It comes amid 29 ongoing investigations into due impartiality.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that American officials were evaluating potential war crimes.

The mayor of Lviv says missiles struck near the city’s airport early on Friday.

Bosses said the pub group is in a strong position, with ‘a full complement of staff’ and ‘fully stocked’.

The parent company has stopped supporting the supply chain, operations and marketing for Burger King in the country.

The Hollywood power couple previously said they would match up to 30 million dollars in donations to help supply humanitarian aide to refugees.

Covid disruption meant 2022 test results ‘could not be compared, either with previous years or with other schools’, the NAHT union said.

Pension scheme members have collectively lost £18 million of redress because advisers have gone bust and there are compensation limits, the NAO says.

However, concerns have been raised about red tape, safeguarding and resourcing.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said lifting the requirements would allow ‘greater freedom in time for Easter’ to go abroad.

Charity said findings reveal ‘shocking shortfalls’ as 86% claim their training had not given them enough information to meet deaf pupils’ needs.

A Labour MP for one of the affected ports called on the Government to force P&O to ‘come up with a different plan’.

The company operates four routes: Dover to Calais; Hull to Rotterdam; Liverpool to Dublin; and Cairnryan, Scotland, to Larne, Northern Ireland.

Concerns have been raised over the safety of a temporary roundabout made out of cones after a crash left a van on its side and its driver in hospital.

A former marine turned window salesman is driving to Poland to deliver supplies to help Ukrainian refugees.

Runners are getting ready for Stafford's Half Marathon this Sunday.

A young woman is critically injured in hospital after a crash allegedly involving a drink-driver who fled the scene.

A security guard described how his shift turned from a routine day into a violent scene within a split second.

The wife of Sean Coughlan has said she is washing her hands of him after the disgraced former Walsall Council leader was sentenced for child sex offences.

Determined residents have launched a campaign to get a historic Walsall pub reopened and developed into a community hub.

Police seized £1 million worth of illegal drugs and cash during a major operation to crack down on so-called County Lines criminals.

A man has died after falling from a bridge onto the M6 in the West Midlands.

A plaque to commemorate three brothers who all became mayor of the same city and were known for their philanthropy has been unveiled.

An artist's exhibition exploring the Caribbean's history of slavery and enslaved women will be on display at the New Art Gallery Walsall until June.

Drivers faced delays on the M6 this evening after a car caught fire between Junctions 12 and 13.

Hospital admissions are still highest among the over-85s.

There were lights, flying performers and a feeling of joy as the first performance of a half-year-long festival took place.

"I don’t scare very easily but for the first time, I was petrified. I spoke to my wife on the phone, told her that if anything happened, to tell the girls I was a good man."

A doorman and a policeman have been presented with certificates in recognition for saving a man's life.

On average, 2% of students dropped out across Russell Group universities.

Refugees At Home co-founder Sara Nathan said the ‘detail is sketchy’ and she did not know what safeguards were being put in place.

Neighbours have objected to plans for two houses on the site of one as the design is “out of character with the area”.

A woman received advanced life support after suffering life-threatening injuries when a car crashed into a lamppost.

A shop has had its licence revoked after officers found 12 bottles of fake Yellow Tail wine – the latest Birmingham store to be caught out.

Temporary traffic lights were installed at a busy junction after a roundabout made up of cones led to safety fears, but disappeared again within hours.

It is the latest sign that the prevalence of Covid-19 is growing once again.

Some mortgage holders may be able to save thousands of pounds by shopping around, experts said.

The Government has suggested it would be “impractical” to set a time limit on how much work MPs could undertake outside of Parliament in second jobs.

A former Black Country MP has apologised to an ex-aide of Jeremy Corbyn over a newspaper column in which he branded her an anti-semitic racist.

The magic of a Lewis Carroll classic will be given a new look at a Staffordshire shopping centre.

The magic of storytelling came to life for 900 children in Wolverhampton when beloved children's author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Lydia Monks visited the city for a special event.

Three people were injured in a seven-vehicle pile-up which caused long delays on the M6.

Schools within Birmingham have sourced gas from a Russian energy company, as the city council now seeks to trawl through all its major contracts for Russian-linked businesses.

Birmingham Children's Hospital will provide expert cancer care to Ukrainian children who were flown to the UK on Sunday night.

A schoolboy stabbed in Stourbridge remains in a critical condition two days on from the attack.

Wolves midfielder Luke Cundle has made a special visit to Wolverhampton College to discuss his career so far with around 50 students.

More car-free school streets, 20mph zones and ward allocations are some of the new ways Clean Air Zone revenues are set to be used next.

A hair and beauty salon is set to open in a former doctors’ surgery in South Staffordshire.

A Birmingham councillor has refused to apologise over a tweet alleging support for Russia Today, the Russian-backed news corporation now under investigation by Ofcom.

Covid rates are on the rise again in Walsall with areas of low vaccine take-up being targeted by health officials.

Plans to extend a house in a leafy Wolverhampton suburb are facing refusal, after residents and planning officers expressed concerns any additions would have a detrimental effect on the surrounding conservation area.

A former funeral home is set to be converted into flats after plans were given the green light by councillors.

A “highly offensive and racist” photo about Ukrainian refugees has sparked fury after it was posted on the Walsall Deputy Mayor’s Whatsapp status.

Visitors will be given the chance to explore Black Country Living Museum by night as they host a night of entertainment in April.

The chief executive of a logistics company says government support for hauliers is urgently needed in the face of spiralling fuel costs and will be the difference between them making and losing money.

Walsall Manor Hospital is the first in the Midlands to introduce two new procedures to relieve patients with a painful condition via keyhole surgery, and hopes to become a regional hub for the treatment.

The ferry operator said in an internal statement it is set to make ‘a major announcement’.

Cineworld said that the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and a lack of major releases impacted its trade over January and February.

A year eight student at Moreton School has been selected to represent Wolverhampton as a Youth MP.

Sport, service and friendship in the Commonwealth will be celebrated through a series of events at a place of remembrance.

Former Walsall Council leader Sean Coughlan has escaped a custodial sentence for two child sex offences.

Tributes have been paid to a much-respected kabaddi player who lived in the Black Country after he was shot dead during a visit to India.

The business said it had stayed on target despite the Omicron hit.

The group said its heavy losses for the past year were driven by significant investment in marketing and technology improvements.

The British-Iranian charity worker was reunited with her husband and daughter amid emotional scenes at RAF Brize Norton.

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said the Government was ‘taking action’ to end the ‘bullying and protect our free press’.

Universities need to be ‘explicit’ about which elements of their courses are online only, the Office for Students said.

Yana Syniavina and her mother Liubov Syniavina fled Kyiv when the war began.

A Staffordshire secondary school has performed its first live theatrical production for more than two years after finally being freed from the constraints of the pandemic

A new digital strategy has been drawn up to ensure Wolverhampton has the best internet infrastructure in the country.

Artist Fae Kilburn's Perspectives Exhibition has opened at Wolverhampton's Asylum Artist Quarter.

Sandwell’s food waste collections will restart across the borough this month after the service was suspended during the pandemic.

Plans for a new multi-million-pound extra care housing development in Brierley Hill will go before Dudley Council's cabinet next week.

A town centre library and shop were closed off after a man died following a medical emergency.

The Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection today has been organised by Skills for Care in collaboration with 20 other partners across the social care sector and is supported by the Ladder for The Black Country and the Black Country Skills Fact...

A weapon has been found by police investigating the stabbing of two teenagers - as parents spoke of their shock at learning of the violence.

Tributes have been paid to an "amazing father" killed in a motorbike crash at a busy junction.

Health chiefs are calling on communities in the region to remain vigilant as Covid infection rates are rising.

Bodycam footage of the moment two brothers allegedly tried to kill two police officers at a shopping centre has been shown in court

Nigel Farage described allegations that Russia interfered in Brexit as "cobblers" and said the invasion of Ukraine would not have happened if Donald Trump was still President.

Care home residents have enjoyed fruity fun to mark Nutrition and Hydration Week 2022.

The UK authorities intercepted 405 people in 12 boats on Tuesday, while the French stopped another 538 people in 11 boats.

David Fox-Pitt, of Perthshire, packed up a van with two pizza ovens and a handful of friends eight days ago and travelled over in a convoy to Poland.

Rail passengers were hit with delays at a Staffordshire station after trespassers were seen on the line.

Black Country band Dexys Midnight Runners have been forced to cancel the 40th anniversary tour of their global smash hit Come On Eileen.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak should impose a windfall tax on the "enormous profits" oil and gas companies are making to help hard-pressed households, an MP has said.

Bus operators in Staffordshire will receive a cash boost to keep services running if they show they're trying to attract more passengers, council chiefs have said.

Libraries in Sandwell will be able to extend their opening hours thanks to new technology following a funding boost.

Sir Gavin Williamson has called on the Government update planning policies to ensure battery storage units are not built on green belt land.

A derelict Black Country bakery site has been revived after receiving investment to regenerate the area.

The all-Ireland primates of the Catholic Church and Church of Ireland came together to urge London to follow the lead of EU nations and waive visas.

Boris Johnson was trying to convince Gulf States to up oil production as he tries to reduce dependence on Russian fuel.

A fraudster gave a council fake bank statements and wage slips in order to wrongly be paid more than £4,000.

The latest data from the Office for National Statistics Covid-19 Infections Survey showed an increase in cases across the whole of the UK.

Two brothers accused of attempting to kill police officers in West Bromwich were carrying an "armoury" of weapons, a jury has heard.

Tributes have been paid to a former Express & Star director and Wolves stalwart who helped save the club during the dark days of the mid-1980s.

From pie makers to potters – fundraising continues across the region to bring in aid for the people of Ukraine.

There were more than 11 million new Covid infections last week – about an 8% rise – and 43,000 new deaths, the UN health agency’s weekly report said.

With Russia’s ground advance on Kyiv stalled, a glimmer of hope emerged that talks between the two sides could make progress.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow’s demands were becoming ‘more realistic’.