But Labour has raised concerns over how the monitoring for coronavirus variants will continue.

Two men who violently subjected a key worker to a terrifying car-jacking during lockdown have been jailed.

Tories in Walsall are set to block a Labour councillor from becoming deputy mayor over concerns about his mental health.

A council leader who is one of seven taking the Home Office to court has said people need to be allocated fairly and "not treated like rubbish".

West Midlands Police has been handed a share of a £4 million funding pot to help target violent crime hotspots.

A landlord of a pub near Wolverhampton says the business is still not back to pre-coronavirus levels of trade despite restrictions ending.

Lawn tennis clubs across the Black Country are hoping the success of the new US Open champion Emma Raducanu will be a shot in the arm for the sport at the grassroots.

Exceptional young people from across a city have been honoured at an annual awards.

A global pandemic, lockdown, restrictions – it has all been like something out of a comic book story.

A Burntwood organisation that provides employment for people with learning difficulties has celebrated the tenth anniversary of its moved to the town.

"The changes make life so much easier for our clients to travel and us to sell holidays."

The move comes amid intense pressure from the travel industry to relax Covid restrictions.

A teenager has denied the murder of a 17-year-old who was fatally stabbed in Smethwick.

The traffic light system and testing protocols are said to be being reviewed.

The increasingly popular West End smash hit Everybody’s Talking About Jamie will be shimmying onto the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre stage from October 5-9, with an all-star cast including EastEnders’ Shane Ritchie, Dinner Ladies’ Shobna Gulati a...

Boris Johnson said it is time for ministers to unite and work as a team.

A reopening date has still not been announced for a hospital unit that closed as a temporary measure 18 months ago.

The dates for this year's German Christmas market in Birmingham have been confirmed after it was cancelled last year due to Covid-19.

A community activist and Windrush campaigner has been appointed an Honorary Professor at his home town university.

A footballer's memory is to be honoured by a group of friends who are planning a series of charity fundraising 10k runs in his name.

A former mosque and community centre will be turned into a supermarket despite being only yards away from an Asda and a Home Bargains.

A motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after a collision with a car at a busy roundabout.

A plan to create 1,300 apartments and new jobs in Wolverhampton has cleared another significant hurdle.

Poundland is offering bonuses and training support in a bid to recruit more lorry drivers.

A 15-metre high 5G phone mast will be built in a residential area despite concerns over how “distracting” it will be.

A quick-thinking driver has spoken of his lucky escape after a 26-tonne bin lorry nearly ploughed into his car - and also narrowly missed a pedestrian.

A shared legal service used by three Staffordshire councils is set to take on more staff to cope with demand – and a fourth local authority could also join up.

Councillors will visit a site earmarked for new restaurants, bars and apartments near the "super hospital" being built in the Black Country – over a fear that will be too much car parking.

New train stations, rail lines, road schemes and tram tracks will be built under a £2.3 billion plan to revolutionise transport across the region.

A drink driver found with three empty bottles of vodka on his passenger seat after crashing into a car carrying two children, has lost his licence.

The move will see the two firms form a joint venture, with 51% owned by Next and 49% by Gap.

Six men have been charged in connection with the deaths of two young brothers who were killed in a crash more than two years ago.

Fed-up leaders of seven Midlands councils are taking the Home Office to court over the “broken” asylum seeker dispersal scheme saying “enough is enough”.

Travelling is set to be made cheaper and more straightforward for doubled-jabbed holidaymakers under a shake-up of coronavirus rules.

A pregnant teenager has been taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition after a tram and a car crashed at a busy city junction.

A pregnant teenager left fighting for her life after a crash between a tram and a car in Wolverhampton is now in a "critical but stable" condition.

A domestic abuser who dragged a woman from a car and attacked her with a meat cleaver has been locked up for 32 years.

An Audi was stolen as burglars struck four times in 90 minutes at houses within a mile of each other.

Organisers have announced the first details of the Birmingham 2022 Festival – a six-month celebration which will spotlight creativity and culture in the West Midlands.

The study will seek to recruit 360 volunteers who will be enrolled in one of four arms of the study.

NHS England directors have announced that normal testing capacities should be resumed from October 8 in all healthcare settings.

The Delta variant had not caused more serious disease in children than previous variants, researchers found.

An alleged murderer accused of attacking a man who later died has told a jury that he punched the older man in self-defence.

Residents living near a secondary school are calling for action to improve road safety following claims of near misses.

Police descended on one of the busiest junctions in the Black Country as part of a drive for safer roads.

Two men who provide outdoor experiences for young people are set to take on an 18-mile walk to help fund their work.

The new leader of a district council says he is prepared for the "tsunami of challenges" the authority will face over the coming years.

A ticking clock, a crocodile, a sinister Captain Hook and aerial adventures in Neverland.

More than four in five local areas have recorded a week-on-week fall in rates.

Cabinet minister Michael Gove has been ‘promised’ a tour of Wolverhampton nightclubs when he comes to the city.

An apology has been issued to people in parts of the Black Country who have been left without water.

An appeal has been launched to help find a missing man.

An urgent appeal has been launched to help find a man who ran away while being treated by ambulance staff.

A man has been jailed after a campaign of harassment against his ex-girlfriend and her family.

A man has admitted the manslaughter of a disabled man who died almost 13 years after being attacked in Cannock - while two other alleged killers have gone on trial.

It has been reported that the green and amber lists will be merged, and the number of countries on the red list slashed.

Antibody levels have levelled off or declined slightly among adults in old age groups, however.

BT has announced the creation of 1,000 new jobs as its first major regional hub opens outside London.

Two firework displays will light up Wolverhampton’s skyline in November after being cancelled last year by the pandemic.

Home repairs company HomeServe has launched a major new recruitment drive.

A further 14 deaths have been confirmed in the region's hospitals in the latest figures released by NHS England.

Chamberlin, the specialist castings and engineering group, says it has made an encouraging start to the 2021-2022 financial year.

Residents living in Sandwell have been informed of road closures and parking restrictions ahead of two weekends of festivals.

A man was seriously injured when a car mounted a pavement and crashed into him in a Black Country town centre.

Eleanor Lawson reviews Little Shop of Horrors, performed at the Old Joint Stock in Birmingham.

A businesswoman's positive experience from recruiting an apprentice has convinced her husband to take the same step with his business.

A Wolverhampton NHS trust has launched a campaign to raise awareness of sepsis, which can be fatal if not recognised early.

A road traffic island featuring a landmark 40ft statue of a miner has been declared "UK Roundabout of the Year".

Rebecca Currie’s son Mathew Richards has a chronic lung disease.

A series of public meetings are being held on the Black Country Plan – and members of Dudley South Constituency Labour Party (CLP) are urging residents to attend to ensure their voices are heard.

A hen welfare charity is urgently appealing for people in Sutton Coldfield to become ‘hen heroes’.

A man has died after the car he was driving hit a wall at the junction of a road in Stourport.

A father and son have been ordered to pay almost £2,000 after they built up a "rat-ridden waste mountain" outside their home in the Black Country.

Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club has paid tribute to a much-loved coach.

An appeal has been launched for clothes and toiletries to donate to refugees who have fled Afghanistan by members of the Dudley South Labour Women's Group.