Building wrecked by blast
Two men escaped serious injury today in a gas explosion which blew the end off a single storey building and buried them in rubble at the Talbot Stead Tube Works in Walsall.

Cattle admired at West Midland show
As always at the Shropshire and West Midland Show, greatest interest on this first day centres on the cattle.

Postman's special delivery
Postman Tom Foxall walked to work yesterday - with a bomb in his bag. The bomb, closely resembling a German 'butterfly' anti-personnel weapon, was found lying in grass in the garden of Tom's next door neighbour in Stourbridge.

Frequent hot baths 'anti-social'
Frequent hot baths are an anti-social habit and should be discouraged. They waste water and should be replaced by shower baths.

Traffic danger alarms parents
Concerned for the safety of children who attend Stone Road primary school, Stafford, the governors are considering closing the main entrance so that children will have to use back streets where there is less danger from traffic.

Deadly gas from refrigerator
Vaporised sulphur dioxide - a deadly poisonous gas - exploded and seriously injured a man as he was dismantling a refrigerator in his backyard at Dudley last night.

Rarest blood saved 'Chase' baby
Medical history was made when the wife of a Cannock miner, Mrs Rene Davenport, gave birth to her fourth child, it was revealed today.

Death traps at home
Just how easily accidents occur in the home is demonstrated at a novel exhibition opened at Bilston today by the mayoress, Mrs GH Jones.

Training pits scheme for Midlands
Two measures to try and counter serious manpower shortages in the West Midlands division of the National Coal Board have been announced by the NCB chairman, Mr James Bowman.

Polio vaccine on the way
Anti-polio vaccine is expected to be delivered to many West Midland local health departments soon so that the job of vaccinating the first batches of children can begin.