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Isn’t it amazing how much things have changed in recent years? Shopping used to take place on the high street. Now, I can indulge whilst wearing my dressing gown at three o’clock in the morning, browsing the wares of a back-street retailer in Mumbai.

The original Mad O’Rourke’s Pie Factory in Tipton has gone into administration, blaming the recession, it was revealed today.

These were the scenes facing drivers on the region’s roads as accidents and roadworks brought traffic to a standstill.

A hooded vandal is caught on CCTV as he slashes the tyres of up to 10 cars during a wrecking spree in the Black Country.

A nurse had a passionate affair with a seriously ill married patient as he awaited heart and lung transplants at a Midland hospital.

A postman hoarded thousands of letters and advertising leaflets for up to a year before bosses realised they were not being delivered.

A man turned to child pornography after illness wrecked his social life, a judge heard.

A youth football team manager from Wolverhampton glassed a teenager at a party, a court heard.

A pensioners’ club in Sandwell that provides hot lunches and games of bingo and dominoes is to close after more than 20 years.

Birmingham-based quango, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, is to be axed with the loss of more than 120 jobs.