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Crooked House fire suspects released from bail - police
SIX people arrested in connection with the fire which gutted the Crooked House pub have been released from their bail but remain under investigation, police have said. Five men and a woman, aged between 23 and 66, were questioned by officers last
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Former Dudley mayor raised more than £35,000 for charity during year in office
A FORMER Mayor of Dudley has handed over more than £35,000 raised for charity during her term in office. Councillor Andrea Goddard, who was Mayor from May 2023 to April this year, met representatives from three of her four chosen charities for
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Serial shoplifter jailed for ‘near-Olympian scale’ crimes totalling £500,000
A serial shoplifter who committed a nationwide “tsunami of dishonesty” and fraud against high street retailers worth £500,000 has been jailed for 10 years. Narinder Kaur, 54, travelled all over the country to deceive retailers, including Boots
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Flight ticket scammer sentenced after Dudley trading standards investigation
A SCAMMER who sold bogus flight tickets has been sentenced at Dudley Magistrates Court after pleading guilty. Muhammed Awais Raja, from Hilton Grove, Shipley, West Yorkshire, was part of scam flight ticket provider trading as Sunshine Travels,
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Names needed for hand-reared penguin chicks at Dudley Zoo
DUDLEY Zoo and Castle’s bird team have been busy hand-rearing four baby Humboldt penguins – and now they need name suggestions for two of them. Keepers had to step in and take over care of the chicks after spotting two outside their next box at