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Reading challenge celebrated
SCHOOL children going for gold in an Olympic-themed reading challenge are celebrating after more than 1,000 crossed the finishing line. Borough libraries threw down the gauntlet for children aged four to 11 to read six books during their summer holidays
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Pub makes it to final
THE Fountain Inn Pub in Clent has made it to the final four in the Sunday Lunch Pub of the Year category in the Food and Drink awards 2008. Staff have high hopes of achieving yet another award to add to the impressive collection that Richard and Jacqueline
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Cash taken in Hagley bag snatch
A THIEF snatched a woman’s handbag containing her wages while she stopped to post letters in Hagley. The victim, a woman in her 50s, was sitting in her Renault Megane car looking through the letters she was about to post when the door was opened and
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Appeal launched
A KIND-HEARTED children’s nurse has launched an appeal to raise £10,000 for sensory equipment to give her young patients a more pleasant stay in hospital. Russells Hall Hospital play specialist, Linda Taylor, has started the fundraising appeal in an
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£30,000 car taken in Clent raid
BURGLARS made off with a £30,000 car during a raid at a house in Clent after breaking-in through a rear window. The raid happened in Thicknall Lane between 1.40am and 6.30am on Friday September 26. The offenders stole keys to a black
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Driver attacked in Belbroughton layby
A DELIVERY driver was the victim of a possible road rage attack in Belbroughton during a routine layby stop. The man in his 40s, was driving from Hagley towards the M5 and pulled over to do his paperwork. He noticed a black car, similar
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Hikers rake in £2,000 for Sunfield
A GUTSY group of hikers have raised around £2,000 for Sunfield School in Clent after successfully completing the testing Three Peaks Challenge. The 11-strong team from Kinver and Kingswinford scaled the UK’s three highest mountains in aid of the special
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MP's photo captures park's beauty
SNAP-HAPPY Stourbridge MP Lynda Waltho’s photo of Mary Stevens Park is to be turned into a postcard after it won a nationwide parks picture contest. Labour MP Lynda’s shot of the Norton park was voted best picture by an MP in the Postcards
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Welcome to Wordsley thanks to Isaac
A WELCOME to Wordsley sign has been put up thanks to a youngster being extremely proud of where he lives. Isaac Hoult, aged seven, from Barnett Lane, noticed there was no welcome to Wordsley sign and decided to take action and try to get one
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Countdown on for Brierley Hill spectacular
THE countdown is under way for an event in Brierley Hill which will end with a spectacular firework finale. Thousands of visitors are expected at the Festival of Water and Light at the Waterfront on Sunday October 5, which this year is celebrating
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£3.5m payout for Leanne
A FORMER Brierley Hill girl left disabled after being deprived of oxygen at birth has been awarded a £3.5million payout. Leanne Boden, aged 14, suffers with cerebral palsy after what her family claims were delays during her birth at Wordsley
