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Father and daughter Joe and Emmie Hayes have made slimming a family affair – by swapping stodgy diets for healthy living and shedding more than 11st between them.

Proposals to change the layout of the multi-million pound Walsall Arboretum junction have been scrapped by the council amid concerns it could cause congestion.

Up to £9 million will be raised through selling off 11 county council-owned buildings in Staffordshire after the authority moved into new headquarters.

Readers havhe been contacting the Express & Star to tell us about items which were bought decades ago, but are still going strong.

Campaigners in Great Barr have received a festive boost after plans for a 60ft phone mast were rejected by planners. Mobile phone giant Vodafone wanted to build the 60ft mast on land behind Bowman Road.

Stewardesses aboard Cebu Pacific Airlines dance along to ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ during their safety demonstrations. Watch the video.

Shops, offices and homes could fill the Sandwell College building in West Bromwich after students move on to a new £77 million campus, council chiefs have revealed.

Six residents have been handed £75 fines and 700 more sent warning letters for putting out their rubbish too early in Dudley, it emerged today.

Aston Villa winger Marc Albrighton has revealed his blistering return to form can be attributed to watching a DVD of his own best bits with the rest of his family.

West Brom defender Gareth McAuley today backed team-mate Billy Jones to rise to the challenge if he is called into Christmas action.