A SURGEON has admitted burning his initials on to the livers of two unconscious patients during transplant operations.

Simon Bramhall, 53, from Redditch admitted two counts of assault by beating at Birmingham Crown Court but pleaded not guilty to alternative charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Read the full story here.

FOUR organisations from across Bromsgrove have been handed a slice of £5.1 million funding.

Community projects in the West Midlands were given the early Christmas present as part of the National Lottery’s Big Lottery Fund, with four in Bromsgrove receiving a combined £39,820. Read the full story here.

A DRIVER has been treated for injuries after their vehicle overturned on an icy Bewdley road.

Police, ambulance and fire services attended the scene of an overturned vehicle on the B4194, 'Switchback', in Bewdley at around 6.30am today (Thursday, December 14). Read the full story here.

A MAN has been charged with murder almost a year after a Kinver woman was found dead at her home in the village.

John Broadhurst, of Blakeshall, Wolverley, appeared at Cannock Magistrates’ Court today (Wednesday December 13) charged with murdering 26 year-old mum Natalie, who was found dead last year. Read the full story here.

MEMBERS of a Black Country gang who were part of a large scale operation to smuggle cannabis and mobile phones into prisons across the Midlands have been jailed for more than 37 years.

The offences involved remote controlled drones, equipped with a fishing line and hooks, being flown to cell windows where inmates - in contact with the pilot - used tools to retrieve smuggled items. Read the full story here.

AN elderly man has been rushed to hospital in a critical condition after a crash in Halesowen this morning (Thursday).

Emergency services were called to Lutley Mill Road, near its junction with Stourbridge Road, at about 9.45am following reports of a three car crash. Read the full story here.