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AN OFFICE was gutted in a suspected arson blaze.

Smoke billowed for miles around Wolverhampton’s Parkside Industrial Estate, in Hickman Avenue, at around 2am yesterday as the fire ravaged the offices of RP Hardware.Read

Car thief must pay back £828k

A CROOK ordered to pay back £800,000 he raked in with a stolen car export racket has had his jail sentence more than doubled – on the day he was to be released.Read

Sacked vicar is replaced

A REPLACEMENT has been announced for a controversial Midland vicar who was sacked for having an affair with a parishioner.Read

Royal Mint produce medal honouring the late Sir Bobby Robson

A SPECIAL medal made by the Royal Mint for Baggies legend Sir Bobby Robson will be the first of its kind for a footballer.Read

Tragic alcoholic run over by car in Pleck

A WALSALL alcoholic died as the result of an accident after lying down in the middle of a road, the Black Country coroner has ruled.Read

£500 donated to Comic Relief after fake charity collectors caught out

MORE than £500 seized from fake charity collectors in West Bromwich will be donated to Comic Relief.Read

Three are held over doorstep murder

THREE men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering Scott Buchanan, who was shot dead on his Black Country doorstep.Read

PM makes Commons plea to keep 106-year-old in Wolverhampton care home

GORDON Brown has issued a personal plea to a Midlands council to scrap plans to throw a 106-year-old woman out of the care home she has lived in for five years.Read

PM makes Commons plea to keep 106-year-old in Wolverhampton care home

GORDON Brown has issued a personal plea to a Midlands council to scrap plans to throw a 106-year-old woman out of the care home she has lived in for five years.Read

Battling girl meets TV idol

A BLACK Country girl suffering from a life-threatening illness has met her all time hero Peter Andre and is to star on his TV show to be aired tomorrow night.Read

Wednesbury deaf man targeted by burglars

BURGLARS targeted a 92-year-old deaf man as he sat in his Wednesbury home.Read

Wolverhampton Wanderers hero Steve Bull at Molineux signing copies of a new book

WOLVES hero Steve Bull was at Molineux signing copies of a new book celebrating his career and that of another legend, Billy Wright.Read

Seven foot snake on the loose in Darlaston

A HUGE seven-foot snake has been spotted on the loose in the Black Country, the RSPCA has warned.Read

Hoax caller faces jail after sending armed cops and helicopter to his house

A HOAX caller is facing jail after admitting making a wave of emergency calls that sent armed cops and helicopters to his OWN home, costing the taxpayer £30,000.Read

Walsall striker Darren Byfield turns to Twitter after split from Jamelia

THE estranged husband of Midland popstar Jamelia has broken his silence over their divorce.Read

West Bromwich schools inspector charged with child sex offences

A SCHOOLS inspector in the Midlands has been charged with a string of child sex offences, the Sunday Mercury can reveal.Read

£23m bonanza for swimmers

SWIMMERS in the Black Country could be set for two new pools in a £23 million building bonanza, it emerged today.Read

Floral tributes to West Brom legend Sir Bobby Robson turned into compost

COMPOST made from thousands of floral tributes to former West Bromwich Albion favourite Sir Bobby Robson has gone on sale.Read

Casualties at bonfire parties

BONFIRE parties over the weekend led to a number of casualties in the region.Read

Airlift drama for young driver after Black Country car crash

A YOUNG driver was airlifted to hospital yesterday afternoon after crashing his car into a lamppost in the Black Country.Read

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