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Motorway slip roads sealed off after fire at Carpet Warehouse in Walsall

DRIVERS faced traffic chaos as smoke from a huge Midland carpet store blaze drifted across the M6. Read

Football match to be held in memory of Walsall FC youth player Anton Reid

FORMER friends and teammates of a footballer who collapsed and died while training are to play a match in his memory, a year on from his untimely death. Read

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Anthony Gerrard hands in transfer request at Walsall

WALSALL star defender Anthony Gerrard, player of the year twice in three seasons, today handed in a written transfer request throwing manager Jimmy Mullen’s defensive plans into disarray. Read

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