Dudley news


Memories of childhood days with future Queen

She was friends with a young princess and was one of only a select few to call her Lilibet.


Dog stabbed to death in the street

A man fatally stabbed a much-loved German Shepherd dog in a Black Country street in front of its owner following a heated argument, a court heard.


Burst water main causes rush hour delays

Drivers faced rush hour delays today  when part of a main commuter route in Dudley was closed because of a burst water main.


Shop boss’s casino spree after theft of £19,000

A shop manager stole more than £19,000 in takings from the branch of 99p Stores he ran and then gambled it away at a casino, a court was told.


Tributes to poet Geoff Stevens following his death at 69

A poet, editor and artist who started a nationally-acclaimed poetry magazine has died at the age of 69.


British title fight coming to the Civic

Wolverhampton Civic Hall will stage it’s first British title fight in nearly four years next month when Enzo Maccarinelli challenges Shane McPhilbin.


Tommy Ghent’s new Prizefighter test

Coseley’s Tommy Ghent will now face William Warburton in the opening bout of Saturday’s Prizefighter at Wolverhampton Civic Hall.


Number of empty shops among country’s highest

High streets in the Black Country have some of the largest number of empty shops in the country, new figures revealed today.


Hospitals in concern at rate of patient deaths

More patients than expected are dying at three out of five hospital trusts in the West Midlands and Staffordshire, latest NHS figures show.


Councils are hit with big bills in battle over the bins

Litter bins worth thousands of pounds have been stolen by metal thieves or damaged in Staffordshire and the Black Country last year, it has emerged.

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