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  • Pharmacist pushes himself to the edge for worthwhile cause

    A KINGSWINFORD pharmacist has pushed himself to the limit to raise funds for a foundation created in memory of a popular Stourbridge man. Naresh Lad, aged 55-years-old, took on the gruelling 24 Peak Challenge in the Lake District earlier this month

  • Celebrations after car wash application is withdrawn

    COUNCILLORS and residents in Woodsetton are celebrating after two planning applications for a controversial car wash have been withdrawn. Residents were up in arms after applications were submitted for a hand car wash to be put in place on the forecourt

  • Man arrested after van crashes and overturns outside house

    A MAN has been arrested after a van veered off the road, crashed into a driveway and overturned in Netherton. Medics were called by police just after 10.30pm last night (July 7) to the junction of St Paul’s Road and St Peter’s Road in Netherton

  • Drunk bus passenger jailed after cops found a flick knife

    A BRIERLEY Hill father-of-ten found to be carrying a flick knife on a bus has been locked up for six months. Wolverhampton Crown Court heard Daniel Reid was so drunk he refused to get off the vehicle when it arrived at Stourbridge bus station.

  • Police helicopter sent to find missing man in Kinver

    A POLICE helicopter was sent to Kinver this morning following reports of a missing man in the village. Staffordshire Police was called to the village responding to a report of a missing man in his 20s at around 6am this morning (July 8). The

  • Plans launched to slash number of school exclusions

    A CONSULTATION has been launched to gather views on Dudley Council's draft proposals to reduce the number of exclusions in borough schools. The council's Wider Inclusion Strategy lists 14 proposals to reduce the number of exclusions and 'off-rolling