Here are a few stories that have featured on our websites today.

ALMOST four months after launching our Stourbridge News Well of Life appeal, the £10,000 target has been reached.

On March 5, the News joined forces with Ridgewood High School’s annual Project Gambia initiative after the school wanted to install a water pump and irrigation system for the village of Sintet.

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POLICE in Bromsgrove have executed a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act, chainsawing through the door of a property in Catshill.

The raid took place at 3.45pm on Thursday, July 2 at a property on Goodwood Road in Catshill, with officers from Task Force supported by the Bromsgrove Safer Neighbourhood Team, entering the property with the use of a chainsaw.

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PEOPLE across Dudley borough have been warned to be on their guard as illegal waste carriers are plying for trade on Facebook.

Environment bosses at Dudley Council have uncovered a number of incidents where people have been duped into paying for their waste to be removed via the social media network.

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A CHARITY fun day is being organised by a kind-hearted Redditch recruitment and training firm to help raise funds to help provide vital equipment and alterations to the home of a disabled child.

Staff at eResponse are holding a range of fundraising activities to raise £55,000 for Mia Williams, from Warwickshire, who has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and was also born without eyes.

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