Baths and sofas among Wolverhampton junk pile

What a load of rubbish – this 18ft mountain of waste was today at the centre of complaints in Wolverhampton.


Robot sent in to remove Smethwick grenade

Army bomb disposal experts were called to Smethwick today after a hand grenade was discovered in the foundations of a garage.


Arrests made in Walsall as metal is stolen

Three men from West Bromwich and Oldbury were today arrested on suspicion of theft after metal drain covers were stolen in Moxley.


Wagner tops Twitter trending topics

Dudley’s eccentric X Factor contender Wagner Carrilho added another notch to his cult status today when he unwittingly became the top trending topic on social networking Twitter.


UB40 back for concert in Birmingham

Brummie reggae legends UB40 returned to their home city for one of the first dates of their UK tour


Darryl Westlake targeted by Lincoln

Walsall starlet Darryl Westlake is a target for League Two club Lincoln – but the Saddlers will not let him leave.


Top earning Wolverhampton council officers to be axed

Ten top earning officers at Wolverhampton City Council are to be made redundant and services radically overhauled under more cost-cutting measures revealed today.


Readers decide if comic relaunch is fine and Dandy

The new-look Dandy was relaunched today. Daniel Wainwright takes a look.


Dudley street attack teen in coma

A teenager kicked and punched and left for dead in a street in Dudley may have been attacked after an argument, police revealed today.


Pop Idol Mark Rhodes back for city tribute show

Black Country TV star Mark Rhodes will revisit his pop star past for the first time in three years at a tribute concert for his late nephew.

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