A cancer support centre has launched a major new fundraising drive as it bids to offer a lifeline to patients impacted by the pandemic.

Wolverhampton is up against 19 other places as it bids to become the UK's next City of Culture.

Servicemen and women will provide a guard of honour for a Second World War veteran's funeral after an astonishing response to a social media appeal.

Dozens of colourful lights are filling the 900-year-old Lichfield Cathedral as part of a new exhibition which opened this week.

A major retrofit project has been launched to improve the region's water supply.

A craftswoman who teaches people how to make modern forms of scrapbooks has been nominated for two national awards.

A father-of-two from Brewood has turned a spare room hobby into a thriving small business and has now gained a distributor in the United States and a sales outlet at a shop in Lichfield.

A recruitment drive has been launched to boost the membership of Hednesford Men's Probus Club, who are preparing to meet on September 9.

Lunchtime visitors to a Staffordshire restaurant will be able to try some of the recipes its chef has made famous on a popular television show.

Gavin Williamson has been urged to improve ventilation in schools to help reduce the spread of Covid.

The UK government will be preparing for terror attacks on home soil following the Taliban's seizure of power in Afghanistan, a security expert has warned.

A former member of the Armed Forces has now scaled down his interests as a member of The Aerospace and Vehicle Modelling Club which is staging a special show at Wombourne on September 5.

Fabulous floral displays and inspiration for gardeners await visitors to this year’s Malvern Autumn Show, where the Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show will take centre stage from September 24 until September 26.

A Cannock Chase holiday campsite’s bid to add 12 static caravans and remove 40 touring pitches has been rejected by councillors because the plans are considered inappropriate development in the green belt.

A man has been charged with attempted robbery after a Staffordshire bank was targeted.

Plans to knock down a hotel and replace it with housing have been approved by councillors.

Labour, the SNP, Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru called for Mr Raab to either quit or be sacked by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Council bosses in the Black Country have pledged to help Afghan families fleeing their country after the Taliban takeover.

West Midland Safari Park has unveiled new plans for overnight stays with its Sumatran tigers.

A man in prison for killing of a 23-year-old during a row has had his jail term increased by 15 months.

A further four coronavirus deaths have been announced in the region's hospitals – in the latest figures released by NHS England.

A popular South Asian arts festival has been cancelled for the second year running due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Cuts to police officer numbers has had a "stark" impact on communities, the region’s police and crime commissioner has warned.

Jake Davison, 22, turned his gun on himself after his 12-minute rampage.

More than 70 houses are to be built on land where "toxic waste" was dumped despite a four-decade campaign to protect the area from development.

Members of the public have been banned from entering derelict buildings reported to have been used by drug addicts and sex workers.

A walker died of multiple injuries after falling from a notorious narrow ridge on Snowdon, the opening of an inquest heard.

A former soldier from the Black Country who lost both his legs in an explosion in Afghanistan has spoken of his sorrow at the "soul-destroying" turn of events in the country this week.

A parade is being held for Olympic boxer Ben Whittaker in his Black Country home town on Saturday.

Pc Jamie Holloway went into the back of David Shaw’s Ford Fiesta at an estimated 75mph, flipping it on to its roof.

A government minister has hailed the efforts of Marcus Rashford for highlighting the plight of disadvantaged families during the pandemic.

The Government has rejected the idea of making Covid vaccines compulsory for university students, a minister has said.

Arsonists set fire to a building belonging to a Christian charity in the Black Country.

The Belfry Hotel has been shortlisted for three awards in the 2021 miaList and M&IT Industry Awards.

A church in Sutton Coldfield has enjoyed a revamp giving a nod to the past while looking to the future.

People have travelled the equivalent of more than twice around the world as they took part in a major physical activity game played across Wolverhampton.

The deaths of a police officer and his three-year-old son are being treated as a suspected murder/suicide.

A pop-up vaccination clinic is set to open at Kidderminster Medical Centre on August 21.

A man from Stafford has been jailed for more than five years after causing the death of another driver in a car crash in Stone.

A man who left his partner fearing for her life when he attacked her at a caravan park has been given a restraining order and banned from drinking for four months.

A second ‘monster mast’ in a month has been rejected in the Sutton Coldfield Vesey Ward after Birmingham City Council planners vetoed it.

Assistance for Afghan interpreters was delayed because the Foreign Secretary failed to make a phone call while on holiday, reports have suggested.

One expert said it is up to food firms to be more responsible when it comes to sugar content.

The guidance has been described as ‘slightly bizarre’.

The Government has said coronavirus vaccinations will be compulsory for all registered care home staff in England, unless medically exempt.

But scientists said that the level of protection offered by both vaccines was similar after four to five months.

The total has risen 9% in a week – but is still well below the peak of the second wave.

Four in 10 local areas have recorded a week-on-week fall in rates.

Millions are being left without any protection while rich countries are preparing to hand out third doses, the WHO said.

A union representing drivers at the supermarket’s wholesale division, Booker, have said all HGV drivers should get the £5-an-hour pay rise.

The inventor urged the Government to take the ‘less popular decision’ and get workers back to offices to restore the ‘competitiveness’ of UK firms.

An MP has launched a campaign to save two pieces of green belt land in the Black Country earmarked for more than 800 new homes.

The chief executive of a charity set up as a "middle man" between philanthropists and voluntary organisations speaks about his organisation's vital work.

The bells have been ringing for a Victor Clark, who served as a paratrooper during the Second World War, and also survived an encounter with a crocodile, as he celebrated his 100th birthday in style.

A Birmingham project has been awarded £9.7 million of Government and industry funding to develop an ultra-fast charging electric vehicle battery.

A Wyre Forest wellbeing charity has been given a funding boost to help develop its facilities.

Apprenticeship opportunities with the four Black Country councils are being showcased at an online event.

Severn Valley Railway is getting up steam to welcome back ‘hop on, hop off’ passengers on all regular services from September 7.

A scheme providing food and activities for disadvantaged youngsters during school holidays can help "close the attainment gap" in education, a government minister has said.

An 18-year-old woman will be tackling the three highest peaks in the UK over 24 hours in a bid to raise money for charity.

An appeal has been made for military personnel and members of the public to turn out and mark the life of a Second World War veteran.

A dog had a lucky escape after its fall from an upstairs pub window was halted by a member of the pub's football team.

A transport company which was set to be handed a contract in Sandwell had more than 50 drivers taking vulnerable children to school who had not passed DBS checks, it has emerged.

Irresponsible drivers have hit speeds of more than 120mph in 30mph zones this year, new figures reveal.

A company which was set to be controversially handed a school transport contract by Sandwell Council has had its deal with a neighbouring authority terminated due to concerns over DBS checks.

More than £7,000 was spent by the city council resolving 40 bin disputes which reached the local government watchdog over the past year.

A further two people have died in the region's hospitals from coronavirus, according to NHS England figures.

An elderly couple were left shaken after masked robbers broke into their home, including one wearing a distinctive monkey mask.

More than 200,000 patients were waiting for elective operations or treatment at hospitals in the Black Country and Staffordshire in June, figures show.

Nando’s has shut 45 restaurants after suffering a shortage of chicken as industry suppliers warned supply chain disruption is “not going away”.

The comedian has died of cancer at the age of 58.

The University of Wolverhampton has secured more than £180,000 in funding to pick up the pace of vital mental health support services for students who are working on placements.

13 key questions about what is happening to rail fares.

A talented Sutton Coldfield girl has been declared ‘brainer than Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein’ after sitting a test organised by Mensa, the international society for people with high IQ.

Roads fell quiet across the Black Country during the pandemic but there were still dozens of motorists who committed serious driving offences.

A football mad six-year-old is on a fundraising mission to help secure life-saving equipment for his junior football club.

An ‘historic’ bus garage in Perry Barr is highly unlikely to be demolished, the leader of the council has said.

The owners of the empty Highgate Brewery in Walsall have scrapped plans to turn it into a tap house.

Wolverhampton’s Covid-19 vaccine bus will be visiting a school tomorrow and Friday.

The latest weekend of action at the Stourbridge Comedy Festival produced two nights of raucous laughter from some talented comedians.

A series of free parking spots in a city centre are set to be replaced by paid ones, the council has announced.

A homeless woman was charged £250 per week rent by the city council – which failed to write off arrears after it found the amount unaffordable.

Roads were closed and smoke poured across a town centre when a fire ripped through a car.

Poundland is doubling the size of its trial online delivery service to millions more customers across the Midlands, taking it into Shropshire for the first time.

Britain should not reject "out of hand" the possibility of working with the Taliban to forge a peaceful solution to the crisis in Afghanistan, An MP has said.

A new multi-million pound park and ride facility aims to help offer an alternative to traffic jams on a busy road.

Concerns have been raised by residents about weeds growing out of Dudley's historic Red House Glass Cone with calls for action to be taken.

A team of intrepid cyclists braved torrential rain to ride 127 miles from Wigan to Wolverhampton and raise nearly £8,000 for a homeless charity for young people.

A former refugee who was tortured aged 12 by the Taliban has warned the West will pay a heavy price for its “Afghan betrayal”.

Police are searching for this woman in connection with an armed robbery in the Black Country.

As Parliament was recalled, the Prime Minister denied the UK was unprepared for the Taliban takeover.

A contractor is to be fined by a council for breaching conditions of a roadworks scheme and keeping temporary traffic running at peak hours.

"Unpleasant" posts by a blogger criticising a council's public health boss after she opened up about her mental health struggles did not amount to harassment, a High Court judge has ruled.