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Two refuse workers had to scramble to safety when their lorry toppled into a canal in a Staffordshire village.

Workers made redundant in the recession are helping clear up Walsall’s waterways as part of a community scheme aimed at helping them back into jobs.

Keyhole surgery cameras being used at Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital are continually breaking down presenting a potential risk to patient safety – a new report has revealed.

Albion appear willing to let Craig Beattie leave the Hawthorns in search of a better chance of first-team football – but not on loan.

Villa manager Martin O’Neill has hit out at the timing of the European under-19 Championship after being left without Nathan Delfouneso for the majority of pre-season.

Albion blogger Jarrod Hill mulled over plenty of positives after returning to pound the beat with the Baggies blogging faithful at Walsall.

Villa correspondent Brendan McLoughlin reports from Malaga as the claret and blue dismiss a move for Stephen Warnock ahead of their Peace Cup clash with Atlante.

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

John Finnigan is headed to Aggborough to talk over a move to Kidderminster after his seven years at Cheltenham officially came to an end.

Stafford Rangers acting captain Bobby Wilson has called on the team to fire on all cylinders in the pre-season friendly at Willenhall.