Carling Cup Third Round Draw

Thankless draws in the Carling Cup third round pit Wolves at holders Manchester United and Albion against Arsenal with Villa hosting Cardiff.


Stearman has sights on call-up

Richard Stearman has set his sights on nailing down a permanent place for Wolves and using the Premier League platform to break his way into England contention.


Toys returning to Beatties

Beatties’ famous toy department is to be brought back after being controversially scrapped two years ago, the department store revealed today.


Kightly close to comeback

Injury-troubled Michael Kightly is on course to make his Premier League bow after the two-week international break.


Car crashes into homes

An out-of-control car smashed into two homes today, hours after six people were hurt in a separate crash.


Drugs factory found at home

Police have uncovered yet another cannabis factory in the Black Country – just days after the last £50,000 drugs den was discovered.


Hunt continues on 15-year-old boy

A large-scale police hunt was continuing today to find a 15-year-old boy with learning disabilities who is missing from his Black Country home.


Mixed sex wards go as £1.1m work done

Patients at two Black Country hospitals will never again have to share a ward with members of the opposite sex.


Men in chase with stab gang are jailed

Two members of a gang that chased a Black Country man and stabbed him in the face and chest have been jailed for more than two years.


It’s not over yet say baths campaigners

Defiant campaigners desperate to save condemned Coseley Baths from the bulldozer have declared: “It’s not over yet.” More than 200 people attended a public meeting last night.

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