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The cost to taxpayers of burying or cremating residents who die alone or with nobody to arrange their funerals is increasing in the Black Country, figures have revealed.

The £3.5 million transformation of a Black Country hospice was today taking shape, as bosses revealed an appeal fund helping the project go ahead had raised £200,000 in donations.

Michael Mancienne was today poised to complete his return to Molineux on a season-long loan following Andy Keogh’s departure to Cardiff on a similar basis.

Albion new-boy Nicky Shorey today insisted he is ready to step in at Liverpool on Sunday as Marek Cech handed the Baggies a fitness scare.

Gabby Agbonlahor is primed to gun down Rapid Vienna tomorrow as Villa bid to erase the memory of their Newcastle nightmare.

Manny Smith today insisted his future lies with Walsall and claimed his faces the biggest season of his life.

Wolves and the League Cup have not been easy bedfellows since the dual winners last captured the trophy three decades ago.

Roberto Di Matteo will not rip up his plans for Liverpool today on the back of victory at Leyton Orient.

Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts says the nervous energy she felt when auditioning on a TV talent show comes back when she watches X Factor.

George Osborne’s emergency Budget hit the poorest hardest, a leading economic think-tank has said.