Dale Williams

Five held over killing in Wolverhampton road

FIVE men were being questioned by detectives today after a 59-year-old man was deliberately mown down and killed by a car in the Midlands.Read

Schools launch blitz on knives

HAND-held scanners are to be used by schools in Sandwell to crack down on children carrying knives, it was announced today.Read

Dad stabbed by vandals in Wednesbury

A FATHER-of-two was brutally stabbed when he confronted teenage vandals in a Midland street.Read

Women set for aid mission to Romania

A GROUP of Midland women are gearing up for a major aid mission to children in Romania.Read

Say a big hello to Santa – at home!

AS a lad in the 1970s a visit to Santa usually meant a trek on the bus to Walsall where a grotto would have been fashioned in some festive corner of Woolworths.Read

Cameras for crossing wardens in Dudley

HI-TECH cameras are to be fitted to lollipop crossing wardens’ poles as part of a pioneering scheme to boost safety for children walking to school in Dudley.Read

Psychic investigator looks into spooky painting

APPEAL: Readers asked to shed light on picture which has spooked so manyRead

Dudley Council workers in national golf competition

IT MAY be a fair way off their day jobs, but three council workers have certainly got into the swing of their favourite hobby.Read

Craig Yates bids for TV glory in Last Choir Standing

FORMER Midlands Choirboy of the Year Craig Yates is set for more singing glory on the BBC’s Last Choir Standing show.Read

Tenis star Jordanne Whiley heads for Bejing Paralympics

RISING tennis star Jordanne Whiley hopes to be serving up success when she jets off to Beijing on August 29 for the Paralympics. Read

Row over ‘cash cow’ cameras

A TOP level review of speed cameras is set to be launched by Walsall to ensure they are not being used as “cash cows”.Read

It's A-level party time!

HUNDREDS of students across the Black Country were celebrating today after getting a bumper haul of A-level passes.Read

Gay quarter plans an extravaganza of activities

BIRMINGHAM’S Gay Village venues are set to re-launch an August bank holiday community fun event.Read

Conference on teen problems in West Bromwich

MORE than 2,000 young people are attending the first conference of its kind in the Midlands to address problems faced by teenagers like gang culture and gun crime.Read

Lotto cash boost for twin libraries in Sandwell

A BIG Lottery-funded scheme that will transform two Sandwell libraries into community hubs has been given the seal of approval.Read

ANIMAL welfare watchdogs today hailed the jailing of a Midland couple in their 60s for killing a pensioner’s dog as sending a “clear message to the public” that cruelty to animals will not be tolerated.Read

Priceless legacy of Navy man

A CHARITY set up in memory of a Halesowen submariner has been working with Dudley Council to help young people.Read

Kitchen blaze traps Smethwick family

A FRIGHTENED mum and her teenage children were led to safety by firefighters after a blaze filled their home with thick, choking smoke.Read

Axe threatened line from Walsall to Wolverhampton 'booming, say campaigners

PASSENGER use on a doomed Black Country rail link which looks set to be axed by December has grown massively, campaigners fighting to save it claimed today.Read

West Bromwich couple face jail for hurling dog from balcony

A HUSBAND and wife were today facing jail after admitting beating a dog to death before it was hurled from a fifth-floor balcony as its elderly owner lay dying in hospital.Read

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