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Plans to build two courtrooms in the Black Country have been shelved due to a funding black hole, it emerged today.

A masked man who attacked a Black Country newsagent with a knife during a bungled robbery at his shop has been convicted by a jury at Wolverhampton Crown Court of wounding him with intent.

A ward at Stafford Hospital has been labelled a “hell hole” by families following a catalogue of neglect of patients who were admitted there.

A dealer who sold heroin up to 30 times a day to help pay off debt avoided jail.

A heavy goods driver who knocked down a work colleague with a digger and fatally injured him in the Black Country has admitted driving irresponsibly.

The investigation into a thief who preyed on pensioners travelling between West Bromwich and Birmingham was the largest ever conducted on the region’s bus network, police revealed today.

Couples are shunning the chance to get hitched at Darlaston Town Hall – with no bookings for the venue made in the last six months.

Preparations for Christmas got under way in Oldbury as the town’s first festive market opened for business.

The former owners of MG Rover have paid £3 million from their own pockets to the liquidators of the car company in a deal to prevent future claims, it was revealed today.

Pictures from the Christmas lights switch-on in Walsall.