Stories for 17 June 2005
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ONLY read if you were once young. more...
I AM writing in connection with a number of the letters in your paper last week which caught my attention for differing but related reasons. more...
HAVING accepted the nomination to be Labour's candidate, I am delighted to be standing once again in South Staffordshire, although this is obviously tinged with considerable sadness due to the circumstances for the deferment of this election. more...
WITH regard to the letter from Fred Tye (News, June 9) on the subject of the proposals to be included in the Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill; as Mr Tye uses quotation marks to describe what he considers to be the purpose of the bill as making it a criminal offence to `criticise' other religions, he presumably wants us to believe this is the actual scope of the proposed legislation. more...
ONE rule for one and one for another. more...
I WONDER if the people of Stourbridge realise the carbuncle of a clock that has been put in the Crown Centre has cost £35,000 of rate payers' money. more...
WITH the advent of Dudley Council Plus, a one-stop advice centre so we are told, to provide easy access to advisors who will answer any queries or questions citizens might have with regard to council business. more...
WHEN will the politically correct, left-wing agenda of this country learn that they are destroying our way of life and creating divisions where none need exist. more...
IT has been very interesting to read the response so far to your newspaper's invitation for comments on our local train service. more...
MAY I correct some of the points made by Mr WJ Tams of Kingswinford in last week's Viewpoint regarding the proposed home for people with learning difficulties. more...
I REFER to the letter from John Westwood of UKIP Dudley in last week's Stourbridge News. more...
A WHOPPING £900,000 may be spent on Mary Stevens Park which delighted councillors say will turn it into `the gem in the crown of Dudley Council'. more...
THOUSANDS of boat lovers descended on Dudley's canal network last weekend to soak up the sun and enjoy fun and festivities. more...
AN Amblecote resident is furious his noisy neighbour has only been fined £10,000 for `making his life a misery'. more...
DETECTIVES have revealed the gruesome human remains found in a Hagley beauty spot were those of a man. more...
BRIERLEY Hill baths campaigners will be holding Dudley's Mayor Ian Kettle to account when they stage a mass protest on Sunday. more...
A THIRD of the workforce at a longstanding engineering firm are facing the axe. more...
PLANS for a £400,000 karting centre have got the green light from development boss Les Jones. more...
KINGSWINFORD is the scene of a new Roman invasion as the Broadfield House Glass Museum holds its latest exhibition. more...
BOROUGH booze sellers are being warned not to get caught out by new laws which could see licensees re-applying for licences from scratch. more...
A FORMER fireman turned artist is holding a unique exhibition in Stourbridge. more...
A RADICAL campaign to protect innocent kids from sexual abuse has been launched in Dudley. more...
A MAN died after he was involved in a horrific car crash in Stourbridge from which two women had to be cut free from their wrecked cars. more...
A PLAN by Black Country artists to highlight the forgotten Stour Bridge, which gave the town its name, has been postponed. more...
A NORTON school is bringing a touch of the Caribbean to Stourbridge at its summer fair. more...
RHYTHM Time - which offers music classes for babies and pre-school kids across the borough - will be celebrating its tenth birthday next week. more...
MAGISTRATES at Halesowen dished out a hefty sentence to a man convicted of stealing meat worth £21.21. more...
HOPES are high £60m plans to transform Dudley Zoo and Castle into the tourism capital of the Black Country will get the go ahead later this month. more...
A VERDICT of accidental death was recorded on an 89-year-old retired fireman who died after a gas explosion at his home. more...
A KINGSWINFORD church is kicking off a year-long programme of events in the run up to its fortieth birthday. more...
A TOP singer is going back to school to raise cash for a good cause with her show, Music for a Summer Evening. more...
A BELBROUGHTON man is fighting for his life after a road smash near the village on Friday night. more...
TV pundit Garry Bushell is among eight candidates standing in the postponed South Staffordshire Parliamentary election. more...
YOBS in Hagley can expect to be caught on camera after the introduction of two new CCTV schemes. more...
KIND-HEARTED Stourbridge physiotherapist Ann Heron was set to retire this week after 30 years' service. more...
THE new borough mayor will celebrate his new role with a parade through the streets of Dudley town centre this weekend. more...
SNAZZY apartments planned for the derelict former Stourbridge Gas Works site in Amblecote has been rejected because of fears the land is contaminated. more...
A pair of community support officers were quick to respond when they realised a Brierley Hill computer training room was missing something. more...
A WHOPPING £2.7m park and ride scheme has finally been completed at Stourbridge Junction, after a four-year wait. more...
