A man is critically injured in hospital after a hit-and-run crash in Willenhall.

A new image of the Wolverhampton's Civic Hall shows the scale of the work – as music lovers in the city still await an opening date.

A fraudster has been convicted of stealing £1.3 million of taxpayers’ cash and splashing it out on holidays, hot tubs, luxury cars and Lego.

A boy racer has been jailed after driving a car which crashed, killing his friend and seriously injuring a couple in Walsall.

A former training centre will be transformed into a health and wellbeing centre and 34 affordable homes for key workers, who will be able to design parts of their own home.

Counterfeit clothing and footwear worth an estimated £1.5 million has been seized in Walsall.

Community groups in Staffordshire, Walsall and Birmingham are among 22 good causes sharing £30,000 in funding from Central England Co-op Community Dividend Fund.

I used to wear women’s clothing. And not just at weekends.

Watch out Putin, John Darwin is heading your way. The infamous conman, who successfully feigned his death in a canoe while his wife claimed half a million in life insurance, is heading to the Ukraine to sock it to the Russkies.

A much-loved carnival has issued a call for entrants and volunteers to come forward as it returns for the first time since 2019.

Gaming company Merkur Slots has opened a £200,000 entertainment centre in Dudley town centre.

The US president shared pizza with members of the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division.

The word ‘Children’ had been printed in Russian in huge white letters on the ground outside in a bid to ward off an aerial attack.

A protest urging the Government to step up its efforts to do more for the children of Yemen has taken place in Cannock.

More than 30 firefighters were sent to tackle a severe fire involving 60 tonnes of straw in Halesowen.

A hidden stash of ammunition was discovered in the Black Country by specialist police investigating a major transnational drug smuggling ring, a court heard.

A man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a plumber found with stab wounds in Bloxwich.

A 25-year-old motorist who led police on a pursuit through Black Country streets has been jailed.

An appeal launched at the country's biggest dog show has raised more than £151,000 for pets and owners impacted by the conflict in Ukraine.

A Black Country borough has ranked among the worst in the country for having outdated bridges in need of repairs.

A refugee and migrant charity has celebrated its fifth anniversary in a Black Country town with a showcase event.

An eye-catching rainbow crossing and several rainbow benches have been unveiled at Sandwell Valley Country Park to celebrate diversity and send a message of love, hope and inclusivity.

The chief executive of a luxury crafts business which has a factory in Wolverhampton was "deeply honoured" to present teapots and artefacts to the Queen.

Amos Wilsher was told his second killing had seen ‘cruel violence’ inflicted on a frail victim.

Motorists who have been fined for using a controversial bus gate in Walsall will still have to pay up despite it being scrapped.

Marston’s is increasing wages for its hourly-paid workers ahead of the Government guidance which comes into effect on April 1.

Halcyon Days has factories in Wolverhampton and Staffordshire and took a collection of items directly to the Queen.

A West Midlands business showcased on Dragons' Den will go it alone after failing to come to a final agreement with three investors on the show.

Shocking footage of workers taking risking their lives sorting out metal at a recycling firm has been released by police.

Two members of a gang that stole £70,000 cash and carjacked a woman at gunpoint during a summer-long crime spree have been locked up.

There was slime and laughs as staff at Wolverhampton Railway Station took the plunge in the gunge for Ukraine.

Northern Ireland is the only nation recording a fall in virus numbers.

A Black Country recycling firm has been fined £2 million pound for the corporate manslaughter of one of its employees.

The first visa applications from Ukrainians who will be living with sponsors in Wyre Forest have been approved.

Wolves' next matchday programme will include a tribute to an outgoing and much-loved fan who died earlier this week.

Work has started to tear down a crime-hit derelict pub which once hosted regular English Defence League (EDL) meetings.

A secondary school in the Black Country went into "full lockdown" after police were scrambled to reports of an intruder onsite.

British military intelligence said Ukrainian counter-attacks have taken back towns and defensive positions around the capital.

Private school will top up each pupil’s funding by 50%.

Councillors have given the green light to procedures to pave the way to demolish historic Dudley Hippodrome.

A cat rescue charity in Shropshire has rallied support across the Midlands to help pets caught up in the conflict in Ukraine.

Education in Walsall is set for a ‘Boost’ after plans to convert an empty office into a new tuition centre were passed.

The ePremier League 2021/2022 Grand Finals take place on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 March, with some of the best FIFA 22 players competing to win the title for their club, and their share of a prize pool of £100,000.

Sandwell councillors have backed a new community safety plan to help keep people safe and ensure vulnerable people are supported.

Former rough sleepers in Walsall have praised a pilot scheme aimed at tackling homelessness for helping them turn their lives around.

The price of fertiliser and fuel has gone through the roof.

Private landlords who rent out properties in central West Bromwich are being urged to check if they need to apply for a licence under a new scheme being introduced by Sandwell Council.

West Bromwich Operatic Society makes a welcome return to the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre this week, with Calendar Girls the Musical, a feel-good show with bitter-sweet appeal.

Writer Sathnam Sanghera is joining a star-studded shortlist in the British Book Awards.

Warley MP John Spellar has said the appointment of commissioners to run Sandwell Council is “political prejudice”, as a councillor said it would cost tax payers more than a million pounds.

Spoken word artist George the Poet says trips are more important since young people have been ‘cooped up’ during lockdown.

New rules ban virtually all hand-held use of mobile phones on Britain’s roads.

Snooker is usually a sedate, quiet sport played in silence and requiring great concentration from the players.

Wolves’ executive chairman Jeff Shi has opened up on his move from China and how he has settled into life in the UK.

Grant Shapps said chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite should resign after his ‘brazen’ comments about ‘knowingly breaking the law’.

Victor Mayevsky, 62, said he witnessed blood and body parts on the streets of his home city after he and his wife narrowly avoided explosives.

Boris Johnson said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was ‘Churchillian’ as he said the invasion could not be ‘compared to anything since 1945’.

With the war heading into a second month, the two sides traded heavy blows in what has become a devastating war of attrition.

The work goes on for a city charity helping people to get cooked meals as it celebrates a special birthday.

West Midlands Metro's tram service will be out of action for several weeks as the manufacturer replaces panels on the trams.

A golf and adventure centre could cease to exist if its retrospective planning application to convert green belt land into a mini-golf course fails.

A number of teenagers - including one hiding in a field - are among those to have been arrested in a police operation targeting car thieves in the Black Country.

Companies of all sizes from across the Black Country and the south of Staffordshire have been announced as finalists in the Express & Star Business Awards 2022.

A group of former Goodyear workers have donated thousands of pounds towards a new safe space for women and children fleeing domestic abuse.

A schoolgirl from Rugeley has been chosen to represent England in the Dance World Cup taking place in Spain.

A couple living at a Wolverhampton care home have celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary.

A swimming teacher from Burntwood is preparing to swim the length of the English Channel to raise money for a mental health charity.

A Dudley school has become just the 12th in the country to join a global schools initiative.

UK firms are facing huge challenges.

A city food bank which helps hundreds of struggling families every week is appealing for donations.

A foster mother from Wolverhampton is urging people to consider fostering vulnerable children this year.

Primary school pupils in Great Wyrley have come together to load a van full of crucial supplies in support of the people of Ukraine.

Two nursing teams from the trust which runs Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital have been shortlisted in the finals for a prestigious award.

The Prime Minister said western allies would try to give Kyiv as much military support as possible.

Refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine will be supported to stay safe from Covid too, Staffordshire councillors have been told.

Latest data is ‘a reminder to us all that the pandemic is not over’, experts said.

Two anglers have paid the price for a spot of night-time fishing.

A tractor run event aims to honour the memory of a much-loved Staffordshire farmer.

Wolves owner Fosun International today revealed that profits rose in 2021 to £1.2 billion.

A new air route from Birmingham Airport to Belfast has taken off.

Our piece on two years of Covid and the anniversary of the first lockdown generated a huge – and mixed – response from our readers.

The jury has been sent out to find a verdict in the murder trial of tragic toddler Kemarni Watson-Darby.

Walsall's new site for gypsy, traveller and Romany communities will open for business next month.

A dispersal order is in place in a Staffordshire town centre in response to reports of anti-social behaviour and residents feeling threatened and intimidated by groups of young people.

The Labour Party has suspended a councillor in Dudley for six months after an internal disciplinary investigation.

Boris Johnson was rallying allies to provide further defensive support to Ukraine at a Nato summit on the invasion.

Taxi drivers in Sandwell say they are still waiting for promised reforms to the service, as one driver claimed the council leader “did not know” about licence issues.

"People say how much they know me as Doreen Tipton, but they don't know much about Gill Jordan."

The trial of a man accused of killing a two-week old boy last Easter has been put back until Monday.

A Sandwell schoolboy has helped raise money for charity through taking to his local park on foot whatever the weather.

The expansion of the Black Country Living Museum will finally go ahead after a £30m investment from the West Midlands Combined Authority.

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.

Russian forces have taken 6,000 Mariupol residents to camps against their will, Ukrainian officials said.

Only Belarus, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea joined Russia in opposing the measure.

The company replaced its crews with cheaper agency workers last week.

In a video address, Ukraine’s president reminded Nato leaders that thousands of Ukrainians have died in the past month

G7 leaders have announced they are restricting the Russian Central Bank’s use of gold in transactions.

The value of crypto assets around the world increased tenfold between early 2020 and November last year, hitting as high as 2.9 trillion dollars.

Lichfield Festival has announced the headline performers for its 40th anniversary year as part of a diverse line-up including classical musical, Shakespeare, and Kathak dancing.

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