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Residents in Wyre Forest district are being asked for their views on plans to turn off – or dim – street lights at night to save money.

One Direction, featuring Wolverhampton’s Liam Payne, rubbed shoulders with the stars at the premiere of Men in Black 3 in New York.

A factory worker from the Midlands plunged to her death from her hotel balcony after drinking excessively and taking ecstasy during a girls’ holiday to Ibiza, an inquest has heard.

A stolen Audi was dropped off at a scrap yard near Wolverhampton today while police were visiting the site in a crackdown on metal thefts.

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A third man has been arrested in connection with a £50,000 armed robbery at the luxury home of a South Staffordshire businessman in March.

A man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after falling 3ft down a roadworks trench in Rowley Regis.

A woman suffered leg injuries when she, her father and another man fell into an 8ft deep disused water tank near Halesowen.

An 11-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital after being seriously injured in a collision with a car in Halesowen. He was given emergency treatment at the scene.