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Thirty-two patients at New Cross Hospital were today suspected of having flu as the bug tightened its grip on the Black Country.

Nine men have been arrested in one house by police investigating a string of raids on shops on a busy Wolverhampton street.

A pub near Stafford was forced to close after a water shortage meant staff could not cook food or wash any dishes.

The backlash against rail fares which are “holding travellers to ransom” began today as campaigners demanded train companies abandon New Year rises.

Thousands of Walsall Council employees locked in an equal pay battle with town hall bosses are to be made offers in a bid to settle the dispute.

The Tesco at Burnt Tree Island will shut next weekend to allow work to get started on building a new supermarket at the site, it has been announced.

The Lichfield Diocese has been identified as one of five worst hit spots for lead theft from churches in the UK.

Black Country-based property group Bond Wolfe is planning to take o n up to 15 new staff next year as business continues to improves.

They have been teeing off for more than 300 years between them and now a group of veteran Walsall golfers are celebrating reaching a milestone.

Villa have today pulled the plug on a move for French starlet Gueida Fofana but are close to finalising a loan deal for Jamaica international Omar Cummings.