Tributes have been paid to a much-loved former councillor and local historian who was Bilston "through and through" who died earlier this month.

Councils across the Black Country and Staffordshire laid off hundreds of staff last year – costing taxpayers nearly £10 million.

The US President said he hopes not to keep US troops in Afghanistan beyond the August 31 deadline.

A collector in the Black Country and his wife who share their home with almost 15,000 model buses and other transport models have sorted out their collection.

People in a suburb of Wolverhampton say they like living in Penn – and want it to stay that way.

A Wolverhampton shopping street has become a bouncing and vibrant area since the lifting of coronavirus restrictions.

Councillors are set to scrutinise elements of a major housing strategy which will see more than 70,000 homes built in the Black Country.

A city centre office block is set to be converted into apartments after plans were signed off.

A young film-maker from the West Midlands is to receive a helping hand with his career from television star Adil Ray after he secured a scholarship at a new Birmingham college.

As a young man delivering firewood in the early 1960s, Bill Kerswell remembers the poverty and squalor of some of the areas he visited.

The first Saturday night of Wolverhampton’s summer festival in the West Park Big Top got off to the best possible start with the nation’s favourite musical comedian - and Strictly Come Dancing champion - Bill Bailey in fine form at the first Just...

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

A murder investigation has been launched after a man was fatally stabbed in Birmingham shortly after leaving a club.

The armed forces minister said British troops are ‘seeing things that are unimaginably hard to deal with’.

Olympic boxing hero Ben Whittaker has achieved his dream of becoming the Mayor of Wolverhampton – and used his brief time in the role to further inspire others.

A man who went missing while in the company of care staff has been found.

The impact of the awake prone positioning technique was assessed on more than 1,000 coronavirus patients in hospitals in six countries.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault following a homophobic attack, as police continue to look for two other suspects.

Several cities are battling outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant.

The 79-year-old civil rights leader and his wife Jacqueline are being treated in Chicago.

Phil Valentine said he had chosen not to get vaccinated because he thought he probably would not die.

The programme aims to improve understanding and gain ‘vital’ data about antibody protection following Covid infection and vaccination.

The return of a big weekend of fun and entertainment brought families to a Black Country park.

Motorists were subjected to delays on two parts of a busy section of the M6.

The Government has been accused of not moving quickly enough after it said it would take up to 20,000 refugees.

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

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

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.