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West Brom have netted a record Premier League windfall of £48.3million with Aston Villa’s prize money share also increasing, official figures revealed today.
Wolves close in on new head coach
Wolves were today closing in on choosing a new head coach after chief executive Jez Moxey returned to work.
Wolves insist Leigh Griffiths will return
Wolves remain intent on bringing back Leigh Griffiths despite the Scottish Player of the Year’s public plea to stay at Hibernian.
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Dozens of friends of a mother from Staffordshire who died after battling cancer have joined forces to take part in a Race for Life in her memory.
Express & Star readers back gay marriage legislation
Hundreds of Express and Star readers have backed the legalisation of gay marriage as the coalition’s controversial bill gets debated in the House of Commons.
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Cars destroyed in Black Country scrap yard blazes
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more storiesRain affects work on Wolverhampton i54 timetable
Work on the i54 business park site in Wolverhampton is being affected due to heavy rainfall – meaning contractors could be allowed to work extra hours on the site.
Darlaston factory site overhaul hit by economy blues
Multi-million pound plans to redevelop an iconic former factory site in the Black Country have stalled due to the flat economy, bosses behind the scheme said today.
Profits tumble down to £66m for HomeServe
Profits have halved at Walsall-based emergency insurance repairs company HomeServe, the company announced today, as it copes with the loss of more than a third of its UK customer base.
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more storiesEngineering the best career path in West Midlands
Engineering skills have never been in such high demand in the West Midlands as they are currently.
Building a future with skills from construction academy
The LATA Construction Academy has spread to Kingswinford and Birmingham and will be offering young people the opportunity to enter the construction sector.
The united nations of our classrooms
The rich depth of Britain’s multi-cultural society is perhaps reflected nowhere quite so powerfully as in the classrooms of our schools where the futures of the next generation are shaped.
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