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  • Benefit fraudster spared jail term

    A WOMAN who worked as a cleaner while cheating more than £30,000 in disability benefit has been spared a jail term. Christine Whittle Morley, 47, from Cleveland Street, Peasley Cross, was instead sentenced to a 12-month community order with

  • Club Rouge to pep up local nightlife

    NIGHTCLUB bosses are promising a spectacular opening night at a venue that is undergoing a glitzy £160,000 transformation. The Star revealed last week how a consortium of local businessmen have secured a lease for the former Nexus club, on

  • Ricky Whittle aims to glide for glory in Strictly showdown

    RICKY Whittle has promised to come up with some “show stopping routines” in Saturday night’s final of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing. He vowed to produce the goods after describing winning through to the final as “the greatest night of his career

  • Supergran’s little helpers cheer up our troops

    A GOLDENHEARTED gran is on a mission to bring some Christmas cheer to our troops…and she’s had help from a bunch of hard working angels too. Jean McComas, aged 79, has been busy filling shoeboxes with gifts that will be sent out to men and women serving

  • Benefit cheat to be sentenced

    A WOMAN who secretly worked as a cleaner while cheating more than £30,000 in benefit because “she was virtually unable to walk” could face a jail sentence on Friday. Christine Whittle Morley, 47, from Cleveland Street, Peasley Cross faces sentencing