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Stories for 4 June 2008

Bands

Zut Alors set for tour

STOURBRIDGE indie band Zut Alors are getting set to hit the road this weekend on the Academy Live Tour.  more...

Halesn Tourism Holidays

Gourmet breaks in stunning Lombardy

A NEWLY launched cookery holiday company is like many of the dishes that will be demonstrated on its breaks - a blend of the finest ingredients.  more...

Halesowen Leisure Cinema

City girls are a hit...

Sex and the City: The Movie (15), Four stars AFTER a four year wait, the time finally arrived as Sex and the City hit the big screen.  more...

Round-Up

Red bus brings help for carers

DUDLEY Carers Forum will be touring the borough on a red double decker bus as part of a week of fact finding activities.  more...

Ever so young for a wedding

LOVE was in the air at one Pensnett school as two classmates were married' as part of their lessons.  more...

Driver spared jail after death crash

A 22-YEAR-OLD Netherton driver who was racing a workmate when a pensioner was killed in a horrific crash in Halesowen, has been spared jail.  more...

MP attends high level meeting about university

IN the bid to get a university for the town, Dudley North's MP has held talks with the Secretary of State for Universities.  more...

Huge repair bill after lead theft

A DUDLEY church congregation has been left with around £4,000 of damage and water leaking into the building after being targeted by lead thieves.  more...

Huge repair bill after lead theft

A DUDLEY church congregation has been left with around £4,000 of damage and water leaking into the building after being targeted by lead thieves.  more...

Duncan on permanent show

AN exhibition paying tribute to Dudley's famous footballing son is now a permanent attraction at Dudley Museum and Art Gallery.  more...

Today's young hopefuls in tournament to celebrate Duncan

A FOOTBALL tournament is to be held by Duncan Edwards wanabees to help commemorate the life of Dudley's famous son.  more...

Duncan on permanent show

AN exhibition paying tribute to Dudley's famous footballing son is now a permanent attraction at Dudley Museum and Art Gallery.  more...

Today's young hopefuls in tournament to celebrate Duncan

A FOOTBALL tournament is to be held by Duncan Edwards wanabees to help commemorate the life of Dudley's famous son.  more...

Lots to see and do in town centre for Duncan

DUDLEY town centre will be a hive of activity on Saturday as a special day of celebration is held to commemorate Duncan Edwards.  more...

Lots to see and do in town centre for Duncan

DUDLEY town centre will be a hive of activity on Saturday as a special day of celebration is held to commemorate Duncan Edwards.  more...

Church man had indecent child images

A LAY reader at a Dudley church has admitted possessing nearly 43,000 indecent images of children.  more...

Art to honour steel industry

BRIERLEY Hill is set to get a £70,000 sculpture to honour a once important steelworks in the town.  more...

Place your bids for Sir Cliff's wine at auction

NETHERTON District Rangers will be holding an auction on Saturday with a bottle of wine from Cliff Richard in one of the lots up for grabs.  more...

D-Day looms for mosque appeal

AN appeal against the rejected plans to build a £18 million mosque and community centre in Dudley faces D-Day with a public inquiry to be held next week.  more...

Takeaway forced to close over mice infestation

A LOWER GORNAL chinese takeaway has been shut down by environmental health after it was found to be infested with mice.  more...

Crossing chaos!

TRADERS in Dudley town centre have dubbed a "ridiculous" zebra crossing, which has appeared outside Fountain Arcade, as "a death trap waiting to happen."  more...

Sex attacker let off prison

A 24-year old Oldbury man who carried out a sex attack on a young woman after she got off a bus leaving her "scared, shocked and extremely frightened" has avoided jail.  more...

Missing OAP ‘found dead’

A man who collapsed and died in Kidderminster is believed to have been missing Halesowen pensioner Leslie James (pictured right).  more...

Shock at death of parks’ boss

Tributes have been paid to a popular Rowley Regis council worker who died suddenly.  more...

Service for popular Fred

Tributes are set to be paid to a popular Blackheath businessman who died last month.  more...

Plucky threesome to tackle trio of mountains

Three energetic Halesowen workers will put their best feet forward when they take on the three peaks challenge to raise cash for Cancer Research UK.  more...

Road to be resurfaced

Thornhill Road in Halesowen will be closed from Friday June 6 to Friday June 13 to allow for it to be resurfaced.  more...

Chance to quiz council on leisure centre future

A meeting into proposals to close Cradley Leisure Centre will be held on Thursday June 12.  more...

Urgent appeal for old furniture

An Old Hill charity which provides free furniture to people in need has launched a desperate appeal for kind-hearted residents to donate items.  more...

MoD investigates sailor death

An inquiry is being conducted into an accident which killed a Halesowen sailor.  more...

Residents invited to attend a partnership meeting

LYE and Wollescote residents are being invited to have their say by attending a partnership meeting.  more...

Nine months suspended for cannabis cash crook

A MAN who laundered thousands of pounds for a Brierley Hill cannabis factory has avoided a jail term.  more...

Robber facing five years jail

A 25-year-old Kingswinford robber has been warned by a judge he is facing five years behind bars.  more...

Tributes to tragic Sophie

THE heartbroken family of tragic 24-year-old Sophie Hill-Jones have this week paid a touching tribute to their party princess'.  more...

Tributes to tragic Sophie

THE heartbroken family of tragic 24-year-old Sophie Hill-Jones have this week paid a touching tribute to their party princess'.  more...

Hundreds expected at Sam Cox's funeral

HUNDREDS of friends and family are expected to pay tribute to a Quarry Bank teenage kick boxing champion, who died in a horrific car crash.  more...

What'S On

Acerbic Amstell on good form

Simon Amstell, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, Sunday June 1 King of TV sarcasm Simon Amstell is best known as the acerbic host of BBC's Never Mind the Buzzcocks and, to the younger generation, as the former presenter of Channel 4's ground-breaking youth music show Popworld.  more...

  
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