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Midland Met Hospital 'back on track' as work restarts

Midland Met Hospital 'back on track' as work restarts

Sandwell's stalled £475 million 'super hospital' is back on track - that is the message from Health Secretary Matt Hancock as work finally re-started after a nine-month delay.

Smethwick | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Drug-driver jailed for causing death of Great Barr teenager Charlie Heywood

Drug-driver jailed for causing death of Great Barr teenager Charlie Heywood

Great Barr | Last updated: 8 hours ago

Perfect place to pick best Tipton park picture

Perfect place to pick best Tipton park picture

Tipton | Last updated: Oct 21, 2018

Wolves fan in court for punching two teenage West Brom supporters

Wolves fan in court for punching two teenage West Brom supporters

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Oct 20, 2018

'Peanut-free korma' lands West Bromwich restaurant £3,000 fine

'Peanut-free korma' lands West Bromwich restaurant £3,000 fine

West Bromwich | Last updated: Oct 20, 2018

Man dumped tons of waste on disused land in Smethwick

Man dumped tons of waste on disused land in Smethwick

Smethwick | Last updated: Oct 20, 2018

A real benchmark: Fundraiser Viv is vision of health

A real benchmark: Fundraiser Viv is vision of health

Smethwick | Last updated: Oct 20, 2018

Police using extra powers to stop and search people in West Bromwich

Police using extra powers to stop and search people in West Bromwich

West Bromwich | Last updated: Oct 19, 2018

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Entertainment

White Christmas heading to Stourbridge thanks to new theatre show

White Christmas heading to Stourbridge thanks to new theatre show

We're dreaming of a white Christmas! Theatre performers are in the festive spirit for their latest show.

Merry Christmas everybody! Slade star Dave Hill launches festivities at IKEA Wednesbury

Merry Christmas everybody! Slade star Dave Hill launches festivities at IKEA Wednesbury

Slade legend Dave Hill, who plays on the perennial hit Merry Christmas Everybody, opened festivities early at the giant IKEA store in Wednesbury.

Theatre group perform whodunit thriller

Theatre group perform whodunit thriller

A theatre group is preparing to stage its latest production of an Alan Ayckbourn comedy.

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Facebook Presents: Beyond The Screen - FREE SCREENINGS at Everyman Birmingham

Facebook Presents: Beyond The Screen - FREE SCREENINGS at Everyman Birmingham

Everyman Cinema 19:00 - 20:00

Improvisation Level 1 & 2

Improvisation Level 1 & 2

The Blue Orange Theatre 19:30 - 21:30

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Man jailed after high-speed crash left two people with life-changing injuries

Man jailed after high-speed crash left two people with life-changing injuries

Oldbury | Last updated: Oct 19, 2018

Alleged Black Country cannabis farmers face deportation

Alleged Black Country cannabis farmers face deportation

Oldbury | Last updated: Oct 19, 2018

Venues for Birmingham Commonwealth Games events unveiled

Venues for Birmingham Commonwealth Games events unveiled

Sandwell | Last updated: Oct 19, 2018

Man charged with robberies at elderly people's homes in West Bromwich

Man charged with robberies at elderly people's homes in West Bromwich

West Bromwich | Last updated: Oct 19, 2018

Football pitch will stay at Commonwealth Games aquatics site

Football pitch will stay at Commonwealth Games aquatics site

Smethwick | Last updated: Oct 19, 2018

Man wanted after tools stolen from RSPB

Man wanted after tools stolen from RSPB

West Bromwich | Last updated: Oct 19, 2018

Appeal after serving prisoner escapes open jail and goes on the run

Dudley | Last updated: Oct 18, 2018

Lowlife burglar 'sorry' after break-in at 90-year-old's home

Oldbury | Last updated: Oct 18, 2018

Three Degrees story retold for new stage production - WATCH

West Bromwich | Last updated: Oct 17, 2018

Attempted ram-raid leads police to cannabis farm at Black Country industrial estate

Oldbury | Last updated: Oct 17, 2018

Pensioner hit by taxi 'struck by overtaking Mercedes' near Smethwick temple

Smethwick | Last updated: Oct 17, 2018

Blind Dave celebrates team effort after Great Wall of China triumph

West Bromwich | Last updated: Oct 18, 2018

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West Bromwich Albion

Darren Moore wants deadly West Brom to score even more

Darren Moore wants deadly West Brom to score even more

West Bromwich Albion | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Five talking points from West Brom's defeat to Wigan

Five talking points from West Brom's defeat to Wigan

West Bromwich Albion | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Analysis: West Brom need to match Wigan's inventiveness and intensity away from home

Analysis: West Brom need to match Wigan's inventiveness and intensity away from home

West Bromwich Albion | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Darren Moore urges West Brom to move on as Jake Livermore apologises

Darren Moore urges West Brom to move on as Jake Livermore apologises

West Bromwich Albion | Last updated: 17 hours ago

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Next Game Wed 24 Oct 2018 vs Derby

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Sandwell - Past and Present

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Sandwell Landmarks

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Sandwell is comparatively young, having only been established in 1974, when it brought together the six towns of West Bromwich, Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton and Wednesbury. Its picturesque parkland, Sandwell Valley, is one of its most loved landmarks.

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'Peanut-free korma' lands West Bromwich restaurant £3,000 fine

'Peanut-free korma' lands West Bromwich restaurant £3,000 fine

West Bromwich | Last updated: Oct 20, 2018

Police using extra powers to stop and search people in West Bromwich

West Bromwich | Last updated: Oct 19, 2018

Man charged with robberies at elderly people's homes in West Bromwich

West Bromwich | Last updated: Oct 19, 2018

Tipton

Perfect place to pick best Tipton park picture

Perfect place to pick best Tipton park picture

Tipton | Last updated: Oct 21, 2018

Young Treyden leads procession to remember his nan

Bilston | Last updated: Oct 16, 2018

Last orders? Plans backed to turn well-known Tipton pub into shop

Tipton | Last updated: Sep 29, 2018

Oldbury

Man jailed after high-speed crash left two people with life-changing injuries

Man jailed after high-speed crash left two people with life-changing injuries

Oldbury | Last updated: Oct 19, 2018

Alleged Black Country cannabis farmers face deportation

Oldbury | Last updated: Oct 19, 2018

Lowlife burglar 'sorry' after break-in at 90-year-old's home

Oldbury | Last updated: Oct 18, 2018

Wednesbury

CCTV appeal after girl assaulted on bus in Wednesbury

CCTV appeal after girl assaulted on bus in Wednesbury

Wednesbury | Last updated: Oct 13, 2018

Grieving youth in cannabis racket spared detention

Wednesbury | Last updated: Oct 5, 2018

Talking to them is the trick: Wednesbury gardener Chris is a monster veg expert

Wednesbury | Last updated: Sep 23, 2018