Local Newspaper Week starts today. SHAUN JEPSON examines the Express & Star’s major role in helping the victims of last year’s riots.

A teenager who burgled a city centre shop during last summer’s riots has avoided custody with a six-month referral order and curfew.

Police today revealed they have made 10 further arrests in connection with the riots which rocked parts of the West Midlands last summer.

Police investigating the Wolverhampton riots today launched a fresh appeal to round up nine final suspected thugs for their part in the summer troubles in the city.

Nineteen boxes of trainers suspected of being stolen during the summer riots were recovered from a house in Wolverhampton today.

A 13-year-old boy from Wolverhampton today pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods taken in the summer riots which brought chaos and violence to the city centre.

A thug who repeatedly kicked a woman police officer as a mob rampaged through the centre of Wolverhampton during the summer riots was celebrating his 21st birthday behind bars today.

A sixth form student who stole two left footed trainers from a  city centre store during the Wolverhampton riots was locked up for 10 months amid angry scenes today.

A teenager who looted a jewellers which suffered £50,000 worth of damage and lost stock during the Wolverhampton riots walked free from court today.

A teenager who was locked up for stealing a television from a shop during Wolverhampton riots has failed to get her sentence reduced – and lost the right to keep her identity a secret.