Drivers in two-minute warning from wardens

Drivers who leave their cars on town centre roads where new parking charges have just come into force have only two minutes to get a ticket and stick it to their windscreen, it emerged today.


Bogus dentist jailed for three years

An imposter dentist who used a bogus qualification to earn £230,000 in hospitals in Wolverhampton and around the country has been jailed for three years by a judge, who described her as “evasive and manipulative”.


One in three police officers are not on the front line

A third of police officers carried out no front-line work in the last year and even those who did worked when it suited them and not when needed by the public, it was claimed today.


Records of ‘high-risk’mother were ignored

A mother-of-three died of complications weeks after losing her unborn baby at a Black Country hospital, an inquest heard.


Triplets turn 50 with an SVR party

They say three’s a crowd, but these triplets from Wolverhampton are still inseparable as they celebrate their 50th birthday today.


Ex-nursing director’s care apology

Stafford Hospital’s former director of nursing has accepted some responsibility for poor standards of care.


Alfred Fowell helped to liberate Belsen

A veteran of the Normandy landings who helped in the liberation of the Belsen concentration camp has died in Staffordshire aged 102.


Pampered pet Bertie is dogged by fashion

Bertie the dog has the same problem most women face every day – what shall I wear?


Albion believe for Michael Appleton

Albion assistant boss Michael Appleton has claimed the Baggies have got their belief back as they gear up for the crucial last nine matches of their survival fight.


No mutiny at Villa insists assistant

Villa assistant boss Gary McAllister has insisted there has been “no mutiny” among the club’s players over modifications to a PFA-approved handbook.

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