'I missed out on education as a teenage carer for my mother - I did this course to make her proud'
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Give Me Perspective Archive
See 28 of our photos as England fans in Cannock took in highs and lows of Euro 2024 semi-final
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Junior club chairman in Jude Bellingham's Black Country hometown creates eye-catching mural for star
Ambulance bosses plead with football fans to keep 'cool heads' tonight following spike in call-outs
Family shaken after shots fired at house from car as police hunt suspects
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'Very sad, greed wins again': Locals react as Marston's sells brewery shares to Carlsberg
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'Banks's isn't just a brand, it's part of city's soul': Why famous Wolverhampton brewery must stay
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'Immense pain': Family pays tribute to loved one who lost his life in a Wolverhampton house fire
Selfies at stations, songs, snaps and searching for offices: West Midlands' new MPs enter Parliament
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We visit Teddy Grays in Dudley & discover a familiar, special and traditional sweet taste of the Black Country
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Walsall animator releases Black Country-inspired film made at Oscar-winning Aardman Animations
Hope at last that car insurance premiums in the West Midlands could finally be coming down
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We visited a popular Lichfield pub for dinner which boasts about being 'really good' - here's our verdict
How the Black Death turned the West Midlands a vision of hell on earth –Mike Lockley
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'I have not stopped working since appointment' Wolverhampton's Pat McFadden, the only Black Country MP in Cabinet
Watch: Crowds flock to Stourbridge Carnival as the Black Country Festival 2024 gets underway with great community spirit
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Watch: We visit Sandwell Vehicles Show at Dartmouth Park and discovered some real classics
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Watch: We join the Race for Life in Dudley as hundreds raise money for Cancer Research UK
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In pictures: Severn Valley Railway steamed back to 1945 at special weekender in Bridgnorth
Celebration party marks new kitchen for Smethwick community centre after radio charity gift
I visited a Japanese restaurant in Shropshire and discovered a warm glow and considerable comfort
'Being someone you can trust won the votes for me' - new Dudley Labour MP Sonia Kumar on winning the General Election 2024
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre unveils first ever panto poster as it celebrates 130 years of entertaining us
In pictures: Crowds come out for nostalgia, music, comedy. stars and family fun at Penkridge Open Air
Sir Keir's stunning turnaround has seen the West Midlands turn red – but he owes Nigel Farage a beer
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6 ways Black Country and Shropshire seats will shape the outcome of the General Election
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We visit Sedgley as the neighbourhood was named among 'most desirable' places to live in the Black Country
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Express & Star general election comment: Rishi Sunak’s out but can we trust Keir Starmer?
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'My Post Office may only be one square metre big - but I'm proud of my 47 years serving my village'
The UK's last July General Election: Wolverhampton airman mulls over his vote in 1945
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'I've been waiting nearly a year for a flat': Bloxwich residents air grievances as election looms
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Big Interview: Faye Tozer Steps into exciting role as iconic Disney villainess
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Peter Rhodes on gritty guano, private palaces and the unexpected utterances of a recreated mammoth
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'What life I have now isn't worth living until I see my son again': Mother of murdered boy speaks
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Jude Bellingham: Who else! We take a look at the growing legend of our proud son of the Black Country
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Watch: Ducks at the ready for Black Country Duck Race
In pictures: A quacking day at The Black Country Duck Race
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22 fascinating summer pictures from days gone by in the West Midlands
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