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Sep 24, 2026
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Jul 9, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Rob Mayor

    How West Midlands recovery scheme is helping prolific shoplifters (opens the original)

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    A former shoplifter who stole goods worth up to £1,000 a day to fuel his drug addiction says his life has been turned around by a support scheme. Rhys Davies, from Dudley, said his issues with substance abuse began during the Covid-19 pandemic when he lost his ability to work and what had been social drug use became more serious. "Life was very chaotic back then," he said. "Everything revolved around my drug addiction." His dependence on Class A drugs led him to become, in his own words, a "prol

  2. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Rob Mayor

    Dudley Council leader Patrick Harley ready for charity boxing match (opens the original)

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    He's more used to verbal sparring, but the leader of Dudley Council is getting ready to rumble in the boxing ring in a bid to raise more than £30,000 for charity. Conservative Patrick Harley has lost six stone (38.1kg) in an 11-month rigorous exercise regime for the fight, which takes place on Friday. Harley says that putting on the gloves for six one-minute rounds is "a bucket list tick", adding "this has never been done before, a council leader boxing for charity at the age of 60". His opponen

  3. Article · Jul 9, 2026 · Rob Mayor

    MP says 'no intention to mislead' with AI picture (opens the original)

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    MP Sureena Brackenridge says there was no intention to mislead people after a story about a fictional nurse was posted on her social media channels. The post, about "Maya" who was struggling to find affordable housing, appeared on the Wolverhampton North East Labour MP's feeds last month. After being highlighted as AI-generated by charity Full Fact, the post was deleted from X and edited on Facebook to say "Maya is fictional, but this is the reality for millions of working people". Councillor Si

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