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Defiant manager Mick McCarthy has blasted back at the snipers after Wolves blew their derby chance.

Albion derby-day hero Carlos Vela has claimed his best is yet to come as the Baggies gear up for their fight against relegation from the Premier League.

The first-ever Premier League derby between Albion and Wolves was marred by trouble both inside and outside the stadium.

Furious football fans today spoke of their terror as chaos broke out on two overcrowded trams that broke down on the way to the Black Country derby.

Pictures from the Black Country Premier League derby 1-1 draw between Albion and Wolves at The Hawthorns.

Matt Cardle might have won. Rebecca might have wowed everyone with her stunning voice.

This was the scene of devastation after a blast ripped apart a flat forcing residents to leave their homes  and leading to the closure of a busy main road in the Black Country.

Training in ‘plain English’ will be given to staff at a Staffordshire Council after 17,000 residents called in just one year to complain they were baffled by jargon in letters and publications.

Front-line policing services in specialist areas like forensics, CCTV and crime analysis for major investigations will be dealt a hammer blow by government cuts in the West Midlands, it was warned today.

A vital bus service running through a South Staffordshire village has been saved from the axe.