Car dealership group Pendragon returned to pre-tax profit in 2021.

Rishi Sunak is set to vow to ‘stand by’ British families as he sets out further plans to support households facing financial hardship.

At the start of 2019, if you’d told anyone that they’d be stuck at home for the best part of two years, unable to meet friends and unable to buy a Dominos pizza, they’d have laughed in your stuffed-crust face.

The Office for National Statistics said prices rose across food, clothing and footwear and a range of products and services last month.

The timing could scarcely have been worse. At a time of soaring petrol and diesel costs, and just four months before the opening of the Commonwealth Games, the entire West Midlands Metro system has been suspended indefinitely after more cracks appear...

West Midlands Metro's tram service was suspended on Sunday until "further notice". It is the third time in nine months the network from Wolverhampton to Birmingham has been sidelined.

The Government has intervened in the running of Sandwell Council and appointed commissioners to take charge of the trouble-hit authority.

West Midlands Police needed root and branch reform to ensure fewer women are violently attacked and female victims are treated better by officers, a new report has revealed.

The memories of an epic snooker match are still strong for the man who was "lucky enough to pot that little black ball" and will relive them tonight.

A former church building in West Bromwich will go under the hammer at auction.

Artists across the Black Country are being asked to submit their designs to transform an old container unit into a piece of art.

The myth of sanctions is that we can somehow penalise such dictatorial regimes as Vladimir Putin’s without inflicting hardship on others. It is a fallacy, of course, and sanctions hurt us just as they hurt others.

Boris Romanchenko, 96, was killed during an attack by Russian troops in the city of Kharkiv.

A woman is in hospital after a crash at the Wolverhampton junction where two children were killed in a road traffic collision in 2019.

President Joe Biden also warned that Russia could be preparing cyber attacks against the United States.

Sports students at City of Wolverhampton College were put through their paces on the football field when former Wolverhampton Wanderers captain Karl Henry pitched up at the Wellington Road campus.

New data has revealed a “worrying” picture for pupils’ exam performances, headteachers said.

Fleeing civilians in the port city of Mariupol described relentless bombardments and bodies lying in the streets.

It would be a "major embarrassment" to the West Midlands if the Metro tram system were to shut during the Commonwealth this summer, says a senior councillor.

Two buskers from the Black Country have raised £11,000 for a hospital's breast and prostate unit, bringing the total they've raised for the hospital to £29,000.

Kind-hearted families and staff from Tamworth schools are showing “overwhelming generosity of spirit” by donating much-needed items to Ukrainian refugees.

Hairdressing students at City of Wolverhampton College helped to chop off the tresses of a customer and shaved her head in aid of two good causes.

The ruling was handed down at the Old Bailey on Tuesday.

Council bosses have promised to keep the streets of Dudley clean with a spending pledge of £280,000 a year.

A veteran of the Iraq War has been reunited with one of the conflict's most famous helicopters after it arrived ready to be displayed at RAF Cosford.

A self-driving shuttle is taking to the roads, transporting passengers around Birmingham Airport.

The rights of refugees were brought to the forefront in a show of solidarity and togetherness around a city monument.

A reality star helped to officially open a charity shop in Walsall's Old Square Shopping Centre.

Black Country businessman Roy Richardson has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London in a ceremony held at London’s Guildhall.

Halesowen Police Station is still being axed, after a 600-name petition did not force the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner into a U-turn.

The Ministry of Defence criticised the “doctored clips” after several Cabinet ministers were targeted by imposters.

A teenager seriously injured in a crash in Staffordshire remains critically injured in hospital.

The scheme will ensure those who brought the landmark High Court case will see the same level of recompense as others affected by the scandal.

South Africa's Soweto Gospel Choir have announced a UK tour of their Grammy-winning album including dates in Wolverhampton and Birmingham .

A £30,000 reward has been offered in the hunt for Tom Kirwan's killers as the young Wolves fan's mother made a heartfelt appeal for information.

The regional carrier will operate up to 530 flights per week across 23 routes.

A Scout group that has been searching for a new home for six years has spoken out after its latest bid proved unsuccessful.

"It's just not acceptable to have this happen again and it's making travel so much harder for me".

The unsolved murder of a Wolverhampton man is today featuring on an episode of Crimewatch in a bid to help solve the case almost a decade on.

A 19-year-old is fighting for his life after a crash in the early hours on Sunday.

There was singing, dancing, and laughter across the Black Country yesterday as people came together to raise money for Comic Relief.

Developers believe they will “raise the bar” in standards of HMOs and change perceptions with their Walsall development.

Plans to build a block of flats and affordable homes on the site of a Stafford social club have been thrown out.

Birmingham city centre congestion charges will not be suspended despite the failure of the West Midlands Metro tram system.

Planning permission has been granted for West Midland Safari Park's new lodges that will allow guests to see tigers on foot for the first time.

Former One Direction singer Liam Payne will captain England during this year's Soccer Aid football match.

A former nightclub in Wolverhampton city centre that closed two years ago is to be turned into nine luxury apartments, planning bosses said this week.

Options range from increasing production elsewhere to more renewables and reducing energy demand.

Both My Solaris and Eclipse are docked at Bodrum and Marmaris, respectively.

Data from the Office for National Statistics show that nearly a quarter of refined oil imports come from Russia.

Football hooligan turned charity worker Barrington Patterson has died after suffering a heart attack, his wife has announced.

From Sunday, passengers and crew will no longer need to wear masks onboard flights if they are not a legal requirement at either end of the route.

Volunteers are also increasingly concerned about the threat of human trafficking as women are left stranded in Europe with young children.

Kingfisher said it has removed directly sourced products from Russia and Belarus over the invasion in Ukraine and is working with suppliers.

Dudley Building Society has said an emotional farewell to a woman who has worked for them for 47 years.

£1 million has been set aside by council chiefs to bring eyesore and derelict plots of land across Dudley back into use.

Long-awaited plans to transform Wolverhampton's crumbling eye infirmary will be complete by next year, the site owner promised today as a public consultation got under way.

Mayor Andy Street has called on the boss of the West Midlands Metro's tram manufacturer to “get this repair done once and for all” after services were again suspended due to cracks in the vehicles.

An historic country estate will be hosting a popular plant fair in time for spring.

As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its 27th day, the conflict is showing no signs of abating.

Ben Wallace was seen in the ‘doctored’ video believing he was speaking to Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal.

Chris Mullin is challenging an application by West Midlands Police.

National insurance, fuel duty and VAT changes are all being considered

A man was taken to hospital after a car crashed into a building at the junction of two Wolverhampton roads.

Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East Pat McFadden has called on the Chancellor to ease the cost of the 'living crisis' by cutting VAT on energy bills.

Fuel poverty is hitting up to 90 per cent of families across the Black Country, new figures reveal today.

"Reducing the price of fuel would be a good start as it's starting to really hit us in the pocket."

Two cancer survivors are to feature on Mother’s Day cards sold in Tesco stores to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

After 21 years Suresh Bawa is finally stepping down from his leading role at Promise Dreams.

A tiny West Bromwich baby and her seriously ill mother were some of the first people to get help from a new service from the NHS.

One in five roads in the Midlands has fewer than five years of "structural life" left as conditions worsen amid an escalating repair backlog, a report has found.

One of the UK’s leading specialists in high integrity forgings is adding its voice to industry’s call for greater support to offset escalating energy costs.

Visitors to the region will be given a special welcome this summer after a new programme was launched.

A volunteer in Poland said the visa application process for Ukrainian refugees is “too complicated and difficult and too lengthy”.

The NHS in England is inviting people to arrange the spring jab through the national booking service when it is their turn.

An unpopular bus gate that snared thousands of motorists on a busy route into Walsall town centre is being scrapped.

The 52 young travellers, who range in age between one and 18, and their carers were due to fly from Poland to London on Monday.

Two men ran away after a crash which left another driver needing hospital treatment.

A legendary helicopter which became part of British military folklore during the Falklands War is the RAF Museum at Cosford's latest exhibit.

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.

Dudley Council’s regeneration boss is urging people to “get behind” a community venue that the council saved from closure earlier this year.

Group exercise can stop people from losing strength as they get older and make it easier for them to tackle everyday activities like walking and climbing stairs, research in the West Midlands suggests.

The issue of imposing restrictive measures on energy remains sensitive, given the dependence of many EU countries on supplies of Russian natural gas.

Fighting for the port has continued to be intense, even as the invasion in other areas has floundered.

The shocking level of care at a Dudley care home which closed down suddenly last week has been laid bare.

A council in the Black Country has received almost £8 million to improve the energy efficiency of homes from a Government cash pot.

A former Black Country MP has accused Amnesty International of a "terrible own goal" after the campaign group launched a protest outside the Israeli embassy.

Hens have been kept indoors since November and their eggs must now be labelled as ‘barn eggs’.

The minimum wage in the UK for people aged 23 and above is £8.91 per hour.

A toy shop that has served generations of youngsters has closed.

The final countdown has started for the completion of a new multi-million pound Urgent and Emergency Care Centre.

A police chief due to retire has spent one of his last shifts on duty with his son after dedicating 30 years of his life to policing.

Pressure is growing on Metro bosses and politicians to provide answers after tram services were suspended again due to cracks in the vehicles.

Health service commissioners are aiming to reopen Cannock’s Minor Injuries Unit in June – more than two years after it shut at the start of the Covid pandemic.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said it was a tactic ‘straight out of the Kremlin playbook’.

The British-Iranian dual national also said: ‘What happened now should have happened six years ago.’

A Black Country care home has shut down suddenly.

Funding to pay for safety measures on dangerous roads in Walsall is to increase by more than 40 per cent.

Time to grab your popcorn! Dudley Zoo's popular open-air cinema nights are making a return later this year with two hit films.

A Great British Bake Off star and a business market will feature as part of a welcome back event in Halesowen.