A blame game erupted between councillors in Dudley after a deal to allow some residents to use a Wolverhampton tip collapsed.

Clothes discounting was still unseasonably high, the ONS said

The entrepreneur is said to have lobbied the Prime Minister after being unable to get assurance from the Treasury on overseas staff working in the UK.

A young dance teacher is celebrating lockdown restrictions being finally lifted so that she can achieve her dream of opening her own studio in Wolverhampton.

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said it was also right to look at how fans can have a stake in their clubs.

Unit has undergone a renovation.

Physical activity which gets you slightly out of breath could also increase the effectiveness of vaccines.

Car dealerships group Pendragon has reported a profit for the first three months of this year despite the lockdown.

Reece Cox died in attack outside pub.

The effects of Covid-19 vaccine supply constraints are being felt across the Black Country and Staffordshire, where the number of first jabs administered has dropped, figures show.

A Stourbridge man used boots which had been adapted with a hole drilled into the toe to carry out upskirting offences.

Groups and unions representing NHS workers have penned a letter to Boris Johnson urging him to massively increase investment in staffing.

Businesses in Wolverhampton have been reminded of the deadline to apply for financial support for rapid Covid-19 testing.

Kidderminster-based carpets and flooring firm Victoria has bought two Italian firms in a deal worth just over £30 million.

The surge in India has exacerbated the slowdown in global vaccination campaigns.

Boris Johnson said people should not be deluded that the threat from Covid-19 had receded.

But Dr Nikita Kanani warned ‘our job is not done’.

A survey of health professionals for NHS Charities Together found 88% of NHS staff feel proud to work for the NHS.

The former prime minister warned that global inoculation efforts could be undermined if vaccines were discredited ‘based on unjustified anxieties’.

Researchers discovered communities of similar bacteria that largely remain in drains after hand washing.

The rise could be due to the Covid-19 pandemic leading to millions of workers being furloughed, or working from home, according to the company.

The apparent collapse of the European Super League leads most of the papers on Wednesday.

The green shoots of recovery are continuing to emerge in the Black Country and Staffordshire with thousands of new jobs being created.

Jurors have been shown more CCTV evidence in a murder trial where a Black Country man was fatally stabbed.

A bus company is the first in the UK to introduce a Covid safe fogging system which will make public transport safe for passengers.

The plight of families living with domestic violence prompted a Stafford teenager to launch an appeal to collect dozens of gift-filled boxes and donations for a local refuge.

For nine years the mother of House of Cards actor Christopher Owen was in a children's home in Aston, Birmingham, and for the rest of her life she hid the "socially unacceptable" truth about the reason for the family's destitution.

Cash raised for cancer charities.

Open air theatre is set to return to Wolverhampton in late summer with a production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth at Bantock House Museum and Park.

The taskforce hopes to bring two at-home Covid treatments online this year.

More than £1.6 million discovered hidden in a bed in Sutton Coldfield has been recovered after an application was made by police chiefs.

The vaccine is yet to be approved for use in the UK.

More than 20 cannabis plants and cash have been seized after a Cannock property was raided by police.

Luton, Doncaster and Bradford are recording the highest rates.

Wales and Scotland are set for greater freedoms.

A further six coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in the Black Country, Staffordshire and Birmingham.

A major Stafford road was closed today following a five-car crash at a busy junction.

Some pupils at a Wolverhampton school are to work from home after 40 members of staff went on strike over concerns about workload and safety.

Victim was attacked outside Sedgley pub.

Safety concerns have been raised over the use of hard shoulders as running lanes.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the Commons that 103 cases of the variant first identified in India had been identified in the UK so far.

Pubs can reopen outdoors and shops and museums will welcome back customers, the First Minister said.

Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash in which a 53-year-old motorcyclist from Stafford was killed.

A young father who defended a man outside a Sedgley pub died from "sustained blunt force trauma" which was "exacerbated" due to alcohol, a court heard.

An emergency doctor called to the Fishmongers’ Hall attack described arriving at the scene to see “urgency on the face and in the voice” of armed police.

A kitchen porter repeatedly tried to stab Fishmongers’ Hall attacker Usman Khan with a large decorative spear in an attempt to stop his bloody rampage, an inquest jury has heard.

There are around 20,000 people entering the country each day.

Further easing of rules will take place on Monday and through the spring and summer.

The Premier League has condemned plans to create a European Super League, following news that six English sides had committed the breakaway project along with 'leading' European clubs.

Tributes have been paid to a great-grandmother who died after trying to escape an arson attack at her home in Birmingham.

It's the fourth fatal fire in the region since Sunday.

Police are continuing to search for a missing Staffordshire man – who has been missing since Friday.

A Christian fellowship’s bid to convert a barn into a gospel hall has been turned down by Lichfield councillors.

Plans being finalised for local elections.

Plans have not yet taken off.

Cannock taxi firm Corkys is set to open a new booking office in the town centre after plans were given the green light by councillors.

An inquest has opened into the death of a great-grandmother who was mauled to death by two dogs in the garden of her Rowley Regis home.

Residents living in areas where extra testing is taking place to identify the South African Covid-19 variant can now return their completed home tests at several drop-off points.

The trial of a West Mercia Police officer accused of murdering former Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson is set to begin on May 4.

A major £80 million scheme to help regenerate Dudley town centre has moved a step closer after clearing another hurdle.

A fire in Cradley Heath which killed one man and injured another was started accidentally, it has been confirmed.

There were 379 deaths registered in the week ending April 2 in England and Wales where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.

The six days of trading between April 12 and April 17 at the fashion giant’s England and Wales stores were record-breaking, Primark said.

The authors caution that the findings may change and more work is needed before it can provide a national picture.

Organisers said that after almost half a year of collective campaigning ‘Covid-specific cancellation insurance for events still does not exist’.

A Lichfield historian has been keeping himself busy during lockdown writing a fascinating brace of books.

Chris Tate and Fred Budd will never forget the words of their boss as they watched the Queen and Prince Philip being driven past the garage where they worked.

Appeal launched to help Sam.

A popular drive-in events company brought the fun of the cinema to film lovers from across Staffordshire and the surrounding area with a weekend of classic films in a safe environment.

Finalists announced for competition.

Having been closed for nearly half a year, one of Shropshire's most beloved tourist attractions has reopened.

More jobs on offer as society opens up.

Tributes have been paid to a "beloved" grandfather and "friend to all" who died following a hit-and-run in Birmingham.

Construction materials group Breedon said trading in the first three months of the year was "encouraging".

See the full list of 2021 Walsall Council election candidates ward-by-ward.

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder as a man shot dead in Birmingham has been named as Gavin Parry.

Birmingham Repertory Theatre has announced a programme of events to mark its 50th anniversary season.

Deliveries group DX, which has part of its operation in the Black Country, is expanding its UK fleet with more than 300 new vehicles being added.

Unison and Mencap are calling on the Government to ask the Low Pay Commission to investigate the issue of sleep-in pay.

The RAC received 4,694 call-outs for vehicles damaged by faulty road surfaces between January and March.

The Richardson family has announced plans to invest in ambitious West Midlands businesses with the launch of the Richardson Enterprise Fund, providing a boost to the region’s post-covid economic recovery.

There’s something about Boris Johnson and the various modes of public transport.

Landlords across the region raised a glass to a successful first week back in business as Covid restrictions eased.

Hospital trusts across the Black Country and Staffordshire were caring for 111 coronavirus patients in hospital as of last Tuesday, as figures show the numbers continue to fall.

Customers flocked back to shopping centres over the weekend, with more than double the footfall compared to the week before.

A record number of patients had been waiting a year or more for routine treatment at hospital trusts in the Black Country and Staffordshire in February, figures reveal.

Crash involved three vehicles.

A vacant city centre property will be given new life after being sold for residential development.

Seventy years ago the Glorious Glosters wrote their names in history in one of the epic battles of the Korean War.

A parent and carer group covering Walsall and Wolverhampton is hoping to bloom this year – but needs help after securing a long term lease on an allotment that will be transformed into a safe, sensory garden and play area for children and adults wi...

Nearly two centuries of history comes to an end.

Centenary celebrations for a memorial park in Brierley Hill are set to take place in September and as a tribute to the men who died in the First and Second World Wars three new benches have been installed.

In the 1950s John Lloyd found himself at a crossroads in his career. An accomplished saxophone and clarinet player, he dreamt of a career as a jazz musician. But in the end the security of a steady job at a brewery prevailed.

The Department of Health and Social Care said health services administered a total of 43,084,487 million vaccines between December 8 and April 18.

The Raven pub later said on Twitter that it had not intended to ‘hijack’ the Labour leader’s visit to Bath.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said 103 cases of the Indian variant had been identified in the UK.

The Prime Minister took a break out of his visit to the Black Country today for a pint in the sun.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson took control today... of one of West Midlands Metro's trams.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a 64-year-old man died in a hit-and-run crash in Birmingham.

Police and paramedics were called to a four-car crash in Netherton today.