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Carpet maker Brintons was today in talks about selling all or part of its business as it looks to bring new investment into the business.

Concerns over the number of deaths at Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital have sparked an inquiry, it emerged today.

Staffordshire police are giving web users live minute by minute updates from court hearings across the county to show the justice system in action. Follow proceedings here.

Villa today struck a deal with Wigan to sign winger Charles N’Zogbia for a fee of £9.5million as manager Alex McLeish closes in on his second major signing.

Motorists faced long delays today when two concrete stairs fell off the back of a wagon on a busy Staffordshire road causing long delays.

It has been 14 months in the making but Wolverhampton’s £22.5 million bus station is now up and running.

Up to 1,000 angry bus users have hit out at new changes to their local services, claiming they will increase journey times or leave some people facing walks of more than a mile to catch alternative services.

Transport Secretary Philip Hammond was today accused of launching a “desperate” last ditch bid to bolster support for a controversial £32bn high speed rail line through the West Midlands.

A record 30,000-strong crowd of country music fans flocked to the Black Country for an annual festival – and are now waiting to hear if their line dancing efforts have put them in the Guiness World Record books.

A youth centre in Rugeley went up in flames following a break in by arsonists.