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A talented Black Country student has beaten off thousands of hopefuls to win a place in the last 24 of The X Factor.

Roadworks that have frustrated Stafford motorists for months and led to complaints from businesses over loss of trade will not be completed until the end of October.

Full-length advertisements on Black Country phone boxes could become a magnet for robbers and drug dealers, it has been claimed.

A Black Country fire station could reopen in April next year under plans to staff it with trained firefighters offering safety advice.

Work on a £24 million plan to construct a congestion-busting underpass at a busy Black Country junction is set to start in the new year.

Crowds flocked to Wolverhampton Airport for the revival of a traditional Saturday market following its closure three years ago.

Family and friends paid a touching tribute to an animal-loving Kingswinford schoolgirl as they took part in a memorial walk with their dogs.

The new Chief Constable of West Midlands Police has been out on the beat in the Black Country – meeting shoppers, traders and victims of crime.

More than 200 people flocked to an open field near Wolverhampton to see 30 sheep take part in a race.

TV’s Justin Lee Collins paid a surprise visit to Oldbury – dropping in for a meal at the town’s Red Mango restaurant.