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A blaze has ripped through a landmark former glass factory in the Black Country just days before it was due to be demolished.

A man has been jailed for drowning his former partner’s dog in a bucket of water before burying it in the back garden of her Staffordshire home.

A maid who helped run a Black Country brothel has been ordered to pay back thousands of pounds of her ill gotten gains.

Almost 2,000 households in a Black Country borough have requested extra bin bags since council chiefs imposed a limit on how many could be put out for collection it has emerged.

A drug dealer who plied his trade from the passenger seat of a car was today beginning a six-year jail term.

Rail passengers were today warned they face travel misery over the bank holiday weekend with hundreds of miles of track shut for engineering works.

A rare breeding bird has been spotted at a Staffordshire nature reserve during a bumper week in which a host of new species have been seen at the site.

Sabre Gilmartin has travelled more than three-and-a-half thousand miles to perfect a traditional Black Country skill that has made her a popular name in the industry.

Three heroes from the West Midlands who braved a blazing vehicle to rescue its badly-burned driver during a pile-up on the motorway are to receive top bravery honours.

Mick McCarthy today handed Villa fans an open invitation to give Roger Johnson some stick in tomorrow’s derby  at Villa Park – because he believes it will make the Wolves captain play better.