The Prime Minister will lead a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee as Liz Truss warned a Russian invasion of Ukraine could still be imminent.

West Midlands Police has launched an investigation into one of its officers after footage emerged of him tripping up a Wolves fan.

It's the noise that haunts her.

The demolition of a house that was built without planning permission should act as a warning to people who "think they can build what they want".

The owner of a new music shop in Wolverhampton is hoping his store will be in the city for years to come after two long-standing establishments shut down.

Shoppers in Walsall have welcomed plans for a £36 million revamp aimed at encouraging people to live, work and shop in the town centre.

More than 160,000 patients are waiting for routine treatment at Black Country hospitals – a rise of 46 per cent in a year.

A drink-driver has been banned from the road for 18 months after a crash put a woman and child in hospital over Christmas.

Minister for Employment Mims Davies MP visited Merry Hill's Dudley Youth Hub and praised it for helping 16 to 29 year olds getting into work.

Claims of a fist fight and illegal parking have been raised by residents opposing a burger restaurant's application for a late-night licence.

Two axe-wielding robbers are on the run after attempting an armed raid on a village post office.

Britain’s jobs market continued its recovery with the number of payrolled workers jumping last month but wages have continued to lag behind soaring inflation, according to official figures.

An experienced technology entrepreneur is expecting 2022 to be the breakthrough year for his latest venture that is transforming the way the legal sector operates.

Snooker chiefs are already looking ahead to more events in the heart of the Black Country after a successful week of action in Wolverhampton.

A charity-minded couple from Willenhall are planning a 1,736-mile drive to Land's End and then on to John O'Groats and back again in only two days - for their wedding anniversary

Volunteers and young people have planted the first trees in what is set to become the world's longest community orchard.

The alternative meat market seems to be booming. A global crisis and two national lockdowns mean there is a refocusing of priorities, with health and wellbeing becoming the core drivers.

Activity sessions have taken on a new meaning for clients of a disability learning hub with the help of some canine companions.

Military action by Russia would have consequences for us all.

Two NHS workers from Sandwell have been shortlisted in the prestigious MyPorter Awards.

Sandwell Council has marked five years since the first Made In Sandwell story was shared on its business website Think Sandwell.

Artist Daniella Turbin is inviting Wolverhampton residents to join her on walks around their city to create a new public map.

Voting has opened to select the new name of a steam locomotive which is being painted purple to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Train services that were temporarily dropped to help a rail company cope with Covid staff shortages since Christmas are being re-introduced.

Unions have raised fears that thousands of jobs are under threat after a winding up order was filed against Liberty Steel.

One of the first fire engineering apprenticeship students in the country has been promoting the course to a Government minister.

Council bosses in Wolverhampton will receive a presentation on tackling the city’s high levels of unemployment – particularly around young people.

British and Commonwealth champion Wayne Elcock has spoken of his devastation after thieves stole cherished memorabilia from his boxing career after targeting his store in Boldmere.

New managers are seeking a licence for a Newtown restaurant which previously had its licence revoked after holding a 40-person gathering during lockdown.

Midlands livestock farmer Rosemary Allen stands up for meat.

The duchess, 73, has become the latest member of the royal family to catch coronavirus.

A derelict site which was once part of Willenhall’s proud lock industry heritage will have a storage business built on it.

A baby anteater is clinging onto its mother and soaking up the sights of the Black Country having become the first such animal born at Dudley Zoo.

The trial into the murder of three-year-old Kemarni Watson-Darby has been put on hold until March.

A new anti-drugs operation has been launched in Staffordshire after more than 200 cannabis farms were found in the past year.

The future of a Staffordshire bus service which had seemed under threat of being taken off the road has been secured for the next five years.

The site that one housed an historic Black Country pub has sold at an online property auction for more than three times its guide price.

Tenants left in the cold for weeks at a Wolverhampton apartment block have been promised heating and hot water will be returned ‘imminently’.

A futuristic robotic vacuum cleaner is helping clean up after hotel guests who have visited the Black Country Living Museum.

Cardiologists in Wolverhampton will be the first in the Midlands to use digital diagnostic technology for heart disease.

Boris Johnson said there was still time for Russian President Vladimir Putin to step back from the brink.

Business leaders should show staff they are valued this Valentine’s Day to boost business performance.

Garden waste bin collections will begin again in Sandwell during the two-week period between February 28 and March 11.

Labour leader says the Prime Minister’s controversial comments ‘fed into’ a ‘right-wing conspiracy theory’, and this caused ‘difficulty’.

But Boris Johnson insisted he will have ‘a lot more’ to say on the row about parties in Downing Street once the police investigation is concluded.

A County Lines drug dealer from the Black Country has been jailed after being caught when a missing person report led police to a stash of cocaine and heroin.

There were packed audiences for a three-day performance of Hairspray by senior school students at Holy Trinity School in Kidderminster.

Downing Street said there remains a ‘window of opportunity’ during a ‘critical juncture’ this week.

Tipton murderers Nathan Maynard-Ellis and David Leesley feature in a new documentary about the macabre murder of a Dudley market trader.

One of the UK's "most exciting" jazz and blues guitarists Remi Harris is bringing his band to perform in Staffordshire next month.

Visitors to an attraction in the West Midlands are being confronted with an awe-inspiring view of planet Earth.

A new 130-seat Greggs cafe has opened in Primark's flagship Birmingham store.

A mother-of-two who has taken part in the Karate World Championships has made her dreams come true by opening her own club.

A Royal Navy officer may have made history by being the first person named Pitt to set foot on Pitt Islands in the Antarctic.

The first section of rail has been installed in Dudley in a step forward for the Metro extension.

Hold on to your hat – Storm Dudley is on the way.

Two men were taken to hospital with suspected broken noses after being attacked near a nightclub in Wolverhampton.

A dossier of messages were sent to the Metropolitan Police on Friday.

A man with links to Wolverhampton has appeared in court charged with fraud allegations.

Love is all around – unlike last year when we were stuck inside because of lockdown.

A student from the West Midlands has spoken of the "panic" to leave Ukraine.

Authorities said rapid testing continues to play a vital role in combating the spread of the virus.

The front pages are focused on the escalating Ukraine crisis on Monday.

Drug seizures by police in the West Midlands increased significantly during the pandemic – because a fall in crime meant they had more time to carry out raids.

Patients arriving to hospitals by ambulance faced longer waits to be handed over to A&E staff compared to the national average in parts of the Black Country.

A major investigation is underway after a doctor who worked at Dudley's Russells Hall Hospital was arrested on suspicion of child sex offences.

The Peaky Blinder candidate in the Erdington by-election has been promised "an army of volunteers" from the Dudley-based fan club of the popular series.

It's not exactly Wall Street, is it? To most locals, this shabby old building in a back street in the West Midlands is remembered as the old Subway, its peeling green paint a tell-tale sign of its recent use as a sandwich bar.

More than 100 houses could be built on green space near an industrial estate under plans which have been resubmitted after they were thrown out.

A Hednesford pub has won an award from the Cannock Chase branch of the Campaign for Real Ale.

Singing fishmonger John Perry and his band are hoping to be on the right track after taking time out for a photo-shoot at the Severn Valley Railway.

The Defence Secretary was returning early from a family holiday on Sunday in light of the ‘worsening situation in Ukraine’.

Traffic officers seized more than £16 million worth of drugs and suspected "dirty money" in swoops on criminals on the region's roads.

A youth seriously injured in a knife attack in Bloxwich remains in hospital while a 17-year-old arrested over the stabbing has been given bail.

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said the Prime Minister will ‘fight’ and win the next general election.

A man had his jaw broken when he was attacked in Stourbridge.

A major leisure complex aimed at creating dozens of new jobs will be built on a former Walsall leather factory site despite conservation concerns.

Cannabis smokers using Halesowen car parks were given a fright when police officers arrested them.

An Aladdin's Cave full of stolen vehicles, car parts, number plates and cannabis was found when police tracked a stolen car to a Black Country industrial unit.

Children will now have to be accompanied by an adult to qualify for free swimming during half term in Dudley borough after anti-social behaviour during the summer holidays.

Authorities in the Black Country have been given more than £1.6 million to help them move rough sleepers off the streets and into long-term homes.

NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson called the Government’s lack of support for a workforce plan ‘incredibly frustrating’.

He compared diplomatic efforts to appeasement, saying there is a ‘whiff of Munich in the air’.

Couples renewed their vows at a special Valentine's service in Dudley this weekend.

Olympic champion Joe Clarke MBE was the guest of honour at the official launch of a new Stafford gym.