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Business is booming at a post office saved from the axe, after customers rallied round to keep it open.

Health bosses were today bracing themselves for more cases of swine flu at a school close to the Black Country border where 44 people have been affected.

When Francesca and Della Bond were inspired by their Italian friends to make wedding favours they never dreamed their decorative almonds would end up in a national department store.

Primary schools in Staffordshire will receive a £16 million cash injection over two years as part of the latest announcement of Government funding to refurbish schools.

A £1.5 million mosque could be built in a Black Country town despite objections from people living there who say that it will cause problems.

When Tony Loach was diagnosed with prostate cancer during a health check, the news proved a lifesaver for his brothers.

Youngsters beat the half-term blues by making their own snakes, parrots and monkeys at a Wolverhampton art centre ahead of its huge international puppet festival.

Single status legislation to equalise pay for male and female workers is already costing cost taxpayers in the Black Country and Staffordshire more than £120million, it was revealed today.

A 24-hour canal boat marathon will return to the region’s waterways this weekend – seven years after the event was ditched.

Car boot sales across the region are seeing a boom as more and more people look for ways to beat the recession.