Rare bike raid stuns race ace

A rare £10,000 motocross bike and sidecar belonging to a top race rider has been stolen in Kidderminster.


Man stabbed outside bookies

A man was stabbed when violence flared outside a bookmakers in Wolverhampton.


Air Ambulance boss suspended

The director of the Midlands Air Ambulance, who took an uninsured NHS car on a “booze cruise” to France and then bullied a whistleblower, has been suspended for a year after being found guilty of misconduct.


Face of accident motorist

This is the first picture of the motorist left badly injured when a three foot piece of metal crashed through his car windscreen.


Lesley is 19 stone lighter

When Wolverhampton College executive Lesley Cross bought herself a little black dress from Debenhams in a size 14, she told the shop assistant it was for her sister.


Shoppers lose no-fee car parking on Sundays

Free Sunday parking will be scrapped within weeks across Dudley with shoppers now facing an 80p fee for any length of stay, it has been announced.


Delays looming on the railways

Passengers on rail services will face replacement buses and major delays over Easter as 17 out of 28 train operators warn that engineering work will disrupt trains.


Aldi cleared on burn charge after mix-up

A court case against a supermarket chain accused of selling an unsafe cooking set which left a 13-year-old boy with burns has been thrown out on a technicality.


£42k cost of roles to keep pupils in class

Two jobs are being advertised at a Walsall school to make sure pupils turn up and behave themselves – at a combined salary of £42,000.


Top businessman receives CBE

A West Midlands business leader and avid steam train enthusiast travelled to Buckingham Palace to receive his CBE from the Prince of Wales.

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