‘Is your journey necessary?’ plea to preserve grit stocks

Motorists were warned only to make necessary journeys today, as councils were warned to try and hold on to their gritting stocks.


New misery as M5 work is lined up

Four months of roadworks are set to start on the M5 in the new year, causing further misery.


£7m plan to rebuild school is hit by cuts

A £7million plan to rebuild a Dudley school has been shelved due to cuts, it was revealed today. The council wanted to move Red Hall Primary School.


Burlesque

If the scripts for Chicago, Coyote Ugly, Dreamgirls, Glitter and Showgirls were put through a shredder and then the tangle of musical cliches taped back together, you'd probably end up with Burlesque.


Tron: Legacy 3D

Return to the digital realm of Steven Lisberger's cult 1982 adventure in Joseph Kosinski's high-tech reboot, which screens in 3D in most cinemas.


Animals United 3D

Inspired by Erich Kastner's children's book The Animals' Conference, Reinhard Klooss and Holger Tappe's computer-animated safari marshals an army of creatures, great and small, to rouse mankind from its slumber about global warming and pollution.


Jonathan Hogg has a hero’s example

Jonathan Hogg faces a battle to become a first-team regular at Villa but, like his hero Roy Keane, the tough-tackling midfielder would not have it any other way.


Stephen Ward has derby experience

Stephen Ward has warned Wolves’ derby newcomers not to ‘play the occasion’ against Albion but stressed his team-mates must go the extra mile.


Youssouf Mulumbu on a derby bow

Albion fans’ favourite Youssouf Mulumbu has claimed he will handle the pressure of his first Black Country derby after learning from his two red cards this season.


Wolverhampton schools hit by big cuts

Devastating funding cuts will hit plans to rebuild and refurbish every secondary school in Wolverhampton, it can be revealed today.

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