THE Tab Operatic Society is putting the finishing touches to its production of Guys and Dolls. The much-loved musical, about a New York gambler challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, will run at Brierley Hill Civic Hall, Bank Street, from Tuesday April 12 to Saturday April 16. Starring David Williams as gambler • Read More »
FORMER staff from the accounts departments at the old Round Oak Steel Works in Brierley Hill are invited to a reunion. Anyone who worked in the cost office, wages or internal audit during the 1960s or 70s is invited to the event taking place at The Old Cat Inn, Wordsley, on Wednesday April 13. For • Read More »
DEDICATED police teams have been set up to tackle hotspots of crime and antisocial behaviour in Lye and Brierley Hill. Operation Next Steps will see more officers on the beat during the coming months, talking to residents and working with community and voluntary groups to find long term fixes.
WORK is now underway on five Dudley Council schemes which will see the first new council homes built in the borough for 20 years.
THE sun shone on Stourbridge College’s skyline-changing new art and design campus in Brierley Hill as dignitaries gathered for the official ‘topping out’ ceremony. College principal Lynette Cutting put the last piece of concrete in place at the event on Friday (March 25) marking the completion of the structure of the £12m building in Venture • Read More »
Dudley Council’s Brierley Hill Area Action Plan, which will help steer investment into the town and shape future planning applications through th 2026, has now won the approval of the Secretary of State. The 15-year plan sets out proposals for nearly 3,000 new homes and 65,000 square metres of extra retail space in the town • Read More »
THE Community Players at Hawbush are getting set to stage a laugh-a-minute black comedy penned by Rising Damp writer Eric Chappell. Natural Causes will run at The Oakfield Centre, Brettell Lane, Brierley Hill, from Wednesday March 9 to Saturday March 12. Fresh from making his big screen debut as hapless theatrical detective Inspector Drake, well-known • Read More »
A BROCKMOOR stalwart, who was “the heart in the community,” has died at the age of 97.
HAVING your feet nibbled on by hundreds of little aquatic animals sounds a bit fishy but Garra Rufa fish spas are offering just that and taking the beauty world by storm.
DUDLEY’S environment boss attempted to quell growing concern among residents about stray horses roaming the streets of Pensnett at a meeting last night (Thursday February 3).