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A derelict bar could be transformed into offices for staff from Dudley Zoo, if new plans are approved.

Following on from their hugely successful Variety and Black Country comedy nights, the Fizzog Theatre Company are bringing Black Country families, the Froggatts and Cotterills, alive on-screen.

Tributes have been paid to a much-loved former newsagent, who has died aged 92.

It is a busman’s holiday for Vicky Price who loves to have more than just a bit of drama in her life – be it comedy or tragedy.

Highways bosses at Staffordshire County Council have said work has started to reduce a backlog of projects caused by the severe snow and ice earlier this month.

The Baggies Barge will be back on the waterways for its first trip of 2010 for the Coca-Cola Championship clash against Sheffield United this Saturday.

A scheme to restore Victorian gardens at a former Staffordshire estate has won a £248,400 Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant.

The parents of a baby girl who spent her first Christmas Day on a ventilator are upset after thieves took hospital charity donations from their car.

Albion boss Roberto Di Matteo is increasingly hopeful midfielder Robert Koren will stay at the Hawthorns for the rest of the season.

Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan remains in the dark over who will get the Wembley No 1 jersey ahead of Brad Friedel next month.