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Kinver woodland fire latest - operation expected to end today
FIREFIGHTERS are expected to leave the scene of the fire in Million Woods near Kinver later today. A crew from South Staffordshire Fire Service has been monitoring the incident throughout the day but the operation is expected to close at 6pm. Fire officers
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Bridge club taster session is on the cards
NOVICE bridge players who fancy chancing their hand at playing competitively are invited to a taster session in Stourbridge. The town’s bridge club is hoping the event on Thursday May 12 will come up trumps in attracting new members. Roy Withers, from
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Businessman boosts charity by £2,000
A KINGSWINFORD businessman has raised £2,000 for Cancer Research UK. Maurice Arnold, managing director of Dudley Designs and Technical Services Limited, based on the Pensnett Trading Estate, raised the cash during a fundraising evening. The event took
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Swimmers dominate first meet
HALESOWEN Swimming Club got the Mercian League 2011 off to a fine start with a comfortable win at the Pingles Leisure Centre in Nuneaton. Having won the first eight races with ease, the swimmers went on to win over half the other events, gradually increasing
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Pair escape after Wordsley house blaze
A MAN and woman escaped after a blaze broke out on the first floor of a house in Wordsley. The incident began at around 3.30pm on Friday May 6; two fire crews from Brierley Hill and one from Stourbridge were dispatched to the scene on New Street. An
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Kinver woodland fire latest - one crew still at scene
SOUTH Staffordshire Fire Service has scaled down its operation to tackle a woodland fire at Million Woods in Kinver. One fire crew remains at the scene in Mill Lane where officers have been battling a blaze since last Monday. The remaining officers
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Charity scales new heights with Midnight Abseil stunt
FOLLOWING the success of its Midnight Walks, Mary Stevens Hospice in Stourbridge is also organising a moonlit abseil down the turrets of Dudley Castle. The hospice's Midnight Abseil will be held at Dudley Zoo and Castle on Saturday June 18
