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Stephen Ireland is set to leave Villa in January after manager Gerard Houllier confirmed the midfielder wants to quit the club.

Albion and Wolves today drew the final battle lines as fans count down to the first top-flight derby in a quarter of a century tomorrow.

Old Firm fan Graham Dorrans today insisted he is ready for tomorrow’s derby-day heat as he geared up for his first ever meeting with Wolves.

Wolves will be missing Kevin Doyle and Michael Mancienne indefinitely as they face a waiting game on their injuries.

Walsall skipper Darren Byfield today admitted the onus is on the Saddlers to get their fans back on side.

A former art teacher from the Black Country was killed in a road smash which left his car embedded underneath a lorry.

Two brothers have been jailed after a deadly arsenal of 16 guns, including a Kalashnikov and Uzi sub-machine gun, were uncovered at their houses.

Around 100 extra postal staff in the West Midlands have been taken on to cope with the bad weather, it was revealed today.

Shoppers were flooding the high street today, braving the freezing weather for the busiest day at the tills this year.

Negotiations are continuing between Walsall Council and the company which runs the meals-on-wheels services in the borough. Just weeks remain until Sodexo’s contract is due to expire on January 6.