PENSIONERS now have easy access to a picturesque Halesowen park thanks to new £2.7k steps. Residents of Margaret Vine Court asked for the steps so they could get into Hurst Green Park which they could see from their windows but couldn't easily
HUNDREDS of pounds have been raised to fund a community defibrillator after councillors and residents abseiled down the side of Dudley Castle. Councillors Keiran Casey and Adam Aston and residents took on the challenge on Sunday, October 13 to raise
A TRIAL date has been set for two men accused of murdering Dudley woman Julia Rawson. Nathan Maynard-Ellis, aged 29, of Mission Drive, Tipton, and David Leesley, aged 24, of Dereton Close, Dudley, will stand trial on March 9 next year. The date
A DUDLEY woman has been found guilty of making indecent images, many involving children. Jasmine Rowbottom, aged 24, claimed a virus had installed the images on her computer when quizzed by police after officers from the Online Child Exploitation
A 110-YEAR-OLD Cradley Heath funeral directors has beaten competition from firms across the UK to scoop an award - with part of its prize set to see new trees planted in Uffmoor Wood. Trevor E W Hickton Ltd won the Innovative Business Strategy
AROUND 400 concerned residents took part in a protest walk across under-threat Halesowen greenbelt calling for proposals for thousands of homes to be thrown out. The group Save Halesowen's Countryside organised the three-mile ramble from Dog Kennel
A GORNAL primary school has been told to improve by education inspectors. Red Hall Primary Primary School in Lower Gornal has been degraded from its former 'good' rating to 'requires improvement' by Ofsted. The report, which was published on
RESIDENTS are to seek answers over alleged ‘anomalies’ after a controversial proposal to build eight houses on a former Brierley Hill workshop was given the go-ahead. Opponents to plans to build the homes on the disused haulage yard off Cygnet Lane
