Miracle baby goes home in style

A baby who was born more than three months premature has returned home after spending 19 months in hospital.


New talks on elected mayors

Every Black Country borough could get an elected mayor under a radical review of the laws governing councils, it emerged today.


Council criticised for paid suspension

A senior worker at cash-strapped Walsall Council has been suspended on full pay for 16 months, it has emerged.


School sorry over ‘pikey’ slur

A school has apologised to the son of a Romany gipsy after a teacher told a scruffy pupil that her looked “pikey.”


Yobs in concrete attack on home

Yobs hurled a lump of concrete through the window of a house in Stourport and poured paint over a car parked on the drive.


Aerospace company in £56m deal

A £56 million takeover deal has been sealed for a historic Wolverhampton aerospace company.


Four-way tussle over the Hoard

A four-way fight has broken out over who will take on the Staffordshire Hoard – the largest find of Anglo-Saxon Gold in the country.


Job cuts bill to total £1.85m

The total bill for making 30 workers redundant at Wyre Forest District Council will reach £1.85 million, it emerged today.


Drug dealer, 35, jailed for four years

A drug dealer who was found wandering darkened streets in Wolverhampton on Christmas Day with 11 wraps of cocaine in his pockets has been jailed.


£1,500 bill for five skips on roadside

A skip hire firm from Wolverhampton has been ordered to pay more than £1,500 after leaving five large skips at the side of a city road.

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