A man has been taken to hospital after a collision involving a car and a motorbike.

An elderly woman is seriously injured in hospital after a crash involving two buses in Walsall town centre.

Detectives are continuing their attempts to identify a young woman found dead in a layby near Wolverhampton after revealing her body had been set on fire on the roadside.

Universities in the West Midlands today pledged a return to one-to-one teaching.

Young adults have been urged to get the coronavirus vaccine amid lower than average uptakes in the region

An old newspaper cutting gave a man the vital clue that was needed to be reunited with his birth family.

With hindsight, Matthew 'Tom' King was not the most successful careers adviser.

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

A new community project aimed at improving residents’ wellbeing in the wake of the Covid pandemic has been launched.

A volunteer who set up a school uniform swap shop has been given an award by the Prime Minister.

Work to tackle racist and homophobic behaviour at football matches will continue as the new season begins.

Workers at a GKN Automotive factory in Birmingham are being balloted over strike action,

A man has been seriously injured after being hit by a trailer in Wolverhampton.

Staff were threatened with an axe and charity donations were stolen during an armed robbery at a Black Country pub.

Students are celebrating their A-level results on a day when the number of entries awarded an A grade or higher has risen to an all-time high.

The long wait was finally over as students from across the Black Country and Staffordshire celebrated their A-level results.

Part of the main road between Wolverhampton and Bridgnorth remains shut as police search the area where a woman was found dead.

A further eight coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in the region's hospitals.

Council bosses have called for a hospital unit which closed at the start of the pandemic to allow staff to focus on Covid patients to be reopened following complaints from residents.

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 raid on a residential property uncovered hundreds of cannabis plants.

Work has started at former town council offices in Rugeley to convert the property into supported living apartments for people with complex needs.

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

A lorry became wedged under a railway bridge in the Black Country, causing delays for motorists and passengers.

A council has launched a public consultation over plans to improve a park in the Black Country.

Restoration of a Grade-ll listed clock tower is set to start later this year, once protected birds that live there leave their nest.

A man is being treated in hospital after being shot in the Black Country.

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 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.

A defenceless puppy has died after it was thrown and beaten to death in a leisure centre car park.

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

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.

Police officers are set to be handed powers to tackle anti-social behaviour caused by street drinking across the Cannock Chase district by council chiefs after tough new measures were passed by council bosses.

Bin workers in Sandwell could strike the day after the August bank holiday.

One lane of the M6 needs resurfacing after fire engulfed a lorry carrying hazardous materials.

Former Wolves and Telford FC footballer Aaron Simpson has joined cast of hit dating show Love Island.

A woman accused of assault has been released and will face no further action.

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

Two of Kidderminster’s best-known names have joined forces in a new sponsorship agreement.

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.

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.

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.

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-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.