December « 2009 « « Express & Star

Baggies are going back up – Murphy

Ex-Albion keeper Joe Murphy tipped his former club for automatic promotion as he admitted Scunthorpe could not complain about refereeing at Glanford Park.

School will close after merger bid chalked off

A failing school in the Black Country will close in August because of falling pupil numbers and poor examination results, after a merger collapsed.

School’s heating flooded

Fire crews pumped half a million litres of water out of the boiler room at a Black Country primary school after it flooded.

Parents facing rise in school charges

Charges for school meals and trips for children in Dudley will rise in the New Year under council plans.

Bus stops wrecked

Four bus shelters and a telephone box were smashed up by yobs in Walsall, causing hundreds of pounds worth of damage.

West Brom target Victor Moses’ career – in pictures

A look at the career of Crystal Palace midfielder Victor Moses, who is being linked with a move to West Bromwich Albion.

Now the big tidy-up starts

More than 200 tons of cardboard boxes, plastic, tins and paper are being recycled in Wolverhampton this week as city residents tidy up after Christmas.

Drug smuggling Briton executed

Relations between London and Beijing are strained following China’s decision to execute Akmal Shaikh on drug smuggling charges.

Al-Qaeda ‘responsible’ for airliner plot

Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a failed plot to blow up a transatlantic airliner.

1,000 sign up for town race

More than 1,000 runners have signed up for the Stafford Half Marathon on March 21.