A DRIVER fled the scene of a car crash in Halesowen. Firefighters from Haden Cross fire station were called to the scene in Hayseech Road at around 10pm on Sunday (April 4). The car had left the road and crashed into bushes. No other vehicles
THE GRANDCHILDREN of a Halesowen man who died from Lymphoma are raising money for the hospital which treated him by walking over two million steps. Martin Sylvester died aged 63 last June after a five-year fight with the cancer. The much-loved
A MEDITERRANEAN takeaway is set to open in Halesowen as the town looks forward to welcoming back its non-essential retailers. The takeaway will open up at the former Town Cafe unit in Peckingham Street. The news has been welcomed by Halesowen
THIS robber who has escaped from prison has links to Oldbury. Ismail Hanson absconded from HMP Springhill this morning (Tuesday April 6) where he was serving a sentence for robbery. Police are appealing for the public's help to trace him, but
POLICE are appealing for help to find this man after a burglary in which two cars were stolen in Smethwick. They want to talk to him about a car key burglary in Abbey Road at 2.20am on Wednesday March 17. The burglar was caught on CCTV escaping
WORK has started on creating a new £500,000 orangutan enclosure at Dudley Zoo and Castle which is getting set to re-open after lockdown. An empty paddock next to the current orangutan enclosure has been cleared in preparation for building work,
TWO dogs which escaped and killed a Rowley Regis great-grandmother in her own back garden have been put down. Lucille Downer, aged 85, was attacked by the dogs which got into her back garden in Boundary Avenue through a hole in the fence at around
THE Dudley Group of hospitals is being prosecuted after two incidents where patients died after they were allegedly exposed to "significant risk of avoidable harm" - the Care Quality Commission has announced. The regulator said it was bringing
HALESOWEN police arrested a 15-year-old boy at a bus stop for possession of a knife. Officers had received reports that the teen was carrying weapons. They were carrying out patrols with West Midlands Police dogs section and police dog Stavros
A PICTURE-PERFECT thatched Romsley cottage is up for sale for £895k. The detached four-bedroom house on Farley Lane boasts an Aga and walk-in wardrobe and enjoys "far reaching views of the Worcestershire countryside." Pic: Lee Shaw
