling elderly people they need a new roof when

  • River rubbish would fill a football field, campaigners say

    A DEDICATED band of volunteers working to clear up the River Stour say the amount of rubbish pulled from the polluted waterway over the last seven years would fill a football field. Transition Stourbridge's River Stour Project has seen volunteers

  • Mum's marathon Easter bonnet making is massive hit

    A MUM who creates beautiful Easter bonnets to raise money for her son's rare condition has had a record breaking year, making 150 bonnets in ten days. Kellie Bates, from Lower Gornal, makes Easter bonnets by hand to sell, with all proceeds going