CORNBOW Hall is being sold off by owner Dudley Council in a blow for the town. The council said the venue is losing £100k a year which "in the current climate is no longer sustainable." It is in negotiations to sell the hall above Wilkos on
AN artist's impression of new council flats which could replace a dilapidated row of shops in Colley Gate has been released. Dudley Council is working on proposals to build a block of eight apartments on land off Colley Lane. The development
A DERELICT garage on a Halesowen car park - which attracts drug users and flytipping - will be demolished. Dudley Council has got the go-ahead for its application to flatten the former Tibbetts garage on the council-owned car park in Birmingham
A six-year-old child drowned after being left unattended in a bath, and a baby just three-days-old died in the care of its mother in Sandwell. And they were just two of eight shocking incidents involving babies and young children to be uncovered
PLANS to extend an Oldbury home to make it into a HMO have been given the green light despite a petition against the proposal. The bid to create an eight-bed house of multiple occupation at 54, St James Road, led to 23 objections and a 36-signature
A GO-KART which had been used in a Cradley Heath park has been seized by police. Officers from the Rowley policing team found the go-kart in woods yesterday (Tuesday Janaury 25). They said it had been used in anti-social behaviour at Haden
A QUINTON man caught drink driving has been banned from getting behind the wheel. James Webb, aged 29, of Edison Grove, has been banned from driving for a year after being caught drink driving in his own street. He appeared at Birmingham Magistrates
A LOCAL jewellery maker is holding a series of workshops at Himley Hall to help others learn how to use silver clay. Julie Sheldon is running six sessions suitable for adults of all abilities including beginners. On Saturday February 19 participants
