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Students and MP discuss lap-dancing laws on TV
CHANNEL 4’s Dispatches programme tonight (Monday October 6) will see Stourbridge students and the town’s MP Lynda Waltho airing their views on the laws governing lap-dancing clubs. Eight students from King Edward VI College were filmed by programme-makers
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Tributes to former headteacher Doris
TRIBUTES have been made for a former Dudley head teacher who has died at the age of 88. Doris Ellis (pictured) reigned supreme over Priory Infants from 1964 until 1985 and was well known for her strict discipline and fondness for her children
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Tributes to former top cop
TRIBUTES have been flooding in for Black Country business leader and former police chief Mike Holder who died yesterday (Sunday October 5). The business community and his former police colleagues were today still in shock at the news of Mike
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Brown's boost for Stourbridge MPs
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown turned to Black Country MPs to fill key jobs in his latest reshuffle. Stourbridge MP Lynda Waltho joined the government as Deputy Minister for The West Midlands in a surprise move by the Premier as he looks to refresh
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No cars in the centre
Hannah Rogers will almost certainly have read the public consultation document, ‘Stourbridge Town Matters’, along with its key fundings. Perhaps the traders should re-acquaint themselves. Visitors highlight a lack of town centre uses that might attract
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Thousands turn out for festival
THOUSANDS of people turned up to support the tenth anniversary of Brierley Hill’s Festival of Water and Light. The theme this year of “What a Wonderful World” was hailed a great success, as narrowboats were decorated to represent different countries
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Daventry await the Robins
Dudley Town face a tricky tie away at Daventry Town in the second round of the FA Vase. The Robins booked their place in the next round courtesy of a 2-0 win at home to Rothley Imps on Saturday as well as earning a £1,000 in prize money. Town will travel
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Reader logs on to win sausage name game
A WOLLASTON butcher has solved a porky product problem with the help of online Stourbridge News readers. A new sausage flavoured with stilton cheese and apricots was without a name until butcher Lawson Easthope from Easthope and Boxley, on Bridgnorth
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Stourbridge man fined for carrying illegal scrap
A STOURBRIDGE man has landed a £215 court bill after he was caught illegally carrying scrap metal. Mark Robson of Linden Road was stopped by police and Dudley Council enforcement officers on June 13. When Robson was stopped he admitted he was not
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Sparking Stour seal seven try success
STOURBRIDGE 43, WHARFEDALE 6. STUNNING STOURBRIDGE were delighted to be back at home as they made light work of the difficult conditions to run in seven tries in a sparkling 43-6 victory over Wharfedale. Stour have suffered three away
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Unbeaten run ends at Hereford
HEREFORD 20, DUDLEY KINGSWINFORD 8. A disappointing showing from Dudley Kingswinford at Hereford ended their unbeaten start to the season as they came unstuck 20-8. The non-availability of Gareth Davies, Simon Fletcher, Tui Asi Pito and John Fallon
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MP welcomes Trust's new foundation status
DUDLEY South MP and the UK’s Science Minister Ian Pearson MP has welcomed news the Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first in the Black Country to become a Foundation Trust. The announcement made on October 1 means the Trust, which runs
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Lye man jailed for £35k benefit fiddle
A 50-year-old Lye father of five has been put behind bars for nine months for fiddling over £35,000 in benefits. Ali Aksar claimed income support together with housing and council tax benefits after telling the Department of Works and Pensions he only
