Stories for 14 April 2005
News
A Halesowen pair will be appearing alongside some of the world's leading dancers at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall this Saturday. more...
PHUKET pastor Brian Burton has returned to his Black Country roots to thank everyone who has helped his efforts to rebuild shattered parts of the Thai island. more...
A SCHOOL in Walsall has exceeded all expectations after it raised more than £1,400 for the News Group's Tsunami Appeal. more...
Sylvia Heal will put fighting crime and cleaning up Halesowen as top priorities if she holds onto her seat as MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis for a third term on May 5. more...
Former Lady Mayoress of Birmingham Deirdre Alden is the Conservative Party's candidate for the Birmingham Edgbaston seat, which includes Quinton. more...
Martin Turner will be challenging Labour's Sylvia Heal for her seat as he is the Liberal Democrats' candidate for Halesowen and Rowley Regis. more...
Nikki Sinclaire is the UKIP candidate hoping to seize the Halesowen and Rowey Regis seat from sitting MP Sylvia Heal in May's general election. more...
A Halesowen woman has gone to extremes in pursuit of the perfect body by going under the knife for a £40,000 makeover. more...
An environmentally friendly Cradley Heath transport company's plans for rural railways has been backed by a government committee. more...
A Halesowen pub is looking to crown a modern day St George as part of its celebrations. more...
Worshippers have launched an appeal for Cradley folk to get in touch with memories of VE Day for a book to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two. more...
The towns of Oldbury and Blackheath have seen a vast amount of change over the years - much of it for the good of the residents. more...
Changes in Oldbury more...
Two young athletes are soaring high at Perryfields High School in Oldbury after joining Birchfield Harriers Athletics Club. more...
The Home Secretary praised the `absolutely fantastic' police and talked crime as he dropped into a Quinton house for a cup of tea. more...
Three years ago Janet Nightingale, the wife of Rowley Regis vicar the Rev John Nightingale, lost her brave battle with cancer. more...
Sandwell residents are going green for cash, with £1,500 in vouchers up for grabs. more...
Eat pie Mr Bosworth! more...
Pigeons are wild birds who should be capable of searching for their own supply of food. more...
I would like to ask Mr Richard Alonzo why he had to answer for Tony Barnsley on his behalf? more...
Simon Smith of the BNP has proved in his two letters, both attacking John Payne and myself personally, that he is both anti-trade union and confusing. more...
I wish to reply to this officer by saying he is talking a load of rubbish when he says these cuts will not cost lives IT WILL, he has either just been promoted or he is going for promotion. more...
Once upon a time in the small,busy town of Halesowen, there existed a state of free parking in the busy shopping area. People drove in from miles around filling up the car park spaces, and then caught buses to their places of work in (expensive to park) Birmingham. Parking was sometimes difficult for the Halesowen shopper but any parking place found was FREE. So a deterrent was put in place. Pay a charge for the use of the spaces, originally meant for shoppers. Deter the bus passengers it did. Unfortunately it has gradually deterred shoppers too. The average time spent by shoppers shopping is less than one hour, unless you include the wait in the Main Post Office, but that is a another subject. more...
I am amazed that the people of Dudley and surrounding districts seem to care little that an Islamic village is to be built in the centre of their town. more...
Lower Quinton is a deprived area, the part I live in as appropriately called Worlds End and has no decent clothes shops etc so for years we shopped at Blackheath. more...
Rowley Regis students were reeling today (Thursday) at the shock announcement their college is to be axed at the end of the summer term. more...
The multi-million pound regeneration of Halesowen has hit a stumbling block with the news Kwik Save is refusing to make way for rival supermarket giant ASDA. more...
Hundreds of worried residents are backing a petition calling for plans to put a telecommunications mast within a stone's throw of a school and community centre to be scrapped. more...
Boat enthusiasts will be gathering in Halesowen for an open weekend celebrating the region's canals. more...
Sport
Yeltz boss Paul Holleran says he and his squad are taking one game at a time as they chase the coveted play off place. more...
Stourbridge joint boss Gary Hackett has warned his squad `You are playing for your futures.' more...
Stourbridge cruiserweight Robert Norton will bid to secure a more...
Kingswinford's Michael Rutter has vowed that he will overhaul his HM Plant Honda team-mate Ryuichi Kiyonari after slipping further behind in the race for British Superbikes Championship. more...
Enville Golf Club juniors Jack Hemsley and Melissa Siviter (below) have completed a unique double in county schools golf. They retained their Wolverhampton Schools titles at South Staffs last month to qualify for the Staffordshire Schools finals for boys and girls held at Brocton on Friday April 8. more...
West Midlands Christian Football League: Results from Saturday April 9: more...
Sat Aug 14: AYLESBURY UNITED 3-1 (Moore 2, Pope) more...
This was a vital victory for Halesowen and one which a lot of supporters thought might not happen. more...
Stourbridge will start their national two season in Yorkshire at Wakefield after the fixtures were published by the RFU this week. more...
Friendlies: more...
Sep 4 New Brighton (a) 12-29 more...
Midland Youth League Cup Final more...
Lye Town 1 Dudley Town 0 more...
Dudley Town 2 Kington Town 0 more...
