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Alex McLeish today reflected that 2011 has been a “rollercoaster” as he aims to get Villa punching above their weight next year.

Wolves today sealed their second signing of the January transfer window with the capture of Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong for the rest of the season.

Gipsies, whose bid to move caravans on to green belt land in South Staffordshire failed, have today vowed to resurrect the scheme and take their fight to the High Court.

Thieves stole £500 from a Smethwick pensioner after taking her purse from her handbag. The victim, aged 81, had been to a bank on Bearwood Road.

Wolves academy stars past and present collide on opposite sides at Bolton on New Year’s Eve.

Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan was born in a place called Evergreen Park in Illinois and the claret and blue fans hope he thinks the grass at Villa Park is greener.

Aston Villa striker Darren Bent is convinced wingers Marc Albrighton and Charles N’Zogbia are starting to produce the kind of displays to “hurt” opposition teams.

Birmingham full-back David Murphy is looking for a game of one half when Blues welcome Blackpool to St Andrew’s in their last game of 2011.

A woman who was stabbed to death in Wolverhampton had been knifed 18 times in the chest and abdomen it was revealed today as police launched a murder inquiry into her death.

Three men and a woman appeared in court today charged with robbery following a raid at a house in Wolverhampton.