Jury retires to deliberate 26 charges of sexual abuse levelled at Albrighton actor
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Passenger in drive-by shooting murder car tells jury he was 'too drunk to realise what was happening'
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Four adults and a child appear in court over killing of popular Walsall father attacked at West Bromwich pub
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This is the face of the drug dealing arsonist who endangered lives of an entire Walsall street
Jury deliberating verdicts of three men charged with Darlaston attempted murder
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Two top tier Wolverhampton cocaine dealers jailed for nearly 20 years
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Former Stafford Suzuki car showroom site to be transformed into food takeaway
Entertainment and alcohol licence submitted for former Conservative Club building
Large Penn property set to be transformed from flats into children's care home
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Palestinian flag flown outside Dudley Council House ahead of candlelight vigil
Neighbouring Black Country Labour MPs reveal split on assisted dying bill
Meet Nelson, the Black Country's star canine Winston Churchill lookalike
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Parents of Albrighton actor accused of sex crimes give evidence for the defence
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Jude Bellingham reveals nan 'could not leave her house all summer due to the media'
Local footballers swapping snus for new flavoured nicotine strips
Normally mild-mannered Black Country drinkers positively bitter about Carlsberg Banks's betrayal
Gang member who caused massive fire after setting fire to shotgun ambush car jailed
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Man accused of Darlaston machete attack tells jury 'I am not a violent man'
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Uninsured driver reprimanded for using shoe laces to operate windscreen wipers
Stourport schoolchildren preparing to perform Disney magic for audiences
Car thieves dump dog in countryside after stealing car he was in
Closures set to hit A449 Stafford Road south of Penkridge in December and January
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Dudley Council is selling a former community centre site in Kates Hill
Bewdley's flood barriers erected as flooding persists across region
Albert's Schloss confirms a woman in hospital after venue attack.
Two women arrested after woman 'wounded' in popular Birmingham bar
Founder of Black Country based Peaky Blinder group wins Tommy Shelby lookalike competition at the Bullring in Birmingham
Walsall and Staffordshire train line flooded amid Storm Bert aftermath floods and wind warnings
Roads are flooded across the Black Country amid wind warnings and rain in Storm Bert aftermath
The Rusty Players Orchestra will kick off Christmas with a festive Wolverhampton concert
Bilston boxer Delicious Orie honoured by former university after making the grade
Storm Bert: West Bromwich Christmas lights switch-on cancelled due to safety reasons
Excitement builds for Bilston's big Christmas Lights switch-on tonight
Tettenhall Christmas lights switch-on event postponed for 'public safety'
'Birmingham was always going to be the first Big Mamma outside London - we've waited two years for the perfect location'
Jury told of alleged giant illegal prescription drug dealing operation in Black Country
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Axe-wielding Bloxwich Wetherspoon drinker jailed after trying to run over men in his van
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Man accused of murdering Rhiannon Whyte refuses to plead to charges
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Cabinet Secretary Pat McFadden MP pays tribute to Wolverhampton businesses in keynote speech
Sandwell's 12,000 fly-tipping incidents in one year but just 28 fines raised in Parliament
Actor accused of sexually abusing pupils demanded £18,000 for missed lessons
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