Walsall the pass masters to Matt Gill

Matt Gill has urged his new Walsall team-mates to forget route one and pass their way out of danger.


Dubai has the best of everything

Its history can be traced back some 4,000 years but, with its striking skyline, today’s Dubai is one of the most modern places you could ever choose to visit, writes Helen Cartwright.


George Osborne defiant after UK economy shrinks

Chancellor George Osborne stands by his financial policies despite ONS figures showing UK economy shrinking by 0.5 per cent.


Dudley traffic chaos after car is crushed

A driver escaped with minor injuries today after his car was crushed in a crash with a lorry in Dudley, causing traffic chaos.


Boaz Myhill reflects on Albion break

Albion goalkeeper Boaz Myhill today insisted getting his first-team break has not changed his approach to life at the Hawthorns.


End in sight for rubbish mountain

A mountain of rubbish which has blighted an area for five years could soon be toppled after the owner of a Wolverhampton skip hire firm today announced it was facing closure.


Sisters jailed for cruelty to children

Two sisters who won a community award worth £25,000 for a Walsall primary school have been jailed for four years each after admitting child cruelty and assaulting two children.


Football cancelled as horses roam in field

Stray horses that have been causing havoc in the Black Country have cropped up on playing fields nine miles away – prompting a football match to be cancelled.


Drug trafficker given seven years in prison

A drug trafficker has been jailed for seven years after being found guilty of fraudulently importing cannabis, ecstasy and amphetamines into the country using a Black Country business.


Mosque will be built after appeal triumph

A new mosque will be built in a Black Country town after a Muslim group won an appeal despite hundreds of objections, it emerged today.

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