Latest transfer rumours – July 22

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


Proms 2009 – picture gallery 37

Another collection of pictures, sent in by readers, showing youngsters from across the Black Country and Staffordshire enjoying their prom nights.


Jamshed show cannot save Aldridge

All-round heroics from Imran Jamshed were not quite enough to earn Aldridge an outright victory against Cannock and Rugeley.


Robinson the star for Beacon

Spinner Ben Robinson was the star as Beacon extended their lead at the top of the Staffs Clubs Championship.


Praise for Brewood openers after win

Brewood skipper Dave Wedge hailed openers Alex Heslop and Nick Southall for their match-winning partnership against Pelsall.


Museum’s scheme bit by funding cut

Parts of the Black Country Living Museum’s 1930s High Street project may have to be mothballed after vital funding was pulled in a cost-cutting move.


Twelve charged over beer kegs plot

Twelve men appeared in court in Sandwell today following an alleged plot to steal more than £9 million of beer kegs from across the region.


Boyfriend tried to kill his lover in city street

A furious lover who used a block of cement to attack his girlfriend in a Wolverhampton street this afternoon admitted her attempted murder.


Kitchen boss hid drug cash

A businessman has been found guilty of allowing his West Midland kitchen firm to be used as a front for laundering up to £1 million from organised criminal activity.


Body of man is found at common

The body of a man in his early 20s was discovered at Kingswood Common near Albrighton today.

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