Residents opposed to the building of major industrial development in the Black Country are launching a last ditch attempt to prevent it being built.

Black Country health bosses have been told patients may have to be transferred ‘out’ of local hospitals to free up beds if coronavirus infection rates continue to climb.

Twenty eight poplars bordering a Black Country primary school are facing the axe after a diseased tree collapsed into its grounds – sparking significant safety fears for pupils.

A Black Country teenager has been jailed for more than three years after she injured four people in a deliberate act of reckless driving.

A Black Country care home has been blasted as ‘inadequate’ after health inspectors found people being physically restrained without sufficient care plans – and including a lack of awareness in safeguarding children.

Shops staying open during lockdown have been urged to beef up Covid safety measures to help combat rising infections.

Developers in the Black Country and Staffordshire have turned vacant offices into flats on hundreds of occasions in the last five years, using powers to bypass normal planning rules.

The owner of England’s oldest cliff railway in Shropshire has paid tribute to a former colleague who died of Covid-19.

The first of 200 new homes are beginning to take shape off a busy commuter route through Penkridge.

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The shells of homes are starting to take shape on a council depot site in Cannock.

According to the British Ministry of Defence, it was a "deliberate attack" on a British warship, "without regard for life". The Icelandic coastguard claimed its gunboat had been rammed by a British frigate.

A charity has made a renewed appeal for donations of food as it prepares for a busy winter.

A doctor has urged people to ignore "misinformation" around Covid jabs - as a new vaccination hub opened in the Black Country.

One of the region’s oldest residents has marked her 100th birthday with a tea party organised by care home staff.

The number of new cars sold in the UK has fallen by almost a third in the last year – but one famous name based in the West Midlands managed to buck the trend.

A councillor is asking schools to take up a Vodafone scheme that will help children learn during lockdown.

A couple celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary have spoken about how they met and how they’ve lasted.

A dog day care company has helped to spread some positivity in the new year with an art project

Tributes have been paid to a former journalist who spent nearly half a century working on newspapers in the West Midlands.

A new rapid coronavirus test centre is set to open at a Wolverhampton church.

A Burntwood man has been charged with drugs offences after a van was stopped by officers.

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands has called for officers to have the correct powers to tackle "the most serious and dangerous" breaches of Covid regulations.

A spate of livestock thefts has been reported across Staffordshire.

A Midlands hospital boss has warned capacity could soon be “compromised” as the number of Covid-19 patients continues to increase.

A further 36 coronavirus patients have died in hospitals in the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire, along with another 27 care home residents.

A further 36 coronavirus patients have died in hospitals in the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire.

Walk-in takeaway has been stopped at all McDonald's restaurants across the UK.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an assault in Stone.

There has been new snowfall across the region, but a change to drier weather has been forecast.

The reliability of CCTV evidence has been called into question in the trial of a husband accused of murdering his seamstress wife.

Ten new homes could be built on the site of a run-down former tennis club in Wolverhampton.

The West Midlands is set to lose two parliamentary seats under plans to shake-up the UK's electoral map.

A former deaf person’s centre and social club in Walsall could be converted into more than a dozen new apartments.

A former bathroom showroom near Stafford town centre could be converted into new apartments.

The "rolling cycle of lockdowns" has achieved very little, with the situation "getting worse, not better" a West Midlands councillor has claimed.

Education bosses have defended Walsall teachers and school staff from accusations they are enjoying extra time off during lockdown.

A Victorian former factory building in the heart of Wolverhampton is set to be converted into 48 new apartments.

The Severn Valley Railway has welcomed back the overhauled boiler of its flagship locomotive following an extensive amount of work at a specialist engineering company.

Work is starting to renew the platform 1 lift at Wolverhampton railway station.

Stages remain silent at venues across our region. But there are signs of hope as the planning continues for better days ahead.

A grammar school has created its own “Nightingale-style” coronavirus testing centre.

A Staffordshire man has been jailed for a number of drugs and driving offences.

A police investigation is underway after pandemic-denial videos taken at Kidderminster Hospital. Worcestershire Royal Hospital and Alexandra Hospital were shared on social media.

Early years settings including nurseries and childminders are set to remain open in the Black Country and Staffordshire during the third national lockdown.

Sports halls, community hubs and old department stores have been lined up as mass vaccination centres.

All the evidence has now been heard in the trial of the four men accused of murdering a 15-year-old boy in the Black Country.

A ban on takeaway pints during lockdown could be the “death knell for many pubs”, the Campaign for Real Ale has warned.

A man has launched a legal battle for compensation of £150,000 from the NHS after suffering serious complications during surgery.

A former museum and art gallery could be turned into a cocktail bar, forming the cornerstone of a new town centre leisure quarter, a council leader has revealed.

The Bishop of Worcester has written to parishes to offer his support to those churches uncertain about opening.

To millions he was known for his novels about werewolves and plagues of killer crabs.

A series of murals are helping to brighten up a town centre's former market hall.

A Black Country woman has published two books during lockdown - one a children's tale and the other about Punjabi songs.

A unique charity fundraising campaign is helping people to feel more connected to a Sandwell green space.

A council has secured a grant to construct a new full-sized third generation artificial grass football pitch at a leisure centre.

The Black Country Consortium has been awarded funding from UK Research and Innovation to support clean industrial growth through the Repowering the Black Country Project.

A series of online classes are helping people across South Staffordshire keep fit.

A leading manufacturer of aluminium windows and doors has completed two heritage projects in the West Midlands.

Researchers are still finding out about the long-lasting effects seen in some patients.

More than 40 per cent of South Staffordshire Council's binmen are off work leaving a backlog of waste collections.

The only survivor of a horror crash that left four youngsters dead has been discharged from hospital.

Personal items left in tribute to four young people who died in a crash have disappeared from the tree they were attached to.

Grieving relatives visiting graves at a Wolverhampton cemetery are being warned to be on their guard following a spate of thefts from cars over the Christmas and New Year period.

Britain's oldest twins, who live in Tipton, have sent out a message to advise people about coronavirus after both tested positive.

England is in its third national lockdown after Boris Johnson shut schools to most pupils and imposed the toughest restrictions since March in an attempt to prevent the NHS being overwhelmed by surging coronavirus infections.

A body has been found in the search for a missing Wolverhampton man.

A Black Country education chief has called for all teachers and school staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19 before schools reopen.

Paramedics were called to a crash involving a car and a van in Lye.

A man has been arrested after a driver failed to stop for police in Stafford.

School closures will lead to "more inequality" and damage to children's education unless families are provided with the right kit for home learning, an MP has warned.

A further 41 coronavirus patients have died in hospitals in the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire.

Businesses in the Black Country and Staffordshire have warned the new package of measures to support retail and hospitality through yet another lockdown does not go far enough.

A man who has absconded from HMP Sudbury open prison could be in the West Midlands.

A 23-year-has been putting his strong social media following to use for good causes.

Alcohol could be served at a Stafford park currently covered by a booze ban if councillors give new plans the green light.

West Midlands Ambulance Service workers are well on course to use more than a million more face masks than they did last year.

A couple who met on a blind date have celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary.

A model mad couple have started to spring clean their record breaking collection.

The new national lockdown has been introduced as Covid case rates surge across the Midlands, with new peaks being hit on a daily basis.

Headteachers across the region have been left scrambling to set up remote work for pupils after a Government U-turn over school closures.

A Walsall-based specialist castings and engineering group has suspended trading of its shares until it reports its annual results.

Council leaders in the region have been reacting after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a third lockdown for England.