Tech happy at Gadget Show Live

This year’s Gadget Show Live was buzzing with curious gadgets and gizmo’s from some of the country’s most innovative designers and manufacturers. We’ve selected our ten favourite products from the show, each designed to make your life that little bit easier.


Traffic fears as bridge shut to lorries

An emergency weight restriction on Holt Fleet Bridge has prompted fears of traffic chaos as heavy lorries take short cuts to cross the River Severn.


Breakdancers fail

These breakdancers look like they need a bit more practice.


Latest transfer rumours – April 29

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


Harriers boss set for contract talks

Kidderminster boss Mark Yates will sit down with the club this week to begin talks over a new contract for next season.


Reward for hit-and-run info

A reward is being offered to help find a hit-and-run driver who left a South Staffordshire woman needing hospital treatment.


Mystery donor funds holiday for 80

Eighty bereaved families who have lost children to illness are to be treated to the holiday of a lifetime in New York by a mystery benefactor.


Giant claw to demolish homes

A mechanical claw today rolled in to Dudley’s North Priory estate to reduce the first homes to rubble in just a matter of minutes.


Arrests in burglary raids

These were the scenes today as police carried out raids on houses in Worcestershire as part of a crackdown on burglaries.


Wolves boss admits Hyypia interest

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has confirmed his interest bringing Liverpool defender Sami Hyypia to Molineux.

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