Lisa O'Brien
Chief Reporter
Chief reporter at the Express & Star
Oldbury pub to reopen next month after £230,000 makeover both inside and out
West Brom campaigners meet with senior politicians over running of football club
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Europe’s biggest Halloween megastore returning to Merry Hill shopping centre
New McDonald’s planned for Staffordshire with more than 120 jobs on offer
Popular horror film festival returning to Stourbridge
Tram drivers to begin training along new £50 million Wolverhampton Metro link with services to start in 'coming weeks'
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Penkridge post office moving to a new home
Kingswinford vets recognised as 'dog friendly clinic'
Former international boxing champion from Walsall supporting hospital charity bout
Healthcare professionals drafted in to help Black Country GP practices cope with high demands for appointments
Man and woman who repeatedly urinated in public banned from Walsall town centre
Council warns of growing menace of rogue traders and cowboy builders as 140 reports made this year
Sixteen-year-old given appointments for lip filler treatment illegally at three Walsall salons
Ex-finance director fleeces Wolverhampton firm of almost £400,000 leaving bosses devastated
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Men seen leaving house hours before fire leads to discovery of cannabis farm
Travellers move on from tip site in Wolverhampton
Eton's new sixth form college in Dudley will be in the town centre
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Workers sorting through rubble at Crooked House site praised for being 'respectful'
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Major road improvement scheme in Staffordshire moving to next phase
Faces of brothers who were jailed after manufacturing and selling guns and bullets
Bricks and foundations to remain at Crooked House site to help with council's future investigations
Grieving couple donate cuddle cot to hospital in memory of their baby son to mark second anniversary of his death
Long-awaited Wolverhampton Metro extension will 'shortly' be handed over to operator
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Work on new pedestrian walkway between Brierley Hill town centre and Merry Hill gets under way
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Smartly dressed dog taken into care after police called to Wolverhampton railway station over concerns owner was intoxicated
Ex Burntwood school pupil will be reserve goalkeeper at Sunday's World Cup final
Plans to redevelop former Sandwell golf course with 190 homes, a primary school and park are lodged with council
Demolition work continues at Dudley Hippodrome as workmen begin to dismantle roof
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Parents open their hearts to reveal how hospice helped them in son's last year
Parents open their hearts to reveal how hospice helped them cope after their son was diagnosed with incurable condition
Applications open for grants which could help transform West Midland communities
Days away from opening of Wolverhampton East Park's new play area and splash pad
Work finishes on first new council homes to be built in Wednesbury 'for many decades'
Male voice groups get ready to raise the roof in concert at Dudley Town Hall
Improvements carried out at parks and sites in Wolverhampton thanks to Black Country-wide project
Acorns hospice has overcome great difficulties but challenges lie ahead, says charity boss
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Drivers warned of delays after crash on M6 in Staffordshire
£1.4 million roads scheme along major Stafford route reaches final phase
Wolverhampton fire safety worker wins national award
'Major milestone' as council buys up row of derelict Cradley shops that were 'blot on the landscape'
Change to bin collection times as council trials new electric refuse vehicle in Sedgley
