HomeNewsBlack Country News

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

Service awareness

DUDLEY Council's environmental team is holding a special stand in Dudley town centre on Wednesday. Read

Balbir Sandhu

Magistrate jailed for 18 months

A MIDLAND magistrate who tried to extort £45,000 from a friend by telling him he could make allegedly harmful information about him disappear, has been jailed for 18 months. Read

Men jailed for racial harrassment

THREE men who tried to make a Muslim workmate eat bacon, knowing it was against his religious beliefs, in a ten-month campaign of racial harassment described as "degrading" were each jailed for three years at Wolverhampton Crown Court. 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

Your chance to vote for Birmingham's Top Model

THE public has spoken! Votes are in and our 15 finalists have been picked, preened and photographed, and all are ready to become Birmingham’s next Top Model. However we only have space for one winner, so now we need your votes to decide who this will be. Read

Apple core case dropped due to 'new information'

THE case against a woman accused of tossing an apple core from her car into the street was dropped after new information came to light, council bosses revealed today. Read

Hero's welcome for marathon man Dave Heeley

BLIND marathon man Dave Heeley returned to the Black Country to a hero’s welcome as hundreds of people came out onto the streets to cheer him. Read

Kate Badger

Charges dropped against Wolverhampton woman in apple core litter case

A YOUNG mother who had been charged with throwing an apple core out of the window of her car in Wolverhampton city centre today dramatically had the case against her dropped. Read

Reginald Southall

Two held over death of man found in River Severn

TWO people were arrested in a dramatic dawn raid today by detectives hunting the killers of a Black Country lorry driver. Read

Mark Speight

Mark Speight 'left two suicide notes'

TELEVISION presenter Mark Speight left two suicide notes, his inquest was told today. Read

Walsall man Clayton Beard jailed for 18 weeks for new dog-fighting offences

THE first person in Britain to be prosecuted for dog fighting offences under the new Animal Welfare Act was today starting an 18 week jail sentence. Read

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake is a real star for one young fan

WOLVES star Sylvan Ebanks-Blake warmed up for his first taste of a Black Country derby - by making a 10-year-old’s day with a game in the street. Read

Crash traps driver in lorry cab in Walsall

A LORRY driver was cut free from his cab and rushed to hospital with suspected spinal injuries following a crash. Read

Couple in court over dog killed by 60ft fall in West Bromwich

A COUPLE have been charged with killing a dog by throwing it 60 feet to its death. Read

BLIND marathon runner Dave Heeley and his guide runner Malcolm Carr finished their incedible challnge to complete seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.

A hero's welcome for Dave Heeley and Mac Carr

MIDLANDERS were today urged to turn out in their thousands to line the route for the triumphant homecoming of blind marathon man Dave Heeley. Read

Mark Speight

Final Paddington journey for Mark Speight

TELEVISION presenter Mark Speight is believed to have chosen Paddington Station as a place to die because it reminded him of romantic weekends away with his fiancée. Read

Coach driver admits drink driving

THE driver of a National Express coach which crashed near motorway services today admitted dangerous driving and being over the drink drive limit when the vehicle overturned. Read

Father's tribute to son killed in car smash

THE father of a Midland man killed in a car crash has paid a tearful tribute to his son. Read

Dave Heeley

Blind Dave crosses the finish line

BLIND athlete Dave Heeley defied all the odds to run his way into the history books completing an amazing globe-trotting string of seven marathons. Read