TAMWORTH and the region is in the grip of one of the worst seasons of parvovirus that vets have seen and the story’s not good for sufferers.
 
Read more of – Parvo kills 33 Tamworth dogs

More Race for Life events are set to take place across the Midlands in coming months, including Sutton Park on June 6; Arrow Valley Park in Redditch on June 16 and Cannon Hill Park on July 21
 
Read more of – Thousands of women in Walsall unite in Race for Life

The proposals for a new partnership between the force and Walsall Council will see staff relocate from the current Green Lane base to the council’s Civic Centre or Bloxwich station.
 
Read more of – Modernisation behind moves to close Walsall's police HQ

THE Tamworth U18 girls were looking to strike back against Lithgow late yesterday after a three-goal loss to Bathurst to open their State Hockey Championship campaign at Newcastle.
 
Read more of – Bathurst too hot for Tamworth U18 girls

Denise Petty, from Walsall, has dropped from dress size 34 to a size 14 after four years of shedding the pounds. She has lost so much weight, doctors told her last year a gastric band she had fitted was no longer working and she had been keeping the weight off herself.
 
Read more of – Walsall woman loses 21 stone after dentist’s chair shame

Tamworth boss Dale Belford makes striker Deqwon Ebanks his first signing since taking permanent charge of the Lambs.
 
Read more of – Tamworth snap up striker Ebanks

TAMWORTH is set to put its Aussie sporting heroes into a new honour roll and sports wall of fame that will pay homage to both Olympic and international sports stars from the city and area.
 
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The figures come as a controversial recycling crackdown reaches the six-month mark. Walsall Council chiefs today revealed the number of bins not collected for containing the wrong items has fallen – but said more still needs to be done.
 
Read more of – Bin inspectors veto 2,300 collections in Walsall for containing the wrong rubbish

Walsall Council starts a recruitment drive to hire more social workers after the service was heavily criticised by Ofsted.
 
Read more of – Council searches for social workers

Lyndon School in Solihull held its annual poetry competition for local youngsters.
 
Read more of – Your Communities: Poetic pupils show they have the write stuff