Wolverhampton has been named as the place where learner drivers are least likely to pass their test.

Drivers on a busy stretch of the M6 in the West Midlands were hit by delays of up to an hour on Friday morning after two lorries collided.

The much-loved Bull which featured in the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony will remain on display in Birmingham until September, after an uproar that the Bull could be dismantled when the Games conclude.

The average price of a house in the West Midlands has topped £250,000, new figures reveal today.

An enthusiastic member of the crowd perhaps revealed a bit too much as he cheered on cyclists during yesterday's Commonwealth Games time trial in Sedgley.

Police are growing "increasingly concerned" for a missing boy who was last seen in Walsall.

Historic buildings and open spaces in Dudley are in line for a major overhaul as part of a £20 million plan.

Opinion was split between city centre businesses as to whether the cycling time trial that raced through Wolverhampton was a boost for them.

A pop up Ping Pong Parlour has officially opened in Walsall town centre.

A Black Country butcher has reopened the famous Marsh & Baxter butchers shop in Brierley Hill High Street .

A group of Stafford businesspeople are calling for the return of free parking to halt a decline in trade in the town centre.

A city care home team came together to celebrate a special day for one of their centenarian residents.

A former mayor has criticised a council over a huge tree root which is destroying his drive.

Roads up and down the Black Country were brought to a standstill for the once-in-a-lifetime occasion of a Commonwealth Games cycling time trial - and your photos did not disappoint.

Aldi might just be offering the 'job of dreams' according to Facebook users.

A man has been charged with the murder of a 71-year-old Birmingham woman in Barmouth last month.

Armed police descended on a Great Wyrley street after reports of a man with a firearm.

It was a typical Black Country welcome – noisy, enthusiastic and full of humour.

A Black Country butcher has reopened the famous Marsh & Baxter butchers shop in Brierley Hill High Street .

Sutton Coldfield town centre is to host a monthly Farmers Market, rekindling a tradition that dates back more than 700 years in the royal town.

A cycling-mad couple will have one of the best views of the Commonwealth Games Time Trial on Thursday as the route passes their house.

Wednesbury South Councillor Kirat Singh has resigned his seat on Sandwell Council.

The Bank of England has hiked rates to the highest level since the start of 2009.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of schoolboy Ronan Kanda, who was stabbed to death in Wolverhampton.

The streets of the Black Country welcomed the Commonwealth Games on Thursday when the region played host to the Time Trial cycling race.

The recession will wipe 2.1% off gross domestic product and household incomes will fall for two years in a row.

A group of travellers have been ordered to leave a field in Wolverhampton on Friday morning after a visit from police and council officers.

Fire crews have tackled a fire on a grass embankment along the M6 Toll.

The UK city chosen to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will be selected in a “two-stage process” against requirements that assess the city’s “capacity and capability”, the BBC has said.

More than 30 new apartments will be built on the site of a former Bilston pub which has been torn down after being a target for vandals.

Netball fans across the West Midlands will be able to watch all of Team England’s Commonwealth Games matches with a cocktail in hand at a fancy Birmingham bar.

The next phase of £1m worth of improvement works is set to begin in Brierley Hill on Monday.

An abandoned building that once housed the offices of an organisation that ran a Victorian workhouse is up for sale.

A fourth person has been charged with the murder of schoolboy Ronan Kanda, who was stabbed to death in Wolverhampton.

The crew of a Lancaster bomber plane that crashed during the Second World War in Wednesfield have been immortalised on a new housing development.

The first images of the proposed £20 million Green Innovation Corridor which could re-invigorate Wolverhampton's economy have been released.

Walsall is getting a new resident next week - a 21 foot high inflatable psychedelic Argonaut who will be catching rays in the town for the rest of the summer.

Liz Truss’s plans have been labelled ‘dangerous’ but her supporters insist it is ‘riskier’ not to cut taxes.

An adventurous budgie that escaped through a kitchen window and flew more than three miles has been reunited with his owner.

Volunteers are pulling out all the stops to make this year's Eccleshall Show a success as it makes a welcome return after a two-year hiatus.

The regulator said the change would go “some way to provide the stability needed in the energy market”.

The Gym Group, which has sites in Kidderminster, Stourbridge, Telford and Wolverhampton, reduced its pre-tax loss in the first six months of this year.

A police appeal has been launched to find 10 people after chaotic scenes erupted at a Stourbridge Town vs Halesowen Town match .

Lichfield's MP has urged the city's cathedral to "do God's work" by allowing gay marriages to take place.

The Severn Valley Railway has announced it will temporarily cease its overnight running of services to preserve coal stocks for this year.

A ‘quirky’ old antiques shop in Walsall which has cost the council around £12,000 a year to keep safe for more than a decade could finally be given a new lease of life - as a residential property.

Walsall's equality and inequality lead midwife Carol King-Stephens has enlisted the help of patients to make maternity services more culturally aware and equitable.

Superheroes will be flocking to Langley High Street next weekend for a brand new "cosplay" festival.

Communities across Walsall have been forced to endure the depressing sight of once-thriving boozers calling time for good for a number of years.

ScS, one of the UK's largest retailers of upholstered furniture and floorings, has seen orders fall as the cost-of-living crisis mounts.

A 69-year-old man has been convicted after making 13 threatening 999 calls in a 75-minute period.

There were 4,859 deaths related to drug poisoning registered in 2021, the ONS said.

Outsourcing group Serco has seen profits rise in the first six months of this year despite the wind down of the coronavirus test and trace programme.

UK new car registrations fell by nine per cent to 112,162 last month, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

Birmingham is now the bookies' favourite to host the Eurovision Song Contest as the race to find a host city for the competition continues.

More pitches have been allowed at a gypsy and traveller caravan site in South Staffordshire – but a local councillor and residents have raised concerns about noise and disturbance.

A world famous Olivier-nominated actress is set to narrate an immersive storytelling experience that looks into Wolverhampton's textile industry.

A mass emergency service presence which descended upon an estate in West Bromwich was caused by a 'medical emergency'.

A Black Country home brewer is celebrating after his latest beer was a winner at the Great British Beer Festival.

The Ladder for the Black Country is encouraging people to attend the West Midlands Jobs and Skills Showcase

Some of the best cyclists in the world take to the Black Country's streets on Thursday as they compete for gold in the Commonwealth Games Time Trials.

The public will be out in force to see the Commonwealth's best cyclists go by in their pursuit of time trial gold.

Walsall police are appealing for help to find a "wanted" man.

The region's green belt could be destroyed due to housing needs being "wildly exaggerated", a leading campaign group warned today.

Shropshire Council is facing questions over whether it has done enough to provide housing sites for Black Country councils in the county.

Council chiefs have been urged to examine ways to create more homes in town and city centres as part of the Black Country Plan.

A school at the centre of the controversial closure of a sports centre in Sandwell has broken its silence.

The fifth anniversary of Ryan Passey's death will be marked with a charity motorcycle ride across the Black Country and Shropshire.

Ryan Passey's former football team will feature his name emblazoned across their shirts this season to mark the fifth anniversary of his death.

Dementia places a huge burden on those who are left to care for sufferers.

England fans flocked to Sandwell Valley to watch the Lionesses' historic European Championships win on a big screen.

Images of five men wanted in connection with a fight in Dudley have been released by police.

A time-lapse video, exclusive to Express & Star, shows the full Black Country cycling time trial route in all its glory.

Three people have been found guilty of shooting and paralysing a 13-year-old boy.

A new treatment room designed specifically for the LGBT+ community has opened its doors.

Police have issued an appeal for information over a missing 37-year-old Dudley man.

A West Midlands rapper who was set to perform at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony has had his show cancelled due to a "failed background check".

Police are still appealing to find a man who went missing from hospital a week ago.

A beautiful setting and a challenging course greeted spectators and riders alike as the Commonwealth Games arrived in Staffordshire.

No arrests have been made nearly two months on from a huge drug bust at a disused Walsall school.

A serving Staffordshire Police officer has been handed a final warning after being found guilty of assault.

The BBC has unveiled plans to move its main Birmingham base to the "new creative quarter" in Digbeth from 2026.

A full day of activities have been organised in Wolverhampton as the Commonwealth Games finally arrive.

Fire service chiefs have welcomed a move from another major supermarket to stop selling disposable barbecues amid wildfires linked to the hot weather.

More than 100 classic and vintage vehicles are expected to turn out for the Sandon Fete and Transport Show in Staffordshire.

Talented chocolatiers from Birmingham’s Cadbury World have paid homage to the city’s most famous icon through a bullish new hand-crafted creation.

A company of the Grenadier Guards marched 129 miles from Hampshire to Shropshire as part of a pilgrimage to the roots of their creation.

A foot fetish porn star has been jailed after police discovered he was living the life because of drug-dealing not the profits of his videos.

A nuisance council tenant has been evicted by Dudley Council after causing so much trouble in the few months he lived in Sedgley.

Bus group Rotala has bought Midland Classic, the principal bus operator in Burton upon Trent for £2 million.

A cannabis farm containing approximately 100 plants has been unearthed by Cannock police.

A community fun day raising money for charitable causes is set to take place in Walsall.

A popular grandfather who loved sailing tragically drowned off the coast of Scotland when his lifejacket did not inflate, an inquest heard.

Across three districts in the Black Country, the best cyclists in the Commonwealth will compete for the a spot on the podium.

Some of the world's top cyclists will be racing around the Black Country on Thursday during the Commonwealth Games Time Trial.

It's one of the region's most treasured landmarks. Today many of us travel to Weston Park to enjoy a concert, attend a classic car show, stroll through the stunning park or admire the grandeur of the stately house.

Police and cyclists have been out testing the 23.2-mile cycling route ahead of the Commonwealth Games time trial.

The atmosphere at the start of the mountain biking event in Cannock Chase Forest was electric when the first race got underway at 1130 this morning.

A driver was taken to hospital after a three-vehicle crash near Bridgnorth.

The A34 between Stafford and Stone will be closed in both directions overnight on Wednesday, August 10, for the construction of a new roundabout outside the giant new Pets At Home site.