Serial fraudster and former West Midlands football club chairman Bill Williams will be forced to pay back just a fraction of his £413,000 criminal enterprise.

A 120-year-old soft drinks company in the Black Country has been taken over in a move that will create dozens of jobs and spark millions of pounds investment.

A bit of help from Prince’s Trust volunteers based at a Black Country police station has served up a treat for a local charity.

Pleck ABC’s Liam Etheridge took a big points win in the junior ABA championships – as Walsall Wood’s ABC Daniel Breeze sailed through without boxing.

Pupils will start the academic year later and their kitchens will be closed under radical plans for a school in Wednesbury.

The Fitness First gym company is to sell 50 loss-making sites across the UK after striking a deal with its lenders to wipe out debts of £565 million. The group is the largest health club group in the world.

Wednesbury ABC’s Jack Wood will be looking to drag Pat McCormack into the trenches when he meets the world champion in the junior ABA competition.

A search has been launched for a new headteacher to take over the reins at a Wednesbury school after the current one announced he would be leaving at the end of the year.

Pleck ABC’s Liam Etheridge stunned five-time national amateur champion Marc Leach with a countback win in the junior ABA championships.

Black Country duo Matthew Dicken and Ash Khayat both competed in the opening events of the PDC Youth Tour at the weekend.