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  • Controversy over appointment of council’s £150k chief exec

    THE appointment of the new £150,000 a year chief executive for Sandwell is expected to be made tonight at full council meeting amid controversy over the recruitment process. Privately, some councillors have already been told the job has been awarded

  • Colley Gate pub The Round of Beef targeted again

    A COLLEY Gate pub where a woman was held at knife-point in a robbery has been targeted again. The Round of Beef was broken into at around 4am this morning (Tuesday January 14). The pub on Windmill Hill shared a picture (above) of one of the

  • Man stabbed in Brierley Hill incident

    A MAN was stabbed during a robbery in Brierley Hill last night (Monday). A 28-year-old man was attacked in his black Toyota estate before the car was stolen in Lower Derry Street at around 7.15pm on January 13. The injured man went to nearby

  • Woman dies at Halesowen home despite medics' efforts

    A WOMAN died at a house in Halesowen despite the efforts of medics who fought to save her. Police and West Midlands Ambulance Service were called to reports of a woman suffering a cardiac arrest at the house in Downing Street at around 5.33pm on

  • History talk on Buffalo Bill

    MIDLAND Ancestors Stourbridge Branch is holding a talk on the life and times of wild west adventurer and showman Buffalo Bill Cody. The legendary cowboy was reputed to have stopped off at The Plough in Bridgnorth Road, Wollaston, when he brought