An appeal has been launched to identify a woman who was found dead in a Black Country canal.

An MP has suggested the entire northern route of HS2 could be scrapped after a document containing details of £3.6 billion contracts for the line was taken down.

The story of a murder victim who disappeared while out shopping will be recounted in a television crime show.

A wedding day hitch was narrowly averted when police drove a stranded bride and her parents to church after the wedding car broke down.

Former teacher and pop art man Pete Mason has completed a trilogy of portraits, paying homage to the late Princess of Wales and her two sons, made out of postage stamps.

A man with cerebral palsy has thanked donors for raising thousands of pounds towards a “life-changing” wheelchair – after admitting he originally thought no one would wish to donate.

Firefighters in West Midlands were called to more incidents involving stuck objects and stranded animals last year, despite an overall fall in callouts amid the coronavirus pandemic, figures show.

Do you drive a 2007 Audi A4? A 2006 Mondeo 1.8SCI? A 2005 Mercedes CLK? Or maybe a VW Golf from this era?

A council boss has hailed a "bright new future" for Brierley Hill after meeting with the new owners of the Merry Hill shopping centre.

Wolves legend Jim McCalliog will be signing copies of his new book at an event in the Black Country this weekend.

A boxing club working to keep young people fit and off the streets has been awarded a £2,000 grant by a fast food giant.

Jobs data shows that current skills shortages, which have been widely attributed to the pandemic, were already emerging before lockdown.

Efforts to honour the memory of a nurse and best-selling author with a blue plaque have taken a step closer after attracting hundreds of pounds in funding.

Union members at GKN Driveline in Birmingham have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in the campaign to prevent the closure of the factory and transfer of its work overseas.

Fahim Zazai, who came to the UK as an Afghan refugee 20 years ago, said his charity has ‘received more than we asked for and it’s growing’.

The pub chain confirmed that some branches failed to receive deliveries of Carling and Coors.

A rural bus service will now run on Saturdays and connect to a secondary school.

The Black Country councils will share a slice of a £90,000 fund set up to tackle family conflicts and improve children's life chances.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman has said it is ‘still very much our intention to roll out the booster programme’ this month.

Jobs will be spread across the country, including some in its London and Manchester offices.

A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of killing a pedestrian who was walking along a pavement in a hit-and-run crash.

Preparing his team for a game against England, Wales manager Jimmy Murphy went through a detailed appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses of each player in the opposing side – bar one.

A further 21 coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in hospitals in the Black Country, Staffordshire and Birmingham, NHS figures show.

A driver was clocked doing more than 90mph on a 40mph stretch of dual carriageway in the Black Country - with a child in the passenger seat.

A Black Country house was sealed off and the bomb squad called when a Second World War grenade was found.

A former cinema in the Black Country is set to be demolished to be turned into a 15-storey ‘vertical forest’ clad with bushes and trees – similar to designs in Holland, Italy and China.

He was given a life sentence in 1988 for raping and strangling 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire in 1983 and 1986.

The Graham Hughes Stand at Molineux will continue to be closed for 'a number of games', Wolves have today confirmed.

A man has appeared in crown court charged with the murder of a pensioner found dead at a flat in the Black Country.

Wolverhampton's annual LGBT+ pride event has been postponed after headline act Nadine Coyle pulled out.

A husband and wife duo say they are excited to be launching their first pub together in the Black Country.

A landmark city centre venue that has hosted bands including Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys and Coldplay has been taken off the market after failing to reach its target price at auction.

Almost 1,500 care home workers in the Black Country and Staffordshire are yet to receive their Covid-19 vaccine - as fears mount over a national staffing shortage.

A former actor has been taken on as a political advisor to assist Sandwell Council's recently elected leader Rajbir Singh, the Express & Star can reveal.

The ubiquitous Gary Lineker is soon to host a new game show called Sitting on a Fortune. Cynics might say it is rather fitting for one of the BBC's biggest earners, raking in the readies from a total of nine jobs.

A lifesaving charity is calling for the backing of Shropshire's communities as Air Ambulance Week prepares to take off on Monday.

KPMG is set to face a disciplinary tribunal over allegations that it gave false information to the accounting regulator during an audit inspection of collapsed Black Country firm Carillion.

The retail group revealed that total sales in the six months to August 31 were 65% of pre-pandemic levels.

E10 petrol is made with up to 10% bioethanol, which is a type of renewable fuel.

A man has been killed in an early-hours van crash on a main road near Stafford.

One school leaders’ union has suggested the removal of many mitigations this term is a ‘case of hit and hope’ from ministers.

Jessica Swale’s Nell Gwynn is coming to Sutton Coldfield this month.

The BRC-NieslenIQ shop price index for August revealed that shop prices decreased by 0.8% year-on-year.

The acceleration in house price growth was surprising given the tapering of a stamp duty holiday, Nationwide Building Society said.

Researchers hope to explore the relationship between genetics and an individual’s reaction to the virus.

The legislation, which comes into effect on October 1, will require food businesses to provide allergen information on foods pre-packaged in the UK.

The plans, to be introduced in September, have been met with criticism from politicians on both sides.

More than 440 species are on the brink of vanishing, including North Wales’ Menai whitebeam with only 30 individual trees left, a study says.

The KPMG CEO survey found 59% of UK bosses have seen their business supply chain come under pressure during the pandemic.

The race to get Afghan refugees resettled in the West Midlands has been stepped up after the final evacuation flights left Kabul's airport.

Comedian Alan Carr learnt all about The Merry Monarch during a visit to Moseley Old Hall this week.

Nearly 400 bodies were kept at a temporary mortuary set up at Birmingham Airport at the height of the coronavirus crisis, it has emerged.

For Brummies, the war came to their doorstep in this month in the dark days of 1940.

Campaigners claim changes to a chicken farm's pollution strategy do not do enough to stop "dangerous" pollution.

Campaigners fighting to prevent quarrying taking place on 110 acres of greenbelt land are planning a public meeting to continue their battle against the proposals.

Cyclists are gearing up for the return of a popular bike ride held in memory of a talented 16-year-old cyclist from Willenhall.

CCTV images have been released of a man suspected of crashing into a pedestrian and then fleeing the scene as the victim lay dying in the road.

Police say they will continue to monitor a hotel which received a raft of complaints from residents after failing to have it shut down.

Dozens of bin workers went on strike in a row over accusations of bullying and health and safety failings - with further disruption planned throughout September.

The family of a man who died after being attacked while on a night out have described their devastation and heartbreak at the loss of an "amazing, thoughtful and kind man".

Police have renewed their appeal for information after a man was killed in a Wyre Forest motorbike crash.

A teenager was arrested by police after being suspected of carrying a knife in Mere Green on Friday.

One man was stabbed and three others were hurt when violence broke out on a Black Country street.

NHS officials are poised to start a booster campaign on September 6.

The NHS is poised to start administering booster Covid-19 jabs within days but is yet to get final nod from vaccine experts

An Olympian has been welcomed home with open arms after returning from Tokyo to her gymnastics club.

A Walsall junior football team which almost folded as a result of Covid will be allowed to open a new bar after allaying fears of a “nightmare scenario” for residents.

Around 3.2 million households bought a pet during the pandemic.

The Phase 3 trial will test the drug against the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.

A record number of patients are on the NHS waiting list.

A man will appear at crown court tomorrow charged with the murder of a pensioner found dead at a flat in the Black Country.

The airline said the announcement will create more than 500 new jobs for pilots, cabin crew and engineers at its London airports.

The finalists for the Wolfson Prize have set their sights on revolutionising healthcare in the UK.

They were reported to be on a ‘ministerial hit list’ of single-use items that the Government wants to discourage people from using.

Plans for a new cafe adjacent to Vesey House and overlooking Plants Brook would add to the 'lovely community feel'.

A drug smuggler from the Black Country who hid £650,000 worth of cannabis in coconuts sent from Ghana has been locked up.

Plans for a new micropub in Mere Green have been given the green light.

A further 26 coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in the region's hospitals – in the latest figures released by NHS England.

A tunnel by Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre is closed to traffic due a fire in a block of high-rise flats.

The Foreign Secretary said he is unable to give a ‘definitive’ figure.

People in a county have been praised for their efforts to help resettle Afghan families who are arriving in the Midlands "with just the clothes on their backs".

Large swathes of the country may see their last glimpses of summer weather for the year this week.

A site machinery business has dropped plans to move into a new £6 million factory in Wolverhampton.

A council paid out more than £1 million in compensation over the last five years - with injuries caused by slabs, trees and drains and pothole damage to cars among the reasons for payouts.

A man who was arrested after a woman was hit by a car and killed near Stafford Castle has been released under investigation.