Merlin shows he still has talent

Shoppers and drivers in Wolverhampton had to look twice yesterday after spotting some daring stunts and spectacles courtesy of a Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist.


Lorry crashes into row of parked cars

Motorists have been lefting the cost after a lorry carrying telegraph poles smashed into a row of parked cars in a Black Country street.


King silent on state of the economy

Bank of England governor Mervyn King refused to talk about Britain’s economy as he opened a West Midlands exhibition.


Fight over incinerator hots up as 500 object

The battle against plans for a waste incinerator in South Staffordshire gathered momentum today, after it was revealed that 500 people are now objecting and a full public inquiry has been demanded.


Serial fraudster gets suspended sentence

A serial fraudster who lied to her bank and her employers to obtain thousands of pounds on credit has escaped an immediate prison sentence.


Pool campaigners in protest call

Campaigners fighting to save condemned Coseley Baths are being urged to “bombard” Dudley Council with protest letters and demonstrate outside all of the authority’s meetings.


Raid finds ‘lethal’ sofas

More than 250 “potentially lethal” sofas have been found by Trading Standards officers in a raid on a Black Country importer.


Taylor on Wolves’ Premier League prospects

Ex-England and Molineux boss Graham Taylor talks about Wolves and what they need to do in order to survive the Premier League.


Latest transfer rumours – May 30

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


I’m staying put, vows expenses row Cash

Staffordshire MP Bill Cash today declared he was staying put – as he prepared to pay back the £15,000 of taxpayers’ cash used to pay his daughter rent.

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