Dudley North MP Marco Longhi is backing Kemi Badenoch to be the next Tory leader. Here he explains why he believes the Conservatives have failed to do enough since winning the 2019 general election – and why Ms Badenoch is the best candidate to res...

Around 700 people from different backgrounds and cultures have come together in the Black Country as part of a special event to celebrate diversity.

"Incredible" musicians including from as far away as the United States will perform at over 10 venues across Sandwell as a popular jazz festival returns.

Transport infrastructure group Hill and Smith Holdings is looking for a new chief executive.

The move forms part of a £1.12 million project to manage woods near Canterbury.

There was "plenty of money exchanging hands" at this year's Walsall Oak Park toy fair.

People have been urged to check on their loved ones as the region braces itself for a potentially record-breaking heatwave with temperatures expected to climb drastically today and tomorrow.

A pandemic memorial, pocket park, walled garden restoration and electric vehicle charging points are amongst proposals set to be discussed by chiefs in Dudley.

Gritters are on stand-by across a West Midlands county to help stop the roads melting in hot weather.

A campaign has been launched to pressure Tesco into reversing its decision to stop people using its Stourbridge car park to attend shows at the town hall.

Passenger tram services on the new West Midlands Metro extension from Birmingham Library to Edgbaston starts today.

A young boy has reportedly died after a crash on a major road in Walsall.

From cheeses to vegan doughnuts and various flavours of gin – a two-day celebration of food and drink has been held at a popular venue in the Black Country.

Former Big Brother contestant and radio show host Pauline Bennett is holding a collection with a difference in aid of a breast cancer charity.

Thousands enjoyed a weekend of music and culture at Himley Hall and Park.

Aldi is recalling cheese sold in its stores due to a "temperature control issue."

A tree has fallen and is blocking a road in Kidderminster.

An 18-year-old hit-and-run victim has lost her unborn baby after being "left for dead" in the road.

Hundreds of people basked in the sun at the annual Tettenhall fete.

Firefighters have been tackling grass fires and blazes caused by discarded bar-b-ques across the region.

Sandwell Pensioners Convention has demanded that whoever becomes the next Conservative prime minister commit to keeping the triple lock state pension.

A crash on a motorway involving a caravan that overturned forced the closure of some lanes and delayed motorists.

A former Wolverhampton bank is being converted to a decorating centre.

There was a slice of Ibiza in Himley this weekend as thousands partied to the sounds of the White Isle.

Residents are being invited to have their say on a major housing development in Sutton Coldfield.

Sylvia Keris doesn't take things for granted.

A fast improving Great Wyrley primary school is celebrating its best ever results.

Here is everything you need to know about coping with the soaring mercury.

Trams will start running on the West Midlands Metro's Birmingham extension today.

Visitors to Dudley's Grange Park can make the most of new inclusive exercise kit.

A green scheme to help tenants in Dudley save on their energy bills is up for a national award.

Fly tippers have dumped a mound of rubble in Wednesfield.

With the UK set to swelter in temperatures nudging 40C this week, it's understandable if parents are wondering how hot it has to get for their children's schools to close.

Police have charged a man with attempted murder following a stabbing in Birmingham on Friday.

NHS workers across the West Midlands will be able to attend a major music and arts festival after organisers donated 1,000 tickets for them to attend.

Brace yourselves, for the heatwave is about to hit, bringing some of the hottest temperatures the UK has seen since records began.

A consultation event has been launched to gauge the public's opinion for a new health and wellbeing centre on a former training site in Wolverhampton.

A driver needed life-saving CPR after his car collided with another vehicle on a busy main road before leaving the carriageway and rolling over.

Some workers who make interiors for luxury cars made by McLaren, Aston Martin and Bentley are having to use food banks, a union claims.

An MP has criticised the BBC for making young girls feel "guilty for being white" over its Women's Euro 2022 coverage.

From Cadbury's to the likes of Spangles – a popular museum has launched a call to collect confectionary from between the 1940s to the 1960s.

An independent councillor has branded a decision by cancel a council meeting in Walsall due to temperatures sky-rocketing early next week as "pathetic".

An important milestone was reached in the recreation of a long-lost Wolverhampton pub this week when its licence was approved.

A pandemic memorial, pocket park, walled garden restoration and electric vehicle charging points are amongst proposals set to be discussed by chiefs in Dudley.