AN OLDBURY school which has asked for a £125,000 bailout after running up debts of nearly £300,000 is waiting to hear if its application will be successful. Rounds Green Primary, which is paying for two headteachers, applied for the financial lifeline
THE man who stands accused of murdering Halesowen hairdresser Stuart Roe will face trial in November after proceedings were adjourned today. Martyn Turley, aged 57, of Whitehouse Street, Tipton is accused of stabbing Mr Roe to death in Rowley Regis
A DERELICT restaurant has been severely damaged after a fire broke out yesterday (Sunday June 23). West Midlands Fire Service sent 13 firefighters to the old Page Arms in Market Street after receiving reports of a blaze at 4.47pm. A spokesman
A DUDLEY pensioner was scammed out of £60,000 by con artists over a 20-year period. The shocking case has been highlighted in a report to members of the health and well-being board, who are meeting this week to discuss how to improve fraud awareness
A 21-year old man is wanted by police following burglaries in Dudley. Police have launched an appeal to find Jordan Timmins, who is wanted in connected with two burglaries that happened in Dudley. The 21-year-old is from Wednesbury, a police
A BABY and two women escaped from a severe house fire in Oldbury this morning (Monday). Firefighters were called to the blaze in an end terrace in Brennand Road at 9.24am. A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said a woman in her 70s, a
HALESOWEN'S Jordanne Whiley excited by Wimbledon return after wildcard selection. Whiley is among four British players from the LTA’s Wheelchair Tennis World Class Performance Programme to contest the wheelchair events at The Championships next
A CRITICALLY endangered female songbird has arrived at Dudley Zoo with the hope of saving the species from the brink of extinction. An 11-month old female Bali Mynah has found a new home in the Black Country from Heidelberg Zoo in Germany, as part
A WOMAN, a teenager and their pets were rescued by a brave passer-by from a house fire in the early hours of this morning (Monday) in Rowley Regis. The blaze, which police believe was started deliberately, happened at a semi-detached house in Halesowen
ROAD closures will be in place around Halesowen town centre this Sunday (June 30) as thousands of people take part in the Black Country Road Run. The following roads will be closed from 6am to 1pm: Pool Road, Great Cornbow, Rumbow, Birmingham Street
FLOODING and disruption to traffic across the West Midlands and West Mercia is likely following a warning of heavy rain and thunderstorms. The Met Office have set a Yellow Warning across the region for today (Monday, June 24), with other parts of
A WOMAN has been jailed for 29 weeks following a spate of shoplifting in Dudley and Halesowen, Lauren Bolton, aged 40, of Little Hill Way, Birmingham, pleaded guilty at Dudley Magistrate's Court to stealing £928 worth of make up from Wilkos in Dudley
