The Ladder for Black Country has teamed up with The National Apprenticeship Event and Conference which is set to inspire the next generation with apprenticeship, traineeship, T Level and retraining opportunities.

People have been urged to stay vigilant as water levels began to fall on the River Severn in Bewdley after days of flooding following three storms.

Visitors to a Staffordshire stately home will be able to sleep in a shepherd’s hut after holiday let plans were given the green light.

A lucky plasterer from the Black Country is celebrating after winning a top of the range car with £10,000 cash in the boot in an online competition.

New jobs are on the way for Walsall residents, as a local care organisation receives extra funding for expansion.

Howden Joinery, which has depots across the West Midlands, has reported record results and announced plans to grow its number of depots to 950 in the UK.

Outsourcing group Serco has beat analysts' expectations and posted a 40 per cent surge in annual profit.

New permanent flood defences in Bewdley must not be rushed despite the flooding that has tormented townspeople once again, an MP has said.

A man has died after a fire at a house in Staffordshire which was started accidentally.

One Manchester United legend will be present at the opening of a leisure centre dedicated to another club legend.

Former Wolves skipper Karl Henry dropped into Molineux to surprise a member of staff and former Premier League Kicks participant with ‘Local Legend’ status.

Supermarket giant Sainsbury's will be closing another convenience store next week.

A contractor has been appointed to develop new homes on a site on the outskirts of Wolverhampton city centre.

Our reporter James Vukmirovic gets a lesson in top snooker from a man who has trained some of the best.

After a resurgence in popularity during and following the pandemic, country parks and green spaces are to receive new backing.

Willmott Dixon has been awarded a £6.5 million interior fit-out contract for 428 apartments on the Perry Barr Residential Scheme.

Proposals to install charge-points for electric vehicles on streets around the Black Country are aimed at helping people living in areas which lack off-street parking.

The director of a Dudley-based home renovation and refurbishment business has been banned after failure to maintain and preserve adequate accounting records meant £4 million turnover could not be explained.

A bank with branches across the Black Country has joined forces to sponsor a kennel at Birmingham Dogs Home.

A teaching assistant is determined to raise awareness of deafness in children and has started a fundraising campaign after her two nephews were diagnosed with hearing difficulties.

A project creating positive sensory experiences for children with special education needs and disabilities received an overwhelming response to its latest event.

Public health experts from Wolverhampton and Zimbabwe are working in collaboration to prevent Covid-19 infections in vulnerable communities in the African country.

An Asda delivery driver has received praise from a mother in Sandwell after her son was thrown in front of a bus.

A treatment for jaundiced babies which reduces hospital stays for newborns has been used for the first time at Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital.

A Volvo dealership has ensured everyone in Walsall is safer after installing a defibrillator in its depot.

The Mayor of West Midlands Andy Street join in celebrations for the graduation of dozens of apprentices at one of the UK’s leading builders’ merchants at a ceremony in Birmingham.

Central England Co-op has teamed up with a value brand retailer to open a new concession in its store in Erdington, Birmingham, creating 10 new jobs.

An award-winning editor has published his third book about the football club he has followed for 55 years.

A programme targeted at youth unemployment is showing positive signs but bosses recognise there is still more to do.

The ideas of institutional racism and gaining public trust have been addressed by the Assistant Chief Constable of West Midlands Police in his latest blog.

A development of canalside homes at Birmingham's Port Loop community has been completed.

Birmingham Rep is giving supporters the chance to walk away with pieces of theatre history by holding a public costume sale this weekend.

In unguarded comments, Ben Wallace said the Scots Guards had ‘kicked the backside’ of a Russian leader in the Crimean War and ‘we can do it again’.

There was the deep chuckle and the glint in the eye at memories of a life at the top of the boxing world as Frank Bruno came to town.

The requirement for face coverings in healthcare settings will remain even as the nation moves towards the Government’s ‘living with Covid’ plan.

Charity concert organisers in Kidderminster are hoping "Irish eyes will be smiling" for a concert which was cancelled twice due to Covid.

It's a familiar feeling, say residents living near a flooded area of the River Severn who have once again been left counting the cost.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested after a Mercedes was pulled over by suspicious car using blue lights to mimic a police vehicle.

Detectives have traced back 22 different cars which were processed through an illegal chop shop which police stumbled upon earlier this month.

A football ground has been completely flooded for the third year in a row after not flooding in the previous 20 years.

Clean-up operations are underway along the banks of the River Severn as water levels start to subside

Rescue teams have been out checking on residents in Bewdley after flood barriers were breached as the Severn continues to rise.

Emergency services are gearing up for the Commonwealth Games with the aim to share aerial footage with the help of new digital equipment.

A lorry driver is critically injured in hospital after suffering a suspected medical emergency and crashing into a wall.

A day of fun, dancing and friendship was had by the youngsters charged with opening the artistic side of this year's Commonwealth Games.

The figures pre-date the recent scrapping of most Covid rules in England.

A man has been left with serious injuries after a crash between two lorries on the M6 in Staffordshire which left him trapped inside his vehicle.

A special memorial to Halesowen businessman Tony Billingham has been unveiled in the town centre.

A bid to create an action-packed ‘escape room’ in Darlaston has been revived a year after initial plans were rejected.

Dudley council is facing a £9.4 million budget shortfall, with a charity warning adult social care will bear the brunt of cuts.

Police are searching for a woman who was seen arguing with a man before being put in a car.

A group of balaclava-clad burglars who raided a suspected cannabis farm crashed their getaway car as they tried to make their escape.

Drug addicts caught with cannabis and Class A drugs by police in the Black Country are being offered help instead of being arrested in a policy said to be saving police millions.

Part of a well-known city centre building is to be turned into accommodation after council planning bosses gave the go-ahead for development.

A fundraiser in memory of a teenager who died following an asthma attack has raised more than quadruple its original target.

Football fans will be able to get up close and personal to the Premier League trophy when it visits a pub near Molineux this weekend.

A patient whose heart stopped has praised staff at Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital for both saving his life after he had a pacemaker fitted.

Birmingham families will have an extra 2.99 per cent added to their council tax bills from April after the city council agreed this year’s budget.

The Home Secretary said work is taking place to prepare for possible cyberattacks or other hostile activity.

The Foreign Secretary is facing calls for the Conservatives to hand back donated cash with Russian connections reportedly worth nearly £2 million.

Birmingham Crown Court heard Dea-John Reid was fatally stabbed on May 31 last year.

The international flights, which had no more than 10% of their seats filled, departed from 32 airports between March 2020 and September 2021.

UNISON is holding a rally outside Sandwell Council House on Thursday to coincide with another day of strike action at Sandwell Leisure Trust.

The number of Walsall people testing positive for Covid has dropped as health bosses prepare for changes to rules on self-isolation and testing.

A car is reported to have rolled over in a crash in Wednesbury.

A teenager accused of attacking a man with a machete in Walsall has been remanded in custody.

A sponsored walk from Wolverhampton to Bilston in aid of underprivileged families has been organised by local Rotarians – with three city councillors donating ward funds to kickstart the event.

A paedophile from Staffordshire has avoided jail after sexually touching a 12-year-old girl.

A tuition centre in Walsall is to expand to cope with increasing demand from parents hoping to send their children to grammar schools.

A yellow warning for wind is in place across much of north-east England and parts of Scotland until 3pm on Wednesday.

Innovators West Midlands 5G and Sitenna are coming together to combine their skills and experience to drive technological innovation in the region.

Wage increases amongst blue collar workers have plateaued and some are even reducing, according to a leading recruiter.

Tributes have been paid to a long-serving MP who has died aged 79.

A Conservative MP has asked the Prime Minister to provide extra support to Britain's allies in eastern Europe as tensions rise over the situation in the Ukraine.

The Prime Minister is likely to come under fire in the Commons on Wednesday over the punishment doled out in response to Russian aggression.

The Foreign Secretary said the Government was looking at sanctioning members of the Russian Duma and Federation Council.

Metro Bank, which has sites in Brierley Hill and Wolverhampton, suffered a heavy loss last year as the high street lender put aside cash to cover fines imposed on it by UK regulators.

Almost 1,000 operations at hospitals across Staffordshire and the Black Country had to be cancelled at the last minute at the end of 2021, new figures show.

A golf club is to close after a deal was agreed to sell off the land and buildings.

A series of planned improvements to a major transport route in Staffordshire have been unveiled.

Nearly 20,000 people have had their say on controversial plans to build thousands of homes across the Black Country.

What do you call a man with a bugle on his head? Or a piece of rope?

A Shropshire MP has asked the Prime Minister to offer more support to Britain's allies in Eastern Europe as tensions heighten in the Ukraine.

It was 7.56 on a warm summer's morning, and Terry Wogan was presenting the Radio 2 breakfast show. And just as the veteran DJ was cranking up Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys, the West Midlands reverberated to vibrations of a very different kind.

A long-running Black Country carnival is finally able to return after two years of being cancelled by the pandemic.

Collectors of coins and stamps will have an opportunity to add to their collection during the Commonwealth Games after a licensing deal was signed.

Residents in more than 100 properties in parts of Staffordshire can look forward to better heated homes following a £1 million investment.

Activities for all ages are being planned as the National Memorial Arboretum prepares for the year ahead.

Dr Nishant Joshi told the PA news agency he worries staff will be ‘treating some of our most vulnerable patients like sitting ducks once again’.

Four classical music superstars visited Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, strengthening ties between the UK and India's music scenes.

Black Country firms will only truly be able to ‘live with Covid’ when they are confident that a plan is in place for future outbreaks, a regional business leader says

Home assistance business HomeServe has continued its expansion into the domestic gas boiler service and support market with the acquisition of a Merseyside-based company.

The region's chief nurse is set to take on a new responsibility after being appointed to a Black Country care board.

See all the latest updates live as river levels approach record highs across the region.

A 13-year-old girl punched and bit two police officers at a supermarket in the Black Country, it has been claimed.

Bewdley residents are being evacuated from their homes with the River Severn expected to overwhelm flood barriers today.

Bewdley's flood defences have been overwhelmed after the triple threat of Storms Dudley, Eunice, and Franklin caused the Severn to burst its banks.

A man who died after being found outside a function room has been named - as a man was arrested on suspicion of his murder.

Professor Sir Keith Willett was collecting his knighthood from the Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.

Covid-related absence is at the lowest level for 2022.