Matt Doherty relishing Wolves chance

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


Peter Odemwingie: The best is yet to come

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 thanks Wolves fans

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.


19 arrests at Weston Park’s V Festival

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


Derek is handed mowing reprieve

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.


Teenager dies after Birmingham collision

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


Suspended sentence for £47k benefit cheat

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.


Councils in wrangle over Henry Pooley Gates

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 told to improve security

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 lost to cut council costs

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.

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