The public are being asked with help finding three men wanted in connection with a violent homophobic attack.

But Dr Chris Smith said a decision on booster jabs should not be rushed.

An appeal has been launched to help find a man who went missing while in the company of care staff.

Helen Macdonald wants the stand-off over the future of the animal to be resolved quickly.

There were cheers, handshakes and hugs as a Black Country Olympics hero was welcomed home.

The US embassy in Afghanistan is recommending citizens avoid travelling to the airfield ‘because of potential security threats’.

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for heavy showers and thunder across parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

A woman stopped her car from being stolen after spotting it being loaded onto a truck outside a Wolverhampton church.

Cyclists across the region have been receiving extra protection, thanks to a police initiative.

A man was arrested after drugs were discovered inside his car in Dudley.

A planned family fun day at a Wyre Forest park was forced to cancel due to Saturday's poor weather.

Servicemen and women lined the route for a 99-year-old Second World War hero's final journey.

Two people were taken to hospital after a van left the road and hit a tree in Staffordshire.

Fifty changes to the rules for travellers arriving in England have been made since March 2020.

The rules for international arrivals have changed 50 times since the first coronavirus lockdown in March 2020.

A 12-year-old girl from Cradley Heath has been selected as one of 40 finalists taking part in the Junior Miss British Isles Model Competition.

A young businesswoman from Wolverhampton is cooking up something good to tempt the tastebuds of both customers and judges in a national competition.

Police officers dealt with a troublemaker of a different breed after a walker was injured.

Firefighters took about half an hour to beat out a fire on a Severn Valley Railway embankment.

The PA news agency answers 12 key questions about the current situation.

NHS Volunteer Responders said more stewards are needed to help out at vaccination sites.

Education unions, backed by the Liberal Democrats, had urged Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to take action.

Police revoked the rights of gun owners in the Black Country and Staffordshire hundreds of times over the last decade, figures show.

Only one in 10 burglaries in the West Midlands were solved by police over the last five years.

Around 75 bikers have taken to streets in the Black Country for a funeral procession of a father-of-five who was killed in Rowley Regis.

A Black Country sports stadium is to be twinned with the famous field in Flanders where First World War soldiers downed their arms for a game of football – as part of a tribute to Dudley football legend Duncan Edwards.

Sometimes, as a journalist, a story falls into your lap that seems just too bizarre to be true.

A train has been named to honour the memory of eleven people who died and 45 others who were injured in a tragic level crossing accident in the Staffordshire village of Hixon in 1968.

Former West Bromwich East MP Tom Watson, who served on the frontline of politics for more than four decades, has been announced as one of the main speakers at this year's Bewdley Festival.

The on-going regeneration of Perry Barr ahead of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has taken another step forward – with the approval of plans for a new bus interchange.

He put on a brave face, but it was total humiliation – and one Boris Johnson could do nothing about.

Boris Johnson stood before the House holding the baby and wringing his hands. An unhappy combination.

A series of road closures have been announced for when a major cycling event hits the Black Country later this year.

A brave Black Country woman scaled the O2 Arena in London to raise money for a cancer charity after long her mother and grandmother.

A petition has been launched to save a care home from potential closure.

A grieving mother is looking for answers after tributes to her son were removed from side of the road where he died.

A Black Country MP has told how an Afghan interpreter managed to escape the clutches of the Taliban after facing whip-wielding thugs at Kabul airport.

A Second World War "piece of ordnance" which saw a road and bridge in Bewdley closed off has been recovered and will be made safe.

Police are appealing for help in returning stolen items worth almost £300,000 to their rightful owners – after they were discovered during a drugs raid in the Black Country.

Police are appealing for help in tracing two men in connection with an arson attack at a house in the Black Country.

Around 200 tyres were dumped in a street in the Black Country, prompting an investigation.

A man has been arrested after a woman was found dead with serious head injuries at a house in the West Midlands.

Leisure centre staff in Sandwell are set to hold further strikes over changes to their contracts.

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 further 11 coronavirus deaths have been announced in the region's hospitals – in the latest figures released by NHS England.

Child arrests in the West Midlands have fallen by 76 per cent over the last decade following a shift in police policy towards youths.

Dudley Council has agreed to refund care home top-up fees for concerned families whose relatives were not offered an affordable placement.

Councillors are asking for a rethink into the Black Country Plan – claiming residents are confused by mixed proposals to development.

A main road running through a village will be closed overnight for nearly two weeks for resurfacing works.

Minor design changes to Staffordshire’s new designer shopping outlet have been approved – but councillors have raised concerns about the number of alterations that have been put forward in recent months.

Talks are underway over plans to close a major county road while HS2 works take place, it has emerged.

A Black Country takeaway was forced to close by environmental health officers after a rat infestation was discovered.

A motorcyclist has been seriously injured following a collision with a taxi.

Two police officers have been praised for their bravery in tackling a domestic abuse suspect – with one left with a badly broken finger.

Two suspected knifemen have appeared in court charged with attempted murder after an attack on two police officers.

Erdington Court Bowls Club is to hold a delayed celebration for a member who was a stalwart in the community.