The week's news - in pictures
A selection of snapshots taken from the Express and Star across the last week.
Stafford firefighter Tim Grube gives motorist Emma Kirkwood a piggyback as flood waters rise.nextpage
Resident Balbir Kale with the abandoned Renault in Perton Brook Vale.nextpage
Jacqui Swift and Michael Owen, two of the entrants for the sausage competition.nextpage
Sgt Simon Holloway with the old police box found by Mick Coyle in Dudley.
Motorists on the M6 were stuck in queues of more than 12 miles on Wednesday after a car crashed into a lorry.
Three other workmen described as "walking wounded" were taken to Walsall Manor Hospital.
Heavy rainfall brought dangers and chaos for commuters as surface water and floods affected roads across the Midlands on Tuesday. Cars and vans were struggling through floodwater in Forge Lane, off Newton Road, West Bromwich, Tuesday.
