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Stories for 13 August 2004

News

Town Hall name change - you have your say

With reference to the Town Hall, why change the name?   more...

Save Woodsetton School now!

Here we go again, wherever do we get these MPs and councillors from.   more...

Get your act together

Have Dudley Council street cleaners gone on strike or what?   more...

Winning situation

St Modwen Developments were given exclusivity by Dudley Council to revamp the castle and zoo, and build houses on the centuries old meadow known as Peggy's Meadow.   more...

cat starved

HE has been dubbed the `cat collector' and yesterday (Wednesday) this Dudley man was found guilty of cruelty to an animal.   more...

Lock him up and throw away the key

BARBARIC Beard's feline fetish could land him in prison and cat lover Neil Robertson is hoping they throw away the key.   more...

ANGEL EMILY'S APPEAL TOPS £20K

SHE has the face of an angel and it was this picture of terminally ill Netherton tot Emily Hart which kickstarted an appeal now topping £20,000.   more...

Events for Emily's appeal

MORE events for the Emily Hart appeal.   more...

Dudley's getting cleaner with 80 fines handed out to litter louts

DUDLEY Council's two new enforcement officers recruited to help make the borough a cleaner place are already getting a positive response.   more...

DAD, 86, KILLED BY FAULTY

A DEVASTATED daughter killed her 86-year-old dad outside his Pensnett home when a faulty gearbox caused her to reverse over him an inquest heard.   more...

£500k RESTORATION SEES CHURCH ON TOP OF THE WORLD

THE £500,000 restoration of Top Church's landmark tower and spire got off the ground this week.   more...

£20K fines for fly tipping

DUDLEY Council, the Environment Agency and police will be joining forces over the next few months in a bid to combat fly tipping.   more...

New stars for a new season

The newly named Dudley Concert Hall is currently selling tickets for its autumn season.   more...

Deception before town magistrates

Mark Andrew Hart, aged 44 of Maughan Street, Dudley, admitted attempted deception, deception and committing offences while serving a conditional discharge when her appeared before Dudley Magistrates on Tuesday July 21.   more...

Fossil fun

DUDLEY kids will have the chance to have fun with fossils at Dudley Art Gallery and Museum next Thursday .   more...

New signs of animal magic

A SERIES of new signs put up at Dudley Zoological Gardens will spread a little animal magic.   more...

MUM'S BID TO END STIGMA

A DUDLEY mum whose daughter had eye cancer is holding an awareness day in a bid to end the stigma associated with the disease.   more...

Fraudster fined

A LOWER Gornal fraudster has been fined £600 as Dudley Council continues to prosecute those who cheat the system.   more...

Gold medal up for grabs

THOUSANDS of people from across the country will flock to Grange Park on Sunday August 15 for a national Asian games tournament.   more...

MP BACKS PARENTS' BATTLE TO SAVE SPECIAL SCHOOL

DUDLEY North MP Ross Cranston has thrown his weight behind a campaign protesting against the proposed closure of Woodsetton Special School.   more...

MP joins fight to save post office

ROSS Cranston MP has pledged his support to the growing campaign to save the 18 post offices in the borough threatened with closure.   more...

Reward day out for carers

DUDLEY volunteers have been thanked for their hard work in helping people throughout the borough.   more...

Limited places for kid's charity zoo ramble

DUDLEY Zoological Gardens is the setting for a sponsored walk to raise cash for a children's charity.   more...

GRANDAD SEX ATTACKER GETS EIGHT YEARS

A PERVERTED Dudley granddad has been put behind bars for eight years for a string of sickening sex attacks.   more...

Mural's face lift for new season

A LARGE mural in Dudley Concert Hall is being re-painted in readiness for the busy autumn season of events.   more...

Kids join green team

Merry Hill will be entertaining kids with it's annual Green Team week from Monday August 16 to Friday August 20.   more...

TRADERS WELCOME ORGANIC MARKET

PLANS for a farmers' market in Dudley have been welcomed by town traders.   more...

Trip down fair ground's memory lane

OLD fashioned fairground fun is now on display at Himley Hall.   more...

Talks to open up the country

Public rights of way and access to open spaces will come under the spotlight at a meeting next week.   more...

Health risk warning over beans and chilli

DUDLEY residents have been asked to keep an eye out for two food products which present a health risk.   more...

Six months for motoring crimes

A 22-YEAR-OLD Netherton man was caged for six months after admitting a catalogue of motoring offences.   more...

Find out how to work with the youth of Dudley

WOULD be youth workers are being invited to join Dudley Council for an information morning   more...

Sign of the times

DUDLEY will be hosting the Jehovah's Witnesses national sign language convention later this month.   more...

Sanctuary open day

Belbroughton's Animal Sanctuary and Protection is holding its annual open day in the village this weekend.   more...

CASH TO GET AHEAD Headway Blackcountry based in Dudley is now able to put their plans into action a

CASH TO GET AHEAD   more...

Choristers sing for Action Heart

SWEET music will be heard next month when a choir performs a concert for Action Heart.   more...

Kids join green team

Merry Hill will be entertaining kids with it's annual Green Team week from Monday August 16 to Friday August 20.   more...

Life's a beach for boozers

Pub-goers would be forgiven for thinking they are in sunny Scarborough next Friday August 20 when a Dudley boozer hosts a charity beach party.   more...

Talks to open up the country

Public rights of way and access to open spaces will come under the spotlight at a meeting next week.   more...

Six escape arson attack

Police are treating a fire at a Halesowen block of flats last night as arson.   more...

Talks to open up the country

Public rights of way and access to open spaces will come under the spotlight at a meeting next week.   more...

Not your `Typical Tory'

I have noticed over the past few weeks increasingly petty and personal letters in the local press attacking myself. This is of course people's right. I defend freedom of speech.   more...

Misuse of statistics undermines society

I missed the letter by Simon Bayley but it called up a lot of opposition to the corrective smack.   more...

In need of some phone mast respite

In recent years I have become very concerned over the rash of applications by telecoms companies to build phone masts in Stourbridge.   more...

Borough's students missing out?

It is gratifying to hear about the Government's initiative of providing allowances for young people to encourage them to continue in education beyond them completing their GCSE examinations.   more...

Beaten Labour candidates say thank you to electorate

As local representatives for the Labour Party (Lye and Wollescote ward), we write to thank everyone who voted for us in the council elections.   more...

Cemetery needs volunteers

My wife and I are here from South Australia on a short holiday, staying with my brother at Wolleston.   more...

Sooty collectors needed for the blind

Every day another 100 people will start to lose their sight.   more...

Less point scoring - time for action

I fear that until such times that, councillors and prospective parliamentary candidates of whichever party,stop trying to score political points over each other, our town will never realise its undoubted potential.   more...

The good old days - in prison

Reading an extract from a newspaper on `The Way We Were' a hundred years ago about the prison system of the day, and the way that prisoners were treated, gave rise to the thought of how things have deteriorated in that particular area of society in the last hundred years.   more...

It's about time people woke up

I concur wholeheartedly with A Efemay's rant.   more...

Helping disabled kids

I am writing on behalf of leading children's charity NCH, which is currently running a West Midlands Disability Appeal to raise essential funds to run our services for disabled children and young people across the region.   more...

Emergency surgeries

To the Patients of Worcester Street   more...

Trade halved

would like to draw attention to an article I have just read in the Radio Times.   more...

A great night out

Just to change the subject from skate park issues and "no fly zone" discussions (although all very important), I would like to express my sincere thanks to West One in Hagley for (what I can remember!) a fantastic night out.   more...

£20k thanks

A brave cancer victim who was diagnosed with the disease twice in a year has vowed to raise £20,000 to buy a scanner for Wordsley Hospital.   more...

Villagers' campaign to save beauty spot

Belbroughton residents are campaigning for the restoration of an historic pool - which once played a part in the village's famous scythe industry.   more...

Baths battle is on

Hundreds of borough swimmers have launched a campaign to save Brierley Hill Leisure Centre.   more...

Dad's outrage as school axed

A Norton father has hit out at plans to close a Dudley special school which he said has been a "godsend" to his son.   more...

Firm picks tips from Cherry

A Kingswinford company is reaping the rewards of an image upgrade, thanks to a little help from their friends.   more...

MP supports advice week

The Citizens Advice Bureau's Advice Week kicks off at the start of next month.   more...

Faulty gearbox killed dad

A devastated Kinver woman killed her 86-year-old dad when a faulty gearbox caused her to reverse over him an inquest heard.   more...

Four saved in home blaze

Four people were rescued from a house fire in Pensnett in the early hours of Friday August 6.   more...

£25,000 offer to find rail saboteur

A rail saboteur, who has carried out at least seven attacks, now has a £25,000 price on their head.   more...

Stunning shots put Neil in the frame!

A Stourbridge man is hitting new heights as a photographer who can find himself, literally, on the edge.   more...

New head comes home

A Kinver school will be ringing in the new school year with a new head teacher.   more...

Trio set to tackle toughest challenge

Three Stourbridge men are taking on one of the toughest challenges in Britain.   more...

Family's tears for tragic son

A family has paid tribute to a Kingswinford man who was tragically killed in a freak accident.   more...

Skaters' dream to come true?

A new council-run skate park could be set up on the outskirts of Stourbridge town centre once a row of derelict houses has been bulldozed.   more...

Anti-airport group to auction pleasure flight

Kinver anti-airport campaigners will hold a fundraising auction to fight the Halfpenny Green expansion - and in an ironic twist one of the lots is a pleasure flight from the airfield.   more...

Gearing up for show

Competitors have been invited to take part in the prestigious annual show of Wall Heath Horticultural Guild and Wall Heath Flower Club.   more...

National games in Dudley

Thousands of people from across the country are expected to flock to Grange Park in Dudley later this month for a national Asian games tournament.   more...

Come back plea to missing man

The family of a Stourbridge man who vanished last year have made an emotional plea for him to get in touch.   more...

MP's support for database

Stourbridge MP Debra Shipley has praised the launch of a new sports facilities database aimed at helping tackle obesity.   more...

Youth workers meet

People with ambitions to help youths can attend an information morning.   more...

Social quickstep...

Simply the Best social dances will host an evening of dancing at the KCA in Kinver on Saturday August 21.   more...

House to go in flats plan

A large Edwardian house in Pedmore is to be bulldozed and new flats built in its place if plans are given the nod.   more...

Engrave day a wheel joy!

A Kingswinford museum is holding an engraving day as part of the Stourbridge International Festival of Glass.   more...

Funds night for brave Emily

The father of a sick Dudley tot is staging a fundraising gig at Stourbridge's Rock Café 2000 next month.   more...

Green Team kids' prizes!

Merry Hill is offering prizes to kids keen to save the planet.   more...

Chris is on road to top

A former Summerhill School pupil is enjoying the theatrical life after winning a place in Miss Saigon.   more...

Post office protest takes to the streets

A campaign to save a Kingswinford post office from closure has gathered pace after more than 1,000 residents signed a petition against the plans.   more...

Cop shop keeps subway crime free

Stourbridge subway has become a no-go zone for criminals since it became home to the country's first underground police station, according to the town's top cop.   more...

Warning on illegal dye found in chilli products

Stourbridge residents have been warned to keep an eye out for two food products which present a health risk.   more...

£250k campaign under way to find group new home

A massive £250,000 appeal has been launched by the borough's White House cancer support charity for a new building to cope with demand.   more...

Luke's the star

A Stourbridge modern apprentice has been voted as one to watch in the UK construction industry.   more...

Streetwise Sarah hot property!

A former Quarry Bank schoolgirl is hoping to come out on top in a national model search.   more...

Holiday club opens doors

Lye Christian group is organising a children's holiday club around the theme of trusting in God.   more...

Courses call

A string of summer taster courses in everything from hair and beauty to local history are being run for borough residents.   more...

Volunteer plea

Stourbridge's Save The Children Charity Shop is desperately seeking volunteers.   more...

Players patch up their own pitch

Fed up Quarry Bank football teams are having to sacrifice training sessions to carry out maintenance on their dangerous council-owned pitch.   more...

Parish rivalry!

The annual contest for the Cobham Cricket Cup will be held on Sunday August 29.   more...

Pitch battle for cops

Police were happy to take part when it all kicked off in Pedmore last week.   more...

Exhibitions a clear winner

The inaugural International Festival of Glass will celebrate the creativity, diversity and richness of British glass with a biennale exhibition, and provide a platform for some of the world's best glass artists to lead workshops.   more...

Eyesore revamped into arts venue

An eyesore in Brierley Hill is set to become a major centre for contemporary art and culture.   more...

School uniform grants not axed, council said

Dudley Council education chiefs have hit back at claims that school uniform grants were being axed.   more...

Customers' cheesy jokes in pub book

Extra cheese is on the menu at a Kingswinford pub, adding fun to your favourite fare.   more...

Brave men behind memorial names

Kinver historians are digging around in graveyards to find out the identities of our local war heroes.   more...

Chippy is one too many takeaways

More than 100 people are rallying against plans to open a new fish and chip shop in Brierley Hill.   more...

Training classes for novice runners

A Brierley Hill running club has set up training classes for novice runners.   more...

`Our' Lion still roars in the USA

A life-sized replica of the famous Stourbridge Lion has been restored and unveiled in America where it first steamed into action 175 years ago.   more...

Sport

Town at home for opener

Halesowen Town start their Southern League Premier campaign tomorrow (Saturday) with a home game against Aylesbury United (3pm).   more...

  
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