The youngster was taken to hospital with injuries to his face, back, chest and legs following the incident in Bentilee.

Scientists say more research is needed to see how these biomarkers impact cognition in individuals who had Covid-19 in the long term.

Figures from Public Health England also suggest jabs are estimated to have directly averted more than 52,600 hospital admissions.

The British Retail Consortium and Local Data Company found that fashion retailers had been hardest hit.

More pandemic developments and tensions across the Channel are splashed across the nation’s front pages.

Researchers at Oxford University described their findings as ‘concerning’.

First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed the date when double-jabbed adults in Wales can avoid isolation after Covid contacts.

Life coach Laura Brunton read extensively and spoke with her doctors after being hesitant about the vaccine due to reading misinformation online.

A casualty was cut free after a three-car smash between Shifnal and Bridgnorth.

Plans have been put forward for a number of new NHS centres across Staffordshire which could carry out the majority of non-emergency tests and scans.

It's a case of men and their machines as two owners of Ford Cortinas gear up to take on a fundraising challenge which will see them driving more than 1,500 miles in a return trip from the Black Country to Inverness.

Police have been criticised for their inaction after a woman was mauled and bitten in a dog attack.

Armed police officers in the West Midlands and Staffordshire responded to almost 3,000 incidents last year, official figures show.

Hospitals in the region are seeing more Covid patients being admitted daily – as the number of coronavirus cases in the Black Country and Staffordshire increased by nearly 650 in the space of 24 hours.

Work on the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro extension will progress further next month when installation of another major structure along the route gets underway.

Watch out our kid – the bostin’ dialect is under attack from southerners.

In a year's time some of the greatest sporting stars on the planet will arrive in the West Midlands for the Commonwealth Games.

A chartered accountants has announced plans to create up to 25 new jobs over the next six months, just few weeks after its Worcestershire office completed a £100,000 relocation.

Dr Alix Dietzel said her sister, who lives in Switzerland, has only met her young daughter once.

A council is to overhaul its vehicle fleet and expand its use of sustainable energy as part of a multi-million investment to achieve carbon neutral status over the next seven years.

This week the Government said it was expanding its daily contact testing for front line sectors as an alternative to isolation.

One in seven people testing positive are not being asked to share details of their contacts.

A man accused of murdering a three year-old girl had been “smacking her for many weeks” before she died, his trial has heard.

Images have been released of two men police want to speak to about a car key burglary.

An inquest has opened into the death of an 18-year-old man who was shot dead in a taxi in the Black Country.

Car dealership group Lookers has upgraded its profit forecast after what its boss hailed as an "outstanding" start to the year.

An ambitious plan to create hundreds of new homes and businesses at a Wolverhampton city centre site described as “the pits”, has moved a step closer.

A struggling Darlaston pub which has suffered a drop in trade looks set to be converted into a business centre.

A further four coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in the region's hospitals, official figures from NHS England show.

With one year until Birmingham’s Commonwealth Games begin, a number of projects are still underway.

France is the only EU country from which people vaccinated under the UK programme must self-isolate for 10 days when they return.

Much of the UK is to allow people visiting from the US and EU who are fully vaccinated to enter without the need to quarantine.

More than three-quarters of unpaid carers in Wolverhampton have been vaccinated against Covid-19, as health chiefs continue to urge people to get jabbed.

More than two dozen much-needed new units will be added to a Great Barr YMCA after plans were given the green light.

The vast majority of absent staff are self-isolating after being identified as close contacts of someone else who has contracted the virus.

Confirmation that rules will be relaxed for fully vaccinated travellers from the US arriving in Britain led to a spike in bookings.

The Assembly’s Health Committee was told of ‘enormous concern’ at the slow uptake of vaccines among the 18 to 29 age group.

A man has died following a collision between a car and a van in the West Midlands.

Brickmaking group Forterra has reported a return to pre-tax profit during the first half of its financial year.

A man was hit by a car and dragged along a Black Country street in what police believe was a targeted hit-and-run.

Tickets for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games are available now, but only to those in the West Midlands. However, a Main Ballot will open later in the year.

A Staffordshire man has denied racially abusing football commentator Rio Ferdinand when fans returned to Molineux for the first time in over a year.

Royal Sutton Coldfield’s MP Andrew visited The Royal Town’s British Heart Foundation (BHF) shop at the Red Rose Centre to mark the 60th anniversary of the charity.

A Black Country child killer who was serving a life sentence for murdering his eight-year-old daughter died in prison of natural causes, an inquest hearing was told.

Newly retired nurse Judith Fox was making plans for the future after finishing employment at a care home.

Police are investigating after gun shots were fired at a house in the Black Country.

Transport operator National Express said that cost reductions had helped it return to the black in the first half of 2021 despite continuing Covid restrictions.

A 77-year-old Stafford man has been jailed for 15 years for a series of historic sex offences.

Basketball shoes are expensive, topping £100 for the best brands – and many of those end up going to landfill like so many other items of expensive clothing.

The body of a man discovered by police officers is believed to be that of a missing teenager.

Julie Hambleton was among those who met with Priti Patel on Wednesday.

A global microchip shortage is adding to the problems affecting the motor industry.

Extreme heat in Britain will become the ‘new normal’ even if the world meets its temperature targets, leading meteorologists say.

The unprecedented demand on the region's ambulance service needs to be treated as "the new normal" and dealt with appropriately, its chief executive has said.

A public health chief has advised people to continue wearing face masks indoors and on public transport.

Council chiefs have welcomed news that the Covid-19 vaccine will be made mandatory for all care home workers in England – with staff in the region urged to get their jab as soon as possible to protect themselves and the people they care for.

Health chiefs in the Black Country are being probed by the NHS about their behaviour, according to reports.

A huge free festival is set to bring the party to Wolverhampton city centre.

Another Express & Star reader is quids in after pocketing £1,000 in our Grab a Grand competition.

The Ladder for the Black County has been delighted by an award for a lecturer from one of its member colleges.

The ex-mistress of Spain’s former king Juan Carlos, who set up home in Shropshire, is suing him for “tens of millions of euros”.

A top car salesman, born and bred in Wolverhampton, is making tracks back to his hometown to open the newest branch of a leading UK auto retailer.

It was birthday joy for a pensioner this week who has been around for a 'While'.

Visitors will be able to sleep near white rhinos and giraffes under plans unveiled for West Midland Safari Park.

A further two coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in the region's hospitals, official figures from NHS England show.

A deal in place to create more than 1000 jobs as part of the industrial park at Peddimore.

Former Wolverhampton swimming club pupil Matthew Richards has joined an illustrious group of Olympic gold medal winners.

Opposition councillors have called for increased scrutiny of the work highly paid senior staff do after a planned restructure was agreed at Wolverhampton Council.

Concerns around the lack of transparency for the awarding of SEND transport contracts in Sandwell were debated at a council meeting.

Police want to speak to this man in connection with a burglary in the Black Country.

Police are searching for this man after an unprovoked attack outside a Black Country pub.

A woman will be subject to an indefinite hospital order after a jury found she stabbed her mother to death.

A judge has it is important the public is protected from a woman who killed her own mother.

The Prince of Wales expressed thanks on behalf of the nation to those who ‘laid down their lives to keep us safe’.

The open-air memorial in Staffordshire has been designed by Walter Jack.

Pub group Marston's said its performance since May has exceeded its expectations, thanks to Euro 2020, warmer weather and its outdoor seating.

The Prime Minister urged the ‘need for caution’.

A thunderstorm warning has been issued for parts of the West Midlands just a day after the region was hit by flash floods.

People in the West Midlands are being urged to make use of 111 as demand for 999 calls increased by more than half across the region.

People in Wolverhampton have been able to feel the sand beneath their feet without ever leaving the city.

Police are investigating after the bomb squad was called and a supermarket was cordoned off due to fears over a package which turned out to be safe.

Police are appealing for help identifying a group of youths after rocks were thrown at shoppers and staff at a designer outlet.

The West Midlands Mayor has joined forces with two other regional mayors to call on the Government to extend a pilot scheme for tackling homelessness.

There is a new hope for homes and businesses along the River Severn after the announcement of funding for flooding protection.

The jury in the case of a woman accused of the murder of a retired nurse has retired to consider its verdict.

A derelict shop in a poor condition is set to be converted into a house in multiple occupation despite concerns raised by nearby residents.

A bid to stop the ruling Sandwell Labour group from “marking its own homework” was thwarted during a stormy council meeting.

A report by the Commons’ Transport Select Committee called for pricing to be used to change drivers’ charging habits.

The Prime Minister defended the police pay freeze and said he had ‘absolutely every confidence’ in the Home Secretary.

It's one year today until some of the greatest sporting stars on the planet will arrive in the West Midlands to mark the start of the Commonwealth Games.

A tribunal must reconsider the case of a surgeon who burned his initials on to the livers of two unconscious patients after the General Medical Council complained that a five-month suspension was "insufficient".

The director of a Wolverhampton shop where more than 10,000 illegal cigarettes were found has been ordered to pay £4,000.

The Government has set out plans for a statute of limitations, preventing further police action on Troubles-related violence before April 1998.

Nationwide Building Society said the average house price in July stood at £244,229, down from £245,432 in June.

A man from the West Midlands has died after falling more than 90ft on a narrow Snowdon ridge.

Police are investigating after a gun was fired on a residential road in the Black Country.

A £5 million Screen School is launching at the University of Wolverhampton. It is an important investment, explains Vice Chancellor Professor Geoff Layer.

Flood-plagued residents in Bewdley have welcomed news of new defences along the River Severn.

Coronavirus is not over and people across the Black Country and Staffordshire should continue to take rapid virus tests twice-weekly, health chiefs have urged.

A man accused of murdering two best friends in a Range Rover “begged for help” from an accomplice who allegedly planned the killings, a jury heard.