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A pensioner died and three people were injured after two cars collided on the M6 in Staffordshire, closing a stretch of the motorway for around seven hours. The man was thought to have been in his 70s.

Yobs caused £10,000 worth of damage and put lives at risk when they hurled a heavy object at a train passing through Staffordshire, police said today.

More than 800 council workers in the Midlands have been made redundant in recent months, figures show.

Pop star Olly Murs treated 300 screaming fans to a show at a Black Country shopping centre – then gave his take on who could succeed him as an X Factor success.

Around 150 angry residents crowded in front of the gates of a Black Country quarry, sporting banners and placards protesting over claims of excessive noise and dust.

Over 100 furious residents were left without power and water after the block of flats where they live was hit by its tenth flood in the last four years.

When it comes to hairdressing Malcolm Price and his wife Eileen are a cut above the rest.

More than 250 people got out their running shoes and braved the hilly Midland countryside for the fifth annual Kinver Rotary Club 10k fun run.

Like Mary Poppins’ handbag, it seemed bigger on the inside than I was expecting. Maybe this was due to the mirrored walls or the fact that Sofia’s has a mezzanine level, writes Lisa O’Brien.

Some of the Black Country’s most dangerous roads can be revealed today – with accident blackspots in Wolverhampton, Walsall, Sandwell and Dudley contributing to thousands of crashes across the region.