A "significant step" in the revamp of a congested junction is being taken this weekend when the beams for a new bridge are lifted into place.

Wet weather could not dampen the spirits as a city centre became a festival centre for a day.

Professor John Edmunds warned a return to pre-pandemic behaviour could still drive an autumn wave of infections.

Motorists are facing long delays in both directions on the M6 during the first morning of work to install new bridges at Junction 10.

Fire crews had to cut a man out of a car following a two-car crash on Saturday morning.

It was a busy shift for a West Midlands Fire station team as they dealt with fires and car crashes.

A planned weekend of music at the National Memorial Arboretum has had to be cancelled due to a positive coronavirus case.

Police in the West Midlands have joined the search to locate a missing teenager.

A man who has worked for 60 years without a day off is preparing to hang up his steel toe-capped boots and settle down to a well-deserved retirement.

An appeal has gone out for help with locating a missing Staffordshire man.

A tactical stop by a Staffordshire policing team ended with a drugs arrest.

A cold and calculating killer shot two business associates in order to write off debts of up to £400,000 but was tripped up by his web of lies, the lead detective in the case said today.

A gunman has been found guilty of murdering two best friends who were shot dead in a Range Rover.

Drivers have been warned to expect long delays when a junction of the M6 closes for the weekend.

Objectors who tried to keep a closed Darlaston pub from becoming a business centre have been told they should have used it before losing it.

A collision investigator said a motorcyclist who suffered life-changing injuries in a head-on smash was travelling at a "normal speed", a court heard.

Construction of Wolverhampton’s eye-catching modern office development i9 has been completed and marks a major milestone in the creation of a thriving commercial quarter at the heart of the city’s award-winning Interchange.

The grandmother of a three-year-old who was killed by her mother has said the opportunity to see her grow up has been "stolen" in the "most brutal of ways".

A man who cycled 1,000 miles in one month to help a Staffordshire hospice is calling on people to join a bike ride next month.

Sports club in the Black Country are gearing up for a boost in interest following the Olympics.

Let them eat cake was the order of the day as a special party took place at Beacon Court in Sedgley to help celebrate dogs who make a difference to many people's lives.

Around £6.6 million of unsafe goods were seized by trading standards officers in Staffordshire last year as part of a crackdown on the issue.

A Black Country council leader has has reiterated his desire to see brownfield sites developed as a consultation on future housing plans draws closer.

Talks are ongoing to try and prevent bin workers from taking strike action in Sandwell.

Major plans to regenerate the old home of Rosie's in Sutton Coldfield will be discussed fully in September.

Plans have been formally submitted to demolish the landmark Dudley Hippodrome and replace it with a £25 million university park.

A driver fled the scene after a crash where a car left the road, rolled onto its side and destroyed an electric vehicle charging point.

A mother and her boyfriend have been jailed for a combined 29 years for killing her three-year-old daughter after the girl's cries interrupted their love-making.

A cabin could be installed at a Walsall primary school to help it cater for an increasing number of children with special needs.

A multi-storey ‘wonky wedding cake’ building in Birmingham dubbed ‘garish’ by one councillor has been given the green light by the council.

An "uncaring" mother and her boyfriend are due to be sentenced after being convicted of killing her three-year-old daughter, days after threatening to do so in a text message.

Sutton Coldfield Town Hall is to hold a traditional fete to celebrate a year of community efforts and its reopening to the public for shows.

A huge plan to build housing on green belt in Dudley has been accused of being a ‘cloak and dagger’ operation by the leader of the town’s Labour Party.

Worried residents fear they’ll suffer from ‘cooking odours’ when a neighbouring Great Barr house is extended.

A long-serving Labour councillor in the Black Country has been suspended by Labour over allegations of Islamophobia, it has been revealed.

A knifeman who stabbed a 20-year-old to death in a hotel room in Birmingham has been jailed for 14 years.

A mother has paid tribute to her "most loving son" who died after a car and van crashed in Acocks Green.

Twenty firefighters were sent to tackle a blaze at a derelict pub in the Black Country which is thought to have started deliberately.

Poundland is offering bonuses and training support in a bid to recruit more lorry drivers.

The huge 750-tonne crane required for lifting new bridge beams into place over the M6 has arrived for its weekend work.

Pet owners can give thanks to their faithful and lovable companions at a church in Birmingham later this month.

Spending on fixing potholes and other road repairs has fluctuated wildly in Wolverhampton over the last five years, new figures have shown.

A councillor in the Black Country has been suspended by the Labour Party for several months despite not knowing the reason why.

Two youths scaled a fence before setting fire to charity donations kept at the old Sainsbury's in Wolverhampton city centre, the council has said.

A prominent tree has been cut down in a Stone park after it was found to have been suffering from a disease.

A Small Heath shop should not be allowed to open 24-hours a day, a local group of voluntary street cleaners have argued, due to the potential impact of waste and fly-tipping on the area.

Firefighters battled a blaze in a skip at the old Sainsbury's store in Wolverhampton city centre.

A Stafford garage site is set to make way for three new homes despite concerns nearby residents will lose a well-used parking area.

A blaze that saw smoke pour over Wolverhampton city centre was confined to a skip after 10 firefighters were sent to the scene.

Body armour will be rolled out to Staffordshire Police dogs in a first for a police force in both the West Midlands region – and in the UK.

New community hubs to help residents get health conditions diagnosed are being planned – but Stone community leaders have said better access to other health services are needed in the town too.

Stone’s heroes could be honoured as part of a new award scheme being proposed by the Town Mayor.

Stone community leaders are considering creating an area to commemorate those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in the town.

A new Peaky Blinders-themed bar and restaurant is ready to open its doors on Monday.

A car involved in a crash where two young men died had been chased by police after an attack on a man outside a nightclub, investigators have confirmed.

Regulator Ofgem said the rise in the energy price cap has been driven by surging wholesale gas prices.

“She has helped me come out the other side.”

Turnover for National Milk Records, which has one of its laboratory sites at Four Ashes, near Wolverhampton, rose seven per cent to a record £5.71 million in its latest quarter.

Sutton's Laura Unsworth was the pride of Team GB as she helped wrap up Tokyo women’s hockey bronze in and with it a third Olympic medal as Great Britain’s women beat India, writes Paul Eddison.