May 2011 Issue

Suzi Perry – tears behind the smile

Suzi Perry

Wolverhampton-born celebrity Suzi Perry talks to Heather Loat about her struggle to have a baby and why championing the children’s charity promise dreams is so worthwhile.

In at the deep end

Water babies

Three-day old babies are coming virtually straight from the maternity ward to the swimming pool. And they love it.

Matt is setting new goals

Matt and Chloe Murray

It has been the toughest of Matt Murray’s 30 years. But the woman who has shared every minute of the anguish of the former Wolverhampton Wanderers’ goalkeeper can see a brighter day ahead for her husband. Martin Swain reports.

Wolverhampton to the rescue

Operations assistant Stuart Williams

It’s eerily quiet except for the sound of waves and the creaking of wooden boats. Yet standing in one of the rooms at Bantock House Museum, in landlocked Wolverhampton, you could not be further from the coast.

Village roots for Jenny and Sandy

Sandy and Jenny Baker with their dogs Cassie and Paddy

It was a life-changing moment when Jenny and Sandy Baker decided to put down new roots in an old village. Both were working in town and keen to set up home somewhere more rural.