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Allowances for councillors in Dudley are set to rise 20 per cent under plans which will cost the cash-strapped authority more than £160,000.

Walsall defender Manny Smith reckons he has learned to trust himself after becoming a key figure in the team.

A family who failed to take a suffering dog to the vet have been banned from keeping animals for 10 years.

Rarely has a prisoner received such royal treatment by the normally no-nonsense boys in blue.

Albion manager Tony Mowbray has paid tribute to the club’s fans and backed them to roar the club on to another promotion challenge.

More than 50 parking wardens have been attacked on duty by motorists across the Black Country in the past year – new figures have revealed.

Lichfield’s MP has pledged to keep up the pressure to improve the reliability of the London Midland train service from the city to London.

Rugeley’s annual Charter Fair will be the biggest yet to mark the 750th anniversary of the granting of the town’s charter.

A new £40,000 tennis court in Great Barr has been attacked by vandals less than two weeks after it was completed.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has vowed his ‘young and hungry’ charges will get the chance to fulfil their Premier League dream.