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Shane van Gisbergen has carried on from where he left off at the end of last year’s Supercars Championship season by taking out the first race of the 2021 year, the Triple Eight driver dominating the opening 250km hit-out to take 150 points home. Backing up the win he had in the 2020 Bathurst 1000, … More »

FOUR new trees were snapped off and grass was churned up by an off-road biker in acts of mindless vandalism at a Halesowen park - leading to calls for action. The trees at Hope Street Park were deliberately destroyed around January 8 - just days after they were planted by Dudley Council - leaving councillors and residents angry and upset. Then the next day a motorbike drove all over the grass and left mud all over the childrens play area. Locals say the park is also used by drug dealers...

This is a trip report from February 2020, before the global lockdowns began. As a motorsport enthusiast, I have been incredibly fortunate to visit many of the world’s great racing circuits. From Spa Francorchamps, to Laguna Seca, Silverstone, Circuit de la Sarthe, the Nurburgring, Circuit de Monaco, and Fuji Speedway, I always try to put racing landmarks on my itinerary when I travel. Needless to say, when I learned I would be making my first trip to Australia for the Gran Turismo World Tour ...

Legacy Drive is a tale about Bill Watson, an American business owner with a famous racing father, a family, and ambitions of his own. Over the course of a bit more than 400 easy to read pages, Watson shares his story of overcoming living under his famous father’s shadow. But it’s the accurate racing descriptions I most appreciate. Here’s the beginning of Chapter 25, detailing the start of a race at Bathhurst in Australia: “As Bill charged out of Hell Corner on the opening lap, the fiel...

After months of lockdown restrictions, some married couples are sick of the sight of each other.  But the Hugheses won’t be getting sick from Covid – after they both received the Pfizer vaccine yesterday. Maureen, 84, and Gerry, 81, are believed to be the first people to receive the vaccine in a GP surgery. It might sting: Maureen, 84, and Gerry, 81, Hughes at their surgery in Halesowen in the West Midlands for the Covid-19 jabs yesterday The next steps of the inoculation programme could s...

Cllr Joe Roberts, Stuart Henley and James Morris MP A HALESOWEN community campaigner and former UKIP councillor has joined the Conservatives. Stuart Henley, who was the driving force behind getting the Shell reinstated in Shell Corner, Halesowen, will campaign for the Halesowen North Conservative team. Firefighter Stuart, who was UKIP councillor for Halesowen North until 2018, stood in the 2017 general election for UKIP. He has lived on the Halesowen North patch for 25 years and has be...