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England goalkeeper David James is ready for a penalty shootout against arch-rivals Germany on Sunday.

Albion are today celebrating the end of their two-year sponsor search as they signed a club record £750,000 deal with Walsall-based company HomeServe.

The pension black hole for public sector workers in the West Midlands has risen to more than £3 billion.

A teenager was airlifted to hospital with head injuries after being hit by a car in the Black Country.

A murder victim who was buried in the wrong grave at a West Midland churchyard was exhumed today and reburied after a court ruling was made.

Piles of rubbish were today still piling up in one Black Country street, after a binmen dispute caused bags of waste to build up over three weeks.

A 26-year-old speeding motorist who left his best friend dying in the wreckage of a Black Country car crash after he had been drinking has been jailed for more than four years.

Angry residents today said they did not want slop buckets which Wolverhampton City Council is rolling out to every home to recycle food.

A poacher who was filmed setting up handmade glue traps to illegally capture dozens of wild birds at a Black Country park has avoided an immediate jail term.

A motocross track could be built on green belt land near to a Midland beauty spot under new plans which have been lodged with a council.