Halesowen

For Alex Ballinger, who was elected as Labour MP for Halesowen last year, his party is about "increasing opportunities for the most vulnerable people in society".

The council said Christmas switch-on events would take place in Halesowen on 15 November, in Brierley Hill and Stourbridge on 22 November, in Sedgley on 23 November and in Dudley on 6 December.

Other people reminiscing about the pub include Dawn Yates from Halesowen who went on a blind date at the Crooked House 21 years ago and is still with the man she met there.

Adam, 21, Hasnian, 24, and Hasham Razaaq, 23, all from Halesowen, were convicted, along with Jenaid Mahmood, 19, and Faisal Mohammed, 30, from Birmingham after a seven-week trial at Warwick Crown Court.

Counter terrorism police detained the man at an address in Halesowen, West Midlands, earlier.