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  • Why are menthol cigarettes now banned in the UK?

    Menthol cigarettes have been banned in the UK as new anti-smoking laws come into force. The ban, which started on Wednesday, May 20, means that smokers will be unable to purchase flavoured cigarettes and skinny cigarettes. Why has the ban been

  • Music fans back bar’s fight against apartments

    PLANS for nine flats on Stourbridge High Street have led to objections from a popular music venue and its supporters who fear future residents will complain of noise nuisance.  The Claptrap Bar is opposing converting a former Co-operative store

  • 10 mistakes everyone makes with their dishwasher

    Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission. You love your dishwasher. It frees up your time, so you can binge Netflix after dinner instead of standing by the sink

  • Oldbury care home resident, 82, died from Covid-19

    A 82-YEAR-OLD Oldbury care resident who fell and broke her hip died after contracting Covid-19. Patricia Hoey, who lived at Grafton Lodge Care Home, was admitted to Sandwell Hospital after falling and breaking her hip at the home in Grafton Road

  • Teenager hit by car after driver mounts pavement in Dudley

    A TEENAGER was hit by a car after a driver mounted a pavement in Dudley. The driver left the scene after the teenager was hit on Aintree Way in the Milking Bank area, at around 9.10pm on Wednesday (May 20). The teenager, a 17-year-old boy,

  • Police and queues outside McDonald's as stores reopen

    Police have been called to McDonald's branches across the UK as restaurants begin to reopen. Forces were called to a drive-thru McDonald’s in Cambridgeshire on Wednesday, after dozens of customers turned up when it re-opened. Fans were pictured

  • Step inside our virtual art gallery

    THIS week we are delighted to be able to showcase pictures produced by the Dudley Society of Artists. The DSoA is and is one of the oldest in the country. It was founded in 1928 when local art teachers, both professional and amateurs artists and

  • Environment chief defends Norton parking layby plan

    THE borough's environment chief has insisted a scheme to create a parking layby outside a Stourbridge school will not deter parents from walking their children to school. Work is currently underway to create parking spaces for eight cars along The