Leave our kid alone warns Hutchings

Walsall manager Chris Hutchings isn’t surprised by defender Darryl Westlake’s rapid rise to the first team but has urged fans not to over-hype the youngster.


SBOBET put their shirt on the Baggies

Albion will have another new shirt sponsor when they take on Bristol City after they struck a deal with betting form SBOBET.


Joey kicks up a tempest with Europe in Birmingham

They will forever more be associated with their 1986 hit The Final Countdown but Europe were keen to highlight in Birmingham last night how they have transformed themselves into a leaner, meaner rockin’ machine.


The last Gethin to gun for title glory

Walsall featherweight Steve Gethin faces his day of reckoning in his bid to become the third boxing brother from the family to lift a title.


Wilkes to hit the trail at light middle

Essington light middleweight Ben Wilkes has vowed not to take a step back in dropping down a division to hit the campaign trail for 2010.


New-look bar shut following revamp

The former Little Civic music venue in Wolverhampton has closed down, just five months after being relaunched.


200 jobs shed at council in a year

More than 200 full-time jobs have been shed at cash-strapped Walsall Council over the last year, it emerged today.


Staff at flats go in fresh cutback

Eight concierges at high rise flats in Wolverhampton are to be axed, it was revealed today.


Tories quit power share

The six-year alliance between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats in Cannock Chase dramatically collapsed today after a clash over council tax.


Gang in court on kidnap of worker

A Staffordshire man was ambushed and abducted by a gang who then tried to blackmail the Rugeley hot tub company he worked for, a court has heard.

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