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  • Kingswinford baritone to perform at church concert

    YOUNG musicians from one of the country’s top conservatoires will be performing at a Kingswinford church next month. Fourth year students from The Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester will present An Evening of British Chamber Music on

  • Dudley man Dwain Smith charged with Dwaine Haughton murder

    A DUDLEY man is to stand trial with three other Black Country men accused of killing a man who was shot dead in Wolverhampton. Dwain Smith, aged 25, of The Broadway, faced a judge with his three co-defendants and they all pleaded not guilty to murdering

  • Traveller site plans face delay

    THE row over plans to find a permanent travellers site in the borough rumbles on, after opposition councillors put the brakes on Labour's proposals. The plans put forward by the Labour-run council recommended that a controversial proposed site on

  • Motorcyclist seriously injured in Dudley crash

    A MOTORCYCLIST was seriously injured in a crash in Dudley. The man was rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham following the collision between the bike and a car on Stourbridge Road in Dudley at around 10.20pm last night (February 20).

  • National news: parties braced for more walkouts

    BOTH Labour and the Conservatives are braced for further walkouts as the creation of a new independent grouping of MPs continues to rip through the political landscape. As members of The Independent Group (TIG) said they expected to see more MPs

  • Sedgley road closed due to burst pipe

    BATH Street in Sedgley is currently closed due to a burst water pipe. The closure, between Beacon Street and Rowan Road, is likely to be in place until February 26 while South Staffordshire Water repair a water leak. A diversion route is in

  • Council leader vows 'Dudley jobs for Dudley people'

    COUNCIL chief Cllr Qada Zada paid a visit to his former school to announce a raft of polices to tackle youth unemployment and back 'Dudley jobs for Dudley people'. Cllr Zada met with pupils at the Link Academy where he unveiled a series of unemployment

  • MP calls meeting amid green belt development fears

    WORRIED Wordsley and Kingswinford residents are invited to a meeting to voice their views about fears nearby Green Belt land could be developed for housing. Dudley South MP Mike Wood has organised the meeting which will take place on Thursday February