The ''Stourbridge News'' is a local free newspaper which serves the

Stourbridge Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England, situated on the River Stour. Historically in Worcestershire, it was the centre of British glass making during the Industrial Revolution. The 20 ...

area of the

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, ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations)br>Regional Publications Circulation Cerftificate July to December 2011
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Amblecote Amblecote is an urban village and one of the most affluent areas in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. It lies immediately north of the historic town of Stourbridge, extending about one and a half miles from it, an ...

Hagley Hagley is a large village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It is on the boundary of the West Midlands and Worcestershire counties between the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and Kidderminster. Its estimated population was 7,162 in 20 ...

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Pedmore Pedmore is a residential suburb of Stourbridge in the West Midlands of England. It was originally a village in the Worcestershire countryside until extensive housebuilding during the interwar years saw it gradually merged into Stourbridge. The po ...

, and

Wordsley Wordsley is a suburban area of Stourbridge in the West Midlands, England. It is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and falls into the Stourbridge (DY8) postcode and address area, being just north of the River Stour. Wordsley is part of the ...

. Originally ''The County Express'', it has been in circulation since February 1985, and has an approximate readership of 55,000.

Staff and journalists

Past journalists include Lyn Alderson who was a journalist for over 20 years.Country Woman Magazin
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/ref> Another journalist that had longevity with the paper was Dennis Elwell. He spent 30 years at the Stourbridge News. He died in 2014 aged 84.

References

External links

*{{Official site, http://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/ Stourbridge Newspapers published in the West Midlands (county) Newspapers published by Newsquest