Stories for 27 July 2000
Leisure
Thursday July 27 more...
Talented Stourbridge band Summerstreet are the winners of the second round of the News Group's Star Band of the Year Competition. more...
In a world obsessed with recycling it's nice to know the music industry is doing its bit. more...
Abba fans are in for a treat this weekend when a tribute to the 70s supergroup plays at a Brierley Hill club. more...
Shocking to the core is the only way to describe Irish tribute band The Korrs who played a double date at Stourbridge's Rock Café 2000. more...
Cradley Heath-based kids' theatre group The Young Ones amateur is desperately seeking a musical director who can play the piano for its forthcoming pantomime, Mother Goose. more...
Stourbridge rock `n' roll band The Buddies will be performing at their regular venue The Stewponey at Stourton next week. more...
An intriguing blend of scenes, songs and sonnets promises to tantalise audiences when the Play On Music Theatre company perform the acclaimed Shakespeare-based show Love, Lust and Loyalty. more...
Sting and The Police tribute band The Police Force will be performing classic 80s hits in Stourbridge this weekend. more...
Up-and-coming Halesowen indie rock band Nemo will be playing in Stourbridge tonight (Thursday). more...
News
A star of the West End stage was in Cradley Heath for a one-off concert to boost Halesowen Rotary Club's charity appeal. more...
A dynamic duo of charity bike riders have raised almost £3,000 for the British Heart Found-ation in memory of a former colleague. more...
A 27-year-old Brierley Hill man has been fined £90 after pleading guilty to three counts of theft. Clive Paul Davies, of Derry Street, was also ordered to pay £155 compensation and £118 prosecution costs when he appeared before Halesowen magistrates on Friday July 14. more...
The British Heart Foundation needs borough runners to dust off their trainers and run the Wolver-hampton Marathon for the charity. more...
Penfields Estate residents told the council to rethink plans to close a park plagued by drug problems - after locals chased off workmen sent to remove play equipment! more...
A horse-mad Halesowen woman is organising a sponsored ride across Clent Hills to raise more than £1,000 for charity. more...
A high-flying Brierley Hill woman is hoping her career will really take off after qualifying as an air stewardess. more...
An Old Hill businessman scooped a gold medal after taking part in the open judo championships, in Canada. more...
The Women's Royal Voluntary Service is appealing for people who have two hours to spare to help the group's lunch clubs in the borough. For details call 01384 836151. more...
National demonstrator Margaret Ecclestone shows her skills at the Hagley Flower Arrangement Society, at Hagley Community Centre, at 7.30pm on Monday July 31. more...
A host of summer fun is on the menu at Halesowen Youth Centre during the next four weeks. more...
Inspectors have deemed the running track at the much-maligned Dell Stadium unfit for competition. more...
A summer holiday club is being held at Overend Methodist Mission, Cradley, today, Thursday, and tomorrow, Friday. more...
A coroner ruled a Kingswinford woman, found hanged with a section of plastic tubing attached to her hospital bed, took her own life while the balance of her mind was disturbed. more...
Rowley Regis College has achieved a pass rate of 84 per cent in its essential food hygiene course this year. more...
A Wordsley woman whose mother was a centenarian has also celebrated her 100th birthday. more...
Make new friends at The Silver Lining Club on the first Thursday of each month at Blackheath Christian Fellowship, Beeches Road. more...
A 72-year-old woman was robbed of £80 while walking in Grange Lane, Lye. more...
An Oldbury businessman and life-long West Brom fan has announced his plan to fight for election to the board of directors. more...
Young stars at a Kinver primary school have been given awards as a final farewell before leaving for senior school. more...
Jungle fever came over pupils at Caslon Primary School during a rainforest day. more...
A Halesowen man found in his fume-filled car by a passer-by the day before his dead son's 18th birthday blasted his horn in a desperate cry for help, an inquest heard yesterday. more...
Royal Brierley bosses are hoping to save the ailing 224-year-old glassmaking firm after an interested company pulled out of a takeover deal. more...
The Halesowen Fundraising Group of the Mary Stevens Hospice is appealing for a gazebo. more...
Children at St Mary's RC Primary School in Brierley Hill have bur-ied a feast of future history. more...
Golden Hunnington couple, Clinton and Sylvia East, were over the moon with the party organised to celebrate their 50th anniversary. more...
The vision of bringing the Midland Metro to the borough is moving closer to reality with the announcement of government support for light rail systems. more...
The Halesowen WRVS is urgently seeking new volunteers. more...
A Wollaston man has raised fears there could be a wild cat roaming near the village. more...
Police have teamed up with four schools to launch the first `school watch' scheme in the borough to crack down on crime during the summer holidays. more...
It all adds up for one calculating Rowley Regis youngster who has excelled in mathematics. more...
A long-serving lunch supervisor at a Wollescote primary school has retired after 30 years. more...
A surprise `This Is Your Life' assembly greeted the retiring headteacher at Newfield Park Primary. more...
Kinver Historical Society is staging a walk around interesting village sites next week. more...
Thirteen blood donors from Halesowen were honoured for their lifesaving work at a ceremony attended by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham. more...
Fundraisers for a charity which helps cerebral palsy sufferers would like to thank big-hearted shoppers who raised £224. more...
A date has been announced for the launch of a pioneering Old Hill cybercafe where young people can combine surfing with socialising. more...
Youngsters at Fairhaven Primary School in Wordsley are celebrating after winning the annual High Five tournament. more...
A worldwide campaign to stamp out cruelty to bears has been boosted by a Halesowen woman's fundraising appeal. more...
A 23-year-old Stourbridge man has been put on probation for two years after pleading guilty to offences including two counts of shoplifting. more...
Kids at a Rowley Regis primary school have been in the driving seat and rallied round to achieve turbo power with a creative flair. more...
Learn self-defence and keep fit by learning the martial art of shurite karate. more...
A Stourbridge road safety campaigner is up in arms after a senior council officer admitted Dudley Council would only bring in traffic calming measures where there have been accidents. more...
An Oldbury charity hopes to attract £300,000 lottery cash to fund the first garden in the country dedicated to people who have triumphed over illness. more...
Three 14-year-old Grange School, Pedmore, pupils managed to break the usual age barrier for qualifying for the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. more...
A fundraising evening was held by fourth Halesowen Boys Brigade on Tuesday July 11 at its headquarters at Hasbury Methodist Church. more...
Police investigating the death of a Wall Heath man found dead after a botched armed robbery in Wolverley are appealing for a potential witness to come forward. more...
An adventurous Cradley Heath businessman is entering a cross-country rally to Tunisia - in a three-wheeler car. more...
Generous Kingswinford couple Karen and Kevin Johnson, of Honeysuckle Avenue, celebrated their wedding anniversary by raising more than £200 for Cancer Research at their tenth wedding anniversary party. more...
Clent villagers can buy home-grown fruit and vegetables on their doorstep from a new mini-market in the parish hall, Church Avenue. more...
The chairman of governors at Halesowen College has retired after almost 20 years. more...
Stourbridge Bridge club results for the week ending Friday July 21: more...
Conservation workers at a Cradley Heath nature reserve have asked Sandwell Council for a footbridge at the site. more...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a hit and run lorry smash which happened near Hagley. more...
Students at The Earls High School took a break from their usual timetable for the last three days of term to take part in activities that made education fun. more...
Grange School pupils proved they could be the next generation of Carol Vordermans after four groups got through to the finals of the Maths Millennium Challenge. more...
An Oldbury fundraiser who took part in a sponsored marathon and raised more than £5,000 wants to thank those who donated. more...
A 34-year-old Stourbridge man has been banned from the road for 18 months after pleading guilty to failing to provide a specimen of breath and possession of cannabis. more...
A Quinton schoolteacher will be putting her pens and papers away when she retires after 17 years. more...
Stourbridge fire crews were called to a suspicious car fire in Amblecote. The car was severely damaged in the blaze, which happened in Collis Street at 4.20pm on Thursday July 20. more...
West Mercia Police - which covers Hagley - has received a £1.15m cash boost from the Home Office's £15m budget for policing sparsely populated areas. more...
The lifesaving work of Stourbridge residents has been recognised by the National Blood Service. more...
`The Picturehouse five' have been banned from 33 pubs in and around Stourbridge under the town's Pubwatch scheme, landlords and police agreed at a meeting on Tuesday more...
MP for Dudley South, Ian Pearson, has placed a copy of the government's Comprehensive Spending Review in Brierley Hill Library. more...
A Lye machine hardness testing company has broken into a new south-east Asian market. more...
A Stourbridge football manager is staging a series of "all-star" charity events to raise funds to make Redhill School more accessible for wheelchair users. more...
A 22-year-old Wollescote man has been given a 12-month conditional discharge after pleading guilty to offences including assaulting a woman. more...
Animal lovers can mingle with farmyard friends in Belbroughton next month at the village's Animal Sanctuary And Protection annual open day. more...
Home Secretary Jack Straw's announcement extra money will be allocated to law and order from the Comprehensive Spending Review has been welcomed by Dudley MP Ian Pearson. more...
Kinver Parish Council's planning and development committee has recommended approval of plans for a conservatory at 1 Pavilion End, Prestwood. more...
Two intrepid Wordsley nurses will be stepping out for charity on a sponsored hike across the Andes to raise money for cerebral palsy sufferers. more...
The efforts of pupils at an Amblecote primary school to improve road safety could come to fruition after Dudley Council earmarked £206,000 for safer route to school schemes. more...
Visitors to the Sunfield Home, Clent, summer carnival, opened by Viscountess Cobham, enjoyed a fun-packed day. more...
Stourbridge's carnival queen made her TV dream come true after she was voted first in a nationwide talent contest to find a children's television presenter. more...
Stourbridge's Imperial Cancer Research High Street shop seeks volunteers. more...
A Bewdley woman wants to launch a series of fitness classes in Stourbridge for pregnant women. more...
Dudley Council helped a brutal murderer start life afresh by giving him a job - while he was STILL serving time for two horrific killings. more...
The conviction of Paul Brumfitt - set free after taking two lives only to kill again - has led police to call for a complete overhaul of the system. more...
Evil Paul Brumfitt showed no emotion as he was found guilty of butchering teenage hooker Marcella Davis and raping another prostitute at knifepoint. more...
Paul Brumfitt had already been sentenced to life imprisonment - before Marcella Ann Davis was even born - after leaving a trail of violence across Europe in 1979. more...
In Esbjerg, Brumfitt befriended 40-year-old bus driver Teddy Laustrup in a bar and after a night drinking, went back to the home of the dad-of-one. more...
On February 6, 1999, Marcella Davis went to work in the red light area of Wolverhampton - and was never seen again. more...
Allyson Parr, mother of 19-year-old Marcella, wept in court as Brumfitt was convicted of murdering her daughter. more...
Plans to build an extra 250 houses on open space in Russells Hall could be the final nail in the coffin of the area, it has been claimed. more...
Milking Bank residents could know in two months whether developer Mountcity will be allowed to build a 12,000 square feet Co-Op store on land near their homes. more...
Plans to build 19 houses in Brockmoor have been approved - despite objections from residents about losing open space. more...
A fundraising granny is hoping a guitar signed by heavy metal legends Judas Priest will pick up a pile of cash at an auction for Russells Hall Hospital's leukaemia unit appeal. more...
McDonald's wants to put up 33 boards and signposts for its planned Castle Gate drive-thru. more...
A regular at a Dudley pub is stepping out on an 80-mile sponsored walk to raise money for the Country Air Ambulance. more...
Mat Danks joins other arachnophobes on a course to beat their fear more...
A Pensnett woman is hoping to help kids with muscular diseases by staging a charity football match between firefighters and ex-Wolves stars. more...
Hundreds of children across the borough will be able to enjoy the benefits of an £800,000 grant from the New Opportunities Fund. more...
Dudley Training and Enterprise Council is leaving a legacy to the town - in the form of a mass fundraising project for Mary Stevens Hospice. more...
Dudley radio station Blaze FM hits the airwaves this weekend for its second 28-day broadcast from the Burton Road fire station. more...
Councillors claimed a total of £366,470.76 in expenses during the year from April 1 1999 to March 31 2000. more...
A Russells Hall playgroup has closed down after the woman who ran it for 28 years retired following a scathing inspection. more...
The vision of bringing the Midland Metro to the borough is moving closer to reality with the announcement of government support for light rail systems. more...
A 16-year-old Netherton boy was assaulted and robbed of his mobile phone in a park. more...
Inspectors have deemed the running track at the much-maligned Dell Stadium unfit for competition. more...
A Christian charity is celebrating after `divine intervention' helped their bid to build a new church made it through red tape. more...
A booming Pensnett bedmakers is to move to new custom-built premises - and create dozens of extra jobs. more...
A Dudley council officer who forged his girlfriend's signature on a loan agreement has been sentenced to 240 hours' community service. more...
Controversial plans to install machinery for processing asbestos waste in Shaw Road have again hit a stumbling block. more...
Budding young web designers are being invited to pitch their cyber talents in a borough-wide competition for primary and special schools. more...
Royal Brierley bosses hope to save the ailing 224-year-old glassmaking firm through refinancing and restructuring after the collapse of a takeover deal. more...
A Dudley council officer who forged his girlfriend's signature on a loan agreement has been sentenced to 240 hours community service. more...
Kinver Historical Society is staging a walk around village sites next week. more...
Rising Halesowen indie rock band Nemo will be playing in Stourbridge tonight (Thursday). more...
A shop in Oldswinford, could be converted to a hot food takeaway if Dudley Council grants a change of use application. more...
Big-hearted shoppers raised £50 for charity by entering a 'name the doll' contest at a Brierley Hill supermarket. more...
A new facility has been launched by Dudley Council to enable council tax and business ratepayers to make payments via the Internet. more...
TV licensing chiefs are warning Dudley housholders to make sure their licences are up-to-date to avoid being caught out during the summer blitz. more...
Two new shops have opened in Stourbridge Town Centre's High Street this week. more...
TV licensing chiefs are warning Dudley housholders to make sure their licences are up-to-date to avoid being caught out during the summer blitz. more...
A Dudley council officer who forged his girlfriend's signature on a loan agreement has been sentenced to 240 hours community service. more...
A new facility has been launched by Dudley Council to enable council tax and business ratepayers to make payments via the Internet. more...
Tividale have snapped up two goalkeepers to battle it out for the Packwood Road number one spot. more...
Borough residents are being given the chance to say happy birthday to the Queen Mother when she celebrates her 100th birthday next month. more...
Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands, Bob Taylor OBE, is visiting Gornal computer training company Computeach International on Monday to see for himself the wealth of opportunities for disabled people. more...
Old Hill CC won The Birmingham and District Premier League Challenge Cup last night despite having to field a weakened side against Coventry & NW. more...
A Halesowen man lay unconscious in hospital for two days after a street brawl on Saturday - unaware his wife had given birth to their son, Ellis. more...
Halesowen residents are due to hear whether they will lose their doctor's surgery, in Highfield Road, today. more...
Halesowen Town striker Ian Aldridge has left the club to join Interlink outfit Oldbury United. more...
TV licensing chiefs are warning Dudley housholders to make sure their licences are up-to-date to avoid being caught out during the summer blitz. more...
A new facility has been launched by Dudley Council to enable council tax and business ratepayers to make payments via the Internet. more...
The oldest pub in Rowley Regis re-opens its doors tonight after a £100,000 facelift. more...
A Halesowen singer is hoping to make waves when he releases his debut solo CD on an internet website. more...
Woodgate Valley firefighters were called to rescue a horse stuck in a muddy bog. more...
Children are invited to join the `Make your Mark' workshop being run at Haden Hill House today. more...
Major roadworks and bridge strengthening is continuing on the M5 between junctions two and three overnight. more...
An advice surgery for Halesowen constituents is being staged tomorrow (Friday) at Leasowes Community College. more...
Sandwell youngsters need not get bored this school holiday as the borough's libraries are offering a range of activities to entertain. more...
Stourbridge town's landscape will be transformed beyond recognition if the town's new £10m supermarket is built, according to the latest ring road plans released this week. more...
The distraught wife of a well-known Stourbridge trike biker who died of a heart attack late on Tuesday night has paid tribute to the man she called `the best thing in my life'. more...
Motoring ahead more...
Brierley Hill's Bathams Brewery has launched a website for beer enthusiasts who want the latest information on pubs and ale. more...
Security on the worldwide web was the subject of an evening seminar held at Dudley Business Link on July 13. more...
The Discovery Channel online at www.discovery.com is a well thought more...
Thankfully there are brave, selfless individuals out there prepared to spend most of their free time trawling the Internet for truly more...
If you own a computer and have never played Quake, then hang your head in shame, for you are a bad person with no discernable more...
A Merry Hill store will be undergoing a radical change later this year to give shoppers more choice. more...
A mums and toddlers group meets at Dingle Community Centre, Kingswinford, every Monday and Thursday from 9.30am-11.30am. more...
Youngsters at a Kingswinford primary school left school on a high when they performed a musical. more...
South Staffordshire Liberal Democrats elected a new committee at its AGM. more...
A landlord and his wife were tied up by armed robbers who made off with £2,500 from their Lye pub. more...
Dudley South MP Ian Pearson has welcomed the government's £750,000 Sure Start scheme to help deprived youngsters to be launched in Brierley Hill. more...
Stourbridge's Bell Street multi-storey car park will benefit from better lighting as part of a £325,000 improvement package. more...
A Wollaston man has helped to unite a workmate with the family in Canada he never knew he had. more...
Stourbridge magistrates have convicted the following people of keeping unlicensed vehicles. more...
A 19th century Amblecote house, formerly owned by Royal Doulton Glassworks, will be converted into flats for glass students. more...
Stourbridge's Mitre Inn will have its car park walls re-painted with graffiti by internationally acclaimed artists on Saturday and Sunday when the Ikonoklast Movement joins forces with local graffiti artist organisation Aeroholics Anonymous. more...
An 18-year-old Quarry Bank man has been fined a total of £225 after pleading guilty to offences including having no motor insurance. more...
A 19-year-old Amblecote man has been fined £250 after pleading guilty to offences including failing to stop after an accident. more...
Dudley Training and Enterprise Council is leaving a legacy to the town - in the form of a mass fundraising project for Mary Stevens Hospice. more...
The Halesowen fundraising group for the hospice managed to raise £853 towards the on-going running costs of the facility. more...
£100: 651971, F Ballard, Halesowen; 630165, R Westwood, Hayley Green; 813753, Ticket Sale; 481829, S Tinsley, Dudley; 261460, D Huselbee, Halesowen. more...
The next meeting of Cancer Patients and Carers in Action is being held on Tuesday August 1 at 10am in The White House. more...
Big-hearted friends and family collecting cash for a Hagley man battling cancer have reached their fund-raising target. more...
Anarchy in Hagley ruled for a day when Haybridge students held a glad rag event to raise loot for charity. more...
Dudley Council is to spend £90,000 on trees over the next four years. more...
Kingswinford South councillor Peter Miller is holding an advice surgery on Saturday July 29. more...
Planners at Kinver Parish Council have recommended approval for plans to convert Handkerchief Barn, Whittington, into a house. more...
The justices' licence for the Elm Tree pub on Enville Road in Kinver has been transferred from Jane Smith to David Newell. more...
Police have been touring businesses in Lye with crime prevention advice following a spate of office burglaries in the area. more...
Kinver Rotarians and their wives have raised more than £2,000 for a national cancer charity. more...
Dudley South MP Ian Pearson has given schools in his constituency the chance to get involved in the technological revolution. more...
Eight years ago the death of a Stourbridge motorcyclist spurred the Stourbridge Motorcycle Club to raise money for County Air Ambulance staff who tried desperately to save him. more...
Stourbridge's St Thomas' church hall, Market Street, hosts sequence dance classes on the second Saturday of every month, starting on Saturday August 12 and running from 8pm-10.30pm. more...
The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign wants daredevils for a sponsored parachute jump to raise funds for vital research. There are two techniques to choose from, solo and tandem, if you feel you're up to the challenge. For details call Bernie Francis on 0121 382 8024. more...
Pedmore Fields Residents Association has won its battle to have two mobile buildings placed on land in Wollescote. more...
Hagley Free Church Hall hosts a shoppers' coffee morning from 10am-noon, tomorrow, Friday July 28. more...
The Royal National Institute for the Blind wants firms to help raise funds by donating used laser and inkjet cartridges. more...
The Black Country Inventors Club needs unwanted computers and spare computer parts for older members to tinker with. more...
A big-hearted Brierley Hill receptionist hopes to raise charity cash by staging a football match between firefighters and ex-Wolves stars. more...
A business `oscar' has been awarded to Stourbridge public relations consultancy betterpr by Dudley and Sandwell Chamber of Commerce. more...
Budding young web designers are being invited to pitch their cyber talents in a borough-wide competition for primary and special schools. more...
Children at Quarry Bank Primary School dressed as monsters and pirates on their last day at school. more...
Halesowen kids have been cooking up a tasty treat as part of a national healthy eating campaign backed by the Department of Health. more...
An external auditor has given Dudley Council's Best Value Performance Plan a clean bill of health - ranking the authority in the top two-thirds of councils. more...
Anxious Hunnington villagers are waiting to hear if they will lose more than half-and-acre of valuable Green Belt land to a developer planning to build homes on the site. more...
A Stourbridge family were forced to flee their home after their neighbour's caravan went up in flames. more...
Controversial plans to demolish Halesowen College buildings and replace them with a Tesco supermarket have been ditched by Dudley Council's development control bosses. more...
Members of Kinver Parish Council's planning and development committee have recommended approval of plans for £250,000 improvements at Stourbridge Rugby Club. more...
A Cradley plastics firm will invest £600,000 in new technology as part of a multi-million pound contract to produce parts for a new mobile phone. more...
Kingswinford Bridge Club will be playing at St Andrews United Reform Church from Tuesday September 7. Play will start at 7.30pm each Tuesday at the church opposite the Wall Heath Tavern on the A449. more...
Sport
Stourbridge kicked off their pre-season in style with a 6-0 drubbing of Dudley Sports. more...
Swindon CC were forced to call on 62-year-old Robert Smith on Saturday as a weakened Swindon side were crushed by Milford Hall. more...
Stourbridge solicitor Jonathan Browne showed off his talents at the Brian Scoffham Open on Saturday. more...
West Bromwich Albion strikers Bob Taylor and Lee Hughes will get the chance to hit the ball out of the ground on Sunday without being blasted by the boss. more...
Dudley and Stourbridge Harriers athletes are facing another wait to see whether their Dell Stadium home is up to scratch. more...
Newly-promoted Dudley Kingswinford have raided the southern hemisphere to bolster their squad for their first national league campaign. more...
Old Hill lie second in the league after beating fellow title chasers Stratford in a bad tempered match. more...
Halesowen Town have snapped up two players from higher leagues to boost the club after some high profile departures. more...
Norton rally driver Richard Sykes heads into this weekend's Quinton Rally at Llandnndod Wells, looking to put himself back in the top four for the championship. more...
Hagley CC did the double over Pelsall and grabbed only their second win of the season on Saturday. more...
A league best 96no from Simon Mees proved in vain for Pedmore CC as they Droitwich Spa held on for a draw with nine wickets down. more...
Enville CC were beaten by Claverley after being skittled for 96. more...
A last ditch effort by Old Halesonians prevented Oldswinford CC picking up a win on Saturday. more...
Amblecote & Wollaston CC lost to Harborne by two runs on Saturday. more...
Stourbridge Social CC beat Newland on Saturday. more...
Halesowen Athletics Club girls have won promotion to the McDonalds Midlands Premier Division. more...
Enville Golf Club results, Midweek Stableford from Wednesday July 19: more...
Dudley Senior Citizens League Division three leaders Cradley Heath Libs B have opened up a 13-point gap over the second-placed Woodman Brockmore after a 75-shot win at home to Priory House Cons, writes Barry Jones. more...
Crystal Trampoline Club members put on a bouncing bonanza to entertain the crowds and raise funds for charity. more...
Stourbridge Arm Canoe Club's newly-formed canoe polo team came close to victory in their first-ever tournament. more...
Stourbridge school pupils are jumping for joy after being selected for national volleyball training camps, writes Scott Faulkner. more...
Halesowen A&CC rider took five points in the senior Halesowen Track League ten-lap race at Manor Abbey Sports Stadium on Friday. more...
Old and young put in a solid display for Halesowen Swimming Club in the Burntwood biathlon. more...
l Romsley &Hunnington entertain Alverley on Saturday (start 2pm). more...
Dudley sailor Ian Johnson will compete in the penultimate round of the Audi Laser eps quattro Cup this weekend. more...
Dudley Kingswinford Ladies Running Club has clocked up a run of success, with over 120 women completing their beginners running course. more...
Netherton CC got back to winning ways on Saturday beating Old Elizabethans in a close encounter. more...
League leaders Himley CC cruised to their eighth win of the season after beating Olton & West Warwick by five wickets. more...
Stourbridge kart racer Mathew Hogan had a disastrous weekend at the third round of the British Championship at Rowrah, Lake District. more...
Stourbridge CC second team made it three wins out of three since coach Ron Headley took to the field at the age of 61. more...
Halesowen CC kept themselves in the title chasing pack with a convincing win over Coventry. more...
Causeway United have made a seven-day approach for Lye Town's Craig Hancox, writes Suzy Austin. more...
Brierley Hill have signed 18-year-old Cradley youth team defender Hassan Shah and 24-year-old midfielder Glen Gibbons. more...
Gornal Athletic have appointed Mick Clewes as reserve team manager. more...
Tividale kicked off their pre-season with a 2-1 defeat at Halesowen Town. more...
Oldbury United are on the verge of off-loading last season's Interlink player of the year to Scottish side Greenock Morton, writes Suzy Austin. more...
Cradley Town managed a 2-2 draw at Wolverhampton United on Saturday with goals from Anthony Baker and Ben Store. more...
Old Hill lie second in the league after beating fellow title chasers Stratford in a bad tempered match. more...
