Archive
-
Date
Polls apart mum and daughter become council rivals
POLITICAL rivalry between a Wollaston mum and daughter is to move into the council chamber after both won seats on Dudley Council. Labour’s Jackie Cowell became a first-time councillor, winning the Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood seat, in last Thursday’s
-
Date
Mobile phone crook spared jail
A BRIERLEY Hill teenager who left a 12-year-old schoolgirl badly shaken when he snatched her mobile telephone has been spared jail. Roy Thomas pounced onto the girl as she was calling a friend on her mobile as she made her way to school - Warren Stanier
-
Date
Anglers offered free shed alarms
FREE alarms are being offered to borough anglers to help prevent shed break-ins and the theft of fishing equipment. Police in Brockmoor and Pensnett have linked up with Black Country Tackle in Brockmoor to offer the alarms and security tips
-
Date
Millie makes a thoroughly modern princess
PRETTY Kingswinford youngster Millie Smith has been crowned this year's Wordsley Festival Princess. The Fairhaven Primary School pupil fought off stiff competition from a host of aspiring princesses to take the crown. Nine-year-old Millie
-
Date
Stour take a hit in Cornwall
Launceston 50, Stourbridge Saxons 17 There was a disappointing end to the season for Stourbridge as a depleted Saxons side conceded eight tries in Cornwall. Injuries had left the Saxons short and prop Andi Lawrence slotted in at lock in place of skipper
-
Date
Probe into Kinver woodland fire begins
AN investigation is under way to find the cause of a woodland fire near Kinver which blazed for nearly a week. The incident, at Million Wood, Mill Lane, started at around 7.50pm on Monday May 2, at its height eight fire crews using specialist
-
Date
Wollaston embraces May Madness day
A COMMUNITY fun day in Wollaston, supported by the police, pulled in the crowds and helped to hammer home a few crime prevention tips. The annual May Madness event at Ridgewood High School proved a big hit with young and old alike on Saturday
-
Date
Residents urged to step back in time
STOURBRIDGE residents are being invited to step back in time for a 40’s evening in aid of a borough blind charity. Beacon Centre for the Blind in Sedgley is hosting the event to celebrate the decade which was seen as one of the most patriotic of all
-
Date
Stourbridge dad's heartfelt plea for sick kids
A STOURBRIDGE dad is making a heartfelt plea for runners to help raise cash for seriously ill children. Matt Greaves, whose nine-year-old daughter Jessica has cerebral palsy, is urging athletes of any age or ability to sign up for a Triple
-
Date
Snappers have just weeks left to enter calendar comp
KEEN snappers across Stourbridge have just a few weeks left to submit pictures for a garden centre’s annual charity calendar competition. Webbs, which has a garden centre in west Hagley, has already received hundreds of images for its seventh calendar
