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The latest government planning guidelines for the green belt include a “presumption in favour of sustainable development,” writes Peter Rhodes.

Leading businesses are already inquiring about moving on to the new multi-million pound Darlaston Enterprise Zone, which will create thousands of new jobs in the area by 2015, council bosses said.

First-half goals from Charlie Adam and Andy Carroll sent West Brom to defeat at the Hawthorns.

Valiant Wolves pushed 10-man Manchester City hard in a display which would have beaten many teams.

Stiliyan Petrov scored one goal and set up another as Aston Villa twice threw away the lead at Sunderland.

Birmingham’s six-game winning run came to and end in a goalless draw against Brighton at St Andrews.

Walsall boss Dean Smith went to the stands and Lee Beevers played in goal for an hour in a madcap game.

A judge has called for criminals living off the taxpayer to be thrown out of their homes after a Black Country property was used for drug growing by the jobless resident.

Expressandstar.com bring you the pictures from Wolves, West Brom, Aston Villa, Birmingham and Walsall.

Undercover police officers are being dispatched to scrap metal dealers across the West Midlands to conduct a series of test purchases looking for stolen metal, it emerged today.