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  • Spooky Halloween House returns to intu Merry Hill

    A POPULAR pop-up Halloween store has returned to intu Merry Hill. Halloween House has grown in size after a successful debut last year and is now open on the upper mall near Next. It stocks one of the largest collections of Halloween merchandise

  • Jordanne Whiley victorious in US Open tennis

    HALESOWEN tennis star Jordanne Whiley clinched her second US Open women’s doubles title with best friend Yui Kamiji of Japan on Sunday after the second seeds defeated Dutch top seeds Marjolein Buis and Diede de Groot 6-3, 6-3. Whiley and Kamiji

  • Temporary traffic lights on main Halesowen road - again

    THERE will be temporary traffic lights on a main Halesowen road this week. There will be land closures on the A456 Manor Way between the M5 motorway island and the borough boundary. Temporary traffic lights will be operating from 9.30am till

  • Halesowen's BID team gets royal recognition

    HALESOWEN'S BID team have been thanked by the Queen's representative in the West Midlands for their "inspiring" work during the coronavirus crisis. The hardworking team, made up of BID manager Vicky Rogers and ambassador Ellie Hunt, were out and

  • Developer withdraws bid for homes on Oldbury green space

    A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build homes on green space in Oldbury has been withdrawn. The bid to build 13 homes on Brook Road Open Space on Wolverhampton Road - next to the PDSA pet hospital site - was withdrawn by the developer as councillors met

  • Confirmed Covid-19 case at Oldbury school

    AN Oldbury secondary school has been hit by coronavirus after a student tested positive for the virus. Oldbury Academy remains open with one form asked to self isolate for 14 days after Public Health England confirmed a student has tested positive