Mothers-to-be in Staffordshire could be offered Covid vaccinations at antenatal clinics – in a bid to prevent them suffering severe symptoms of the virus.

Land near Stafford town centre is set to become the borough council’s biggest nature reserve – after community leaders gave plans the green light.

A 122-year-old construction company in Wolverhampton is going into administration.

A council leader has spoken out after environmental campaigners who questioned the authority’s progress on tackling climate change did not attend a cabinet meeting where green recovery was on the agenda.

‘Serious questions’ need answering over why the council was unable to improve children’s services in Birmingham despite warnings from regulators, an opposition councillor has said.

Thousands of students will today discover their A-level grades.

M6 motorists are facing huge delays after fire engulfed a lorry carrying hazardous materials.

A flurry of new lettings at one of Europe’s biggest secure industrial and business estates, in the Black Country, is signalling growing confidence in the industrial market.

The Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street has been out and about talking to young people in Wolverhampton as part of a drive to showcase new career opportunities.

Young chefs from Walsall have been given the chance to serve up something good to VIPs as part of a graduation banquet after spending a week learning about healthy eating and nutrition.

A coroner has accused police of "brushing under the carpet" a woman's problems with her neighbours before she took her own life.

Campaigners have vowed to "fight to the death" in saving Dudley Hippodrome after a council made formal plans for its demolition.

More than 230 Covid patients were being cared for by hospital trusts in the Black Country and Staffordshire – as numbers continue to increase nearly a month after all restrictions were lifted.

Exams day is a big deal and missing out on your grades can feel like the end of the world.

For the second year running A-level students will collect their grades without sitting end-of-year exams.

Repair Shop star Jay Blades has revealed his latest challenge – to learn to read at the age of 51.

The body of a woman believed to have been murdered has been found in a layby off a main road through the region.

A man was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after being attacked in the Black Country.

A football club has signed up to a scheme which will allow victims of hate crime to report incidents without going directly to police.

The owner of a Black Country entertainment venue is looking forward to more nights of laughter after the opening night of a comedy festival.

Covering vacancies and staff absences is leaving many health service employees struggling, experts have warned.

An appeal has gone out to help locate a missing woman.

A Black Country councillor has completed a virtual running challenge in aid of a cancer charity.

Witnesses to an attack which left a man in hospital have been urged to come forward.

A police officer travelling at speeds up to 110mph responding to an emergency call from colleagues crashed into another car en route, fatally injuring its driver, a court heard.

A man is continuing to fight for his life more than a week after a crash which left two people dead.

A car driver who overtook a van and struck a motorcycle head-on has told a jury that he did not see the Suzuki coming.

A-level students don't have long to find out if they've achieved the grades they've spent the last two years aiming for.

Higher bills in the short-term will be offset by longer-term financial gains from helping to tackle the climate crisis.

West Midlands firefighters have been flown out to Greece to help battle wildfires that are devastating the country.

Britain’s biggest police force, the Metropolitan Police, has arrested more than 1,000 people linked to county lines gangs since November 2019.

Police are searching for a convicted robber and his father after a 12-year-old boy was attacked with a hammer in the Black Country.

Pawnbrokers H&T Group saw profit drop slightly for the first six months of this year.

Social media users have reacted to an objection for a proposed home extension in Great Barr – based on “cooking odours”.

The hunt is on for Wolverhampton's second Poet Laureate – to play a role in the city's sixth Literature Festival next year.

A body was found in the early hours of this morning near Wolverhampton.

A further six coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in the region's hospitals – in the latest figures released by NHS England.

For a few days in August 2011, mob rule threatened to take over.

A stretch of the M6 reopened after being closed for the entire weekend to allow huge steel bridge beams to be installed as part of a revamp of a busy roundabout.

Without immediate, rapid and large-scale cuts to greenhouse gas pollution, limiting warming to 1.5C will be beyond reach, scientists say.

A young woman from Wolverhampton who survived the Manchester Arena bombing has been described as "the light in the room" after being found dead at home.

International review of climate science finds human influence in warming the planet is ‘unequivocal’.

The supermarket’s board has accepted a £6.7 billion bid from US private equity firm Fortress.

But Professor Linda Bauld raised concerns that some restrictions could be needed if a new variant ‘challenges’ the Covid-19 vaccines.

A disused Wolverhampton car park is set to be transformed into a new apartment and café complex.

Sports clubs across the West Midlands are gearing up for a boost in interest following the Olympics.

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.

Fast growing self-storage company Lok'nStore, which is to open a site in Wolverhampton, says revenue was up 20.9 per cent in its latest financial year.

A series of road closures are planned over the coming weeks to allow for repairs and maintenance work.

Police officers in our region have been attacked more than 2,000 times during the coronavirus pandemic – with many offenders using the threat of giving officers Covid as a ‘weapon’.

More than 50,000 people in the Midlands could be waiting for life-saving heart diagnosis and treatment by 2022 due to Covid-19, new figures suggest.

The pick-up of exam results from schools across the Black Country and Staffordshire will be staggered due to Covid-19.

What did Thomas Telford ever do for us?

For Ron Britton, his picnic outing from Wolverhampton to a Shropshire beauty spot with his girlfriend and mother 65 years ago would turn out to have a fiery and frightening conclusion.

An investigation has been launched after a series of distraction burglaries in the Black Country where pensioners' homes have been targeted.

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

A football fan has denied using threatening or abusive words or behaviour during a Wolves match which saw the return of fans following Covid restrictions.

A new documentary series will examine the trial of a British nanny - now living in Bridgnorth - who was charged with murder .

A man has been arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and arson after a fire broke out at a house in the Black Country.

A house has suffered severe damage to its roof in an overnight fire in Bilston.

Motorists are facing a second full day of delays on the M6 as work to install a new bridge continues.

A rare 16th century artefact that was destined for the scrapheap a couple of years ago is going to auction on Monday where it is expected to fetch millions of pounds.

The UK team are expected to land in Athens on Sunday as wildfires rage across the country.

Railway passengers have been hit by delays due to trespassers on the line between Wolverhampton and Coseley.

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