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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

Birmingham man charged with Brierley Hill nightclub shooting

A BIRMINGHAM man has been charged in connection with a shooting at a nightclub in the Black Country.Read

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

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