Heating and air conditioning group Andrews Sykes saw growth in both sales and profits for the first six months of 2021.

Let's do the Time Warp again... it's time to throw open the switches on the sonic oscillator to reanimate that perennial favourite musical blending sex and drugs and rock and roll.

A motorcyclist has been killed after a crash that also involved two cars.

Ministers have been accused of being "asleep at the wheel" over the fuel supply crisis.

Military drivers will now get specialised training in preparation for their possible deployment, ministers announced.

Doctor surgeries have faced pressure like never before because of the Covid pandemic.

Bus users have hit out at "disgraceful" delays to services which have left people across the region stranded at bus stops for hours on end.

Innovative security specialist GMS Group has “returned to its roots” by moving its headquarters to the Black Country at a modernised site set up to benefit the wider community.

Unusual characters appeared in Coven during the weekend and took their place in the first ever Scarecrow Festival to be held in the village.

Pupils across the region are starting to be offered their Covid-19 vaccinations.

A ‘gagging’ email sent out to angry Dudley councillors over plans to build thousands of homes across the region has been leaked – with claims it is trying to ‘silence’ their objections.

A 12-year-old boy who died after being seriously injured at an indoor ski centre has been named.

The majority of staff at a new government office in the Black Country will be sourced locally with the assistance of a city university, a minister has said.

Worried patients fears they will have to catch two buses to see their GP when a purpose built medical centre replaces two Wolverhampton surgeries.

History fan and craftsman Fred Woods wants to bring the English Civil War back to life in classrooms of the West Midlands.

More than 30 of the region's biggest employers have signed up for a jobs fair later this year.

Hundreds of fancy dress fundraisers celebrated their heroes in style at St Giles Hospice’s colourful Hero Walk.

Youth workers will be appointed in Dudley’s Russells Hall Hospital A&E unit in a bid to tackle violent crime.

A weekend protest took place in Stourbridge against the proposed development of green space which has been slammed as “absolutely appalling”.

A fifth gambling centre has been approved in Bearwood despite an objection from a resident who said there was already ‘noise, litter and people urinating in the street’.

A motorcyclist was taken to hospital with "potentially serious injuries" when he was in collision with a parked car.

Some NHS organisations have expressed concern that medical staff are unable to get into work due to the fuel crisis.

A teenage boy has been charged with racially abusing Tyreik Wright while the winger was on loan at Walsall.

An investigation has been launched into the cause of a fire in Wolverhampton.

A man was injured after his car crashed into a wall in the Black Country.

Two people have been injured in a crash between a lorry and two cars that closed the M6 northbound.

It was a sea of pink and smiles as Cancer Research's Race for Life returned to Dudley.

A further 10 coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in the region's hospitals, in the latest figures released by NHS England.

More details of a five-year improvement plan for the Merry Hill shopping centre have been revealed.

A transgender woman who was stabbed on her own doorstep has seen her attacker detained indefinitely after she helped to bring him before the courts.

Shadow chancellor also said an industrial strategy would be created to help ‘British business lead the world in growing high-tech industries’.

Environment Secretary George Eustice said there is no reason for petrol shortages if motorists stop ‘panic buying’.

A butcher is celebrating after his special pork pies were "highly commended" at a prestigious national competition.

A planned emergency exercise will be taking place at a Black Country hospital this week – with healthcare staff and emergency services all taking part.

Refuse workers at Sandwell Council will take further strike action next month, warning they will not be “strung along” as the row over bullying, health and safety, and wage concerns continues.

An indoor skiing centre will remain closed while authorities investigate the death of a child.

Around 2,000 people flocked to the popular Ginger and Spice Festival in Market Drayton making the show the busiest since its launch five years ago.

The 2021 L2F Festival of folk music will kick off in great style with a fun-packed ceilidh from The Reel Hot Ceilidh Peppers.

A council leader has insisted that "every inch" of brownfield land has been included in a controversial plan that could see the region's green belt carved up for housing.

A running event from Lichfield to Tamworth, which attracted some 1,800 participants, was held on Sunday in "perfect" weather.

Train passengers faced delays in the region this morning after a tree fell on the line.

One of the region's biggest commercial vehicle distributors has lodged plans for a new head office in the Black Country.

More than 20,000 safeguarding concerns were flagged about vulnerable adults in the Black Country and Staffordshire during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, figures show.

One day, when he was six years old, Malcolm Walford came out of school to find his mother in a state of deep distress.

Looking back at the great life of the inventor of the Penny Black.

Logistics are logistics – whether it is getting a tank to the front line in Afghanistan or a latest bestseller book to Mrs Smith in Shifnal.

Staffordshire digger giant JCB remained profitable in 2020 despite the severe impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on its global manufacturing operations.

The rise of flourishing new job sectors, including the arts and science and technology, is leading to an increase in housing demand in the West Midlands.

Amazon claims its investment in the West Midlands since 2010 has topped £2.3 billion.

The Petrol Retailers Association said two-thirds of its 5,500 independent outlets across the UK had run dry.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the attack by his deputy Angela Rayner was ‘not language that I would use’.

Motorists across the Black Country are being urged to stop panic buying at petrol forecourts – amid fears supplies will run dry.

Rod McKenzie has denied briefing the media about a meeting between fuel industry chiefs and the Cabinet Office to discuss possible petrol shortages.

The Transport Secretary has accused a haulage group of sparking petrol station queues as drivers continue to face long waits to fill up.

The skeleton of a new bridge across the M6 is in place after the last 120-tonne beams were lowered into place.

Seven cars were damaged on the M6 when one crashed into the central reservation in the West Midlands.

A driver ran across the M6 after crashing into the central reservation and damaging seven cars in the process.

A driver ran away after the car they were in overturned in a three-car crash in the Black Country.

An elderly man has been left seriously injured after being dragged out of bed, punched and kicked in an attempted robbery.

The head of the Traditional Farm Fresh Turkey Association blamed a shortage of European workers.

Industry bodies said consumers and businesses faced ‘another less than happy’ festive season if the offer was not made more generous.

Horns sounded and well-wishers lined the streets as some 80 trucks formed a convoy through the Black Country to raise awareness of organ donation.

A patient suspected to have suffered a stroke was delayed getting to hospital when a missile was thrown at an ambulance on blue lights.