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Man taken to hospital after three-car M6 crash

A man has been taken to hospital after a three-vehicle collision on the motorway near Wolverhampton.Read

Pensioner robbed of Porsche from Walsall home

A pensioner has been robbed of his Porsche on the driveway of his Walsall home.Read

AT just 21, one Stourbridge ace has already been there, done that and got the T-shirt – twice.

Sam Smith, from Halesowen, joined the Glassboys from Chasetown FC at the end of last season.Read

COME on you Glassboys!

That’s the call going up from the people of Stourbridge as the town prepares for its big football day tomorrow.Read

Campaigners vow to take Wolverhampton care home fight to No10

CAMPAIGNERS are taking their fight to Downing Street to save a Wolverhampton care home after councillors voted to reject a businessman’s cash offer to keep it open.Read

Pair found guilty of trying to kill man at Wolverhampton pub

TWO men have been found guilty of attempted murder following the shooting of a pub-goer at a Wolverhampton nightspot last year.Read

Black Country fire crews in asbestos roof blaze drama

MORE than 30 Black Country firefighters spent Bonfire Night tackling a potentially lethal blaze at an empty factory unit in Wolverhampton involving asbestos.Read

Man and woman jailed after Cradley Heath teenager threatened with pizza cutter

A BLACK Country man and woman have been sent to prison for nearly eight years after a teenager was threatened with a pizza cutter before being frogmarched to a post office to withdraw money from his account.Read

Tyson makes his Midland audience go the distance

FANS of volatile boxer ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson were kept waiting for an incredible FOUR hours at a Midland event in his honour.Read

Two held in dawn drug raids in Wednesbury

POLICE arrested two suspected drug dealers in dramatic dawn raids at two Black Country houses which netted a Class A substance and uncovered a cannabis farm today.Read

Four injured as bus and car collide in Walsall

FOUR people were taken to hospital after a car and a bus crashed in Walsall.Read

Tettenhall crash man is named

A MAN who died after the car he was in crashed into a tree has today been named as Wolverhampton 25-year-old Liam Turner.Read

Father fighting for life after Tipton house fire

The 45-year-old was rescued by firefighters from the bungalow on High Street, Princes End, Tipton.Read

Jobless hike in West Bromwich West sees area top league

WEST Bromwich West suffered the highest rise in unemployment claims over the last year in England, according to a worrying new report published today by the Campaign to End Child Poverty.Read

A MOUSE-infested takeaway shop in the Black Country has been shut down by environmental health officers.

Jesmie House Takeaway, on Dartmouth Avenue, Coalpool, Walsall, was closed last Thursday on the grounds of a serious risk to public health.Read

Three held after dawn drug raids

THREE people were arrested for drug offences as police carried out dawn raids in the Black Country today.Read

SHOCKING new figures reveal jobseeker’s allowance claims have risen by 100 per cent in parts of a Black Country town as the recession continues to bite.

A report to Walsall Council’s regeneration committee, due to meet tomorrow night, shows jobless claims have soared by 75 per cent borough wide, an increase of 4,818 taking the total to more than 12,000.Read

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