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Wolves manager Mick McCarthy has cranked up the stakes for the derby with Villa by revealing he missed out on signing defender Richard Dunne this summer.

Twelve houses on a chemical-plagued Wolverhampton estate have been declared contaminated – sparking an investigation for asbestos at hundreds of other homes, it was revealed today.

A furious lover who tried to kill his girlfriend by repeatedly ramming a paving slab into her head and beating her with an iron, table and electric heater will spend at least six years and nine months behind bars.

A pub-goer who killed a man with a single punch found out his victim’s life support machine had been turned off after his brother phoned to break the news two days later, a manslaughter jury heard.

A notorious serial bigamist who set up home with her new boyfriend in the Black Country says she does not know if the couple have a future.

A cowboy builder frightened a pensioner into handing over £13,800 for unnecessary work on his Black Country home by telling him his roof would collapse, a court heard.

Undercover police will be on trains and trams between Birmingham and the Black Country tomorrow to deal with any violence during the clash between Wolves and Villa.

Television talent show stars will be lighting up Walsall this Christmas – including X Factor finalist Eoghan Quigg and Britain’s Got Talent dancing sensation Aidan Davis.

Around 500 comedy fans were left disappointed after TV funnyman Joe Pasquale was forced to cancel a Black Country performance.

Police were today hunting a man connected with the notorious heroin and crack drugs run between Wolverhampton and Aberdeen.