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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Kath Stanczyszyn |Martyn Smith
Tough budget decisions, including a 4.99% council tax hike, were necessary to balance the books, a council leader said. Dudley Council's tax rise is the maximum allowed without a referendum. The budget also contains 157 savings in services including youth clubs and support for elderly and vulnerable people. "The local authority cannot continue to cover and do everything, and we cannot continue to offer gold-plated services," said Conservative leader Patrick Harley.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Charlotte Benton |Kath Stanczyszyn
Generate Key TakeawaysA tandem hearse has been found following an appeal to fulfil a man's dying wish of "one last ride with his friends". Birmingham firm A Natural Undertaking told BBC Radio WM earlier this week that the man, whose funeral is on Friday, wanted his friends to do a four-mile ride with his body to the spot where he would be buried. It put out an appeal after a tandem hearse it had planned to use needed repairs.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
msn.com | Josh Sandiford |Kath Stanczyszyn
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Josh Sandiford |Kath Stanczyszyn
The family of a soldier who was nearly forgotten after losing his life in World War One have been tracked down. John Pearson and fellow soldier James Watkins, who once studied at King Edward VI College in Stourbridge, had been omitted from a list of former students and staff who gave their lives during the world wars. Archivist Kenneth Wright discovered they were missing and an appeal was launched to find surviving relatives before a special plaque was unveiled.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Susie Rack |Kath Stanczyszyn
A campaigner hoping to see The Crooked House pub rebuilt has welcomed an MP's bill proposing tougher protections after fly-tipped rubbish was found dumped at the site. The 18th Century inn at Himley, near Dudley, was renowned as Britain's "wonkiest" pub, but was demolished days after a fire gutted it in August 2023. Kingswinford and South Staffordshire MP Mike Wood's Heritage Public Houses bill picks up similar proposals from former Conservative colleague Marco Longhi.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
aol.com | Kath Stanczyszyn |Andy Giddings
September 26, 2024 at 10:33 AMNoddy Holder said his act was an equal split between songs and anecdotes now [Getty Images]Noddy Holder hopes to go on the road again in the new year, but the former Slade frontman has said his cancer has changed him as a performer. Holder contracted oesophageal cancer in 2018 and given six months to live - but new chemotherapy treatments helped him fight back. In November, his wife said he was cancer free.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Aida Fofana |Kath Stanczyszyn
Steve Vance and his family have been forced out of their home after it caught fire during Saturday's storm [BBC]A homeowner has spoken of his devastation after his house caught fire when it was hit by lightning,Firefighters were called to Kitchen Lane, Essington, at 21:10 BST on Saturday after reports of houses set alight. While nobody was injured, four properties suffered damage after wind caused the flames to spread across the roofs and three properties were evacuated.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Kath Stanczyszyn
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
aol.com | Kath Stanczyszyn
August 9, 2024 at 5:52 AMElliot Giles is running the men's 800m after another athlete had to pull out [PA Media]A late call-up for the Olympics meant Birmingham's Elliot Giles had not had time to get too worried about it, according to a former coach. Giles, who was not expecting to be part of the 2024 games, is running in the men's 800m after another Team GB athlete, Jake Wightman, had to pull out due to injury. The athlete had been camping in the Swiss Alps when he got called to Paris.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Caroline Gall |Kath Stanczyszyn
Caroline Gall - BBC News, West Midlands and Kath Stanczyszyn - BBC Radio WMJune 27, 2024 at 7:24 AM·2 min readA man who has amassed a vinyl record collection of several thousand says he cannot stop buying them and hopes to keep growing the number. Kevin Turner, from Bushbury, Wolverhampton, started collecting when he was 11 years old, even rescuing one from a school friend who was about to use it as a frisbee.
