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The best of this week’s Peter Rhodes column from the Express & Star.

Stafford Rangers striker Ben Mills has been ruled out of the Bank Holiday double-header after failing to recover from a pulled thigh muscle.

Health experts have warned of obesity’s “overwhelming” burden on the NHS as figures showed a 785 per cent rise in weight-loss surgery.

A giant cat gets his revenge by dumping a woman into a wheelie bin.

Despite the recent washout, the August Bank Holiday weekend weather is looking brighter.

Villa Park was left stunned as Villa crashed out of Europe to Rapid Vienna for the second year running.

Birmingham survived nervy moments to come from behind and progress to the Carling Cup third round.

Old bangers can be turned into cash for charity under a new scheme just launched in Wolverhampton.

These Wolves starlets weren’t even born when Steve Bull was rampaging through the lower divisions and starring in a World Cup.

It’s been a week of rejections for job-seeking blogger James Alexander, will he be thrown a lifeline?