PM Boris Johnson riding along the canal THE Prime Minister took an early morning canal bike ride in Stourbridge with West Midlands Mayor Andy Street in a final pre-polling day push for votes. Boris Johnson stopped to speak and take photos with a few members of the public as he said Mr Street would boost skills and drive long term growth in jobs if re-elected after Thursday s election. The pair knocked on a few doors and handed leaflets out at a Kwik-Fit garage after a bike ride along the Stourbridge Canal this morning (Wednesday). He also stopped off at Stourbridge Football Club.
The field to the rear of Vicarage Road, Amblecote, where new homes could be built. TWO Stourbridge community groups have joined forces to try to save an untouched oasis for wildlife in Amblecote to try to keep it safe from development for future generations. The Save The Corbett Meadow Action Group and Stourbridge Community Land Trust are looking to work together to protect Corbett Meadow and to see it managed for public benefit in the future. Located behind Corbett Outpatients Centre, the meadow is part of land that was gifted to the people of Stourbridge in 1892 by John Corbett for the building of a hospital.
Man arrested in Stourbridge on suspicion of motor vehicle theft A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle after police caught him driving onto the car park at Stourbridge Football Club. Officers from Brierley Hill Police Station spotted a suspicious car while on patrol on the evening of Wednesday December 16 and followed it as it drove onto the car park at the War Memorial Football Ground in Amblecote. The driver was arrested on suspicion of theft of motor vehicle and driving offences and police seized the car which was believed to have been stolen.