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A little more than a year ago, they were just five normal teenagers. Among them was Black Country boy Liam Payne, who spent his time studying at Wolverhampton’s St Peter’s Collegiate School and enjoying football matches at The Hawthorns.

A serial criminal, who sped through a string of red lights at up to 60mph while being pursued by police through the Black Country, has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

An author has penned a history of a West Midlands football club – and invited a Wolves legend to help launch it.

Walsall manager Dean Smith today dismissed any job fears and insisted he controls his own destiny.

The bill for redundancies at schools in Staffordshire will rise to more than £9 million by 2017, it emerged today.

It has taken five kilos of flour, three jars of golden syrup, eight bags of sugar and the complete and undivided attention of a hardworking grandmother.

When Jill and Vic  Powell welcomed two youngsters into their Staffordshire home they thought that, like a lot of children, the girls would want to eat junk food and watch hours of TV.

A young woman from the Black Country has shown she is leading the way after receiving Girlguiding UK’s top accolade, the coveted Queen’s Guide Award.

Football stars spread some winning festive cheer to young patients at Walsall Manor Hospital.

There was a liberal sprinkle of fairy dust and Christmas sparkle over the Newhampton Arts Centre last night, when the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Glee Choir, who call themselves Grand Ambition, presented their Christmas cabaret for parents and friends.