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Author publishes new book about the founding of Stourbridge Glass Museum
A BLACK Country writer and broadcaster now living on the Welsh border near Hay-on-Wye has published a new book about the creation of Stourbridge’s world-class museum, created from the ashes of an iconic glass factory. ‘Stourbridge Glass Museum;
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Hollywood Bowl at Merry Hill offers players chance to win a turkey for Christmas
HOLLYWOOD Bowl at Merry Hill is offering guests chance to win a turkey if they bowl a turkey. To bag the big prize, customers need to bowl three strikes in a row, which in ten pin bowling terms is known as a turkey. Players at Hollywood Bowl
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Pro-Palestine campaigners hold vigil on Dudley Council steps
PRO-Palestine campaigners took to the steps of Dudley Council House ahead of a full meeting of the authority. People at the event, described as a vigil, organised by the Dudley Palestine Solidarity Group, demanded the council joined calls for a
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Dudley Council's finances in peril, leader admits
THE leader of Dudley Council has admitted the authority’s finances are in a ‘perilous’ situation. Responding to a question at a meeting of the full council on Monday December 4, Councillor Patrick Harley conceded cash was short and there were tough
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Former Sedgley bank to be converted into bar and restaurant
A BID to convert a former Sedgley bank into a bar and restaurant has been given the go-ahead. The former Barclays Bank on Bull Ring will be turned into a bar and eatery with two flats above after planners at Dudley Council gave the application
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New food hygiene rating awarded to Dudley pub
A NEW food hygiene rating has been awarded to a Dudley pub, the Food Standards Agency’s website shows. The Castle Pub, in Castle Street, Dudley, was handed a four-out-of-five rating after assessment on October 30. Part of the Proper Pubs division
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Driver arrested after police pursuit in West Midlands
A driver has been arrested for multiple offences after a police pursuit ended in a crash in the West Midlands. West Midlands Police spotted the Hyundai 130N Sportback this morning (Tuesday, December 5) after it had been stolen from an address
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More empty homes in Dudley, as numbers rise in England
THERE are more long-term empty homes in Dudley, new figures show, as the total numbers in England rise. Action on Empty Homes said the fact more than half a million properties are vacant or used as second homes, while more than 100,000 families
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BBC now a threat to all local newspapers
If the BBC was a family and lived in the house next door to you it would be the neighbour from hell. That's the verdict of some of the most experienced local newspaper editors in the country who now regard the BBC as little more than a state-funded