Cannock nightclub finds a Newlife as shop

Bargain shopping wonderland Newlife, where High Street fashions can be snapped up at a fraction of the recommended price, has branched out into the home and gardens market.


Cannock KFC enters the games age

A fast food restaurant in the Midlands is at the centre of a battle for customers – using computer games and personal juke boxes.


High order for piglets

Forget Christmas – Jessica Felton-Page already has her sights set on Easter sales thanks to the arrival of 12 piglets at her Staffordshire farm.


The Trumanator’s Prizefighter dream

Aston lightweight Chris Truman is preparing for Prizefighter as if he were one of the eight participants – despite only being a reserve for the competition.


Lee Glover is in the know on his foe

Tipton super bantamweight Lee Glover has done his home work on Stoyan Serbezov ahead of his fight with the Bulgarian in Burton-on-Trent.


West Midlands youngsters notch up record exam results

Pupils in the West Midlands scored record GCSE and A-levels results.


Flowers banned at Russells Hall Hospital

Plans to ban visitors from taking flowers onto wards at a Black Country hospital have been given the thumbs-up by governors.


Gino D’Acampo sets the pulses racing

Pasta and tuna – but no rats – were on the menu at Dudley’s Merry Hill Shopping Centre today when TV chef Gino D’Acampo popped in to do two live cooking demonstrations.


Steven Fletcher can stun Chelsea

Steven Fletcher is the one Wolves goal threat to have penetrated Chelsea.


Albion welcome back former captain

Chris Brunt hopes Albion will not be left in pieces when Jonathan ‘Jigsaw’ Greening returns.

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