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Progress row over field tribute to Wolves legend Norman Deeley

A PLAYING field which is to be renamed this summer in honour of Wolves and England football legend Norman Deeley has yet to be prepared for the ceremony, a councillor complained today.Read

Robots target MRSA

A MIDLAND hospital trust is to use robots costing £14,000 each in the war against superbugs.Read

Life change for mum kicking in

A MOTHER once plagued by panic attacks told today how learning martial arts had changed her life.Read

Labour hang on in Sandwell

THE Conservatives enjoyed only moderate success in the Labour stronghold of Sandwell with a net gain of just three seats.Read

Police crackdown on unruly youths

POLICE are to clamp down on young tearaways by encouraging well-meaning youngsters to make more use of a park.Read

Woman is injured in car crash

A WOMAN is fighting for her life in hospital after a two-car crash in the Black Country which left two other people seriously injured.Read

Spy Eye at death flats

A BLACK Country tower block where a pensioner died after an attack in his home is to trial a new high-tech surveillance scheme.Read

PCSO Nathan Cooper, Charlie Honeyman, Jason Taylor, PCSO Omar Sharif and Michael Taylor,

Duncan Edwards football club cops £4k coaching boost

A MIDLAND football club named after the legendary Duncan Edwards has received a cash boost of more than £4,000.Read

Toboacco and booze worth thousands seized from Wolverhampton market stall

THOUSANDS of pounds worth of alcohol and tobacco, some allegedly counterfeit, was seized by customs officials from a Black Country market stall.Read

Luxury cars stolen from Stourbridge dealer dumped by joyriders

MOST of the luxury cars stolen from a Stourbridge dealership over the weekend have been recovered, police said today.Read

Families trapped by arson

FRIGHTENED tenants fled to safety after arsonists started a blaze at flats in the Black Country, leaving several people trapped.Read

Battle to save care homes

A DESPERATE family is lodging an appeal with European human rights officials in a last-ditch bid to halt the closure of several Sandwell Council-run old people's homes.Read

Pc Robin Haddock

Injured police officer was due to collect award

A POLICE officer who was seriously injured when a van was deliberately reversed into him had been due to collect a life-saving award on the same day.Read

Police car rammed by driver

A MANHUNT was under way in the Midlands today after a van was reversed into a police vehicle, leaving an officer seriously injured. Read

Mother speaks out after gun find

A MOTHER whose three year-old son found a loaded gun in their front garden today branded those who dumped the weapon "evil". Read

One quizzed after man is shot dead in the street

MURDER squad detectives were investigating today after a man died following a shooting in the Midlands.Read

Hit and run driver leaves young mum dying on Mother's Day

THIS is Leanne Moore, the young mother who was killed after she was left dying in the street by a hit and run driver on Mother's Day.Read

Rescue in Willenhall fire

A SLEEPING man was rescued by firefighters from a blaze which led to the evacuation of a block of flats in the Midlands.Read

The scene in The Lindens in Newbridge Crescent

Girl critical after fire

A YOUNG girl remained in a critical condition in hospital today after a fire which also left her brave aunt fighting for her life.Read

Blast fear at factory

BOYS as young as nine were questioned by police after a massive blaze involving wooden pallets in Walsall Wood sparked an all-night safety alert amid fears of an explosion.Read

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