Olly Murs announces Birmingham LG Arena show

Olly Murs, whose new single Heart Skips A Beat, featuring Rizzle Kicks is out today – will play Birmingham’s LG Arena next February as part of a headline arena tour.


Average White Band head for Wolverhampton Slade Rooms

Renowned for the hits Pick Up The Pieces and Cut the Cake, the Average White Band play Wolverhampton Slade Rooms this week.


Pictures from Wolves 2 Fulham 0

Expressandstar.com bring you the pictures from Molineux as Wolves maintain their perfect start to the season after their first home game of the campaign.


Pictures from Aston Villa 3 Blackburn 1

Expressandstar.com bring you the pictures as Alex McLeish’s first home charge of Aston Villa ends with a convincing win over Blackburn.


Pictures from Walsall 1 Yeovil 1

Expressandstar.com bring you the pictures from the Banks’s Stadium as Walsall let another lead slide and have to settle for a draw against Yeovil in League One.


No cameras, no Asbos – riot control 1970s-style

Ah, the good old days, writes Peter Rhodes.  A reader who was a police  motorcyclist remembers an emergency call to assist mounted police at a Blues v Villa match in the late 1970s:


Latest transfer rumours – August 22

Expressandstar.com bring you the latest transfer gossip on Wolves, Albion, Villa, Birmingham and Walsall.


Wolves 2 Fulham 0

Wolves went top of the Premier League for at least two hours after continuing their 100 per cent start to the season with a highly-deserved win over Fulham.


Middlesbrough 3 Birmingham 1

Birmingham’s travel sickness continued as they fell to their second Championship defeat in a row.


Pictures from Chelsea 2 Albion 1

Expressandstar.com bring you the pictures from Stamford Bridge after another late winner condems Albion to a unlucky defeat at Chelsea.

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