Variety is the spike of life in cacti world

Stan Griffin and Vicki Newman have a prickly relationship – and they are proud of it.


Marathon is well on course

Road signs marking out this year’s 26-mile Wolverhampton Marathon route have started going up on city roads.


Dexys man sings out against pool closure

A founder member of Dexys Midnight Runners has penned a protest song about condemned Coseley Baths as the pool enters its final week before closure.


Inventor digs in with new idea for Dragons

A West Midland inventor who survived a grilling on TV’s Dragon’s Den is busy cooking up a new money-making invention.


Legend Brown is a bop star

Ian Brown can’t sing. He looks like the weirdest binman on the round and bobs around like a loony Mancunian bantamweight, straining for the first bell.


Flats approval rests on open space cash

A scheme to demolish a four-bedroom bungalow in Chase Terrace and replace it with two apartment blocks is set to get approval from Lichfield district councillors.


McVeterans give top level service

In the past workers reaching retirement headed out the door clutching a handful of presents and waving a fond farewell.


Joe unshaken by salt set-to with Raquel

He has crossed swords with Raquel Welch, charmed Sophia Loren and cooked three times for the Queen. Now Joe Dipiazza has brought his talents to a Lichfield village pub.


Spitfire flypast for Arboretum riders

A Spitfire flypast at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire will be held as part of a charity motorcycle ride.


Fundraisers scramble for charity

A team of breast cancer survivors donned pink and blue camouflage helmets to tackle a camouflage net with soldiers from Whittington Barracks, near Lichfield.

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