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.

A woman who was diagnosed with stage four bowel and liver cancer has raised £2,500 and counting through hosting a Macmillan coffee morning.

A hospice has marked an important anniversary with a church service.

Police have charged a man who was allegedly caught with two knives in Birmingham city centre early this morning.

A man was detained on suspicion of drink driving following a two-car collision in Cradley Heath early this morning.

Police officers faced a slippery situation when a shocked couple found a python in their bedroom.

Andy Street has said Metro extensions need to happen to improve the “speed of commuting” in the region.

Poundland’s former Willenhall distribution centre could be torn down to make way for a new warehouse.

An office block has been sold at a loss of £22.5m to the taxpayer by Sandwell Council – with claims of ‘humongous mismanagement’.

A summer activity scheme enjoyed by thousands of youngsters across the city has been hailed as a "great success" and is set to be replicated in half-term.

A police officer thought he was going to die when a gun was pointed in his face as he went to help a woman being attacked in the street.

A new project to create a wildflower meadow as part of the city's carbon reduction plans has been launched.

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.

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.