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James Milner was today set for showdown talks with Villa boss Martin O’Neill over his transfer row.

HUGE cuts in the public sector will pave the way for the revival of West Midlands manufacturing, Chancellor George Osborne said last night.

Taser guns have been fired at suspected crooks by West Midlands police almost 70 times this year – compared to just four in the whole of 2009.

A father-of-six who got out of bed to answer a knock at his front door was murdered in his garden in a “cowardly yet extremely brutal” attack, police said today.

A hooded raider who burst into the home of a former boss during a terrifying attack that devastated the lives of the victims has been jailed for 21 months.

Plans for a new Tesco store in a Black Country town face being thrown out after more than 800 objections about opening the supermarket.

A Canadian fighter pilot ejected from his cockpit seconds before his plane crashes and explodes in a ball of flames.

Six people, including three children, were taken to hospital following a series of accidents on the region’s roads.

Around 60 per cent of the tickets for the papal mass in Birmingham have already been allocated it has been revealed.

An amateur footballer has been banned from playing matches for three years after fracturing the cheek of an opponent in the Black Country when he punched the player in the face during a game.