Card clone thieves will be deported

Two Romanian thieves who used a card stealing device to embezzle £400 from people’s bank accounts will be deported after serving two years in jail.


CCTV film of killing pored over by officers

Police spent 200 hours piecing together a complicated jigsaw of CCTV footage after a man was beaten to death in Bilston town centre, a murder trial jury was told.


Steam loco is derailed

A locomotive pulling a train carrying 31 passengers was derailed on a scenic stretch of the Severn Valley Railway from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth.


Pair eyeing a Premier call

Wolves duo Richard Stearman and Chris Iwelumo today insisted they are fit to rejoin Mick McCarthy’s Premier League squad after emerging unscathed from their comebacks last night.


Hospital chiefs’ pay leaps by £110,000

The combined six-month salaries of a dozen managers at a Black Country hospitals trust jumped by £110,000 overnight, it has been revealed.


Battle of store giants to drag on

Sainsbury’s today announced it would continue to fight Tesco to transform prime land in Wolverhampton, meaning decade-long supermarket wars with its main rival will drag on.


£17k thief must pay back £5k

A former company secretary who was jailed for fiddling more than £17,000 from a Black Country firm has been ordered to pay back £5,000 or face further time behind bars.


Scratchings firm pulls off cracking deal

A Black Country pork scratching firm is to create jobs and invest thousands of pounds into its business after winning a lucrative contract with pub operator Mitchells & Butlers and Marston’s.


Designer store fails in five months

A men’s designer store launched in Wolverhampton city centre just five months ago has become the latest victim of the recession.


Splash of innovation puts firm on the map

Urban Splash does things differently. From the very start, this adventurous development company set out to take derelict or rundown industrial buildings and bring them back to life.

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