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Hordes of fish have been stolen from a Black Country pool, sparking an investigation.

Fire engines in the West Midlands are being withdrawn from duty as there is no-one to man them amid a recruitment freeze, it has emerged.

Almost £2 million has been spent repairing damage caused by vandalism at schools across the region in the last three years, new figures show.

Murderer Tracie Andrews went on an eight-hour shopping spree when she was let out of jail for the day to prepare for her release.

Blue tarpaulin has been erected to protect the roof of a Wolverhampton school badly damaged in an arson attack.

A £3 million project to build two new operating theatres at Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital has taken a step closer to reality after plans were submitted for the work to go ahead.

There was mud, sweat and beers but as always, the V Festival was all about the music. Weston Park saw sunshine and heavy rain over the two-day extravaganza.

Chart toppers N-Dubz delighted an audience of 500 screaming fans at a behind-closed-doors gig at an otherwise deserted Black Country shopping centre.

A driver who smashed into a Black Country cafe after drinking 12 pints of lager, sparking fears of a gas explosion, has been given a community work sentence.

They put Wolverhampton on the map of the sports car world – and dozens of them revved up some nostalgia of the glory days.