£250 Blackberries for 72 councillors

Councillors in a Black Country borough are set to be offered Blackberry mobile phones free in a move which could cost taxpayers £18,000.


Banks’s mild in vote win

Banks’s famous mild Original brand has been named the best of the bunch.


Police officers injured by thugs

A woman police officer was knocked unconscious then kicked and punched as she lay on the floor while two of her colleagues were also attacked and left injured by thugs outside a Black Country pub.


Firm in deep water on dead fish

Severn Trent Water could be hauled before the courts over the deaths of thousands of fish killed by a toxic substance in Black Country canals.


Massive overhaul for bus services

A complete overhaul of most of the Black Country’s bus network will take place from next year, it was revealed today.


Marco’s team to save day for Moyles’s Rachel

Temperamental Hell’s Kitchen chef Marco Pierre White has offered to send his team to do the catering for Kidderminster’s Rachel Jones, the producer of Chris Moyles BBC1 radio show.


1000s roar up for motorbike magic

Motorcycle enthusiasts from all over UK travelled to Stafford in record numbers for the 29th Carol Nash International Classic Motorcycle Show.


‘Dedicated’ bar steward dies, 66

A steward who tended bars and clubs around the Black Country has died aged 66.


Blind centre flooded by recruits

Workers who have lost their jobs are flocking to a Black Country-based charity to take up volunteering opportunities to boost their chances of getting back into employment.


£2bn lost by region’s richest

The dozen richest people in the West Midlands lost more than £2 billion in the last year.

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