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An action plan has been drawn to make women feel safer on trains and buses in the region by two Government-backed experts.

Landowners at an housing estate where a four-year-old died after falling into a canal have pledged to look into improving safety.

A pub lost £1,300 in takings after its power was cut off by mistake, its manager has claimed.

The world-renowned Eton College is set to open a sixth form centre in the heart of the Black Country.

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove will set out on Monday details of a new ‘sponsored’ humanitarian route to the UK.

It comes after the Cabinet Office published its draft terms of reference for the public inquiry.

Black cab drivers in Wolverhampton will be given permission to increase fares for the first time in years, with new tariffs coming into effect from April 1.

Ambulance response times for the most serious emergencies in the West Midlands remained relatively consistent despite demands on the service, figures show.

A cycling hub is set to open in Wolverhampton this month in a bid to get more people on their bikes.

Pupils at a primary school had the opportunity to meet a real superhero as they received an inspirational visit from a local nurse.

A retired welder has organised a charity auction to give thanks to the hospital staff who saved his grandson's life.

A community came together to enjoy a hot drink and help raise funds for a charity.

The UK government sanctioned Abramovich on Thursday amid ties to Vladimir Putin, that the Chelsea owner has always strongly denied.

The PM said Russia appeared to be engaged in a ‘cynical’ attempt to justify the deployment of the banned weapons in Ukraine.

Two teenagers have been taken to hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries after being stabbed on Thursday afternoon.

Smokers in the Black Country determined to give up are being offered a free vape if they handover am unlit cigarette.

Alice Mishchenko wants her sister Oksana and her 10-year-old niece to join her in the UK.

M6 motorists will face a 50mph speed limit and overnight lane closures for a multi-million pound barrier replacement project.

The Campus Community A-Hotel in central Kyiv has raised more than £22,800 to keep their kitchens open and feed the city.

From Tuesday, Ukrainians with passports will no longer need to go to a visa application centre to give their biometrics before they come to the UK.

The First Minister called on the Chancellor to extend ‘substantial’ financial support to households hit by rising energy prices.

A Burger King restaurant has been forced to temporarily close after a serious fire in Bloxwich.

The talks happened after an air strike on a hospital in the port city of Mariupol killed three people, including a child, the city’s council said.

There were two ribbon cutting ceremonies at Wolverhampton University within hours heralding state-of-the-art facilities for city students.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she was ‘very concerned’ about the possible use of a chemical weapon in the conflict.

Take a look at some of the day's best pictures as Crufts returned to Birmingham's NEC.

Tails were wagged and treats were given as dogs and dog lovers alike descended on the world's largest celebration of man's best friend.

University students, staff and members of the community will have more access to table tennis after a funding boost.

A teenager accused of a machete attack near a school in Walsall has appeared in court.

The Chelsea owner’s plan to sell the Premier League club will be stalled after his assets were frozen by the UK Government.

The consumer giant, which also owns brands including Oreo and Toblerone, said it is “scaling back all non-essential activities” in Russia.

The Government hit the Chelsea owner with an asset freeze after weeks of pressure to act over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Mariia Moskalenko said the last time she heard from her parents was just hours before a Russian airstrike on a maternity hospital.

The head of the Disasters Emergency Committee told MSPs the war was causing the fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War Two.

A serving detective constable for Staffordshire Police has been dismissed without notice after pleading guilty to drink driving.

Armed forces minister James Heappey said British troops illegally going Awol to joint the fighting could trigger a wider dispute with Russia.

Fuel prices continue to increase for drivers as new UK sanctions halt the import of Russian oil.

A Stourport school has been given a prestigious British Council International School award.

Aldridge construction supplies business Trademagic has sent the first of three vans packed with supplies to worn-torn Ukraine

A Staffordshire deep diver has been posthumously awarded the underwater world equivalent of an Oscar.

Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski has been accused by a senior colleague of spouting “utterly risible, illiterate, immoral and offensive bile” over Ukrainian refugees.

The retail giant reported underlying pre-tax profits rising 38% to £181m in the year to January 29.

A trial date has been set for a 22-year-old man accused of killing his father in Wolverhampton.

The NHS also continues to miss a raft of targets relating to cancer and how long people wait in A&E.

Mariupol city council said the Russian strike killed three people, including a child.

Family and colleagues have paid warm tributes to a Wellington man whose sudden and unexpected death has left them in shock.

A man was rushed to hospital with "potentially" serious injuries after being hit by a car in Walsall.

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A unique pie is set to help people living through the war in Ukraine.

A collaboration between two Black Country charities is helping to support people caught up in the war in Ukraine.

A service which transformed a Wolverhampton teenager’s life by diagnosing a language disorder and developing her speech has been recognised with an international award.

The future of pharmacies has arrived in the Black Country with 24-hour prescription machines.

The power of macaroons to help get people back into work and overcome barriers to learning was highlighted at a special event held at Aston University.

"The perfect pie is made with care, attention to detail and using good, fresh, wholesome ingredients."

A 36-page booklet has been put together by the Wolves Foundation and a mental health organisation to help people most in need learn coping mechanisms.

Brickmaking group Forterra saw volume sales improve by 33 per cent last year helped by continuing demand for new housing.

A woman from Cheslyn Hay is celebrating 45 years as a lollipop lady - a job that all three of her sisters have also undertaken.

National Express expects bus passenger journeys in the West Midlands to return to nearly 2019 levels by the end of this year.

The Government is coming under vast pressure to increase the number of people it is helping to flee the Russian invasion.

Safety barriers and galvanizing group Hill & Smith has reported growth in both sales and profits for 2021.

The visit comes after the British Army said a small number of soldiers have gone absent without leave and may have travelled to Ukraine.

Teachers and other public sector workers could see hundreds of pounds effectively wiped from their incomes due to soaring prices

While cases are falling overall, there has been an increase in the number of people aged 55 and older testing positive in England.

Drivers and businesses were hit by a record daily increase in diesel prices on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Defence said its Russian counterpart had confirmed the use of thermobaric rockets that cause ‘incendiary and blast effects’.

Politicians in both parties have been eager to act, willing to risk higher gas prices at home in order to support Ukraine.

The papers on Thursday focus on the bombing of a maternity hospital in Ukraine.

In a speech in the US today, Ms Truss will make comparisons between the Russian president’s actions and September 11.

Ukrainian officials said the attack at a medical complex in Mariupol wounded at least 17 people.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it has confirmed 18 attacks on medical facilities since the Russian invasion began two weeks ago.

Motorists and businesses across the region have been hit by soaring diesel prices as forecourts do battle for customers in a volatile market.

A serious fire engulfed a Burger King restaurant in Bloxwich.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to return to Tipton after revealing he covered the area when he was a reporter at the Express & Star.

A councillor has been left "seething" after a direct bus service from a part of Wolverhampton to New Cross Hospital was reduced because it has poor usage.

A £65 million plan to build 366 luxury homes on derelict former industrial canalside land in Wolverhampton will be among the UK's first low-carbon neighbourhoods.

President Volodymyr Zelensky repeated his call for a no-fly zone after the hospital in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol was hit.

A popular Wolves player swapped his gloves for a storybook as part of a fun educational session.

She insisted she had been ‘expressing support for the Ukrainian cause’ when she said she ‘absolutely’ supports UK nationals joining the war.

Mariupol’s city council said on its social media site that the damage was ‘colossal’.

An official warned that Russian troops on the ground are ‘continuing to tighten the noose’ around Kyiv.

The Prince of Wales met refugees being helped by the Refugee Response programme, run by the Anglican church Holy Trinity Brompton

The Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra has said its previously planned programme is ‘inappropriate at this time’.

Kind-hearted Black Country residents have established drop-off points across the region in order for people to leave donations to help Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion.

Environmental campaigners say the end of the suspension on the controversial gas extraction method would be a waste of time and fail to soothe bills.

They were put on a waiting bus, accompanied by a heavy police presence.

It comes after reports of a 90-year-old holocaust survivor trying to be reunited with family in London.

Former UKIP and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage is set to return to Dudley next week as part of his new GB News show "Farage at Large".

There's a school-run Nissan Micra, with a child's lunch box and a cuddly toy still on the back seat, a couple of BMW 4x4s with blacked-out windows, a brace of tidy-looking Jaguars, and a smattering of Range Rovers.

It was double joy for restaurateur Pam Bassi as her two grandchildren were born within hours of each other – and she even delivered one herself.

A council is set to spend £1 million per year for the next three years to tackle highway drainage and flooding issues across the Tenbury Wells and Bewdley area.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed the UK has already delivered 3,615 anti-tank weapons, known as NLAWs, to the country.

A rapist remains on the run one month after a young woman was attacked in Walsall.

A Staffordshire woman has undergone a major transformation to help the people of Ukraine.

Staffordshire's Drayton Manor Resort has announced the appointment of its first permanent female managing director.

A former district and county councillor has slammed 'shoddy' repair work carried out on an historic Bridgnorth street.

People across a city will come together to pay tribute to people living through war in Ukraine.

The presence of the antibodies suggests someone has had the virus or has been vaccinated.

Food inflation could rise to 15 per cent as war rages in Ukraine, a Black Country boss has warned.

Hope and Aid Direct was set up in the 1990s and has never seen an outpouring of help like that offered since Ukraine was invaded by Russia.