Brierley Hill, England News

TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular borough stalwart, who has died suddenly of a suspected heart attack.

A WOMAN was left shocked but unhurt after her car plunged down a railway embankment in Stourbridge.

STOURBRIDGE and Brierley Hill Round Table will be hitting the borougha s streets with their annual Santa and his sleigh tour.

HEARTED volunteers have been busy wrapping gifts to put smiles on the faces of hundreds of needy youngtsters this Christmas.

ONE of our regular contibutors, Christopher Robinson, has worked in the brickmaking industry for most of his life, and a recent transfer from Kingswinford to Ibstock Brick at Aldridge has unearthed an interesting story that he would like to share with fellow readers: 'Aldridge is a great factory.

IN Bugle 897 we told the 152 year old story of a tiger that escaped in London, and then attacked a young lad before being recaptured.

A 24-YEAR-old woman confirmed dead at a house in Netherton has been named by police.

WE HAVE further images from the ever-growing collection of Terry Church, of Wall Heath, who is collecting pictures from his schooldays at a fondlyremembered Black Country grammar school.

A 36-YEAR-old Dudley man has been jailed for stealing ham and cheese from Tesco.

A BLACK Country food aid charity is appealing for donations to send to the people of flood-hit Cockermouth after an urgent call help.

RETAIL business bosses were commended for their efforts to cut crime in the borougha s high streets and shopping centres.

A DUDLEY teenager has been handed suspended jail sentences by Dudley Magistrates after assaulting two police officers.

BEREAVED relatives can remember their lost loved ones this Christmas by sponsoring a light and attending a carol service in Brierley Hill next month.

AMBITIOUS plans to generate and steer new investment across the Black Country, which could include thousands of new homes and new shopping outlets, are set to be unveiled tonight .

A 31-YEAR-old Romanian man living in Brierley Hill is awaiting trial accused of arranging low paid work and filthy accommodation for foreign nationals.

A BRIERLEY Hill couple enjoyed a surprise visit from a VIP visitor when they celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary.

A MISSING teenage girl, who was thought to be in the Dudley area, has been found safe and well by police.

DUDLEY Council is once again set to suspend car parking charges across the borough in the run-up to Christmas in a bid to bring some early festive cheer to shoppers.

POLICE have raided an empty Brierley Hill nail bar this morning to find hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of cannabis plants inside.

FUNDRAISERS in Brierley Hill are hoping for help to get Santa on the road for their Christmas charity drive.