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  • I was so fat I almost went blind – it felt like I’d been hit over the head with a brick but now I’ve lost 13st
    by Alice Fuller on March 15, 2025 at 10:00 am

    WHEN Chanice Higgins went to hospital with agonising headaches, doctors initially believed she might have a brain tumour. But when the test results came back, the 31-year-old got the shock of her life; it wasn’t a brain tumour at all. Jam PressChanice Higgins underwent scans when doctors thought she had a brain tumour[/caption] Jam PressBut she had a huge ‘wake-up call’ when they revealed what was really going on[/caption] In reality, Chanice was so overweight, there was a […]

  • Urgent hunt for ‘man with red eyes’ who ‘tried to pick up & run away with 3-year-old girl before her mum stopped him’
    by Amelia Stout on January 10, 2025 at 11:25 pm

    AN URGENT hunt is underway for a “man with red eyes” who “tried to pick up and run away with a three-year-old girl before her mum stopped him”. The attempted abduction took place in Wolverhampton on Thursday evening at around 5.15pm. West Midlands Police said the little girl had been outside a house on Leicester Street with an older relative when the man attempted to make off with her. However, the child’s mother managed to intervene before taking her away in the direction of […]

  • Toddler, 2, dies from brain injury just four days after doctors dismissed his symptoms as constipation
    by Freya Parsons on December 4, 2024 at 6:12 pm

    A DEVASTATED mum has told how her two-year-old son died from a brain injury just days after doctors dismissed his symptoms as constipation. Hudson Cole Perrins died on June 27, just four days after he was taken by his dad to New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton with severe stomach pain. Kayleigh TaundryMum Kayleigh Taundry (left) and her partner (Shannon Waightman) were left devastated after the death of the tot[/caption] Kayleigh Taundry - FacebookHudson Cole Perrins died on June 27 […]

  • Lidl launches Coca-Cola Christmas Truck rival – see the full list of locations and exact dates you can get freebies
    by Sam Walker on November 7, 2024 at 1:01 am

    DISCOUNT retailer Lidl is launching its very own cola-themed Christmas truck for the first time. The supermarket chain is taking the giant 15 tonne lorry on tour, visiting nine locations across Great Britain ahead of Christmas. LIDLLidl is sending a Freeway cola truck across Great Britain from next week[/caption] The truck, set to rival Coca-Cola’s own HGV, will stop off at Dundee on November 14 first, before a final stop in Southampton on December 1. The Freeway Truck will be […]

  • Liam Payne dead: The cheeky lad from Wolverhampton who stole Cheryl’s heart & became millionaire with One Direction fame
    by Jonathan Rose on October 17, 2024 at 11:30 am

    SEVEN years as a member of One Direction propelled Liam Payne to global stardom. But 14 years after Simon Cowell first united the five young strangers including Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles, the pop star tragically died in Argentina. Liam Payne, pictured in March, tragically died after plunging from his hotel room in Buenos Aires on Wednesday Getty - ContributorLiam and Cheryl attend the Chopard Trophy Ceremony in 2016[/caption] GettyLiam launched to […]

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  • ‘It’s nearly impossible’: learner drivers on the difficulty of booking a test
    by Mimi Ibrahim on April 28, 2025 at 5:00 am

    In Wolverhampton, where it can take months to sit a test, there is scepticism around the government’s backlog plans“Every time I was looking for a test day, it just kept kicking me off the site,” said Menelik Calvin, 22, detailing the difficulties he experienced when trying to secure a driving test in Wolverhampton.It’s the day before Calvin’s driving test and he’s feeling “nervous” but “ready” as he practises for this sought-after test with driving instructor Donna Michelle […]

  • Peter Starbuck obituary
    by Neil Thomas on March 11, 2025 at 7:16 pm

    My friend Peter Starbuck, who has died aged 88, was an expert on Peter Drucker, the father of modern management.Peter wrote six books and more than 90 papers on Drucker, and was an honorary member of the Peter Drucker Society Europe, whose president, Richard Straub, would always say to researchers: “If in doubt, ask Peter Starbuck.” Continue reading...

  • Artists decry ‘irresponsible’ plans to demolish brutalist Midlands tower
    by Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent on February 9, 2025 at 2:00 pm

    Conservation groups say University of Wolverhampton’s proposals overlook historical significance of art schoolArtists and conservation groups have decried the “irresponsible” plan to tear down a brutalist arts tower at a Midlands university, saying the proposed redevelopment is overlooking the “massive historical significance” of the structure.The University of Wolverhampton has earmarked the nine-storey School of Art, which is also known as the George Wallis building, for demolition […]

  • Minimum term increased for 13-year-olds over Wolverhampton murder
    by Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent on December 19, 2024 at 3:28 pm

    Sentences for boys who killed Shawn Seesahai when they were 12, UK’s youngest knife murderers, raised to at least 10 yearsBritain’s youngest knife murderers, who killed a 19-year-old man with a machete when they were 12, have had their sentences increased to a 10-year-minimum prison term at the court of appeal.The two boys, now 13, were initially given life sentences with minimum terms of eight and a half years for the murder of Shawn Seesahai in Wolverhampton in November 2023. Continue […]

  • Liam Payne fans gather at vigils for singer around the world
    by Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent on October 20, 2024 at 5:28 pm

    One Direction star died on Wednesday after falling from a third-floor hotel room in Buenos AiresOutside St Peter’s church in Wolverhampton, people gathered on Sunday to look at the balloons, bouquets and candles left in tribute to the One Direction star Liam Payne, whose home town was part of a worldwide outpouring of grief arranged by fans over the weekend.Fans came together in Munich, Paris, Glasgow, Madrid, Sydney and New York – as well as in the Philippines and Colombia – to pay their […]