Archive
-
Date
Families of disabled hit by school travel costs
HARD-hit families of teenagers with learning disabilities will face bills of up to £500 a year if plans to make them pay towards the cost of travel to special school or college are pushed through by cash-strapped Dudley Council. The proposal has shocked
-
Date
Arrested man released without charge
A MAN arrested in Brierley Hill in connection with a sexual offences case in Torbay has been released without charge. The 22-year-old was arrested at Brierley Hill Police Station on March 8 in connection with Devon and Cornwall Police’s major child abuse
-
Date
Age Concern to hold summer gala this weekend
STOURBRIDGE and Halesowen branch of Age Concern is holding its summer gala this weekend. The event, the biggest fundraiser in the charity’s calendar, takes place this Saturday (June 25) at the Mary Stevens Centre off Hagley Road, Oldswinford. Stourbridge
-
Date
Post-punk heroes Magazine set for Wolvo show
POST-punk band Magazine are cited by songwriters ranging from Miles Hunt to Morrissey as a major influence. Frontman Howard Devoto co-formed the Buzzcocks with Pete Shelley after the pair had seen The Sex Pistols in early 1976 and promoted
-
Date
Final farewell for SAS hero
FRIENDS, family and dignitaries turned out to pay their last respects to an ex-SAS man who was one of the last remaining members of an elite band of soldiers formed to fight in the Malayan Emergency of the 1950s. Dennis Perks, aged 84, from Amblecote
-
Date
New look Kinver fayre hailed a hit
KINVER’S new look Country Fayre has been hailed a hit after attracting an estimated 11,000 visitors. The revamped show, on June 19, opened with a parade through the centre of the village led by horses and carts from the Midlands Heavy Horse Association
-
Date
Council crackdown on lawbreaking limos
LAWBREAKING limo drivers are being targeted in a council crackdown aimed at protecting teenage revellers heading for school proms. Dudley licensing officers are teaming up with cops and the Vehicle Operating Service Agency (VOSA) for a sweeping
-
Date
Top class Hagley show to help NZ quake victims
TOP class entertainment in Hagley is set to help disaster victims who are close to villager’s hearts. Soprano Ana James will be joined by fellow New Zealanders Jonathan Lemalu and Lindy Tennent–Brown for a classical music event at Hagley Hall to raise
