Tim Witherspoon calls Chisora v Fury

Former world champion Tim Witherspoon has mapped out the blueprint of what fellow heavyweight title holder Dereck Chisora needs to do to beat Tyson Fury.


Young Mutley targets one last shot

West Bromwich’s Young Mutley is hoping to launch a last-ditch bid for a major title in the autumn – but will retire at the end of the year if the fight doesn’t happen.


Years of service at an end for teachers

Long-serving school workers in the Black Country and Staffordshire have been bidding a final fond farewell to pupils and colleagues.


Cars 2 3D

Italian racing car Francesco Bernoulli goads Lightning McQueen into participating in a newly announced championship organised by environmentalist Miles Axlerod.


Horrible Bosses

For some people, work is a means to an end: pay the mortgage, fund the children through college, save for the annual holiday.


First look inside new bus station

It has taken 15 months to complete and brought disruption to the city centre, but the city’s new £22.5 million bus station is finally here.


Heating firm AmbiRad is snapped up in £18m deal

Brierley Hill heating business AmbiRad has been bought by an American group in an £18 million deal, it was revealed today.


Sandwell tenants face 7.6pc rent rise

Council tenants in Sandwell will have to pay hundreds of pounds extra in rent after a 7.6 per cent rise was approved.


Best of the Web – The Hey Ya twins

Every day, we scour the web to find the most interesting, funniest and most talked about pages on the Internet to keep you going until home time.


Shamed ex-detective cleared of shoplifting

A disgraced former West Midlands Police detective who cheated taxpayers out of more than £3,600 in a benefits con has had a separate charge of shoplifting dropped.

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