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Happy wanderer Matt Doherty is determined to take his chance at Wolves after running into rejection from English football until now.

Albion new-boy Peter Odemwingie today claimed he is entering the best years of his career – as he was joined at The Hawthorns by Somen Tchoyi.

George Elokobi today issued a heartfelt thanks to Wolves fans for helping him beat his career-threatening injury – and tackling the challenge of the Premier League.

More than 130 people have been treated for injuries and 19 arrested at the V Festival, it was revealed today.

A veteran soldier who was banned from mowing overgrown lawns at Cannock Cemetery because of health and safety regulations has been handed a reprieve so he can carry on cutting.

A teenage girl died after being knocked down by a car in Birmingham today.

A widow from the Black Country who dishonestly claimed more than £47,000 in housing benefit and council tax for 12 years has been handed a 40-week suspended jail sentence.

A battle over the future of a pair of historic gates based in the Black Country was looming today – following an official bid to take them back to Liverpool.

Hospital bosses in Wolverhampton have been told to tighten up security in areas where patients’ charts are stored after a computer disk containing almost 800 confidential patient files was found at a city bus stop.

Scores of jobs have been shed at cash-strapped councils in the Black Country and South Staffordshire in the last four months, figures show – amid warnings of widespread losses to come.