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  • Mum's Easter bonnets raise whopping total

    A GORNAL mum who makes beautiful bonnets to raise funds for her son's rare condition has raised an impressive £690 for the Williams Syndrome Foundation. The money will be donated to foundation in tribute to her son eight-year-old son Matthew who

  • Suspected war grenade found on Oldbury street

    A STREET in Oldbury has now reopened after being earlier closed by police due to the discovery of a suspected war grenade. Penncricket Lane was closed at around 6pm by West Midlands Police after a suspected war grenade was found. People had

  • Ryan Passey to be remembered on 26th birthday

    FAMILY and friends of Ryan Passey plan to remember the Stourbridge footballer who was stabbed to death at Chicago's with a fundraising bash to mark what would have been his 26th birthday. Ryan, from Quarry Bank, lost his life aged just 24 at the

  • Winning start for Halesowen CC

    HALESOWEN CC got their Birmingham and District League Division Two season off to a winning start with success at Bromsgrove. At 54-7, Hales were struggling against rivals Bromsgrove before a defiant 69 from Hassan Qaumi inspired a recovery to 201

  • Black Country man cleared of exposing himself in bar of pub

    AN Oldbury man accused of masturbating in the bar of a pub during a drunken birthday celebration has been cleared. Kevin Haughney denied exposing himself to cause alarm or distress following an incident at the Pack Horse pub, Alcester Road, Wythall

  • Before the courts: the latest from Dudley Magistrate's Court

    A SERIAL shoplifter has been ordered to pay £1,000 in punishment after stealing from a host of stores in Dudley. Robert Philpott, aged 35, of Withymoor Road, Netherton, pleaded guilty to stealing £235 worth of sweets from Iceland, fitness products