An e-scooter rider is in a critical condition following surgery after a crash with a car in Wolverhampton.

A homeowner has been fined by police after breaking Covid rules with a 40-person party in Rowley Regis.

West Midlands businesses have seen the sharpest upturn in new orders in the history of NatWest's regional business activity index.

Customers might have been forgiven for thinking they had been invaded when a group of First World War re-enactors turned up at Sainsbury's store in Cannock.

There are fewer hospital vacancies in Birmingham now than at the start of the pandemic, it has been revealed.

A man arrested in Sandwell on suspicion of murder after another man was found dead in a house has been bailed while investigations continue.

More than 1,200 drivers have been caught speeding across Staffordshire as part of a week-long crackdown by police.

The PM is expected to say the final lifting of social-distancing rules in England is being delayed to July 19.

Falling rents and surges in house prices have helped to reverse the trend seen in recent years, although rental costs are increasing strongly again.

Neospace will offer 78 tech-led private offices, 20 co-working flexi-pods and nine meeting rooms for companies tackling hybrid working post-Covid.

The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.

The expected delay to England’s unlocking and the Three Lions’ success are splashed across the papers.

More than 1.7 million patients across the region could be affected by controversial plans to share GP surgery data.

Motorists will have to pay to drive into the centre of Birmingham from Monday when the city's Clean Air Zone charges start.

A machine used to increase oxygen levels in a Black Country park's lakes has been moved after a goose's leg was reportedly "shredded" by the device.

A new coffee shop and bar is set to open its doors in a city centre.

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited New Era’s Staffordshire hub to see the support provided to adults and children affected by domestic abuse.

Former PM Gordon Brown said the G7 summit would ‘go down as a missed opportunity’ due to the lack of a plan to deliver 11 billion vaccine doses.

More than £21,000 was raised for Acorns Children's Hospice after one of the charity shops was broken into by burglars.

Sunshine, singing and St George's Crosses are always a sure sign an international tournament is under way.

Boris Johnson admitted there was more work to be done and persuading wealthy nations to stump up extra cash on the issue would not be easy.

A new £5 million Screen School aimed at boosting skills in the digital arts and media industries is to be launched at the University of Wolverhampton.

Large queues for Covid vaccines have formed in Wolverhampton after leaflets were sent out inviting people to receive their jab.

Later in the week, thunderstorms look set to hit parts of England and Wales.

Police, paramedics and the air ambulance have been called to Wolverhampton this afternoon following a "serious collision" near New Cross Hospital.

Two people have been seriously injured after an e-scooter and a car crashed in Wolverhampton on Saturday afternoon.

ITV has issued an apology after a reporter was filmed swearing and threatening to '****ing bang out' a man during a foul-mouthed rant.

An ITV News reporter has been caught on camera launching a foul-mouthed rant on a man who was "being an idiot" as he filmed in Birmingham.

Epidemiologist Sian Griffiths said an ‘all-or-nothing Freedom Day’ could be a bad idea.

Pubs across the region have been working to get ready for a month of football as the delayed European Championships finally begin.

"Welcome back" was the message from Kelly Jeffs as the Light House Cinema in Wolverhampton reopened its doors after having been closed for 15 months because of pandemic restrictions.

Firefighters have tackled another fire at an an arson-hit former school in Dudley which will be turned into more than two dozen flats.

Flowers have been planted along Brierley Hill's High Street to help spruce up the area and make it "blooming" great.

A man has been arrested in Sandwell on suspicion of murder after another man was found dead at a house in Solihull.

Police have issued an image of a suspect after a man was stabbed in the thigh.

A woman has died and a man has been injured after a motorbike collided with two vehicles in the West Midlands.

A man has been charged with murder after an insurance company worker was fatally stabbed on Tuesday.

Building work on a new state-of-the-art Institute of Technology for Greater Birmingham and Solihull has begun on Aston University’s campus in Birmingham city centre.

Calls have been made to delay the Clean Air Zone in Birmingham after the region's tram service was withdrawn due to a fault.

Feeling confused, stressed or even guilty? Well, you might just be planning to go on holiday over the next few weeks.

Heroes of the pandemic from across the region have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.