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Who’s for the chop in Midlands boundary changes?

Boundary changes at the next election might mean five MPs could lose their seats, as Daniel Wainwright reports.


It’s a candlelit takeaway

Hungry customers were served by candlelight when the power failed at a Dudley takeaway.


Jobs joy as chain revamps

McDonald’s is pumping £5.5 million into its West Midlands restaurants, creating more than 90 jobs, it was revealed today.


The Bell Inn, Kingswinford

Our mystery meal reviewer The Insider gives The Bell Inn at Kingswinford a ringing endorsement.


Cash haul as McDonald’s targeted by robbery gang

Masked robbers snatched a cash box at a Smethwick fast food restaurant.


More than a fifth of town’s shops empty

More than a fifth of the shops in an ailing Black Country town centre are lying empty, new figures have revealed.


Brawl biker starts six-year term

A Black Country Hells Angel who fled to South Africa after being convicted of taking part in a terrifying airport brawl is beginning a six-year jail sentence today.


Explosion scare in tyre fire at garage

Families were ordered to stay inside their homes during a blast alert as fire tore through a pile of tyres near four gas cylinders outside a Dudley garage early today.


Memories of the Pig are just off the wall

It once stood in the heart of the community – a place to drink, socialise and gossip. But in 2002, the Pig on the Wall was controversially demolished to make way for a McDonald’s restaurant despite protests.


Weight-loss joy for injury-hit athlete

A former heptathlete who piled on the pounds when she was forced to give up running after a car accident is celebrating after losing 7st in weight.

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