Express & Star news

Your nightlife guide with Smooth Radio's Carlos

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:39:27 -0800

Get your nightlife guide for all the entertainment events in the West Midlands with Smooth Radio's Carlos.

Mark and Sam do Children in Need

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:35:14 -0800

Darlaston's Mark Rhodes teams up with his TV partner Sam to promote this year's Children in Need appeal.

Fair crack of whip for cowboy fanatic

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:46:43 -0800

Major Horton is the West Midlands’ answer to Indiana Jones.

Behind the scenes at Kes

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:15:58 -0800

Video journalist Nicky Butler was given a behind the scenes glimpse of how the production was put together.

McKellen’s joy at Prisoner return

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:55:21 -0800

Cult 1960s series The Prisoner left generations of viewers scratching their heads in confusion.

Thousands join in Sikh parade

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:02:31 -0800

Thousands of people took to the streets of Sandwell for a colourful procession.

Runners tackle the 'suicide six'

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:54:35 -0800

Hundreds of runners lined up along a soggy start-line for a gruelling 10k run in a course voted one of the toughest in the country.

GMTV live from the E&S

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:22:49 -0800

Office workers enjoyed a workout at work today when a fitness guru and television camera crew broadcast live from the Express & Star in Wolverhampton.

Popular bakers branching out

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:04:07 -0800

After more than 100 years in Walsall, the owners of a popular bakery are using their loaf by opening a new branch.

Natter and knitting is a perfect pattern

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:58:28 -0800

Forget jumpers and tea cosies – one group of knitters are wowing crowds with their woollen mermaids, cakes, trees and sheep.

Your nightlife guide with Smooth FM's Carlos

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:31:01 -0800

Get your nightlife guide for all the entertainment events in the West Midlands with Smooth FM's Carlos.

Walkers just keep on going

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:31:53 -0800

A community health programme in Walsall is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week and has clocked up over 50,000 attendees since it began and trained 120 volunteer walk leaders.

£3.5m drugs haul found

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:13:18 -0800

The biggest haul of heroin in the West Midlands has been seized with 75 kilos of the drug worth an estimated £3.5 million recovered from a lorry.

All hands to the pump for big tidy up

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:32:17 -0800

Residents in parts of Walsall have been taking part in a series of clean up days around the borough.

Lorry hits blackspot bridge

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:46:01 -0800

A lorry tipped on to its side, spilling more than 10 litres of engine oil across the road, after hitting a blackspot bridge in the Black Country today.