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A teenager was fighting for his life today after being attacked in a notorious Black Country street that has been plagued by murders and violence.

Stray horses have been grazing on land near the entrance of a Black Country hospital again.

The architect behind Black Country arts centre The Public today spoke of his sadness at the prospect of the Arts Council pulling the plug on its funding.

Former Sandwell MP Peter Snape was today caught up in allegations that he and three other peers agreed to help lobbyists in return for payments of thousands of pounds.

Plans for a £370 million super hospital in Sandwell have been put at risk by the credit crunch, it was claimed today.

From pirate themes to gothic-style celebrations, a host of weird and wonderful weddings have taken place in the historic caverns of Dudley.

Millions of pounds is to be cut from schools’ budgets in Walsall over the next two years to fund the rebuilding and refurbishment of run-down buildings.

Ten crime-busting neighbourhood wardens in Wolverhampton have been offered redundancy packages in the latest round of council job cuts, it emerged today.

A taxi marshal scheme aimed at reducing booze-fuelled trouble among late night revellers waiting to get home from Walsall town centre is to be scrapped.

As dance music plays from a radio behind the counter, staff on the graveyard shift at Greggs restock the shelves with piping hot pizza baguettes and full English breakfast pasties.