expressandstar.com

A former teacher from the Black Country died suddenly after collapsing while collecting his son from primary school.

Former Walsall and England striker Michael Ricketts has admitted butting his girlfriend outside a restaurant.

Hearing the clunk of a steel hammer against the links of a chain, you would expect the person doing the battering to be a brawny man, not a nine-year-old girl.

There could be an early Christmas present for some lucky punters on Friday.

Greg Halford appears to have played his last game for Wolves with the £2million utility man likely to join Portsmouth permanently next month.

Steve Sidwell is on the verge of a move to West Ham as Villa manager Gerard Houllier meets owner Randy Lerner to thrash out his January transfer plans.

According to a recent study by R3, the Association of Business Recovery Professionals, almost four million people are failing to keep up payments on regular household bills and are having to turn to credit cards to tide them over instead.

Albion boss Roberto Di Matteo will target just one new player in the January transfer window.

Martin O’Connor has insisted there are no “weak links” in Walsall’s squad ahead of their massive festive fixtures.

More wintry scenes as the West Midlands was given another covering of snow.