A family has received a substantial payout from a care home following failings in the care of a 94-year-old great-grandmother which led to her death.

When Adrian Webb stands at the starting line of Race for Life later this month it will be a poignant moment.

Officers searching for a missing man have found a body in West Bromwich.

A split appeared to have formed between senior Cabinet ministers over how much to raise national insurance by.

The rate of closures was still lower than the first half of 2020.

Owners of homes or businesses in the Lichfield district that were flooded in February last year may be entitled to a grant to help prevent their properties from being flooded again.

This is going to be a journey into the unknown. A venture right outside my comfort zone.

A lone protester blocked a Bridgnorth street as part of an Extinction Rebellion national movement against fossil fuels.

The four chief medical officers of the UK are being asked to review the wider benefits of vaccination for the age group.

Police are appealing for help in tracing a man they want to speak to in connection with a robbery in the Black Country.

Sunseekers are being urged to dust off their hats and sun cream as temperatures are expected to rise to almost 30C after a damp August.

The JCVI has announced it is widening the Covid vaccination programme to more children aged between 12 and 15 who have underlying health conditions.

A mother with coronavirus who recently gave birth has encouraged others to have the vaccination after she became so ill that her relatives were advised to prepare for her end-of-life care.

A new ‘adult gaming centre’ looks set to open in a disused Walsall town centre bookies prompting fears it could encourage poor people to gamble their money away.

Police chiefs have demanded more officers to help crackdown on the "vile" crime of pet theft.

The parents of a Willenhall schoolboy who was hit by a car have give their support to a petition calling for urgent improvements to traffic calming measures.

Dominic Raab is not on holiday.

The backdrop of a landmark Black Country memorial to Sikh Soldiers has been set in place.

A major refurbishment project to restore the Grade 1 listed Old Curzon Street Station in Birmingham, one of the world's oldest surviving pieces of monumental railway architecture, has started.

Walk-in vaccination clinics will be opening across Staffordshire over the weekend to get their Covid jabs.

A former Staffordshire police officer who pretended to have attended London Pride has pleaded guilty to fraud and data protection offences.

A permanent memorial to those from the mining industry who gave their lives for their countries has finally been unveiled.

Lex Warner, from Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, died in 2012.

Tributes have been paid to Honorary Alderman of Sandwell and former deputy mayor Margaret James, who has died aged 85.

Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council will consider their views on a proposal to extend the footway outside the Halifax Bank on Birmingham Road.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said it is expanding the rollout to more children with underlying health conditions.

Work to transform the rest of the former Sunbeam factory in Wolverhampton into flats could restart after the building was bought for £7.5 million.

Police are searching for four teenagers after three boys were robbed on a bus in the Black Country.

A final loud boom signalled the end of an era as the last major structure at the Ironbridge Power Station was blown up.

A woman who died after being hit by a car near Stafford Castle has been named as Alison Meadows.

Two solicitors from a firm which was based in Wolverhampton have been suspended in connection with an allegedly fraudulent "quick sale" property scheme.

Lichfield residents, businesses, sports clubs and community groups are being asked to comment on the planned location for the city's new leisure centre.

Owners of a Cannock Chase holiday park who were denied permission to add more static homes by councillors are planning to appeal the decision.

A bid to turn a Stafford town centre office block into housing has been rejected after concerns were raised that future residents would be unable to open their windows without being affected by noise from the nearby railway station.

Plans to add 40 extra homes to a rural development currently under construction have been sent back by Stafford Borough councillors for a redesign.

A Black Country NHS trust will be sentenced in November over safety failings in the cases of two patients who died.

A further 10 coronavirus death have been confirmed in the region's hospitals – in the latest figures released by NHS England.

Paralympic bronze was worth its weight in gold to Halesowen's Jordanne Whiley, who proclaimed Tokyo singles success as the happiest moment of her life.

A row over the treatment of bin workers has escalated further after union bosses said a council had "falsely" announced strikes had been called off.

A man from the Black Country who advertised his waste removal services on Facebook only to dump rubbish in a car park has been ordered to pay more than £1,200.

The primary school's budget was plundered for potentially hundreds of thousands of pounds.

A man from Walsall who denies causing the death of a two-week-old boy by dangerous driving has had his trial date pushed back.

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

One of the world’s rarest cars has been unveiled anew having been restored by a Bridgnorth firm.

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

A council in the Black Country has pledged to relocate a further 40 refugees from Afghanistan on top of the 80 already being rehomed.

Two stars of Peter Kay's sitcom Phoenix Nights will head the bill in the comedy tent at this month's Black Country Musicom.

Two men have pleaded not guilty to murdering a father-of-five who was found dead at an industrial estate in the Black Country.

A Wolverhampton private hire driver who overcharged a customer, while taking her on an uninsured journey that wasn't pre-booked, has had her licence revoked.

Student Rattan Bhorjee has organised a successful donation drive for Afghan refugees in the Black Country, all while finishing his masters dissertation at the University of Warwick.

Walmley Golf Club has applied to make renovations to its club house.

A fraudster who took almost £83,000 from a vulnerable woman's bank account has been locked up for more than two years.

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.

One lucky Express & Star reader has been celebrating after bagging a glamping getaway.

There’s something comforting about primary school life, like being wrapped in a cosy blanket with a mug of hot chocolate.

Boldmere Swimming Club has spoken of its pride after seeing Tully Kearney claim Paralympic gold.

The Prime Minister urged world football’s governing body to take ‘strong action’.