£26,000 fine for parking firm

A parking firm has been fined more than £26,000 for misleading drivers at a Black Country shopping centre.


Jail will be sold to save millions

Featherstone’s new £150 million ‘superprison’ is to be sold off and privatised, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke announced this afternoon.


£75k of stolen metal seized in scrapyard swoop

Stolen metal sheets worth more than £75,000 has been seized by police following a raid at a Black Country scrapyard.


Cafe owners ordered to lose outside seats

An award-winning coffee house in a Wolverhampton suburb has been ordered to remove tables and chairs from outside or pay hundreds of pounds to secure permission for them to stay.


New Lonely Planet guide in fresh swipe at region

It is the travel bible that labelled Wolverhampton the fifth worst city in the world.


£740k consultancy bill to cut hospital costs

Hospital bosses in Dudley have spent more than £740,000 asking for advice from consultancy firms to help cut costs during the past 12 months.


Park and Ride boost plans are back on track

Plans for a £4 million development to more than double the size of the park and ride scheme at a Black Country station are back on track, it was revealed today.


Calendar Girls head Grand Theatre line-up

Hit show Calendar Girls will appear on stage in Wolverhampton featuring a star cast, theatre bosses announced today.


Budget cuts hit doomed forensics unit

Police can no longer afford to send work to the doomed Birmingham-based Forensic Science Service because of stinging Government cuts to force budgets, the West Midlands’ top policeman has told MPs.


New Tesco is starting to rise up

A new multi-million pound Tesco superstore has started rising up from its foundations alongside the A4123, one of the Black Country’s busiest roads.

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