Dudley, England News

HALESOWEN residents can hop on and off any bus in the region all day for just A 1.63 thanks to the launch of a new ticket this week.

A 49-YEAR-old Dudley Wood woman has been handed five community orders after fraudulently gaining money from a Cradley Heath Brownie troop.

FIRE FIGHTERS have been battling a blaze at a Sedgley pub this morning. The fire at The Clifton on the Bull Ring, is the second arson attack at the premises in eight weeks.

H20 Car Valeting Centres the leading UK car valeting company has confirmed it is looking to expand its operations across the Black Country and West Midlands after the success of its operation at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre in Dudley and its four Birmingham sites at the Mailbox, Selfridges, Bull Ring and Touchwood shopping centre.

A DUDLEY man who maintained he was growing cannabis at his home because he had been threatened by a man he owed money to, has been spared a prison sentence.

A DUDLEY man who tried to smuggle heroin into Brierley Hill Police Station has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.

DUDLEY College tutors showed a touch of glass when they showed off the facilities at the new International Glass Centre.

A 24-YEAR-old Netherton man has been handed a 12 month community order by Dudley Magistrates after stealing 21 fence panels.

FIREFIGHTERS had to rescue two dogs and a parrot from a house fire in Sedgley. Crews from Dudley were called to the fire at a house in Ettymore Road at 12.56pm yesterday, where they found a small fire in the kitchen, although the rest of the home was smoke logged.

I found this slightly the worse for wear photograph of a class at Wolverhampton Street School, Dudley, in an old album that belonged to my late mother in law.

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

THREE weeks ago, in Bugle 898, we printed a collection of photographs which showed former members of the 7th Dudley Scouts who had served with the armed forces during the Second World War.

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

THIS pair of photographs are more from the collection of Black Country historian Anthony Page.

THE Government has announced an immediate review of Dudley Council after it failed to meet minimum targets for exam results at a town secondary school.

A Jamaican woman who took part in a massive marriage scam was last week sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in a British Crown Court.

POLICE are keen to trace a vital female witness to the theft of a valuable piece of machinery which was stolen from a roadside in Dudley.

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.

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