A mobile coronavirus testing unit has moved to Wednesfield Community Hub for this week.

A teenager has been stabbed in a Wyre Forest park.

Disused land in Darlaston is to be transformed into a new haulage yard business providing a jobs boost to the area.

A palliative care charity is inviting people to step out and take part in a special walking event.

A historic former leather works in the Black Country could be converted into a house of multiple occupancy.

Almost 23,000 more people in the Midlands have been diagnosed with diabetes over a year, new figures have shown.

Fuel sales are almost back to pre-pandemic levels and bosses saw strong growth through its wholesale business.

The move came as the Covid-19 alert level in the UK was downgraded after a ‘consistent’ fall in cases, hospital admissions and deaths.

Paralympic hero Ellie Simmonds has described the challenges of life through lockdown and her new role to help promote next year's Commonwealth Games.

French train manufacturing group Alstom, which has its Midlands Traincare Centre at Oxley, Wolverhampton, saw sales and profits rise in its latest financial year.

Poundland has just opened its 350th PEP&CO clothing shop-in-shop as it accelerates the expansion of its family fashion brand in town centres and retail parks where big-name clothing retailers have been in retreat.

First World War medals telling the story of two Staffordshire soldiers are set to be sold at auction in June.

Fishing tackle and equipment business Angling Direct, which has shops at Halesowen and Willenhall, has seen sales continue to grow in the last thre emonths.

An Oldbury manufacturer has invested in a new site with a £1.7 million loan from Lloyds Bank as it looks to meet growing demand for its products.

Wolves legend John Richards has become the latest hometown hero to back the city's young citizen awards.

Hugs are back as part of a further easing of restrictions – but there remains the chance of a third Covid wave.

The former Showcase Cinema in Walsall is being turned into a car supermarket after the cinema shut for good.

The number of people waiting for heart procedures and operations in the West Midlands has soared, it has been revealed.

Applicants to a renowned music and drama school were sent acceptance letters by mistake, it has emerged.

Parts of Birmingham and the Black Country are the top "crash for cash" hotspots in the UK, analysis of the scams has found.

The signs are getting more positive by the day. But the question remains – are we really coming to the end of the coronavirus nightmare?

An MP has hit out at Labour's "London intelligentsia" for talking down to blue collar workers in the Black Country and costing his party votes.

Yee-haw! Wolves legend Steve Bull came face-to-face with his namesake, a mechanical rodeo beast, when he was invited to pop along to a new eaterie set to open in the heart of Wolverhampton.

A Black Country church is reaching out for public help with donations after suffering storm damage.

A financial services company has started a year of support for a Black Country children’s hospice by paying for a day of care.

Tackling the poor state of some of Staffordshire's roads is a key priority for the year ahead, the county council leader has said.

Hundreds of knives have been seized and dozens of arrests made as police continue to crackdown on knife crime.

A former nurse from Walsall, who was on the brink of death, has thanked the NHS staff who helped save her life.

In the centre of Wolverhampton there is a large store which has the words ‘eat, drink, shop, enjoy’ emblazoned across its front.

A veteran support group from Staffordshire have joined in a national protest in support of veterans in Northern Ireland.

A woman has died in hospital after being pulled from a Birmingham canal.

An area of a city centre was cordoned off following the discovery of human remains.

Burglars armed with machetes raided a cannabis farm in the Black Country.

The latest move back to normality came as the UK’s Covid-19 alert level was downgraded by the chief medical officers.

Stafford Borough Council members are to discuss proposals to share their chief executive with neighbouring Cannock Chase District Council.

The Government will allow people in England to use their ‘personal judgment’ on close contact between friends and family from May 17.

Boris Johnson is expected to confirm that planned lockdown easing will be going ahead.

New measures are due to be announced on Monday which will take effect from May 17.

Friends and relatives will be given the choice on whether to socially distance.

Drivers face 10 months of delays on a busy road through the region while a bridge is repaired.

No new coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in the Black Country, Staffordshire or Birmingham.

Visitors to Merry Hill shopping centre will be able to pick up free coronavirus home testing kits while they shop this week.

A GP-led vaccination centre in Oldbury has reached a major milestone, delivering its 50,000th dose of the lifesaving Covid-19 jab.

Residents in Tettenhall have raised concerns with police about suspected dog poisoning in the area.

Former Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson appeared to stagger and was almost running towards police shortly before he was Tasered, a murder trial has heard.

Comedian Rich Hall has been confirmed as the final big name on the line-up for this summer's Stourbridge Comedy Festival – as it was revealed hundreds of tickets have already been snapped up.

A motorcyclist was seriously injury in a hit-and-run crash in Dudley.

A security guard from the Black Country is celebrating after winning a £250,000 top prize on the National Lottery's Multiplier Orange Scratchcard.

The couple will take part in Mental Health Minute – a broadcast by a host of famous faces to more than 20 million listeners across 500 radio stations.

A brave passer-by has described how he and other young men tried to rescue a woman who was killed in a house fire in the Black Country.

Tributes have been paid to a popular woman killed when a fire ripped through her home - as firefighters praised brave residents for trying to help rescue her.

The death of a woman who was killed in a Black Country house fire is not being treated as suspicious, police have confirmed.

A castle near Wyre Forest is set to welcome back visitors next week – as indoor venues reopen their doors under the latest easing of lockdown.

An uninsured van has been seized by police in the Black Country and its driver arrested.

The rush for Mother's Day and Easter presents led to a boom in sales for Hotel Chocolat, new figures show.

Forklift trucks with telescopic booms could soon be a common sight indoors after a new all-electric version was launched.

A woman has died after a fire tore through a house in the Black Country with her and her family inside.

Andy Street has hailed "a major shot in the arm" for the region's construction industry after a deal was signed for a city HS2 station.

Birdwatchers in Kinver have their eyes and ears peeled after a lesser spotted woodpecker was recently seen in nearby woodland.

Labour remain in firm control of Wolverhampton Council despite an 'incredible' surge in support for the Conservatives in the city.

A Slovakian family who traded in human misery across the Midlands for more than a decade has been jailed for a total of 30 years.

The cheers were more subdued than usual but the grin across Andy Street's face was as broad as ever - once he took the mask off.

Workers at GKN Birmingham who are members of union Unite have presented an alternative business plan to the company’s senior management as part of a campaign to prevent the plant's closure.

Funerals group Dignity saw turnover and profits rise in the first 13 weeks of its financial year.

Sales are currently higher than they were at this point in 2019, before Covid-19 hit.

Votes are still being counted for the English council and mayoral elections.

"The whole purpose of a museum is to be open for visitors."

A public consultation on the regeneration of one of the largest brownfield sites in the region will launch today.

Reflecting on the latest set of disastrous election results for Labour, two of the party’s more outspoken individuals offered possible solutions.

From parish politics to major wars, Peter Rhodes has covered it all. Here he looks back on some favourite moments.

New figures which have been released show school attendances across a city are now the highest they’ve been since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

A pet rescue centre is facing crisis point with a lack of funding and an influx of abandoned cats and kittens as people have lost jobs or become furloughed since the start of the pandemic.

Something good is being cooked up, and rum cocktails are on offer, at a once derelict car park in Stourbridge town centre.

Companies which between them employ more than one million workers in the UK, including many operating in the West Midlands, have told staff they will no longer be expected to return to the office five days a week, according to new research.

A couple have successfully taken the plunge after starting their own mobile fish and chips business.

Organisers of the annual Eccleshall Show have announced that the show will not be staged this year.

Organisers have announced that this year's Walsall Pride celebration has been cancelled.

The Prime Minister is expected to announce the further relaxation of restrictions in England on Monday.

A petition by a Wolverhampton resident to block plans to build a new supermarket has received more than 100 signatures.

More than 17.6 million adults in the UK have now had both doses of a vaccine.

Celebrity Katie Price has been spotted at West Midland Safari Park with her family.

A man has died after falling from a tower block in Walsall.

A hardworking firefighter is marking his retirement after 25 years with Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

A section of heritage trail footpath behind the new designer outlet in cannock is set to be closed off at night to stop intruders causing vandalism and antisocial behaviour.

Some of Britain's most coveted postage stamps are due to go under the hammer and prove how a quirk of fate can transform what was once everyday paraphernalia into sought-after rarities.

Stone community leaders are considering extending virtual access to council meetings when elected members return to face to face committees after hundreds of people tuned in to watch the action.

One new coronavirus death has been confirmed in the region.

Andy Street will serve a second term as West Midlands Mayor after comfortably holding off the challenge of Labour.

Two fashion obsessed best friends, who went to university together then became lecturers there, have launched a podcast that is already in the top 10 on iTunes.

See the full West Midlands mayoral election results 2021 - including from each local council - as Labour MP Liam Byrne was defeated by Conservative Andy Street.

Ian Austin has called on Sir Keir Starmer to apologise to voters in the Midlands for the way Labour has "let them down".

New mothers at Walsall Manor Hospital now receive congratulations cards following the birth of their babies, packed with information and uplifting messages to help guide them through the first days and weeks of motherhood.

Women having scans in the Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit at Walsall Manor Hospital will be able to have their partners present from Monday .

A serious fire ripped through a house in the Black Country with people inside.

A police sergeant has hailed a week-long campaign to crackdown on knife crime as a success.

A Sutton charity raised more than £15,500 as the community joined forces to take part in a Sleep Easy event.