The number of people out of work across the region increased in the three months to the end of July, new figures show.

A woman was seriously injured in a stabbing at a house in the Black Country.

Staff at a Walsall primary school are considering strike action amid a row over bullying and safeguarding.

A young man has died after a crash on a main road between Stourbridge and Kidderminster.

A nightclub boss has welcomed the government's decision to suspend plans to introduce coronavirus vaccine passports.

All Electric Garages will create up to 15 jobs after opening its second Hyundai dealership in the West Midlands.

A car was shunted into a neighbour's house after an early-hours row where items were thrown out of a window.

A group of parish councillors and clerks including those from Eccleshall visited the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research at Norbury for a tour.

Whittington villagers have answered a call to help Afghan refugees by donating hundreds of essential items.

The British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme has invested over £63 million in the West Midlands.

Around three million children are set to be eligible for the jab.

The Health Secretary said 12 to 15-year-olds in England will be offered a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

Just over half of local areas have recorded a week-on-week rise in rates.

A widower has hosted his fifth annual charity hike across the Staffordshire countryside in memory of his late wife.

The M6 was brought to a standstill due to a police incident involving a vulnerable person.

The Sheriff of Lichfield completed the traditional Sheriff's Ride around the city in a horse-drawn carriage.

Asylum seekers have been “dumped” in a Wolverhampton hotel against the wishes of the council.

Fans of everything on four wheels gathered in Lichfield's Beacon Park at the weekend to enjoy the annual Cars in the Park event.

A Vietnamese national suspected of being a high-ranking member of a people-smuggling network has been arrested during a National Crime Agency raid in the West Midlands.

A man is in a coma after being attacked with a machete in Wolverhampton.

Five people were treated by paramedics after violence erupted outside The Hawthorns between West Brom and Millwall fans.

Aspiring stars of the stage are being invited to join the cast of Stafford’s Gatehouse Theatre's record-breaking panto Snow White.

Thousands of Walsall residents will be among the first to participate in the world’s largest trial of a revolutionary new blood test.

Police in Rugeley have launched an appeal following the disappearance of a woman from the town.

A further 11 deaths have been confirmed in the region's hospitals in the latest figures released by NHS England.

The ONS published the figures for the first seven months of this year.

A woman and a 15-year-old boy have been released under investigation after a man was stabbed in the Black Country.

A host of sports and activities will be available to try at Lichfield Community Games in Beacon Park this weekend (Saturday, September 18 and Sunday, September 19).

Police are searching for supporters involved in violence outside The Hawthorns after footage emerged of a brawl involving West Brom and Millwall fans.

Police say there has been no increase in crime or anti-social behaviour since asylum seekers moved into a city hotel.

The grocer said it will keep all of its supermarket, convenience stores and petrol filling stations shut as a ‘thank you’ to staff.

The fourth round of the Contracts For Difference scheme will double the amount of renewable energy generated from the previous funding tranche.

Around three million children could become eligible for vaccination if the programme is given the green light.

A major blaze at a banqueting centre and wedding venue in Wolverhampton is thought to have been started accidentally, fire investigators have said.

A monument to a notable battle in Sikh history has finally been unveiled after 40 years of work.

A pedestrian killed when she was hit by a Land Rover was a 92-year-old woman, police have confirmed.

There were tunes, songs, dances and laughter aplenty as a musical touch took over the Stourbridge Comedy Festival.

People have flocked to Himley Hall and Park for the return of a popular music and comedy festival which celebrates the best of the Black Country.

Hundreds of runners took to the streets in the Black Country as part of a popular road run to help raise money for numerous charities.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out his winter Covid-19 plan on Tuesday on how the country can learn to live with the virus.

Around 70 firefighters have been tackling a major fire at a banqueting centre and wedding venue near a main road in Wolverhampton.

A commemorative bench and sensory garden in memory of Burntwood women who have lost their lives to breast cancer has been unveiled by Michael Fabricant MP.

People have been called on to share their favourite things about living in Dudley as part of the borough's push to be named a city.

The vaccine candidate is currently in Phase 3 trials, the firm said, with results due in the fourth quarter.

Boris Johnson is expected to focus on vaccination in his plans.

Owner Associated British Foods said profits have nevertheless improved at the discount retailer and raised its group guidance.

Dr Nagpaul suggests that the so-called Freedom Day on July 19, when many restriction were eased, was a ‘gamble’.

The number of special constables working with police in the West Midlands and Staffordshire has fallen by more than half in a decade.

A dangerous man wanted by West Midlands Police is suspected to have carried out two knifepoint carjackings and a burglary since going on the run, detectives have revealed,

Plans for a new housing development on “precious” land in a village have been met with opposition from residents.

Armed police were called after a man was stabbed on a busy Black Country street.

You had to have a sense of humour to grow up in the Black Country, said Billy Dainty, disputing the myth that comedians had to be wise-cracking cockneys, cheeky Scousers or dour northerners.

A football competition which has been raising money for a Black Country charity for almost 100 years is getting ready to kick off again.

A reward of up to £3,000 has been offered in the hunt for a man wanted on suspicion of stabbing and kidnapping a woman.

HS2 is now employing more than 20,000 people, it was revealed today.

The vaccines minister had defended the plans to sceptical MPs, but now the Health Secretary says they will not be used.

Two cars were left with major damage in a crash where one vehicle ended on top of another in Wolverhampton.

RAF Air Cadets marked the organisation's 80th anniversary in style with a celebration in the West Midlands for up to 2,000 young people.

A raid on a Black Country address uncovered a drug hoard worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

The front wall of a house was destroyed when a car smashed into it in the early hours.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced the U-turn on the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday.

An award-winning show car has been crushed after being "botched together" from a range of parts stolen across the West Midlands.

A landmark pub which has vanished from its original spot is springing up again at the Black Country Living Museum.

A thief who stole a delivery driver's van and then dragged him along the road at up to 30mph has been locked up for four years.

The order of the Peaky Blinders was in force at the Black Country Living Museum as the venue was filled with fancy dress and music.

An appeal has been launched for help locating a man missing more than a week.

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said the Home Secretary was a ‘serial offender’ over breaking the rules.

Powers to lock down the economy under the Coronavirus Act are set to be repealed.

Welsh residents are currently largely only able to NHS PCR tests, which are more expensive than others.