Showdown key to Hunt chase

Wolves’ vital survival clash with Hull City tomorrow has also now become a deciding moment in the battle for Stephen Hunt’s signature.


Paper shop killer jailed for five years

A newsagent who knocked down and killed a fellow paper shop owner while speeding through heavy rain at almost 50mph was today beginning a five-year jail sentence.


Five homes targeted by bogus callers

Pensioners have had cash, bank books and personal items stolen in distraction burglaries in the Black Country.


Planned council tax increase is cut back

A proposed hike in council tax in a Black Country borough has been cut for the second time – but remains higher than all other increases in the region.


Killer son was always trouble claims mother

The mother of a teenager who stabbed a father-to-be to death at a Wolverhampton pub has described her son’s behaviour as a “nightmare”.


Church burials resume

A church in the Black Country is to start reusing parts of its grounds for burials because of growing demand for space.


Lifetime ban for man who let dogs suffer

A jobless man who left his two pet dogs to suffer in his Walsall home to such an “extensive degree” that they had open sores and infections has been banned for life from keeping animals.


Mineshaft unearthed at police station site

Workers building Bilston’s new £3.5 million police station made a surprising discovery when they unearthed a 9ft by 82ft mineshaft.


Nikki will take top carpets firm role

Kidderminster carpets group Victoria has appointed its first ever woman chairman, former dotcom company boss 48-year-old Nikki Beckett.


Driver tells of horror as horse hit windscreen

The driver of a car which hit a stray horse in Dudley has spoken of her horror as she saw the animal charging at her windscreen.

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