Pest controller stars in ITV’s Take Me Out

It was a case of no likey, no lighty for unlucky-in-love pest controller Christan Hems when he took part in a TV dating show to be screened next month.


South Staffs Council looking for redundancies

South Staffordshire Council has launched a voluntary redundancy scheme as it struggles to prepare for budget cuts of more than £2.5 million over the next three years.


Stafford Hospital second worst for A&E times

A troubled Midland hospital has been revealed as the second worst in the country for A&E waiting times. Stafford Hospital has been under fire for its poor standards of care.


£1m properties down by a third in the Midlands

The number of properties worth at least £1 million in the West Midlands has plummeted by a third last year – despite an overall rise elsewhere.


Christmas messages from Panto stars

The stars of the two biggest pantomime productions in the West Midlands have taken time out of their busy schedules to record exclusive Christmas messages.


Meet The Parents: Little Fockers

There's not so much a whiff as a stench of desperation about the third chapter in the hugely popular Meet the Parents series, which first graced the big screen 10 years ago.


Gulliver’s Travels 3D

The subtle, underlying themes of Jonathan Swift's classic novel are almost completely lost on this contemporary adaptation of Gulliver's Travels.


Arthur And The Great Adventure

This amalgamation of the two sequels to the 2006 fantasy Arthur And The Invisibles (aka Arthur Et Les Minimoys) fails to live up to the superlative in its title.


The Way Back

Inspired by Slavomir Rawicz's memoir The Long Walk: The True Story Of A Trek To Freedom, The Way Back is a harrowing tale of courage and endurance against the odds during the Second World War.


David Edwards on the ‘real’ Wolves

Points are all that really matter at Molineux on Boxing Day – but at least one player believes Wolves ‘owe’ Wigan.

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