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A receptionist who stole £10,000 from the Wolverhampton dental practice where she worked frittered the cash away and has nothing to show for it, a court heard today.

From the moment I opened Tony Hearne’s typed, re-typed and much-corrected manuscript last year, I knew I was reading a classic, writes Peter Rhodes.

In 2003 BMW launched a radical looking replacement for its Z3 roadster convertible. The rear-wheel drive Z4 shared its predecessor’s dramatic looks but was bigger and came with a stiffer chassis. Iain Dooley checks it out.

They’ve split before and then reformed, but now Thunder, one of Britain’s best-loved rock bands are about to embark on their final farewell tour. Singer Danny Bowes tells Ian Harvey why it’s time to say goodbye.

Families could be fined or taken to court if they do not recycle their rubbish, under new proposals by a Black Country council.

A West Bromwich Albion player was caught up the stampede which left at least 22 people dead at a World Cup qualifier in Ivory Coast.

Walsall have denied they are set for a £6million takeover despite mounting speculation.

Goal machine Sylvan Ebanks-Blake celebrated another strike at the Football League awards dinner by insisting – “the most important prize is still to come.”

Flames tore through two Black Country yards in separate suspected arson attacks causing more than £2,000 damage to one and 100 tons of waste to be destroyed in the other.

A councillor was questioned by police for two hours after a jokey one-liner at a public meeting was deemed “homophobic”.