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A look back at the career of Wolves defender Dean Richards, who has died at the age of just 36.

Former Wolves defender Dean Richards died today at the age of 36 after a long battle against illness. Send in your tributes.

Cameron Jerome has dreamt of this moment. Rising up at the far post, he nods in a Carling Cup winner for Blues to end their 48-year wait for a major trophy.

A knifeman who murdered a wedding guest in a “violent rampage” was today starting a jail sentence of at least 27 years.

Shots were fired into a Black Country pub today while police and members of staff were still inside.

A Black Country shopkeeper who made and sold more than 40,000 counterfeit DVDs and CDs has been ordered to pay back just £1.

Up to 20 small businesses in the West Midlands were conned out of cash in a scam that netted almost £200,000 for a father and his two sons from the Black Country.

A major West Midland gang which dealt in drugs nationwide using highly sophisticated methods to go undetected  has been smashed, it can be revealed today.

Black Country brothers Matt and Adam Powell were often told off for fighting as youngsters.

Deadlines are looming for people who want to hold a street party to celebrate the Royal Wedding, council bosses across the West Midlands warned today.