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The new Peaky Blinders tour at Black Country Living Museum. Leo Kosanovic who tavelled all the way from Croatia to see the tour! Tim Thursfield/Iconic Media Group placeholder image

Croatian Peaky Blinders superfan came all way to Dudley for film tour

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New flavours and warm welcome at refurbished Wolverhampton pub

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Pubs could be given protections to stop becoming next ‘Crooked House’

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Plus Prolific shoplifter with more than 200 convictions to his name jailed

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Inside Dudley's oldest church as it finally gets help with repairs

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Village takeaway fined £30k after reports of rats and filthy kitchen

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End of an era as Christmas tree sales end at Cannock Chase forest

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Plus Bridgnorth shoplifter, 33, stole £300 of meat from Sainsbury's

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Plus Former cafe owner jailed for keeping guns and drugs is ordered to pay

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Dudley flats plan rejected for 'oppressive, prison-like' design

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Sandwell Council approves tougher new rule for HMOs in the borough

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Neighbours complain noise from bar knocks pictures off their walls

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Diwali celebrations come to iconic National Trust manor

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‘Needs time’ - Boss reveals what Wolves summer signing must improve

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‘The moment’: Wolves’ striker crisis opens door for teenage loanee

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Historic Staffordshire village pub begins new life after reopening

Top Sports Stories

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‘Needs time’ - Boss reveals what Wolves summer signing must improve

The Wolves boss has issued a challenge to the summer signing.

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‘The moment’: Wolves’ striker crisis opens door for teenage loanee

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Breaking Wolves suffer fresh injury blow as forward ruled out of Burnley clash

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West Brom v Blackburn: Baggies boss focused on 'fine margins'

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Raul Jimenez ‘surprisingly positive’ after ‘big punch’ Wolves blow

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WATCH: Latest Wolves update after Burnley pre-match press conference

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Tosin, Reid, Roberts: Our West Brom and Blackburn 'played for both' XI

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Plus You give one Wolves player a 1/10 against Bolton - fan ratings

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Wolves’ momentum has vanished - and they have questions to answer Luke Powell

Crime

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Two people charged after man 'chased onto bus' and stabbed

A man and a boy have been charged with a number of offences following the incident.

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Cars seized as residents slam 'disgusting' Wolverhampton fly-tipping

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Investigation begins after man assaulted in Staffordshire village

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Man arrested after police chase following Staffordshire car meets

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Plus Wolverhampton Diwali murder trial: Accused driver grilled over lies

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Large quantity of cannabis seized from address after police raid

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Shifnal shop targeted in early-morning attempted burglary

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Drugs users jailed after abducting girl who was sexually assaulted

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Man charged with terrorism offences after arrest in Birmingham

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Watch: Huge progress on demolition of former Wilko store

Nostalgia

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Titanic explorer visits Midland factory that made captain's megaphone

Man who discovered Titanic megaphone visits the Birmingham factory that made it

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Plus When it was Moor the merrier for Wolves

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Plus Billy Wright – Golden memories of a Wolves and England legend

Business

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Poundland is seeking 400 temporary seasonal staff as Christmas nears

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Businesses can open their eyes to potential online opportunities

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Car dealership responds to 'inappropriate comments' made towards staff

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39-acre extension of Wolverhampton's i54 to create hundreds of jobs

Education

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West Midlands school opens new nursery for two-year-olds

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Council's SEND spending set to almost double as new hub agreed

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21 adorable first-day-of-school photos from Black Country and Staffs

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Fire doors at school to be replaced after 'not meeting regulations'

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Wolverhampton primary school celebrates Ofsted praise as result rise

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'Highly inclusive' primary school celebrates Ofsted success

Your World

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West Brom Building Society creates new employment opportunities for young people...

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Vape shops to stop offering free gifts this month under new UK rules

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JCB pledges £7,500 to historic village church restoration appeal

Politics

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Another Dudley councillor defects to Reform

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Councillor concerned over comments demanding planners be 'hunted down'

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Council leader urges Gov. to review national planning policy change

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'Common sense' prevails as council won't to spend £250k on artwork

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'Nothing short of phenomenal' - Mayor says youth employment target met

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Reform to axe climate emergency declaration in Sandwell

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Yorkshire country house hotel spa stay down to under £55 per person

Health

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Plus Wolverhampton man in court over theft of chocolates from Bridgnorth

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Every medical ward at Dudley hospital accredited for end-of-life care

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Urgent and emergency care performance 'worsened' at hospital

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Plus I've had to crawl to my home due to hospital parking - disabled man

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Chiefs apologise for parking errors that saw priest get ticket

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17 brilliant images as fitness star Joe Wicks visits Smethwick school

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