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  • Appeal to find missing Rowley Regis woman

    AN appeal has been launched to find a 38-year-old woman who has been reported missing from Rowley Regis. Julie Hughes, aged 38-years-old, has not been since the evening of Monday April 15 when she left her Rowley Regis home at around 8pm. She

  • Call for Easter egg donations for disadvantaged children

    KIND-hearted staff at a Dudley hotel are collecting Easter eggs to give to disadvantaged children in the area. Guests and gym goers at the Village Hotel are invited to visit the new Village Pub & Grill inside the hotel to drop off a boxed up

  • Man jailed for setting fire to hospital

    A DUDLEY man whose life was saved by brave members of staff after he started a fire in his room at a mental health hospital in the town has been jailed for three years nine months. Twenty one patients and staff had to be evacuated from Bushey Fields

  • Halesowen pre-school celebrates Ofsted rating

    A HALESOWEN pre-school is celebrating after being rated 'good' in all areas by Ofsted. Playzone Pre-school, based at Overend Methodist Chapel, received a glowing report after an Ofsted inspector visited on March 27. The nursery in Banners Street

  • Woman, 92, dies after Stourbridge town collision

    A 92-YEAR-OLD woman has died following a road collision in Stourbridge last Thursday - police have confirmed. Doreen Sachs was crossing Bell Street just before 2pm on April 11 when it is understood she was struck by a blue Ford KA. She suffered

  • Community 'disgusted' by park vandalism

    CAMPAIGNERS for a Gornal park have been left 'disgusted' by vandalism which has damaged the park's newly installed play equipment and seen racist graffiti scrawled on a wall. Vandals struck at Abbey Street Park last Thursday, when a fire extinguisher

  • Grant funding will help museum frontage to sparkle

    GRANT funding of nearly £50,000 has helped to landscape the front of what will become the borough's sparkling new glass museum. The British Glass Foundation has been able to landscape the frontage to what will be the brand new White House Cone Museum

  • Stourbridge man to take on iconic road race for hospice

    A STOURBRIDGE fundraiser will be travelling down to London to compete in the Virgin Money Giving London Marathon 2019 to raise vital funds for Mary Stevens Hospice. Daniel Williams, aged 26, from the Redhill area of Stourbridge, will be competing

  • Old CAB office could be new police base

    THE former Citizens Advice Bureau office in Stourbridge is being eyed up as a potential new police base. Councillor Steve Clark, who represents Wollaston and Stourbridge Town, says he has been working with Dudley Council and West Midlands Police