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Professor Benjamin Zephaniah remembered: Poet, actor and great champion of causes

Writer Professor Benjamin Zephaniah leaves a huge cultural hole after dying at the age of 65.

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'Rain won't stop us!' Hundreds turn up to welcome famous Christmas Coca-Cola truck to Wolverhampton

Hundreds of people have braved the rain to get a first look at the iconic Christmas Coca-Cola truck.

Birmingham Live - Wolverhampton

Three from Walsall charged with Class A drug supply involving diamorphine and crack cocaine

Three men have been arrested and charged with Class A drug supply following raids across Walsall on Wednesday

Birmingham Live - Wolverhampton

New waste management vehicles to be snapped up by council

Fleet to replace outdated stock to save on annual hire costs

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Waste management services to buy new vehicles

Three new environmental services vehicles are to be purchased by Wolverhampton Council to replace outdated fleet stock. The one-off procurement will also avoid ongoing annual hire costs currently being incurred by the city’s waste management department.

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Building of 24 new homes on former Wolverhampton play site to start in summer

The building of 24 new council homes on the site of a former adventure playground in Wolverhampton will begin next summer, housing bosses have announced.

Birmingham Live - Wolverhampton

Residents in this town are the happiest in the Midlands

The site has ranked the top places to live in the region

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Grateful family raise more than £2,000 for Wolverhampton’s intensive care nurses and patients to say thank you

A grateful family were so impressed with the care their loved one received before her death they raised £2,350 for Wolverhampton’s intensive care nurses and patients.

Birmingham Live - Wolverhampton

Former adventure playground site to be developed into council housing

Building of 24 new homes to start next summer

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Watch the CCTV footage which helped convict waste recycling company boss of manslaughter as new picture of victim released

CCTV footage has been released of the moment the boss of a waste recycling company lifted a worker onto an industrial shredder where he fell to his death.

Birmingham Live - Wolverhampton

Appeal for sites to be used for thousands of homes over the coming years

Walsall is looking to identify land which will see thousands of homes and employment space created for the future

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Appeal to find Wolverhampton man with distinctive tattoos wanted on suspicion of assault

Police are appealing to the public for help to find a Wolverhampton man with distinctive tattoos who is wanted on suspicion of assault.

Birmingham Live - Wolverhampton

Waste company boss guilty over death of labourer crushed in shredder

The remains of David Willis were never found after he fell inside the diesel-powered machine

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New-look for Birmingham New Road ahead of Metro bridge after landmark removed

This is the new but temporary view for road users along the busy Birmingham New Road near Dudley after the removal of the landmark railway bridge.

Birmingham Live - Wolverhampton

Operator secured for £2m landmark cinema redevelopment

Former Light House to reopen as new four-screen venue in 2024

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Nearly a quarter of staff absence at Black Country hospital trusts over past year was stress-related

Nearly a quarter of staff absences at Black Country hospital trusts over the past year were stress-related, new figures show.

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How Wolves plunged to the lower leagues and nearly ceased to exist - Part 15: Bill McGarry brings some order back to Molineux

In more detail than ever before, the Express & Star tells the full Bhatti brothers story – a troubled era that saw Wolves plunge to depths of the lower leagues and face financial oblivion. In Part 15, the return of Bill McGarry brings some welcome stability.

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Family pay tribute to woman, 82, who died after five-car collision in Wolverhampton

The family of a woman who died following a collision in Wolverhampton have paid poignant tribute to the "greatest mother, grandmother and great-grandmother any family could ever have wanted".

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Jury begins deliberating in Bushbury playground shooting trial

A jury has begun its deliberations in the trial of a Wolverhampton playground shooting where three men deny attempting to murder a person unknown.

Birmingham Live - Wolverhampton

Family pay tribute to 'greatest mother, grandmother and great-grandmother' killed in collision

Mary Wilmore, 82, was described as the 'greatest mother, grandmother and great-grandmother any family could ever have wanted'