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4 days ago | 
stourbridgenews.co.uk | Olivia Warburton
4 1/1 A BELOVED coffee shop tucked away in Norton is in the running the be crowned the best in the region. Zoe’s Coffee and Cakes has been shortlisted for the Midlands Food, Drink and Hospitality Awards 2025 and could be named Independent Coffee Shop of the Year. The woman behind the coffee shop whose spectacular bakes are known all across Stourbridge, Zoe Norton, said it was “amazing” to receive such recognition.
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4 days ago | 
stourbridgenews.co.uk | Olivia Warburton
Shopping centre plans weekend of bank holiday fun – including an indoor field (Image: Merry Hill / Unsplash) HAVE you ever been left frustrated that your bank holiday plans have been ruined because of a spell of bad weather? Sick of getting rained on during a picnic? Well, you may be in luck this late May bank holiday. Merry Hill Shopping Centre has announced its programme of fun Bank Holiday activities, including something rather unique.
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4 days ago | 
stourbridgenews.co.uk | Olivia Warburton
General view of the Pens Meadow School sign (Image: Google Earth) A NEW-BUILD special school will become home to a new council nursery, welcoming students from 2026. Dudley Council will be placing 15 children in the “state-of-the-art” facility at Pens Meadow School in Pensnett. In addition to the nursery, the school will provide specialist education for up to 140 children and young people aged three to 19.
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4 days ago | 
stourbridgenews.co.uk | Olivia Warburton
A person became stuck in the left-hand lift in the car park next to the Ryemarket Shopping Centre (Image: Olivia Warburton / NQ) DUDLEY Council has said it is hopeful repairs to the lifts in a town centre multi-storey car park will begin soon.
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5 days ago | 
stourbridgenews.co.uk | Olivia Warburton
Stock image of scales (Image: Unsplash) NEW figures have revealed that almost one in three adults living in the borough are obese. The estimates have been published by the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID), using data from the Sport England Active Lives Adult Survey and suggest that 31 per cent of adults living in the borough in 2023/24 were obese.
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5 days ago | 
dudleynews.co.uk | Olivia Warburton
Man charged with intent to supply heroin and cocaine after getting stopped on M5 (Image: West Midlands Police) A MAN has been charged with intent to supply class A and dangerous driving after he was stopped on a motorway in the Black Country. West Midlands Police apprehended the man after he tried to force the van he was driving its way out of being blocked in, before he tried running away, having ditched drugs.
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5 days ago | 
halesowennews.co.uk | Olivia Warburton
Bernard McDonagh was sentenced to eight years and six months (Image: West Midlands Police) A MAN has been jailed for a spate of burglaries that took place across the West Midlands. Bernard McDonagh carried out a series of distraction burglaries across Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull and Wolverhampton, particularly targeting elderly victims.
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5 days ago | 
halesowennews.co.uk | Olivia Warburton
Works are expected to start on the new Blackheath Bus Interchange on March 31 (Image: Sandwell Council) PHASE TWO of the regeneration of Blackheath Town Centre is set to begin, with daytime work set to start for 20 weeks. The £2.9 million project, funded by the Government’s Towns Fund programme, is creating a new bus interchange around Market Place, with a new landscaped public space, which will replace the existing traffic island, and create a safer pedestrian environment.
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5 days ago | 
stourbridgenews.co.uk | Olivia Warburton
The team at Scratch Nail and Beauty Salon in Oldswinford (Image: Chantal Chambers) A STOURBRIDGE beauty salon has beaten competition from across the West Midlands and Warwickshire to be crowned the best in the region. Scratch Nail and Beauty Salon has won the coveted regional 2025 Muddy Stilettos Award for Best Beauty Salon/Clinic, with the team “delighted” at the result.
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5 days ago | 
stourbridgenews.co.uk | Olivia Warburton
West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker at Wolverhampton Bus Station. PIC: Gurdip Thandi LDR A LANDMARK decision about the region’s bus services have been approved today, with the Mayor of the West Midlands giving the green light to proposals that will bring the network back under public control for the first time in almost 40 years.
