Residents living close to the M6 in Great Barr say the removal of fencing along the carriageway for a road works scheme has increased the traffic noise threefold.

Three hundred violent football thugs from Staffordshire and the West Midlands will have their passports seized to prevent them from travelling to next month’s European Championships, it emerged today.

As Spaghetti Junction celebrates its 40th birthday, Mark Andrews discovers the secret world underneath it.

Olympics fever was officially ignited in the UK today when the iconic flame started its 70-day nationwide tour.

 




 



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