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  • Dudley Zoo welcomes adorable sloth Reggie

    STAFF at Dudley Zoo have welcomed a brand new inhabitant to the Castle Hill attraction- a three-year-old sloth called Reggie. Reggie's arrival marks the first time a Linne’s two-toed sloth has called the zoo home, with staff hoping Reggie will be

  • Nature lovers return to clean up neglected spot

    FRIENDS of a Pensnett beauty spot are turning their attention to a former Pensnett park in a bid to improve the area for the whole community. The Friends of the Fens Pool Group have set themselves the task of clearing up the Coppice, close to St

  • Jail time for thief caught with knife in B&M in Dudley

    A MAN who threatened a Dudley security guard with a large kitchen knife because he suspected he had been trying to steal from a town centre store has been locked up for six months. Convicted thief Reece Baggott was seen in the B & M store in the

  • Plan lodged to turn pub into apartments

    PLANS have been lodged to turn a closed Stourbridge pub into apartments. A full planning application has been made to partly demolish and convert the Labour in Vain pub into six two-bedroom homes. The pub, in Red Hill, has been vandalised since

  • Council bans sky lanterns over fire fears

    DUDLEY Council has banned sky lanterns after hearing how just one sparked a firestorm resulting in a 6,000 foot smoke plume which could been seen sixty miles away.  Councillors overwhelmingly backed a call to prevent their sale and release from