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  • How Halesowen group is Reaching Out to the homeless

    PREGNANT women sleeping in tents under arches, smartly dressed men with no jobs and no homes wandering the streets... Every week a dedicated group of volunteers from the Halesowen area come face to face with the growing problem of homelessness in

  • Major refurb of Quinton church

    A £250,000 refurbishment project at a Quinton church has been completed, helping ensure the community can access pandemic support services. St Boniface Church has new lights and roofing, in part thanks to a £25,000 grant from the Enovert Community

  • Disgusting! Pictures reveal the filth in this takeaway

    THESE are some of the disgusting scenes hygiene inspectors found when they visited a Halesowen takeaway. And the council have warned that their prosecution of the owner - who ended with fines and costs of more than £2,600 – is a ‘clear message’

  • New coronavirus test sites to open in Dudley borough

    TWO new coronavirus testing sites are to open in the next few days to boost the Dudley borough’s testing capacity. The first will open on the car park next to Swanpool Park, off Studley Gate in Stourbridge on Friday (January 15) and will offer

  • Halesowen man handling the navy's aircraft

    A Royal Navy sailor from Halesowen has completed his training to serve on warships and support ships around the world. Able Rate Thomas Jennings qualified as a naval airman and joined the navy’s Aircraft Handlers’ Branch. Naval airmen – men

  • Have you seen this man?

    HAVE you seen this man? Police are looking for 21-year-old Carl Tromans from Rowley Regis who is wanted for assaulting a police officer and drug offences. Anyone who knows his whereabouts is urged to get in touch with officers via Live Chat on

  • 'Relief' as Halesowen care home gets Covid jabs

    STAFF and residents at a Halesowen care home have been given the COVID-19 vaccine. Lapal House was among the first wave of the borough's care homes to get the jab - with the Oxford Astra Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine administered to all its staff and