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Albion are a week away from the end of a vintage year – but Ishmael Miller cannot wait to see the back of 2010.

Mick McCarthy has admitted Wolves’ Premier League fate could be decided over the festive period.

Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor has declared himself fit and raring to go ahead of a tough period of festive fixtures in which he hopes to deliver a sackful of goals.

Albion boss Roberto Di Matteo has called for a mid-winter break to avoid a repeat of Sunday’s Black Country derby ‘white out.’

Fit-again Wolves winger Matt Jarvis has handed manager Mick McCarthy a selection dilemma for the Boxing Day clash against Wigan.

Villa were today closing in on the signing of David Wheater while Joey Barton laughed off a potential move away from Newcastle.

Christmas in temporary recruitment, let’s sum it up . . . writes Charlie Cashdan.

A thug jailed for his role in the fatal stabbing of a student in the Black Country has absconded from an open prison in Derbyshire, police said today.

Two drivers were cut free from their cars and taken to hospital following a head-on collision after sub-zero temperatures turned West Midlands roads to ice.

More than 5,000 homes and businesses in Wolverhampton city centre were left without power today after a huge failure in the supply network.