Evans faces massive challenge

Stourbridge’s Scott Evans steps up to the plate at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Friday night for the biggest fight of his young career.


Fans Forum: Mission to Moscow

Villa blogger Dave Bytheway brings the word of the Holte End faithful as the ardouous task of a trip to Moscow in the UEFA Cup lies in wait.


Latest transfer rumours – Feb 25

All the latest transfer gossip on Wolves, Albion, Villa, Walsall and Blues.


Lights axed due to £120k losses

Walsall Illuminations will be switched off for the next three years. The lights spectacular, which has been held at the town’s Arboretum since 1951, will be axed in a bid to save up to £170,000 a year.


Race against time over geese

School staff in South Staffordshire face a race against time to save a field from a flock of 150 geese which have set up home there.


Fiat 500 gets a sporting boost

The Fiat 500 has been given a sporting makeover by the firm’s performance division Abarth. The car has been acclaimed for its slick city appeal – now it has been thoroughly re-engineered to appeal to the driving enthusiast.


Summer Row may be scaled back

The £300 million Summer Row shopping centre dream for Wolverhampton could be scaled back to allow it to become a reality, it emerged today.


Laguna steers ahead of the pack

In these recessionary times it may seem ambitious of Renault to be launching an upmarket coupe costing up to £25,000 to put on the road. But the dynamics of downsizing mean the Laguna Coupe could find itself with a whole new customer base made up of former drivers of premium German metal.


Tragic crash driver named

A young woman who died after the car she was driving crashed into traffic lights in West Bromwich has been named as Samantha Evans.


Best pal was killer – claim

A stab victim from West Bromwich used to be “best friends” with the man accused of killing him, a court heard.

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