The benefit for low-income families has now been rolled out to those with children under 16.

Three-fifths of small and medium-sized enterprises said that they currently need funding to ease day-to-day cashflow issues.

A wall of rain appears to be heading towards the region and the latest Met Office weather forecast suggests we're in for a wet and windy ride.

The Prime Minister said his Chancellor will unveil measures on Thursday that will ‘deliver on the expectations of international markets’.

However, the Resolution Foundation’s Intergenerational Audit concludes over-75s will spend 8% of their total household income on bills.

Sandwell is facing a shortfall of almost 19,000 homes which need to be built within two decades due to the area running out of room, it has been revealed.

The upmarket brand said talks over an emergency cash call with investors, including its founder Tom Joule, were unsuccessful.

The director of the region’s healthcare body has spoken about the way primary care has evolved to meet needs.

Members of the armed forces community who are worried about the cost of living pressures in Staffordshire have been reminded that support is available.

The continual erosion of public services is starting to bite.

Eurovision runner-up Sam Ryder, chart-toppers Sophie Ellis-Bextor and East 17, and former Spice Girl Melanie C will join rock legends Primal Scream at a family music festival next year.

An elderly woman died after being struck by a car on a main road near Oldbury.

There were delays on a Black Country stretch of the M6 this morning after a crash caused an oil spillage on the motorway.

A stag night reveller from Dudley has been ordered to pay £2,000 compensation for almost blinding a stranger in a glass attack.

Eight out of 10 patients believe GP services have deteriorated since the Covid pandemic.

Shadow minister Pat McFadden says GPs are doing the best they can, but have been let down by a lack of reliability in public services.

The parts of the Black Country that stand to be hardest hit by climate change have been revealed in a new study.

Plans have been submitted for a sprawling new housing estate in the Staffordshire countryside.

Dancers are preparing to take to the stage in a production in Stafford later this week.

However Jeremy Hunt did not deny there are ‘costs’ to the decision to leave the EU.

A Birmingham man has been charged with the murder of his brother following a manhunt.

Thousands of people across the region gathered to mark Remembrance Sunday and pay their respects to fallen heroes under bright sunny skies.

Nothing signifies the approach of Christmas like the glow of seasonal lights.

A large former church with excellent development potential is coming up for sale in Bond Wolfe’s next auction.

More electric vehicles will be rolled out across West Midlands Police to ensure it becomes the "greenest" force in the country – and meets its net zero goal.

The Walsall branch of PureGym has moved to a new home.

However, the Chancellor insisted it is ‘not just going to be bad news’ on Thursday.

Sandwell residents are being asked to prepare for diversions as some roads are expected to close for Remembrance Day services on Sunday.

Walsall residents are being asked to prepare for diversions as some roads are expected to close for Remembrance Day services on Sunday.

Dudley residents are being asked to prepare for diversions as some roads are expected to close for Remembrance Day services.

Drivers are being asked to prepare for diversions as some roads are expected to close for Remembrance Day services on Sunday.

A drug dealer who flaunted her luxurious lifestyle on Snapchat has become the first woman in the West Midlands to be convicted of running a County Lines drugs operation on her own.

More than 60 firefighters have tackled a blaze at an empty factory in Dudley.

Crowds of darts fans descended on Wolverhampton when a major sports event returned to the city.

Customers have picked up the £2.7 billion cost of supplier failures at an extra £94 per household, the Public Accounts Committee said.

The Liberal Democrats, who commissioned the research, said the figures expose the ‘true horrors’ of the crisis facing borrowers.

Jeremy Hunt has promised a ‘rabbit-free’ statement with a focus on delivering ‘certainty’ to families and businesses following market turmoil.

A 84-year-old retiree has spent the last three years maintaining a derelict graveyard where his wife and son are buried.

As pubs face the current cost of living crisis, the Express & Star continues its Love Your Local series celebrating our local inns.

Meet Mr Miami UK, an American trying to transform the entertainment scene in Wolverhampton and inspire youth in the city to turn away from the streets of crime.

Police are trying to find a 12-year-old girl who has gone missing from Wolverhampton.

Police are appealing for help to find a missing 11-year-old Wolverhampton boy.

Work has begun to produce a permanent monument of thanks to Covid heroes from a Black Country borough.

Staff earning less than £30,000 a year will receive £600 in a one-off payment.

A crash partially closed a road in Wolverhampton, forcing a bus diversion.

A bankrupt Black Country caterer will have to abide by 11 years of restrictions after abusing £70,000 worth of Covid loans.

The donation will help the family of Freya Hunter, a 12-year-old who requires full-time oxygen and at-home nursing care.

A shop in Wolverhampton where more than 8,000 suspected counterfeit cigarettes were seized and an asylum seeker was found to be working illegally is to undergo a licence review.

Two Street Watch volunteers have turned their passion for their community into new jobs by becoming police community support officers with West Midlands Police.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of affray after a stabbing in Lye.

The comedian also added a string of arena dates to the run.

A former Walsall pub, now converted into flats, will go under the hammer at auction.

A man has been arrested and a machete seized after a police pursuit around Smethwick.

Firefighters tackled a blaze at an electrical substation in Wolverhampton which had been set by arsonists.

A large section of the M6 will be closed to allow for essential resurfacing and repair work.

Travellers have been warned there are changes to tram services today due to industrial action.

Emergency services were called to a crash involving multiple vehicles on the M42 near Birmingham.

Three people have been arrested after police recovered a stolen car in Sandwell.