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A police investigation was under way today after a woman was found dead in “suspicious circumstances” in a quiet street in Stafford.

School meal prices in Walsall could rise after council bosses announced plans to scrap funding of £79,000 a term, it emerged today.

A “wicked” killer who doused a businesswoman with white spirit after finding her in bed with his brother-in-law at a Midlands restaurant was today starting a 12-year jail sentence for her “truly appalling” death.

A benefits cheat from Walsall who pocketed more than £25,000 and used it to pay debts and support a drug habit has avoided an immediate jail sentence.

Car parking charges in Walsall town centre will be cut from next week, it was revealed today.

More than 50 tyres went up in flames after being set alight by arsonists in Walsall, forcing firefighters to demolish most of the derelict building they were being stored in.

The cost of the police investigation into riots in Wolverhampton, West Bromwich and Birmingham is closer to £10million than the £12m first feared, it has been revealed.

Yobs left a trail of destruction on a Staffordshire road after slashing tyres outside homes, causing hundreds of pounds of damage.

It will be “business as usual” at Wolverhampton’s Oceana nightspot this weekend, it was declared today, despite its parent group collapsing into administration. All of the group’s 76 venues will be open.

A car thief took police on a 100mph chase through part of the Black Country – driving on the wrong side of the road and hurling missiles at them.