Stourbridge, England News

A NETHERTON man described as a "hopeless" cannabis addict who was caught selling the controlled drug in Stourbridge from a car carrying a friend's 23 month old baby has been allowed to keep his freedom by a Judge.

SOME of the country's top stand-up comics will be having a laugh during Stourbridge's three-day comedy festival in July.

Wolverhampton University student Maddison McNally with her art 'Man in Machine' at the Ruskin Glass Centre.

Paul Slim in his impressive home cinema shed which is running for Shed of the year.

BOSSES at a Black Country training charity say they are completely baffled as to why their star pupil can't find a job.

A BLACK Country MP is urging people to reveal the good and bad about a Dudley hospital at the centre of a death rate probe.

MAGGIE Thompson is attempting to complete the final piece in her cycling jigsaw this week by riding from Glasgow to John O'Groats. It's the third and final leg in her solo length of Britain epic which the 61-year-old is determined to complete.

THE wife of Dudley's former leader of the council has followed her husband's lead in quitting the borough's Conservative group in a bitter condemnation of ex-colleagues. Stourbridge Councillor Les Jones, former Dudley Council leader, resigned the whip after months of in-fighting following heavy local election defeats which handed control of the ... (more)

HALESOWEN student Chris Morgan has beaten the odds by clinching a City and Guilds medal for excellence while receiving treatment for leukaemia.

DUDLEY Council's ex-Conservative leader has delivered a bitter broadside to former allies following his shock resignation from their ranks.

STOURBRIDGE College has teamed up with Hagley Golf and Country Club to fire the imagination of sporty youngsters with a driving ambition.

PUPILS at Pedmore Technology College and Community School have been pulling out all the stops to raise money for Sunfield School in Clent.

HOWDY partners! It's time to take your places for the annual hodown with Bev Pegg and his Cowboy Band.

AMBITIOUS plans to revamp Stourbridge's Mary Stevens Park with the creation of a new cafA©, restoration of the historic gates and improvements to the war memorial have been given the go-ahead. Members of Dudley's development control committee last night gave the green light to proposals to turn an existing print room into a public cafA© ... (more)

LYE Town Football Club have been mourning the loss of their much-loved former groundsman John Bayliss who died suddenly last week at the age of 66.

STOURBRIDGE student Chris Morgan has beaten the odds by clinching a City and Guilds medal for excellence while receiving treatment for leukaemia.

A MAN felt his life was hopeless after a relationship breakdown went on a crime spree which included a dramatic Stourbridge car chase.

A GROUP of university students are gearing up to showcase their talents as part of an exhibition in Stourbridge inspired by Black Country heritage.

STAFF and students at Stourbridge's Glasshouse College played host to rock royalty when Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant stopped off at a concert to show his support for people with learning disabilities.

A STOURBRIDGE man has been charged in connection with a country road smash which killed a young mum-of-two. The 22-year-old has been charged with causing death by careless driving and possession of cannabis - after the crash on the A449 at Cookley, near Kidderminster, which claimed the life of 26-year-old Sam Jennings from Kingswinford.