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Wolverhampton pub sealed off by police as man fights for life

Wolverhampton pub sealed off by police as man fights for life

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 1 hour ago

WATCH: Police cut their way into Black Country 'chop shop' and find shells of stolen cars

WATCH: Police cut their way into Black Country 'chop shop' and find shells of stolen cars

West Bromwich | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Black Country Asda worker stole £72,000 in checkout scam

Black Country Asda worker stole £72,000 in checkout scam

Brierley Hill | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Fox accuses MPs of trying to ‘steal’ Brexit from the people

Fox accuses MPs of trying to ‘steal’ Brexit from the people

Politics | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Brexit: What might happen next

Brexit: What might happen next

Politics | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Food review: Hamiltons Restaurant, Wolverhampton

Food review: Hamiltons Restaurant, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton restaurant reviews | Last updated: 6 hours ago

#FirefightingSexism: Four-year-old inspires global firewomen campaign

#FirefightingSexism: Four-year-old inspires global firewomen campaign

News | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour, Arena Birmingham - review

Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour, Arena Birmingham - review

Birmingham entertainment | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Driver flees as Subaru smashes into lamppost in high-speed crash

Driver flees as Subaru smashes into lamppost in high-speed crash

Dudley | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Fly me to the moon: Meet the world-famous Frank Sinatra tribute from Wolverhampton

Fly me to the moon: Meet the world-famous Frank Sinatra tribute from Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Featured

Why magic mushrooms might still be found growing in our fields and why you shouldn't pick them

For all that the weather has taken a chilly turn in the last few days, it has been a mild winter.

News | Last updated: Jan 11, 2019

Labour willing to have ‘intelligent’ Brexit conversation with PM – Watson

Labour willing to have ‘intelligent’ Brexit conversation with PM – Watson

Politics | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Downing Street says backbencher Brexit moves are ‘extremely concerning’

Downing Street says backbencher Brexit moves are ‘extremely concerning’

Politics | Last updated: 1 hour ago

WATCH: Van thief jailed after crashing into war memorial on Remembrance Day

WATCH: Van thief jailed after crashing into war memorial on Remembrance Day

Birmingham | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Great Big Thank You Awards: Full round-up as local heroes honoured - VIDEO and PICTURES

Great Big Thank You Awards: Full round-up as local heroes honoured - VIDEO and PICTURES

News | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Mother and son arrested as 15-year-old driver stopped by police

Mother and son arrested as 15-year-old driver stopped by police

Cannock | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Cold weather ‘here to stay’ with disruptive snow possible, say forecasters

Cold weather ‘here to stay’ with disruptive snow possible, say forecasters

UK News | Last updated: 20 hours ago

£16m Rowley Regis flats complex given the go-ahead

£16m Rowley Regis flats complex given the go-ahead

Rowley Regis | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Region's prisons overcrowded and close to capacity

Region's prisons overcrowded and close to capacity

Staffordshire | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

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Wolverhampton Council rejects Black Country flag calls

Wolverhampton Council rejects Black Country flag calls

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Nigel Hastilow: The week Brexit died

Nigel Hastilow: The week Brexit died

Nigel Hastilow | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Former major in cadets charged with sex offences

Former major in cadets charged with sex offences

Bilston | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Parents vow to keep fighting transport funding cuts at Walsall special school

Parents vow to keep fighting transport funding cuts at Walsall special school

Walsall | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Woman denies £45k disability fraud

Woman denies £45k disability fraud

Willenhall | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Shifnal Town Football Club reveals £1 million hub for town

Shifnal Town Football Club reveals £1 million hub for town

News | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Driver caught swerving as three times limit

Driver caught swerving as three times limit

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Natalie Putt: Open verdict as coroner says missing mum 'likely died near home'

Natalie Putt: Open verdict as coroner says missing mum 'likely died near home'

Dudley | Last updated: Jan 18, 2019

Funeral appeal for RAF dambusters couple who died 10 days apart

Funeral appeal for RAF dambusters couple who died 10 days apart

News | Last updated: Jan 18, 2019

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Crime

Wolverhampton pub sealed off by police as man fights for life

Wolverhampton pub sealed off by police as man fights for life

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 1 hour ago

WATCH: Police cut their way into Black Country 'chop shop' and find shells of stolen cars

West Bromwich | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Black Country Asda worker stole £72,000 in checkout scam

Brierley Hill | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Business

Hundreds speak out on Bridgnorth homes plans

Hundreds speak out on Bridgnorth homes plans

News | Last updated: Jan 18, 2019

Black Country business leaders call for end to Brexit stalemate

Business | Last updated: Jan 17, 2019

Tenpin strikes annual sales success

Business | Last updated: Jan 17, 2019

Education

Popular former Stourbridge teacher dies

Stourbridge | Last updated: Jan 15, 2019

Walsall grammar schools to welcome disadvantaged pupils

Walsall | Last updated: Jan 15, 2019

'Outstanding' marks for Dudley special school for third time in a row

Dudley | Last updated: Jan 15, 2019

Black Country teachers missing more than 52,000 days a year due to illness

Education | Last updated: Jan 14, 2019

Spurgeons to support more young carers in Wolverhampton

Health | Last updated: Jan 9, 2019

Walsall Council to review progress of inadequate school

Walsall | Last updated: Jan 9, 2019

Featured

WATCH: CCTV shows terrifying sledgehammer raid at Black Country casino

Footage from inside the casino has been released as police hunt the armed gang.

Crime | Last updated: Jan 11, 2019

Motors

Nissan showcases NV300 Concept-van

Nissan showcases NV300 Concept-van

Motors | Last updated: Jan 18, 2019

Land Rover Discovery Anniversary celebrates off-roader’s 30th birthday

Motors | Last updated: Jan 18, 2019

Volkswagen reveals punchier Golf GTI TCR

Motors | Last updated: Jan 18, 2019

Property

£16m Rowley Regis flats complex given the go-ahead

£16m Rowley Regis flats complex given the go-ahead

Rowley Regis | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Hundreds speak out on Bridgnorth homes plans

News | Last updated: Jan 18, 2019

Wolverhampton Council offered £1 for city's crumbling eye infirmary

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Jan 17, 2019

Health

Medical hub for blood cancer patient celebrates successful year

Medical hub for blood cancer patient celebrates successful year

Health | Last updated: Jan 11, 2019

NHS trust to take over GP services in Sandwell

Sandwell | Last updated: Jan 10, 2019

Dirty wards at mental health trust which is told to improve

Sandwell | Last updated: Jan 10, 2019

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Wolverhampton pub sealed off by police as man fights for life

Wolverhampton pub sealed off by police as man fights for life

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 1 hour ago

WATCH: What it's like to be in Wolverhampton Pipe Band

WATCH: What it's like to be in Wolverhampton Pipe Band

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 2 hours ago

WATCH: Van thief jailed after crashing into war memorial on Remembrance Day

WATCH: Van thief jailed after crashing into war memorial on Remembrance Day

Birmingham | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Great Big Thank You Awards: Full round-up as local heroes honoured - VIDEO and PICTURES

Great Big Thank You Awards: Full round-up as local heroes honoured - VIDEO and PICTURES

News | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

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Wolverhampton pub sealed off by police as man fights for life

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 1 hour ago

WATCH: Police cut their way into Black Country 'chop shop' and find shells of stolen cars

West Bromwich | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Black Country Asda worker stole £72,000 in checkout scam

Brierley Hill | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Fox accuses MPs of trying to ‘steal’ Brexit from the people

Politics | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Brexit: What might happen next

Politics | Last updated: 1 hour ago

#FirefightingSexism: Four-year-old inspires global firewomen campaign

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The Black Country

Express & Star comment: Vital that Jaguar Land Rover staff are helped

The devastating news that Jaguar Land Rover is laying off 4,500 staff will undoubtedly have long-term ramifications for the West Midlands.

Opinions | Last updated: Jan 11, 2019

Opinions

Nigel Hastilow: The week Brexit died

Nigel Hastilow: The week Brexit died

Nigel Hastilow | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Andrews on Saturday – it's hard work saving the planet

Andrews on Saturday – it's hard work saving the planet

Opinions | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Express & Star comment: Step up to your duty, Mr Corbyn

Express & Star comment: Step up to your duty, Mr Corbyn

Opinions | Last updated: Jan 18, 2019

Peter Rhodes on smart shoelaces, avoiding vaccinations and the courage of cops using Tasers

Peter Rhodes on smart shoelaces, avoiding vaccinations and the courage of cops using Tasers

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Jan 18, 2019

Peter Rhodes on lucky suits, old jokes - and the beginning of the end of a dream?

Peter Rhodes on lucky suits, old jokes - and the beginning of the end of a dream?

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Jan 17, 2019

Peter Rhodes on a sceptical bishop and how BT mangled the Queen's English

Peter Rhodes on a sceptical bishop and how BT mangled the Queen's English

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Jan 16, 2019

Readers' letters

LETTER: Dudley Hippodrome deserves a future

LETTER: Dudley Hippodrome deserves a future

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jan 7, 2019

LETTER: Need help blocking phone pests

LETTER: Need help blocking phone pests

Readers' letters | Last updated: Dec 18, 2018

LETTER: Forces should fight for UK

LETTER: Forces should fight for UK

Readers' letters | Last updated: Dec 3, 2018

LETTER: Positive news to be found

LETTER: Positive news to be found

Readers' letters | Last updated: Nov 30, 2018

LETTER: It's important to express emotion

LETTER: It's important to express emotion

Readers' letters | Last updated: Nov 19, 2018

LETTER: No deal will hurt the EU

LETTER: No deal will hurt the EU

Readers' letters | Last updated: Nov 13, 2018

UK News

Two men released after arrest by anti-terrorism officers

Two men released after arrest by anti-terrorism officers

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Teenage girl tells of helping Skripals after Novichok poisoning

Teenage girl tells of helping Skripals after Novichok poisoning

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Man’s body found near church in East Kilbride

Man’s body found near church in East Kilbride

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Salmond pledges to end ‘uncivil war’ with Sturgeon camp

Salmond pledges to end ‘uncivil war’ with Sturgeon camp

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Re-enactment of 1993 murder of Michael Ferguson amid fresh witness appeal

Re-enactment of 1993 murder of Michael Ferguson amid fresh witness appeal

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Holocaust victims laid to rest in UK synagogue ceremony

Holocaust victims laid to rest in UK synagogue ceremony

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Man arrested after bus driver threatened with knife in hijacking

Man arrested after bus driver threatened with knife in hijacking

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Dinghy carrying suspected migrants ‘towed to Dover’

Dinghy carrying suspected migrants ‘towed to Dover’

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World News

Hard terrain slows rescue of Spanish boy trapped in borehole

Hard terrain slows rescue of Spanish boy trapped in borehole

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World’s oldest man dies aged 113

World’s oldest man dies aged 113

World News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Diocese in apology after Native American surrounded by jeering youths

Diocese in apology after Native American surrounded by jeering youths

World News | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Trump offers temporary protection for immigrants in return for wall funding

Trump offers temporary protection for immigrants in return for wall funding

World News | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Dozens of migrants feared dead after boat capsizes off Libya

Dozens of migrants feared dead after boat capsizes off Libya

World News | Last updated: 21 hours ago

Spanish rescuers hope to reach borehole fall toddler in 35 hours

Spanish rescuers hope to reach borehole fall toddler in 35 hours

World News | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Mexico pipeline explosion death toll increases

Mexico pipeline explosion death toll increases

World News | Last updated: Jan 19, 2019

Yellow vest protests continue in France despite Macron outreach

Yellow vest protests continue in France despite Macron outreach

World News | Last updated: 21 hours ago

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