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Huge revamp for dance hall

A LEADING businessman who saved a landmark entertainment venue from the bulldozers today unveiled plans to bring back the glory days. Read

Name change as Sandwell Hospital plan falls way behind schedule

HOSPITAL bosses have fallen so far behind with their £700 million Towards 2010 project they have been forced to change its name, it was revealed today. Read

How one West Bromwich Albion fan won the FA Cup!

SCHOOLBOYS and professionals alike dream of lifting the FA Cup - but one West Bromwich Albion fan is celebrating after winning the trophy without leaving his living room. Read

West Bromwich Albion fans told tickets still available for FA Cup semi final

BAGGIES fans being targeted by touts with £300 FA Cup Semi-Final tickets were today told "don't buy - there are still 5,000 seats left!" Read

West Midlands Health Authority staff urged to slim down as part of obesity fight

HEALTH bosses were today urged to get their own house in order and slim down medics to ease the region's obesity crisis. Read

Sisters are the twin blue line

BOBBIES Emma and Elaine have a head start when it comes to keeping criminals on their toes. Read

Body of teenage girl found in Wolverhampton field

A TEENAGE girl was found dead in a field near Wolverhampton today, and police said they were treating it as "suspicious". Read

Firefighters to enter Willenhall factory after blaze

FIREFIGHTERS were today still waiting to enter the wreckage of a Black Country factory destroyed in a huge fire. Read

Families trapped by arson

FRIGHTENED tenants fled to safety after arsonists started a blaze at flats in the Black Country, leaving several people trapped. Read

Massive blaze at Willenhall battery warehouse

GAS cylinders and batteries exploded as firefighters tackled a blaze at a Midland factory. Read

Murderer of Wolverhampton burglar faces life

A MAN faces a life sentence for murdering a neighbour he caught burgling a friend's Wolverhampton flat. Read

Shark student Lauren Smith, of West Bromwich.

Here's the weather jaws-cast, says student Lauren Smith

MICHAEL Fish had better watch out because Jaws could be after his job, according to a Black Country student. Read

Time called on Woodman folk club after 37 years

A MIDLAND folk club which has played host to some of the biggest names in traditional music is being forced out of its home after 37 years. Read

Anger as West Bromwich Albion fans cheated by Cup touts

INTERNET ticket touts are selling West Bromwich Albion FA Cup semi-final seats for up to £300, a Birmingham Mail investigation revealed today. Read

Walsall shopkeeper defies gang

A NEWSAGENT was threatened with a crowbar by a gang who ambushed him as he opened his shop near Walsall. Read

Sandwell General Hospital is hit by sick bug

A SICKNESS bug has again struck patients at Sandwell Hospital, it was revealed today. Read

CCTV footage from the robbery at Friends Jewellers in Cape Hill

Police probe burkha line to robberies

POLICE were today trying to establish if two armed hold-ups involving men wearing burkhas in Birmingham are linked. Read

The Midlands escapes snow in big Easter freeze

THE Bank Holiday arctic blast is set to continue for the next few days but the West Midlands will avoid any more snow, weather experts said today. Read

Slade fans feel the noize at Sladefest

IT'S EASTTTEEEEEER! Slade fans from across Britain and beyond flocked to the Midlands to Feel The Noize at a convention dedicated to their heroes. Read

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham Vincent Nichols.

Archbishop of Birmingham hits out at embryo research

THE Archbishop of Birmingham was using his Easter Monday Sermon today to wade into the fierce controversy raging over the new embryo research bill. Read