TWO men are set to face charges of causing the death of a Stourbridge teenager earlier this year.

Nadine Foster, aged 18, was a passenger in a Ford Focus that was involved in a collision with a wall on 16 April. She was taken to hospital but died a few days later.

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A SIX-year-old girl was taken to hospital following a two-car crash in Frankley, near Bromsgrove, which spun a vehicle onto its side and into a ditch.

The girl was among three injured in the crash in Egghill Lane at 8.45pm on Sunday, December 4, and was sent to hospital for injuries to her head, chest and wrist.

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A REGENERATION boss has spoken of his sadness at the demise of a Kidderminster car part manufacturing firm which has resulted in the loss of more than 40 jobs.

Last week, it was announced that Smethwick Drop Forge Ltd, in Stourport Road, had gone into administration as a result of falling sales and a failure to find a buyer. All 43 members of staff were immediately made redundant.

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A FORMER Halesowen security guard who raided five homes in the Dudley area described himself as a “one-man crime wave” when he was arrested.

Ben McCaffer had drug problems when he first broke into the home of a 72-year-old Cradley Heath man while he was asleep getting away with property including £250 in cash and a mobile telephone.

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A PENSIONER whose body was found in a fishing pool a mile away from his Sedgley home, committed suicide, an inquest was told.

William Jewkes, a steward at Upper Gornal Methodist Church, was last seen on Tuesday, November 22. His son, Matthew, who lived with Mr Jewkes at his Tipton Road home, called the police when he arrived home from work and discovered his 75-year-old father was not there and had left items behind that he "never left the house without".

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AN 83-year-old Redditch man who has dedicated his life to helping others has been crowned BBC Midlands Sports "Unsung Hero".

David Finney recently attended the West Midlands Community Sports Awards Dinner and was honoured for his volunteering in swimming, badminton and for the Stonehouse Gang - where he has coached table tennis and badminton.

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