Masked men smash door at jewellers

Four masked men armed with a sledgehammer and a crowbar smashed their way into a Walsall town centre jeweller’s, police revealed today.


Hospital evacuated after chemical alert

A chemical drama led to the evacuation of a Wolverhampton hospital. A spillage of formaldehyde solution at the private Nuffield Hospital saw all “non-essential” staff told to leave the building along with visitors and out-patients.


More roadworks misery for motorists

Another main route in the West Midlands is to be crippled by more than a month of major roadworks this summer, it was announced today.


Widow’s home raider jailed for four years

A burglar from the Black Country who ransacked the home of a disabled widow while an accomplice gagged and threatened her has been jailed for four years.


£30k bid to cut staff sickies

Almost £30,000 was spent on health roadshows featuring belly dancing and boxercise sessions to cut down on staff sickness days at a Black Country housing organisation.


Half of AWM cash goes to the public sector

The taxpayer-funded quango that is meant to boost businesses in the West Midlands gave almost half its grants to the public sector, figures revealed today.


Nurses unaware of danger – inquest told

Nurses who treated a retired retail manager who died after a feeding tube was placed in his lung were not aware of crucial clinical guidance issued two years earlier, an inquest heard.


Audi fraudster avoids jail

A motorist who bought a £14,000 Audi in the Black Country by forging a pay slip has avoided an immediate jail sentence.


Jessica mucks in for her shop role

To see Jessica Felton-Page stroking her pigs and patting their hairy backs you would think she couldn’t be without them.


Petition to save old coaching house

Campaigners have launched a petition to save a historic Black Country coach house due to be demolished to make way for a new sixth form college.

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