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Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson

Twenty from one Stourbridge school bound for Oxbridge

WHAT a score - King Edward VI sixth-form college in Stourbridge is celebrating after 20 outstanding students were offered places at Oxford and Cambridge. Read

A reminder of the last earthquake in 2002

TODAY's earthquake brought back vivid memories of the last tremors to hit the Midlands less than six years ago. Read

My heroes

IT'S the smile that says thanks for saving my life. Read

Tributes to brave Richard

MORE than 200 colleagues of a Wednesbury father held a two-minute silence after he lost a brave 12-month battle with cancer aged just 39. Read

Lenny airs new material before trip down under

COMEDIAN Lenny Henry is to perform two exclusive dates in Worcester ahead of his Australian tour. Read

Phil Parker from Dudley

'We'll never forget'

THE 50th anniversary of the death of Duncan Edwards - the Flower of the Black Country - was commemorated in an emotional thanksgiving service. Read

Walsall bus station

Calls to bulldoze £5m bus station

CALLS were made today for Walsall's £5 million bus station to be knocked down after the second serious smash in six months. Read

Duncan Edwards

Thanksgiving for hero's short life

HUNDREDS of people were expected to pay their respects to Midland football legend Duncan Edwards at a thanksgiving service today. Read

Women injured as buses crash in Walsall station

TWO elderly women suffered serious head injuries after two buses collided in an accident at Walsall bus station this morning. Read

Heidi Falconer

Water allergy girl reaches 21st birthday

SHE was the girl who touched the hearts of people across the country as she fought a rare life-threatening allergy to water. Read

Samantha with Stuart and Karen Dorrance

Sam's the star of the show

A TEENAGE stage star from the Midlands is fronting a major new talent contest on the Disney Channel. Read

Teen stabbed in shops car park

A TEENAGER was left bleeding heavily after being stabbed in an attack near the Merry Hill shopping centre. Read

New Cross Hospital

New hospital is hit by virus

A SICKNESS bug which has been sweeping the Black Country for months, causing hospital patients and staff to be violently ill, has again closed wards in a new outbreak. Read

Beer can costs litterbug £350

A MAN who threw an empty beer can on the ground in the Midlands has paid the price - with a court bill of £350. Read

Thanks dad

A BLACK Country sales director was thanking his lucky stars today - after his dad's advice saved his life. Read

Firemen rescue children in blaze

TWO children were taken to hospital after being rescued from a smoke-filled house in the Black Country today. Read

Teenager attacked by pervert

A SEX attacker who pounced on a terrified teenage girl in the Black Country was being hunted by police today. Read

Man hurt in pit fall

A MAN was taken to hospital after falling into a pit and getting stuck between steel coils in the Midlands. Read

Hospital patient died from natural causes

A FOUR-month police investigation into the death of a grandmother in a Midland hospital has concluded she died from natural causes. But the family of 73-year-old June Colley today insisted they still want answers over how she died. Read

Keith Edwards, cousin to Duncan Edwards

50 years on, Duncan still draws a crowd

A "SMALL, simple memorial service" turned into a commemoration as colossal as the great man himself as the name Duncan Edwards lived on in front of his impressive statue. Read

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Steve is the chief reporter at the West Bromwich office and has been a journalist for more than 30 years.

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