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Hollywood stars grace Oldbury bingo hall

You don’t need to scoop the jackpot to feel like a star. Hollywood-themed toilets at one Mecca Bingo hall in the Black Country will have you rubbing shoulders with the likes of Marilyn Monroe,  Madonna, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Watch our video....
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Oldbury burglar said she wanted to use toilet

A female burglar who left an elderly couple afraid to open their front door has been sentenced to more than two years in prison....
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£500,000 Oldbury banquet scheme go-ahead

The £500,000 expansion of a 1,000-seater function hall in Oldbury, which will create at least 10 new jobs, has been passed by planning chiefs....
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£15m Smethwick leisure centre plan

A new £15 million leisure centre will be built in the heart of Smethwick, bringing the town’s four existing centres under one roof and modernising facilities, Sandwell Council’s leader revealed today....
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Trust group digs in to create allotment

A bit of help from Prince’s Trust volunteers based at a Black Country police station has served up a treat for a local charity....
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Nikki wins Miss Black Country beauty title

A university student wowed judges to be crowned the new Miss Black Country....
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Jail for gang in bungled bid to launder £20 notes

Gang members who laundered £20 notes from a bungled cash-in-transit robbery by using coin machines at motorway service stations have been jailed....
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Dog became so thin it was on brink of death

A mother and son have admitted allowing their pet dog to get so thin that he was on the brink of death. Marcia Webb and Dylan Coffin failed to feed Tyson, a Beagle-type cross breed, to such an extent he lost almost half his bodyweight....
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BGT act Twist and Pulse wow Oldbury school pupils

Britain’s Got Talent act Twist and Pulse dropped in on a Black Country school to wow pupils with their dance skills....
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Outdoor learning festival at Oldbury school

Brandhall Primary School in Oldbury is organising a two-day Outdoor Learning Festival next month....
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Kidderminster plumber spared jail over £2,000 tap bill

A plumber who billed an Oldbury pensioner £2,224 after being called out to his home to repair a leaky tap has been spared a prison sentence....
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Pregnant woman is target of Oldbury carjacker

A heavily pregnant woman, who was taken on a terrifying ride by a carjacker before being forced out of the moving Range Rover, today told of her ordeal and said: “I feared I was going to die”....
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Oldbury site now lined up for Sandwell free school

A new girls’ free school in Sandwell could move into an Oldbury school building once pupils there move to a £20 million new site....
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Skip full of tyres on fire in Oldbury

Firefighters were called to a burning skip containing tyres and scrap metal in West Bromwich....
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‘Magical’ time on stage for Smethwick pupils

Children, staff and parents from Crocketts Community Primary School, in Smethwick, were treated to a 'magical' performance of Jon Shepherd’s Reuben Whizzbanger's Magical Museum, by year 3 and 4....
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Work due to start on new ambulance base

Work on a new ambulance hub for more than 200 staff is due to start in the Black Country this week....
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Man in siege on roof of primary is jailed

A man who hurled tiles at police in a 90 minute siege after being caught trying to steal lead from the roof of a West Midland primary school has been jailed for 16 months....
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Charity’s relief as designer clothes con couple jailed

A Staffordshire charity that fell victim to a married couple who sold on its cheap designer clothes for hugely inflated prices today declared: “Justice has been done” – as the couple behind the con were jailed....
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£1m rip-off over fake designer clothes racket

A husband and wife ran a £1million fake designer clothes racket from their home, while also buying cheap outfits from a Staffordshire charity and selling them for a huge profit, a court heard....
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Cancer woman welcomes GP suspension

A mother from Smethwick whose breast cancer spread undetected for more than a year despite nine visits to her GP has welcomed the suspension handed to the doctor....
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