A pensioner who slashed the face of his neighbour after accusing him of spitting on his car has been jailed for two years.

An orange glow emanating from a piece of super-hot steel is perhaps a sight more associated with the Black Country industry of the past than today’s factory floors.

Trains are being delayed for almost 1,000 hours a year by metal thieves in the West Midlands, it emerged today.

Two teenagers have admitted playing a part in the £67,000 theft of copper cable from an inter-city railway line running through the West Midlands.

More than 2,200 homes and businesses in Wolverhampton were without water today, while shops and a school were forced to shut, after an underground pipe burst.

Stafford Rangers will be giving Michael Morton, Alan Nagington and Anthony Maguire another week to get themselves back up to match fitness.

New wheelie bins were being delivered to homes in Wolverhampton today – signalling the end of green boxes and unpopular white bags.

Contamination in a Midland canal that has already killed more than 10,000 fish has now spread more than eight miles – with some devastated residents revealing they had netted out some fish to save them.

Canal boat users are facing a two-day detour due to lock closures imposed to contain pollution following a fire in the Black Country – as it emerged a second stretch of water is now affected.

Thousands of fish have died after a canal in Wolverhampton became polluted following a huge fire that destroyed two warehouses.