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It’s an ‘L’ of a trial for test drivers

Taking a HGV test in South Staffordshire is proving one ‘L’ of an inconvenience for learner drivers.

Boom! Boom! It’s a brush with Basil

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Television superstar Basil Brush is in the Midlands next week with his High Skool Mania show. He talks to MARK ANDREWS about the pressing news stories of the day.

It’s the jailhouse rock for rabbit

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Rarely has a prisoner received such royal treatment by the normally no-nonsense boys in blue.

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Mario stages biggest stunt

A notorious mystery artist who has been leaving beer mats adorned with the image of singer Mario Lanza has pulled one of his biggest ever stunts in Wolverhampton.

Mystery of dead pythons in trees

Two dead 6ft-long pythons have been discovered hanging from trees in a Staffordshire country park.

Ferret’s playtime squeeze

An albino ferret was cut out of a drainpipe by firefighters in Bloxwich today.

Vulture preys on woman’s home

They are more at home feeding on carcasses in the middle of the desert – so a Black Country woman was more than a little surprised to see a giant vulture perched on top of a neighbour’s house.

Will the real Partridge please stand up?

Fighting fires in the West Midlands is probably one of the least likely places people would expect to find Alan Partridge.

4p or not 4p – that’s the deal for Mark

Noel Edmonds dubbed it “one of the biggest heartbreak games of all time”.

Animal collector fined for crocodile in bedroom

A Black Country reptile enthusiast landed himself a £100 fine after “rescuing” a crocodile from a pet shop and giving it a home in his Wolverhampton bedroom.

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