After a dreary year of football that was played behind closed doors, fans were overjoyed to watch their team play once again en masse – despite a narrow loss.

After months of lockdown monotony hundreds pulled up a deckchair for a spectacular outdoor cinema.

Tributes were paid to a police officer and his three-year-old son who died this week.

A two-day clubbing festival has been announced for a Black Country outdoor venue featuring the likes of Groove Armada and Eli Brown.

A leisure pool at a Black Country swimming centre has reopened after a refurbishment.

Detectives have been given extra time to question two men who were arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who was set on fire.

Six dogs died in a house that went up in flames in Bilston.

A man was reportedly stabbed in a Black Country park today, police said, and witnesses are sought.

Concerned the variety show at Dudley Hippodrome was running over time, Maurice Kennedy ordered that a young stand-up comic’s act should be cut to just five minutes.

Jake Davison, 22, shot and killed five people in the Keyham area of the city on Thursday evening.

Help save the Black Country’s cherished green belt - that was the message today from council leaders ahead of the launch of a major consultation on the future of housebuilding in the region.

Pubs and restaurants group Marston’s is to move its headquarters across Wolverhampton.

A serving police officer and a three-year-old child have been found dead in a house.

As the flying saucer came in to land at Cosford, the two RAF trainees didn't hang around to roll out the red carpet.

More patients visited A&E at Black Country and Staffordshire hospital trusts last month, with demand rising above the levels seen over the same period last year.

A dog owner in the Black Country who allowed his six bulldog puppies to be mutilated by having their ears cropped has been banned from keeping animals.

Mission accomplished. Another country left in ruins.

Jake Davison, 22, shot and killed five people in Keyham on Thursday evening.

Stephen Green also involved innocent colleagues in his ‘web of criminality’, getting them to check his ex’s home address.

Emergency services are currently at the scene of a crash involving four cars between Kidderminster and Stourton.

An air ambulance was called to a crash in Bewdley.

Visitors to a music festival were brought back down to earth when they discovered their cars had been targeted by thieves stealing catalytic converters.

Two have been arrested after cars were targeted outside Wolverhampton's West Park during a music festival.

A fire broke out at an industrial unit in the Black Country, sending plumes of black smoke into the sky.

Police are appealing for help in identifying a Polish man who died after collapsing.

A brother and sister are taking on a canal cycle challenge to raise money in memory of their “amazing” grandmother.

Firefighters from the West Midlands are persevering in the international effort to battle wildfires spreading across the Greek countryside.

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

A man has pleaded not guilty to four counts of attempted murder after a car was driven at a group of people outside a pub.

Jake Davison then turned his firearm on himself, police said.

A ward councillor has raised "deep concerns" about plans to build homes on contaminated land.

Jake Davison has been named as the gunman who killed five people in the Keyham area of the city on Thursday evening.

A house on the edge of a village is set to be converted into a residential care centre for young people with mental health conditions despite concerns it could lead to an increase in antisocial behaviour in the area.

A former pub is to be converted into a nursery and apartments after councillors gave the green light to plans.

A disused old Walsall youth club is set to be transformed through a project aimed at enhancing the community.

School leavers in the Black Country and Staffordshire are looking to the future with excitement after receiving their GCSE results.

Three log cabins at a rural business park will become an educational centre for young people with additional needs.

A small child is believed to be one of the victims of the incident.

A nursing home’s extension bid has been turned down by councillors after concerns were raised that it would be “dominant and overbearing”

Walsall town centre was declared ‘open for business’ as bosses look to bounce back from Covid-19 and years of retail sector struggles.

A three-bedroom house in Walsall could be converted into a HMO for nine people.

Work to transform Wolverhampton's Beatties department store into homes is expected to begin early next year.

As a youngster, Adil Ray would sit in his bedroom at the family home in Birmingham, thinking up ideas for television programmes and comedy sketches.

The incident, which took place in Plymouth on Thursday, has been described as ‘unspeakably grim’.

Waste bosses in Sandwell say they will "look to keep any disruption to residents to a minimum" if bin workers go on strike at the end of the month.

Gunman believed to be among three males and three females shot dead.