Phone win for ‘bedroom tax’ campaigners
Walsall people needing to contact the council’s housing benefit helpline for advice on the so-called bedroom tax can now do so without worrying about excessive phone bills
CAMRA announces the UK’s Top 150 Local Real Ale Pubs
The West Midlands region’s winners are…..
Walsall Labour claim coalition ‘callous’ over benefits
Walsall Council’s Labour Group believe over 4000 households in the Walsall area will be hit by ‘bedroom’ tax after Lib Dem and Tory councillors blocked their move to help the poorest families.
Big Bucks At Starbucks
Turn your back on evil Starbucks shops. The bosses are pirates, says Richard Lutz
Petrol sales down
Petrol sales in the UK continued their steady decline during the first half of this year, the AA confirms from new government statistics.
Exclusive: Carr apologises for getting nabbed in finance wheeze
Our financial editor Sir Howard Elston (OBE) lifts the lid in the Carr for Cash Fiasco and catches up with the jokester to find out what he has to say.
Smoking a no-no for lovers
People in the West Midlands hoping for Leap Year marriage proposals today may be disappointed….