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December 19, 2024

Care at Christmas: 'Severn Hospice's art therapy helped me through my cancer ordeal'

News|Dec 19

December 17, 2024

We have to raise £10 million a year to keep Severn Hospice afloat - here's how we do it

Health|Dec 17

December 16, 2024

We're more than a 'nice to have', says Severn Hospice chief

Features|Dec 16

November 23, 2024

Who was Lady Jane Grey? How a Black Country tyrant installed his daughter-in-law as Queen for nine days

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Dudley nostalgia|Nov 23

October 30, 2024

Explained – why a little weekend exercise can help you beat off dementia

Health|Oct 30

October 21, 2024

More than 1,000 prisoners are being let out early - find out everything you need to know here

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Crime|Oct 21

October 16, 2024

All you need to know about Commons bid supported by Esther Rantzen on assisted dying law

Health|Oct 16

October 11, 2024

I love my job as a football journalist covering Wolves - but there's a dark side to my work online

Opinions|Oct 11

October 2, 2024

I went to Tory conference to learn how party members were feeling, and what I found surprised me

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Politics|Oct 2

September 30, 2024

The other Wolverhampton-born Billy Wright, a Loyalist paramilitary gunned down in prison

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Crime|Sep 30

September 27, 2024

Double disaster at West Midlands manor house which robbed the nation

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Nostalgia|Sep 27

September 23, 2024

Majestic red kites – and how you can watch them from your homes in the West Midlands

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Environment|Sep 23

September 17, 2024

'These could be the difference between life and death' – alarming vaccination figures reveal children in West Midlands are at risk

Health|Sep 17

September 16, 2024

How Triad gangs link bright lights of Hong Kong to the streets of the West Midlands

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Crime|Sep 16

September 13, 2024

Silent crime: 'A drunk driver ruined our lives – but we fear road police officers are few and far between'

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In-depth|Sep 13

September 4, 2024

'I'm a pensioner and agree with the winter fuel allowance cut – here's why'

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Cost of living|Sep 4

September 2, 2024

How West Midland witches and wizards helped bring down Hitler and the Nazis

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Nostalgia|Sep 2

August 22, 2024

Under-threat Darwin Oak in Shrewsbury is up for UK tree of the Year – here's how you can make it a winner

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Environment|Aug 22

August 5, 2024

The Olympics, its Shropshire origins and how one marathon runner gave up and went for a beer

Features|Aug 5

July 29, 2024

'Few stink and simmer with pollutants like West Midlands rivers' – Mike Lockley on region's clean-up battle

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Environment|Jul 29

July 20, 2024

My memories of 'well-mannered' Jimi Hendrix when he popped into legendary West Midlands club for a drink

Nostalgia|Jul 20

How to get a free Morrisons breakfast and save on great days out

Cost of living|Jul 20

July 15, 2024

£5 for 15 minutes – how Birmingham Airport is putting up car parking charges

Transport|Jul 15

'I just got on with it' – Inspirational story of one of the first black officers at West Midlands Police

In-depth|Jul 15

July 8, 2024

How the Black Death turned the West Midlands a vision of hell on earth –Mike Lockley

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Nostalgia|Jul 8

July 5, 2024

Can Keir Starmer protect his children from glare of publicity?

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General Election 2024|Jul 5

July 4, 2024

Your essential guide on how not to fall out with loved ones on general election day

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General Election 2024|Jul 4

Revealed – Trends that have defined general election polls back in history

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General Election 2024|Jul 4

July 3, 2024

Where I expect 'Portillo Moments' to happen on general election night

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General Election 2024|Jul 3

July 2, 2024

Surprise, surprise! Labour wins online election war played out on TikTok, X and Facebook

General Election 2024|Jul 2

June 28, 2024

How to predict the General Election – the exit poll explained

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General Election 2024|Jun 28

June 27, 2024

'Overcrowded and overpriced – and as for the toilets, take a hazmat suit' – your views on Avanti West Coast

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Transport|Jun 27

'Thank God this weird general election will end soon' – Andy Richardson on the strangest of fights for Number 10

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General Election 2024|Jun 27

June 26, 2024

Will the Tory election betting scandal disappear? I wouldn't put a wager on it

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General Election 2024|Jun 26

June 24, 2024

From Enoch Powell to Mad Jack Mytton: Infamous MPs who won a General Election in the West Midlands

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Nostalgia|Jun 24

June 19, 2024

'Tory's Duracell Bunny is running out of power' – General election comment by Andy Richardson

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General Election 2024|Jun 19

June 14, 2024

Why universities are furious at Rishi Sunak's attack on 'worthless' degrees

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Education|Jun 14

June 10, 2024

'We don't trust you': Readers provide their damning verdict on politicians in charge

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General Election 2024|Jun 10

Carl Bridgewater murder – bitter book battle in new court twist

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Crime|Jun 10

Got type 2 diabetes? Find out if you can reverse the condition

Health|Jun 10

June 8, 2024

D-Day's injured soldiers – and their gratitude to the kindness of people from the West Midlands

Nostalgia|Jun 8

Making inroads – and, amid the brutality of war, a triumph of logistics. Peter Rhodes' D-Day Diaries Day 8

Nostalgia|Jun 8

June 7, 2024

80 years since D-Day: Bodies on the beach would haunt veterans forever

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Nostalgia|Jun 7

June 6, 2024

My memories of an emotional Normandy visit with veterans who saw action

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Nostalgia|Jun 6

Star comment – the debt our nation owes to D-Day heroes

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Homepage|Jun 6

'To hold parts of the plane my uncle died in was very poignant' – D-Day airmen who never made it home

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Features|Jun 6

'Yanks deserved medals the size of dustbin lids' - Peter Rhodes' D-Day Diaries Day 6

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Nostalgia|Jun 6

June 4, 2024

'The sea was red with blood': D-Day heroes recall how they cheated death

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Nostalgia|Jun 4

June 3, 2024

Amazing story of William Buckland – Dinosaur genius had an appetite for destruction

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Nostalgia|Jun 3

June 1, 2024

Captured, wounded or killed – the blood and terror of D-Day recalled by our local heroes

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Nostalgia|Jun 1