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Tony Deeley

Tony Deeley

Woman rescued from fire

A TERRIFIED woman was rescued by firefighters today after trying to climb through a bedroom window to flee a blaze started by a cigarette at her Black Country home. Read

Brownhills colliery tribute is named after tragic miner

A POPULAR £70,000 landmark statue commissioned by Walsall Council has been named in memory of tragic miner Jack Jigger Tayler who was killed in a colliery accident. Read

Mum recovering from rottweiler attack

A BLACK Country mother was recovering in hospital today after being bitten in a vicious attack by a rottweiler dog. Read

Disabled couple rescued from house fire

A DISABLED couple were rescued from their smoke-filled home by firefighters after setting a waste bin on fire with a cigarette. Read

Heroic mum rescues four from icy Black Country canal

HEROIC Midland mother-of-four Jody Owen has been nominated for a top life-saving award after diving into an ice cold Bloxwich canal to rescue a man, woman and two young boys. Read

Football referees

Angry referees call off protest strike over abuse

MIDLAND referees have called off further action over abuse by players after their strike at the weekend. Read

Giving advice to mum in labour over the phone was nerve-wracking

A ROOKIE ambulance calls operator who talked a Birmingham mother through birth and told her how to resuscitate her baby today admitted: "I panicked a bit. It was the longest 17 minutes of my life." Read

Police

Police use CS spray on Dudley gunman

A GUNMAN was overpowered and arrested in Dudley by police using CS spray today as they investigated a burglary at a house. Read

David Scotford

Fed up teenage Birmingham referee blows final whistle over abuse

TEENAGE Birmingham referee Dave Scotford told today how he had given the job the "red card" after suffering two years of abuse which left him fearing for his safety. Read

Josef Stawinoga

Nazi past of ring road hermit

A TRAMP who lived in a tent on Wolverhampton's ring road for more than 35 years served in the German SS, a friend claimed. Read

West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Teen is burned in bonfire accident

A MIDLAND teenager suffered horrific burns in an accident involving a bonfire. Read

West Midlands Fire Service

Man in fire terror after yobs strike

A TERRIFIED man almost plunged more than 15ft from his bedroom window after thugs pushed a firework through his letterbox. Read

Police

Glass thrust into eye of pub man

A MAN was in a serious condition in hospital today after being set upon by a gang of men in West Bromwich and "glassed" in the eye. Read

Killing Joke mourn rocker Raven

BLACK Country-born punk band legend Paul Raven has died in Geneva, aged just 46. Read

Santa Claus

Santa is driven away by yobs

PARTS of Tipton are to be declared "no go" areas for Santa Claus because of attacks by stone-throwing yobs during his annual charity sleigh collection. Read

Law and order.

Mentally ill man in fall tragedy

A ROAD accident victim with mental health problems plunged to his death from the third-floor window of a hospital ward, an inquest in Dudley heard. Read

Shane Owoo

Two charged over pool killing

POLICE have charged two men with manslaughter in connection with the death of a boy who drowned in a claypit. Read

Appeal for tribute to footballer

CALLS to have playing fields at Wednesbury officially named in honour of Wolverhampton Wanderers legend Norman Deeley are to be considered by Sandwell Council. Read

The Dudley Zoo van.

Vantastic! That's me back in 1950s

GREAT grandfather John Wildgoose couldn't believe his eyes when he spotted a Birmingham Mail photograph of himself from half a century ago driving a Dudley Zoo van. Read

Walsall Manor Hospital

Jobs go as hospital axes laundry team

A HOSPITAL-based laundry service is to close with the loss of more than 100 jobs. Read

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Tony Deeley lives in the Black Country and has worked as a news reporter in the area for almost 40 years, including 25 years on evening newspapers.

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