Stourbridge news, page 2


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.


Harriers boss hails his hidden gems

Kidderminster Harriers manager Steve Burr today hailed Aggborough as ‘the land of opportunity’ for players looking to break into the full-time game.


Drug addict robbers jailed for attack on pensioner

Two drug addicts who robbed a vulnerable 81-year-old woman of her purse as she walked along a Stourbridge street have been locked up.


Fire crews come to the rescue of stuck horse

Firefighters battled for two hours to rescue a horse which had fallen into a canal culvert in the Black Country.


Emergency workers are losing jobs

More than 1,000 fewer firefighters and police are protecting the West Midlands compared with three years ago, new figures have revealed.


70,000-plus outpatient appointments retimed

More than 70,000 outpatient appointments were cancelled and re-arranged by hospitals in Dudley in 12 months, figures show.


Lloyds Bar, Stourbridge

Were you partying the night away when our photographer called in to Lloyds Bar in Stourbridge? Check out our photo gallery.


Chris Male pulls out of Murray fight

Cradley’s Chris Male has pulled out of his English featherweight title fight against Joe Murray next week with a suspected torn rotator cuff.


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.


Stourbridge’s Crown Centre taken on by Tesco

Supermarket giant Tesco has officially taken over Stourbridge’s Crown Centre – and workers moved in immediately to pave the way for a new £50 million store.

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