Wolverhampton’s Don Salvo restaurant is put on the market

A popular Italian restaurant in Wolverhampton is to be sold by its owners, who say the city centre is no longer “up to standard.”


Man stabbed to death in West Midlands street

A 22-year-old man has been found stabbed to death in a West Midlands street.


Dozens using police stations facing night closure

More than 60 people a night enter five police stations in the Black Country set to close for up to 16 hours a day under cost-cutting plans, it emerged today.


Car park users stung over ‘unclear’ fees

Drivers at a Black Country town centre car park are underpaying and getting tickets because of an obscured sign, it was claimed today.


Garages are rocked by soaring petrol thefts

The number of petrol thefts from forecourts across the Midlands has soared by almost 28 per cent, with increasing fuel prices believed to be behind the rise.


Hospital in breach of mixed sex ward rules

Patients in Stafford are the only ones being forced to sleep on mixed-sex wards in the region after its crisis-hit hospital failed to hit targets, it has emerged.


Penguin Cove is a splash as colony move in

A £500,000 habitat has been created to house a colony of Humboldt penguins at a Midlands tourist attraction.


Rotary race raises charity cash

More than 250 runners braved the cold weather to take part in a 10k run over Cannock Chase to raise thousands of pounds for charity.


Santa leads Stafford’s Christmas parade

Thousands of people came out onto Stafford’s main shopping street to help the town begin its festive celebrations.


Stourbridge fans queue for FA Cup tickets

Dozens of fans queued up yesterday to get a ticket for Stourbridge’s FA Cup First Round replay against Plymouth.

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