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Following last year’s success, Birmingham Hippodrome has announced the return of Six Summer Saturdays, bringing outdoor theatre to Birmingham city centre from Saturday July 9 to Saturday August 13. And it’s all for free.

“Wolverhampton on the Fringe”, Light House’s comedy season continues this July featuring some of the best comedians, new faces, and seasoned-pros on the circuit. Next up is magician and comedian Pete Firman with Matt Kirshen.

Wolves will play Celtic in a pre-season friendly at Parkhead next month.

Department store TJ Hughes was today on the brink of administration, placing more than 4,000 jobs in jeopardy.

Take That stormed Villa Park as their spectacular Progress Live 2011 arrived in the West Midlands.

A four vehicle crash closed the M6 near Wednesbury in the rush hour today – causing motorists delays of more than an hour.

Bosses of a Wolverhampton city centre bar have been told to pay more than £8,000 after admitting “appalling” standards of hygiene.

More than 70 schools and colleges across Staffordshire and the Black Country will be closed on Thursday because of union strikes. And the list is likely to grow even longer as more headteachers declare their intentions today.

Experts behind a damning probe into Stafford Hospital’s surgery department failed to check if bosses at the trust acted on their findings.

A builder accused of taking hundreds of pounds from a Black Country pensioner for work on his home made “excuse after excuse” as to why it was never done, a court heard.