January « 2010 « « Express & Star

Tiesto wraps up arena tour with Birmingham date

Dutch trance and electro legend DJ Tiesto brings his live show to a close at Birmingham’s LG Arena on March 20 after five staggering sell-out performances across the country.

Second university plan scrapped

Plans for a second university in the Black Country have been scrapped after the Government refused funding.

Black Country fighters finally collide

The boxing ring will host a Black Country derby on the neutral soil of Birmingham’s Holiday Inn next Thursday night – and it’s not what was expected.

Horton promises to box clever

Stourbridge middleweight Sam Horton has promised to box clever from now on as the road back to British title contention begins in Birmingham.

Tours of Banks’s to begin in the spring

Tours of Banks’s landmark brewery in the Black Country will be launched in the spring, it was announced today.

Notorious nightclub could be new shop

A nightclub where a father was gunned down in front of revellers could reopen as a shop, under plans unveiled today.

Wolves slam ‘betting culture’ reports

Wolves have slammed reports of a betting culture at Molineux as “lies” after a tabloid claimed four first-team players and a youth teamer were “gambling too much.”