A FORMER police officer from Dudley has pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children. Keel Walker, of Redhall Road, Lower Gornal, joined West Midlands Police in March last year as a student officer. However a warrant was executed at
A LONG-SERVING Labour councillor for Cradley and Wollescote has been found to have breached the members' code of conduct by publicly disclosing confidential information. Cllr Body had denied any wrong-doing but a hearing of the authority's standards
A MAN has been jailed for more than 18 years after a double shooting and armed robbery in the Black Country. Dante Kalsi was involved in a disorder which led to two men being shot in Poplar Road, Smethwick, on March 31 last year. CCTV showed
VIOLENT crime has soared in Dudley over the last year, despite a decrease in overall recorded crime across England and Wales. West Midlands Police recorded 13,092 incidents of violent crime in Dudley in the 12 months to September, according to
AN inquest has opened into the death of a teenage girl who was struck by a car in Rowley Regis on New Year’s Eve. Olivia Kolek, aged 14, was hit by a grey Mercedes in Station Road, near Rowley Regis Railway Station, at around 4.45pm on December
ASIAN individuals applying to the Sandwell Conservatives have had their party memberships deliberately declined in an attempt to consolidate power for a small section of the party, a former Tory councillor has claimed. Councillor Ian Chambers,
THE Mayor of Dudley is urging people to get park active to help improve their health and wellbeing for free this new year. Dudley Council runs weekly 45-minute outdoor sessions as part of its Park Active initiative. Family-friendly sessions
Cousins are highly regarded as the Midlands’ largest family-run furniture retailer, where you’re able to furnish every room of your home from all under one roof. One of the company’s lesser known assets is their extensive choice of flooring and
A STOURBRIDGE Rambler is proving age is just number by continuing to lead fellow walkers on countryside rambles at the grand age of 90. Dudley McGill, from Stourbridge, who hit the big 9-0 on January 21, enjoyed a six-mile walk around fields and
