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Staffordshire Wildlife Trust’s conservation manager is celebrating 20 years keeping an eye on the county’s natural riches this month.

Video journalist Wendy Lloyd went to Wolverhampton Catering School to pick up some top tips for making the perfect pancake for Shrove Tuesday.

Black Country libraries are in line for a £723,000 overhaul of their tired IT facilities to make way for new self-service desks to boost on-line borrowing.

She may be 80, but Norma Shermer has no plans to hang up her dancing shoes just yet.

Airport-style metal detectors were  used in Wolverhampton schools as part of a police knife crime initiative.

Stephen Ward has urged his Wolves team-mates to ignore their rivals’ results – even though Birmingham could slash their Championship lead to a single point.

A Baggies fan has been given a four-year football match ban after punching a rival supporter in the face. Lee Booton, aged 20, hit a 16-year-old Watford fan.

Gareth Barry, Ashley Young and Gabby Agbonlahor were among a host of stars missing on the plane to Moscow as Martin O’Neill gambled on Villa’s UEFA Cup future.

Walsall boss Chris Hutchings has told Jabo Ibehre he is still a key member of his side and threw down the gauntlet to top scorer Michael Ricketts.

A new state-of-the-art helicopter for West Mercia Police will have improved stability and be able to hover higher to reduce noise during evening searches.