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  • Plans for victims to face criminals

    VICTIMS of crime could get the chance to face the criminals responsible in a new scheme being launched by West Midlands Police. Due to be discussed at this week’s (January 22) Strategic Policing and Crime Board (SPCB), the force’s new ‘Restorative

  • Local news round up: Tom Jones inquest delivers open verdict

    BROMSGROVE student Tom Jones may have gone towards the river in which he drowned after hearing a cry for help, an inquest heard. The 18-year-old disappeared in the early hours of September 19 last year, just days after starting at the University

  • Woman hit by car and man assaulted in 'traumatic' burglary

    A 60-YEAR-old woman was hit by a car she tried to stop a burglar driving off with her family's Audi in Sedgley. Police have launched an appeal for information after a man was assaulted and a woman hit by a car following a burglary on the Northway

  • Boxing: BCB Promotions join forces with Hall Green

    BOXING fans in the Black Country can look forward to even more intriguing match-ups after BCB Promotions joined forces with Hall Green Boxing Club. The link-up will see boxers of the two gyms working together more closely for sparring and training

  • Stunning images of the Blood Moon captured on camera

    THE Blood Moon's apperance yesterday morning vowed obervers across the country who managed to grab a glimpse between cloudy skies. The event was captured by News Group Camera Club member Dave McGirr in these stunning images shared on the Club's

  • Man denies driving car at Hob Green School pupils

    A MAN accused of deliberately ploughing his car into a group of people dropping their children off at a Stourbridge school has maintained to a jury he was not behind the wheel of the vehicle. The car struck several people including two young children

  • Police investigate after car crashes into lamp post

    ENQUIRIES have been launched after a car was abandoned by its occupants after it smashed into a lamp post in Wall Heath. The collision happened just before 3am on January 19 on Dudley Road. The car was left wedged to the lamp post, with witnesses

  • Helium 'could run out within a decade'

    A leading British academic has warned the world's Helium supply is on course to run out in just 10 years. Professor David Cole-Hamilton last night urged people not to let off birthday party balloons into the atmosphere as the inert gas was needed

  • Father subjected to terrifying metal pole attack outside home

    A FATHER has spoken out after he suffered a terrifying attack outside his home which saw him repeatedly bludgeoned with a metal pole. Barry Brittle, aged 44, was attacked by an unknown assailant as he made the short walk from his front door to his