A Bridgnorth firm has completed its restoration of one of the world’s rarest cars and was today unveiling it in London.

Sutton Coldfield RFC kicked off their season centenary celebrations by staging a rugby-themed festival of family fun last weekend.

A dancing thief stripped his victims of expensive watches in Birmingham using bizarre fancy footwork.

A fly in the cab television series is putting ambulance crews across the West Midlands in the spotlight.

Witnesses are being searched for after an attack which left a hedgehog close to death.

A Black Country charity has closed one of its shops for a good after the latest act of vandalism.

A construction manager who beat cancer during lockdown has won a top-of the range Mercedes and a cash prize of £50,000.

A haul of suspected counterfeit goods with an estimated value of £1 million has been seized at a shop in the Black Country.

Walmley Golf Club reveals renovation plans

A pensioner was found impaled on a bannister at her home in South Staffordshire.

Kotey, who grew up in London, attended a two-hour change of plea hearing at US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Thursday.

Headteachers insist it is crucial children aged 12 to 15 are given the coronavirus vaccine to ensure schools are not hit by yet more disruption.

A man has been charged with the manslaughter of a father who died after being attacked in Birmingham city centre.

Nobody has been charged over the murder of a woman more than three weeks after her body was dumped in a layby and set on fire.

A developer is looking to “raise the bar” and change perceptions of houses of multiple occupation with a planned project in Walsall.

Revamp work at a popular recording studio that has been saved from closure has been completed.

An historic glass cone – one of just a handful left in the country – has been given special recognition by Visit England.

Community groups in a city have been invited to bid for grants from a funding pot of £18,000.

Members of the public are invited to have their say on plans to transform a former magistrates’ court into an arts venue.

Mr Johnson told reporters at Merville Barracks in Colchester that the eligible teenagers were ‘a very important group for potential transmission’.

A Staffordshire domestic abuse charity has received a funding boost from a regional housebuilder.

A drug driver who drove at twice the speed limit while being chased by police at school leaving time has avoided prison.

Angry residents have accused Dudley Council of failing them over crucial plans which could see thousands of homes built on greenbelt land.

Coronary heart disease, breast cancer, childhood obesity and self-harm rates vary widely between wards across Birmingham according to a report addressing health inequalities.

A Stone Olympian’s achievements are to be recognised by community leaders who have hailed him one of the top canoeists in the world.

A Staffordshire town is set to hold a virtual Christmas lights switch on for the second year in a row after community leaders raised concerns about thousands of revellers flocking into the High Street while Covid-19 remains an issue.

A care home where a resident set their bedding on fire has been rated inadequate after inspectors were alerted to concerns for people's safety.

Dilapidated sports ground facilities in Wolverhampton look set to be demolished amid calls to reopen playing fields for the public.

The new figures come as research suggested being double-jabbed almost halves the likelihood of long Covid in adults.

A new Starbucks drive-thru and cafe has opened at Merry Hill, creating 20 new jobs.

A woman found dead in a Black Country canal has been identified after an appeal by police.

A prison near Wolverhampton has been praised for safety and its overall treatment of inmates - but concerns have been raised around the use of force and education provision.

Further strikes by bin workers in Sandwell have been called off after an agreement was reached with union bosses.

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

A man was stabbed at Lichfield City Station last night.

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.

She’s currently in Tokyo covering the Paralympics for TV’s The Last Leg – but fast-rising comedy hotshot Rosie Jones is on her way to Sutton Coldfield this November.

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

A council is appealing for information after a “truck-full of rubbish” was dumped in a lane.

However, Dominic Raab said there was an important scope for engagement and dialogue.

A teenager has been charged with killing a bus driver who died after being hit by a car as he walked along the pavement.

The professor’s modelling was instrumental to the UK going into lockdown in March 2020.

Committee says ministers must establish whether the plans would lead to ‘hesitancy’ to vote among black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

Disadvantaged communities face the ‘biggest challenges’ as they have seen larger cuts in per pupil spending, researchers warn.

Schools in England can sign up with this year’s external tuition providers through the National Tutoring Programme.

A cross-party group of more than 100 MPs have urged ministers to ban the import and sale of animal fur in the UK.

The latest footfall monitor by retail researchers at Springboard showed that footfall in August was 18.6% lower than the same month in 2019.

Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation deputy chairman Professor Anthony Harnden said they will decide ‘in the children’s best interests’.

The CMA said the move could see customers facing ‘higher prices, fewer discounts and less choice of products in store’.

From September, more than half a million people with severely weakened immune systems will be offered another dose of a vaccine.

But the minister did not rule out a rise in Covid-19 infections being caused by children going back to class after the summer break.

The Ladder for the Black County team has been delighted by the progression made by Ben Bates from a study programme with Juniper Training to starting an apprenticeship as a roofer.

The company said it was hiring staff for its World Headquarters and plants in Staffordshire.

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

A man has been charged with assaulting two women after information from a public appeal led to his arrest.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a father was killed during a night out in Birmingham city centre.

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

Work on a £3.6m town-centre road scheme will begin next week in a bid to ease congestion.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.