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A thug kicked his ex-girlfriend in the head and body after she jumped from a window, a judge heard.

Dudley South MP Ian Pearson says his decision to stand down at the next election is “a big wrench”.

Walsall’s famous Iluminations will be in Bridgnorth for the next two years, it has been revealed. The town had its own mini-illuminations for the first time last year in the grounds of Bridgnorth Castle, borrowing some of Walsall’s lights.

The number of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan since the start of the bloody campaign has reached another grim milestone.

Children’s clothing chain Adams has called in the administrators, it was revealed today.

Almost 1.4 million fake cigarettes have been seized from the back of two vans in the Black Country, it emerged today.

The senior member of a Black Country brewing family described as “one of life’s gentlemen” has been found dead at his home in Stourbridge.

Two men who went armed to a pre-arranged fight escaped an immediate custodial sentence. Luke Wilkes and Kristen Roberts had a 10-inch bladed knife and a 13-inch long machete when they arrived.

A kennels that takes in stray dogs from across the West Midlands has been shut down and three animals destroyed following a raid sparked by fears over conditions.

A total of 160 dangerous dogs have been seized by West Midlands Police in the last year, according to new figures.