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Bogus alarm crooks jailed over £100,000-a-year racket

Two corrupt businessmen who ran a £100,000-a-year bogus burglar alarm racket across the Black Country were starting lengthy jail sentences today.


Steven Fletcher is missed at Wolves

Boss Mick McCarthy today admitted Wolves are sorely missing £7m record signing Steven Fletcher.


Customs raids uncover £800k of contraband booze in Wednesbury

More than 1.7 million cans of beer and bottles of wine have been seized by customs officers in the largest alcohol bust in the Black Country.


Man, 22, to be quizzed on death of Stafford woman

A 22-year-old man was in custody today after being arrested in connection with the murder of a Stafford woman.


Tributes to teenager who drowned in Smethwick canal

The family of one of the teenagers who died after falling into a Black Country canal have paid tribute to her.


Shane Long fights for Ireland fitness

West Brom ace Shane Long is using an oxygen chamber to make the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2012 play-off.


West Midlands drivers in road misery

Drivers faced motorways misery in the West Midlands as roadworks, a crash and the end of the school half term holiday combined to cause chaos.


Severe wounds after worker’s fingers trapped in machine

A man suffered severe wounds to his hands after his fingers became trapped in a meat-sorting machine at a Black Country abattoir.


Stephen Ward happy at left-back

Wolves left-back Stephen Ward today vowed to save manager Mick McCarthy a fortune in the transfer market.

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