Let’s get this Royal Wedding party started

Royal Wedding fever was sweeping the West Midlands today with 24 hours to go until the historic spectacle.


Sales at Classic Motorcycle Show in Stafford top £2m

An auction of motorcycles at the County Showground in Staffordshire topped £2 million at Bonhams’ annual sale of collectors’ machines and related memorabilia.


Murder-probe police say thanks for help

Detectives today thanked members of the public for their “invaluable” support in the hunt for the killers of two Wolverhampton pensioners.


War memorial dome stripped again

Thieves have stripped metal from a war memorial for a third time, it was revealed today.


TK Maxx shop girl in £1,200 till fiddle

A shop worker in the Black Country gave more than £1,200 worth of goods to customers without scanning them at the till, a court heard.


Football ban for man who threw coins

A West Bromwich Albion fan who threw coins at Wolves rivals at a match after his 13-year-old son was hit by a coin, has been given a three-year football banning order.


Health boss stored 17,000 images of children

A former Midland health chief found to have more than 17,000 pornographic images of young girls stored on his computer has walked free from court.


Katie Melua concert review – Birmingham Symphony Hall

The little lady in black, Katie Melua, showed she is a performer of enormous talent and contrast to a nearly-packed symphony hall, switching seamlessly between rock chick, torch singer and playful songstress.


Jail for drug dealer in kidney operation

A man was caught dealing drugs in a Black Country street months after being allowed into the UK from the Caribbean to donate a kidney to his sick brother, a court heard.


Patients left waiting over cancer results

The number of patients in the West Midlands waiting more than six weeks for tests to confirm whether they have cancer has more than doubled in a year, figures revealed today.

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