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  • Charity darts tournament in Rowley Regis

    A CHARITY darts tournament will be held in Rowley Regis to raise funds for children in Kenya. The tournament will be at the Three Diamonds Bar and Grill on Horner Way on Saturday February 29, with funds going to the charity Sophie's Gift. The

  • Himley Hall hosts art and photographic exhibitions

    HIMLEY Hall is hosting a diverse range of exhibitions this month. Wall Heath Camera Club’s Life Through the Lens Part Two exhibition is currently running at the hall until Sunday March 29 along with work from the Photographic Image Club. An exhibition

  • Stourbridge Repair Cafe returns to The Ryemarket

    STOURBRIDGE Repair Cafe returns to The Ryemarket this weekend. Volunteers will again be up and running from 10am this Saturday (February 22) to help repair broken items ranging from electrical and mechanical to toys, textiles, ceramics and jewellery

  • Plans for new homes on former industrial site in Halesowen

    NEW homes could be built on a former trading estate in Halesowen, under plans lodged by a Birmingham-based developer. An application has been submitted to Dudley Council for 11 homes on the former Malt Mill Lane Industrial Estate in Malt Mill Lane

  • No green belt needed for homes for next decade says mayor

    NO green belt land should need to be built on in the Black Country over the next decade says West Midlands Mayor Andy Street. Having studied recent population projections and the scale of derelict brownfield sites, the mayor says all new homes

  • New £20 notes are here: 8 ways to tell a real one from a fake

    From today there's a new plastic £20 note going into circulation - but how can you tell whether it's real or a forgery? Like the £5 and £10 notes before it, the £20 has been redesigned to replace paper notes with a plastic polymer, which is reckoned