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Final plans for a housing estate in Rugeley have been given the go-ahead. Taylor Wimpey has been given permission to build 74 houses and six flats on land to the north-east of Wolseley Road.

A closure-threatened advice centre in Stourbridge has been given a stay of execution after securing funding into the new year.

The historic interior of a Catholic church in Staffordshire has been restored. A team led by Tony Skidmore carried out the work at St Joseph and Etheldreda Church in Lichfield Street, Rugeley.

Almost £100,000 is set to be spent on upgrading Lichfield’s ageing CCTV system. Members of Lichfield District Council are to consider the plans at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

A former Express & Star reporter turned film director is in line for a top award.

Wolves were handed a boost today when Carlos Tevez was ruled out of Manchester City’s Premier League trip to Molineux.

Carling Cup hero Simon Cox believes he is “100 times better” as a player after 16 months at Albion.

Non-league Tipton Town struck the FA Cup jackpot when they clinched a maiden appearance in the first round proper on an historic night for the town, writes Steve Madeley.

Reuben Reid today admitted Walsall have run out of excuses and the players are to blame for their slump into the League One basement.

A woman walks past a camera holding and talking into what looks like a mobile telephone. An every day scene – with the exception that this image was actually captured in 1928.