A NEW bakery for dogs is opening at Merry Hill Shopping Centre next week. Frenchie Frenchie , The Barkery, is opening at the centre on Monday, October 18. This will be the brand’s seventh store in the UK, with ‘barkerys’ also in Nottingham
A WEST Midlands Police officer has been dismissed for abusing his position of trust after engaging in a relationship with a domestic abuse victim during the course of his duties. James Ankrett admitted corrupt or other improper exercise of police
SANDWELL has the lowest rate of drug-related deaths in the West Midlands, as it enters the ten lowest rates in Great Britain. The latest data from the ONS (Office for National Statistics) has revealed Sandwell has a rate of 2.2 drug-related deaths
ALDI is looking to open new stores in Dudley, Stourbridge, Cradley Heath and Merry Hill as part of a major plan to grow its UK real estate over the next two years. The supermarket has pledged to invest £1.3 billion and open 100 new stores across
A CALL to remove the option of closing a care home was defeated at Sandwell Council, despite a large number of angry residents in attendance who cried out that the decision was ‘rubbish’. At a full council meeting on October 12, councillors debated
POLICE have seized a huge cannabis factory in Halesowen. Thanks to the public intelligence, officers seized and destroyed numerous cannabis plants from a property. Halesowen Police tweeted: “Cannabis grow dismantled, seized & destroyed by Halesowen
PLANS to convert a Halesowen house into a children's home have been submitted to planners. If the proposal gets the go ahead number 10, Mucklow Hill will be converted into a home for up to four young people who are in the care of local authorities
