Peter Rhodes’s week

HOW our planet works. A reader asks: “The icy and snowy weather over the past four weeks makes me ask, has the Gulf Stream run out of oil?”


Vote for your Albion player of 2010

Calling all Albion fans – who has been your favourite Albion player for the year 2010.


Vote for your Wolves player of 2010

Calling all Wolves fans – who has been your favourite Wolves player for the year 2010.


Walsall’s home game is called off

Walsall’s home game with Dagenham and Redbridge tomorrow has been postponed due to a frozen pitch.


Mick McCarthy still backing Wolves

Defiant boss Mick McCarthy today insisted beleaguered Wolves will win their Premier League survival battle.


Wolverhampton boy savaged by stray dog

An 11-year-old boy has been savaged by a dog in a horror attack at his Wolverhampton home.


Teenager shot at Birmingham Bullring

A 19-year-old man was shot in the leg outside Selfridge’s in Birmingham’s Bullring a shopping centre after violence flared between two gangs.


Villa blow as Emile Heskey injured

Villa are set to be without Emile Heskey for the trip to Manchester City after he picked up an ankle injury in the defeat to Tottenham.


Odemwingie backed to fire back

Roberto Di Matteo today backed Peter Odemwingie to bounce back instantly after the West Brom striker’s finishing nightmare at Bolton.


Midlands sales frenzy to beat VAT rise

Tens of thousands of bargain-hunters flooded high streets across the West Midlands today to grab up to 75 per cent discounts in the sales ahead of the new year VAT rise.

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