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A serial criminal who robbed six frightened teenagers at knifepoint in the Black Country was freed to start smuggling drugs after his arrest, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.

Planning rules in Wolverhampton will be simplified in a radical move to get developments moving and to jump start the city’s economy, council leaders have agreed.

A woman smuggled her illegal immigrant husband into the country and claimed almost £40,000 in fraudulent benefits after he took on the name of a dead cousin to hide his true identity, a court heard.

Councillors in Wolverhampton face being charged for parking at the Civic Centre, according to political leaders.

A medical hearing has heard that a paramedic failed to diagnose heart failure in a patient, who died days after being admitted to a Black Country hospital.

Taxpayers in Staffordshire are being charged £200,000 to fund the county council’s new website.

He grew tomatoes, kept pigeons and entered flower shows, and he also played football for England.

A pocket watch which travelled to the other side of the world early in the last century has made it home to the Black Country.

This week’s Royal Wedding is sure to put a spring in all our steps.

Developers behind a major building project in a South Staffordshire village have revealed images to illustrate plans which include a supermarket, hotel, nursing home, petrol station and 150 houses.