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Billions Targeted by Scammers: Cybersecurity Tools to Protect Against Fraud"
According to sources (Newswire and BusinessNewsAsia.com), a staggering 25.5% of the global population (which translates to roughly 2 billion people) lost money to scams, hacks, and identity theft in the year 2023 alone. Moreover, there were
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Crucial decision on new HMO postponed after neighbours say it would cause bedlam
THE decision to turn a former vape shop into a new HMO was postponed after neighbours said it would cause a “bedlam.” Sandwell Council’s planning committee voted to delay the decision on converting an empty, crumbling building in Bloomfield Road
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Tributes paid to much-loved former newspaper production manager
TRIBUTES have been paid to the Halesowen News’s former long-serving production manager who has died just five weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. Paul Southall, who lived in Belbroughton Road, Norton, oversaw the production of the Stourbridge
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£10,000 raised in memory of popular teacher killed in Hagley Causeway crash
AN online fundraiser has raised £10,000 in memory of a popular teacher killed in a car crash on the A456 Hagley Causeway last weekend. Mum-of-two Abigail Hudson has been named on social media as the motorist who died in the crash at Wassell Grove
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Ghostbusters fans set to call into spooky Black Country pubs on charity walk
A GROUP of Ghostbusters fans will be zipping up their suits and donning their proton packs for a charity pub crawl from Himley to Stourbridge this weekend. The West Midlands Ghostbusters - a community group of fans of the hit movie franchise –
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Dudley military legend set for Arctic trek to shine spotlight on mental health
DUDLEY military hero Karl Hinett and fellow veterans are to embark on a trek across the Arctic as part of a campaign to shine a spotlight on mental health in the armed forces. Twenty years after suffering severe burns injuries following an attack
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Mother who stabbed 10-year-old daughter to death given indefinite hospital order
A MOTHER who stabbed her daughter 11 times in the chest as she slept was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and believed she was being targeted by "lasers and technology", a court has heard. Jaskirat Kaur, aged 33, called 999 on March 4 and
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Police appeal for help to find wanted man from Oldbury
POLICE have appealed to the public for help to find a wanted man from Oldbury. Sandwell Police have urged anyone who sees Andrew Oseman to call 999. Taking to Facebook to appeal to the public for help, they said: “The 51-year-old from Oldbury
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Warning issued to drivers as M42 closures announced for HS2 works
DRIVERS are being advised to check before they travel as a busy stretch of the M42 will be closed for three upcoming weekends whilst HS2 building work takes place. The motorway will be closed between junction six for Solihull and junction 7/7a
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Dudley Council leader admits scrutiny is not ‘done well’
DUDLEY Council’s leader launched an attack on how the authority marks its own homework by calling for better scrutiny. Cllr Patrick Harley slammed politicians from all sides for not doing a good enough job of examining proposals and decisions.
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MP presents Crooked House-inspired Bill to Parliament
MP Mike Wood this week introduced a Crooked House inspired Bill to Parliament with the aim of better protecting heritage pubs up and down the country. The Kingswinford and South Staffordshire MP presented the Heritage Public Houses Bill to Parliament
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Buffer zones to come into force outside Birmingham abortion clinics
BUFFER zones are due to be enforced outside of abortion clinics in Birmingham, with the aim of strengthening current safeguarding measures for women accessing the clinic’s services. A public space protection order (PSPO) has been in place outside
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Plans for battery farm on Halesowen green belt come under fire
PLANS for a battery farm on "magnificent" Halesowen green belt will have a "major detrimental" impact on the historic Illey countryside according to a countryside campaigner. Grenergy Renewables UK wants to put a BESS (Battery energy storage system