A CANNABIS factory worth more than £418,000 has been discovered by police on Springfield Road in Halesowen.

West Midlands Police were conducting local enquiries in the area on the night of Tuesday, June 28, when they stumbled across the factory.

To read the full story, visit the Halesowen News website, here.

People in Stourbridge have been left shocked by the sudden death of a dad and popular town character.

Kevin Lane was found dead at his Bagley Street home on June 27 after a concerned friend broke down the door when he failed to answer phone calls.

To read the full story, visit the Stourbridge News website, here.

Police are investigating three reports of sexual exposure in Redditch which have happened in the last week.

The first report was received at 5pm on Wednesday, June 22, when a man exposed himself to two 10-year-old girls in the Longdon Close area.

To read the full story, visit the Redditch Advertiser website, here.

A van smashed into a front garden after a crash in Netherton on Wednesday afternoon.

The rear of the overturned vehicle landed on the bonnet of a car parked in the driveway of a property on Church Road after it collided with another car at around 12.53pm.

To read the full story, visit the Dudley News website, here.

A new market is set to “revive” trade in Bewdley and attract more visitors to the town.

Bewdley Town Council has announced a new Vintage, Antiques and Handmade Market which will take place on the riverside every second Sunday of the month – starting on Sunday, July 10.

To read the full story, visit the Shuttle website, here.

It's been 17 years since Rednal youngster Heather Preen died after contracting E-coli, but the money raised in her memory is now funding cutting edge research to prevent the same tragedy happening to other children.

In 1999, eight-year-old Heather was on holiday with her family in Devon when she caught the disease, causing her to develop Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS) and suffer irreversible brain damage and kidney failure within just a few days.

To read the full story, visit the Bromsgrove Advertiser website, here.