Halesowen news


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.


Cameras catch 17 speeders a day on M5

Around 17 drivers a day have been caught speeding on just seven miles of the M5 since the start of a £9.32 million roadworks scheme, it emerged today.


The French Hen, Clent

These days it can be difficult to find somewhere to go for lunch that offers something affordable but different to the typical chain pub grub or stone-baked pizzas, writes Adam Burling.


Lou’s Women give resolutions updates

To anyone who might have spied me smoking a cigarette since New Year and thought “aha, we’ve caught her out”- I really am giving up, writes Louise Jew.


Car gang is jailed over sophisticated £1.1m con

A criminal gang that sold stolen luxury cars in a £1.1 million “highly-sophisticated and well-planned” con was today starting prison sentences totalling 32 years.


Alison Norton’s Midlands am dram round-up – January 27

Our am dram guru Alison Norton casts her expert eye over the shows that you should be looking out for this week.


Collapse of Peacocks puts Midlands jobs at risk

Thousands of UK shop workers – scores of them in Staffordshire and the Black Country – today faced the prospect of losing their jobs in the collapse of budget fashion chain Peacocks.


Victory in fight for A456 crossing in Halesowen

An eight-year battle has been won for a pedestrian crossing to be installed on a road in Halesowen labelled one of the most dangerous in Britain.


Just 157 complete survey on police cuts

Fewer than 160 people have completed an online questionnaire about proposed overnight closures of police stations across the West Midlands, it emerged today.


Wolverhampton gymnast Kristian Thomas strikes gold

Kristian Thomas was today confident he could land a place in the Team GB squad for the Olympic Games after a “perfect” display in the London Prepares gymnastics test event at the North Greenwich arena.

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