Chasetown boss wants a derby double

Chasetown manager Chris Brindley has targeted a derby double over two of his former clubs as the Scholars look to follow their Hednesford win against Rushall Olympic.


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Ten-man Wolves pulled off a defensive masterclass to earn a point to deny Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.


Jez Moxey finding the market tough going

Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey today revealed his doubts about the club’s ability to cash in on the January sales.


Rubbish queues build up at tips

After the rush for the sales, today brought another annual tradition – the long queue for the tip.


House fire drugs find

A cannabis factory sparked a blaze at a Black Country home.


Violence erupts as fans clash at Banks’s

Trouble flared when Walsall took on Sheffield Wednesday yesterday, as the biggest crowd this season descended on the Banks’s Stadium.


Mild weather leads to rise for garden centre trade

Garden centres across the Black Country and Staffordshire have seen a boom in trade this month thanks to the unseasonably mild weather.


Shoplifters are costing traders £20k a month

Shoplifters have stolen more than £360,000 worth of goods from three major Midland shopping centres in just 18 months – costing traders more than £20,000 a month, it emerged today.


Birth centres to ease pressure on hospitals

More mothers-to-be will be sent to specialist centres to give birth to ease the pressure on over-stretched hospitals, it can be revealed today.


Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley joins hunt spectators

Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley was among hundreds of spectators who gathered for an annual Boxing Day hunt in Staffordshire.

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