A cabin will be installed at a Walsall primary school for children with special needs.

Former Walsall changing rooms that have become a target for vandals and a blight on the landscape are to be demolished in the next four to six weeks.

Fight fans are in for a knockout night when boxing legends Joe Calzaghe and Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini make return visits to Cannock's Bar Sport and Premier Suite at the end of this month.

For many people, loneliness can be a big part of their lives, particularly over the last two years due as Covid brought isolation.

A second suspect has been charged with the murder of a man who was shot dead in Stourbridge.

A few months ago he was playing professional football for Rotherham United. But having just achieved the first goal of his new career as an apprentice with the AA, Nathan Watson has no regrets about turning his back on the Beautiful Game.

A mother whose son drowned in the same stretch of Waslall canal where a four-year-old who died last week has called for the community to gather around the family.

Football displayed a united front, providing a message of solidarity with Ukraine.

A Stafford college has marked the first official day of construction on its new centre with a traditional groundbreaking ceremony.

A pub and restaurant says it has sent out around 10,000 pies since it launched a home delivery service a year ago.

Wang Yi said ‘the friendship between the two peoples is iron clad’.

Foreign Office minister James Cleverly said the most humanitarian thing Vladimir Putin could do would be to end the war.

Some people queued for more than two hours to buy cakes and support the sale.

The Disasters Emergency Committee urged people to keep donating to help charities meet the growing humanitarian need.

The model said she will also continue to support Palestinians.

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford was asked whether Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had changed his party’s position on the nuclear deterrent.

The latest business trends report from business advisory firm BDO revealed employment conditions improved for the fourth consecutive month.

The new code of practice aims to prevent universities putting ‘pressure’ on applicants to accept places through incentives.

The desperate plight of Ukraine’s civilians is again the focus of Monday’s papers.

The Prime Minister will host foreign leaders on Monday as tougher sanctions measures are debated by MPs.

Russian forces have intensified the shelling of cities in Ukraine, upending attempts to evacuate besieged civilians.

Meanwhile, ministers are scrambling to go “faster and harder” with sanctions levelled against the Kremlin.

The new ceasefire announcement came a day after hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians attempting to flee faced renewed Russian shelling.

The average property value has risen by £38,709 or 16% since February 2020, Halifax said.

A YouTube star from the Black Country was disqualified from a boxing match held at Wembley after headbutting his opponent.

Strictly fans were in for a treat as glitterball winner Giovanni Pernice took to the stage at The Gatehouse in Stafford.

Colleagues at a Metro Bank will be supporting women in two ways this year to celebrate International Women’s Day.

Half a million jobs could be created within 10 years as the West Midlands leads a “golden age” in manufacturing.

Refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine will be welcome in the region, councils said today.

A Dudley tattoo studio has been giving people heart-shaped tattoos of the Ukrainian flag to raise money for a charity helping the war-torn country.

Slightly fewer formal complaints were made to hospital trusts across the Black Country and Staffordshire from patients amid Covid-19, figures show.

Those hills are alive with the sound of feet once more as members of a mountaineering club prepare to celebrate its 70th anniversary and return to running monthly coach trips to reach far away peaks.

Legendary photographer Brian Griffin has returned to his roots to help support local cultural projects.

Terrible events unfolding in Ukraine are difficult to avoid.

A park in the Black Country will play host to the biggest Christian festival to be held in the region for three years.

‘Why don’t we take our motorhome, which is called Molly… and see what we can do?’ said Laura Rice.

The news dashed hopes of progress in easing, nevertheless ending the war in Ukraine, which is now in its 11 day.

Boris Johnson admitted the world had not done enough for Ukraine.

Tommy Marcus, a social media influencer, told PA that booking an Airbnb ensures donations would be received by Ukrainians directly.

A little boy who died when he fell into a canal in Walsall has been named locally as Madiba Diaby.

A housing and empowerment service for people facing homelessness has opened its first new retail space in the Black Country

It is claimed hundreds have been diverted from Calais to UK consulates in Paris and Brussels because they did not have a valid visa.

The march was held by the Stop the War Coalition as well as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and CODEPINK.

The Labour leader said it was more important to show unity in the face of Russian aggression.

The Labour leader said he was ‘very concerned’ about the reports surrounding Lord Lebedev’s peerage.

A safe corridor has been created to evacuate Mariupol and Volnovakha.

Around 100 fans of hit show Peaky Blinders descended on Brierley Hill to help boost the town after Covid-19 restrictions.

A second man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering John Jones, who was shot in Stourbridge last month.

Wreaths and crosses have been laid in memory of 19 teenage girls who lost their lives in a heartbreaking factory explosion in Tipton 100 years ago.

It comes after the Russian parliament approved strict new media legislation on Friday.

It was a story that would probably have been played out countless times – teenage daughter takes on an unsuitable job against the wishes of her parents and a worried mother turns up at the workplace on her first morning to bring her daughter home. ...

Thousands of UB40 fans were groovin' at the hottest ticket in town - the UB40 'Tribute to Astro' homecoming concert at the Utlilita Arena Birmingham.

Boris Johnson is due to set out a six-point plan in an essay in the New York Times.

Nataliia Kolodii said her homeland is ‘a peaceful nation’, adding: ‘We never thought this war would start.’

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin urged people not to rush towards ‘the sound of gunfire’.

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said most of the offensive was coming from Russian artillery.

A Russian official said safe passage will be granted to people leaving Mariupol and Volnovakha on Sunday.

A pub landlord is hoping to arrive at the Polish border with aid for Ukrainian refugees by Monday afternoon.

The UN high commissioner for refugees has described it as ‘the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II’.

A 17-year-old boy and a 37-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm after shots were fired at two teenagers in Birmingham.

Firefighters had to rescue a person trapped after a two-car crash near Bridgnorth.

Further details are expected to be set out when the Health Secretary gives a speech on Tuesday.

Russia and Ukraine combined are responsible for nearly a third of the world’s wheat and barley exports.

It comes after a ceasefire to allow people to leave Mariupol failed within hours on Saturday.

A 20-year-old motorcyclist died when was in collision with a car in Birmingham.

A police officer saved two women after they got stuck in a swamp in Sutton Park at night – and was thanked with a hug from one of them.

Around £100 had been collected for the crisis-hit country at a cafe in Stratford.

Boris Johnson thanked all those raising money and ‘coming together’ to support Ukraine.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said if allies stuck together, Vladimir Putin would fail.

Fr Fergal MacDonagh was among speakers at a rally in Dublin city centre on Saturday.

Boris Johnson said the international community must match its words of support with actions.

The Labour leader said urgent action needed to be taken to tackle so-called Slapps.

Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes made the plea.

Luda Sviridok left Kharkiv with her two daughters while her husband and son stayed behind to help others.

Ten days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, 1.45 million people have fled the battered country.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the world is watching to see which nations stand up for the principles of freedom and sovereign.

The latest developments in Ukraine continue to dominate the front pages.

Boris Johnson said ‘however long it takes, however arduous’, Russian president Vladimir Putin ‘must fail’.

Nato has said a no-fly zone could provoke widespread war in Europe with nuclear-armed Russia.

Joe Biden has warned Russian billionaires: ‘We are coming for your ill-begotten gains.’

It's an entirely natural part of every woman's life but it's one that's often surrounded by silence.

Neighbours have been left in shock after a young boy died when he fell into a canal in Walsall.

A spokesman for the oil giant confirmed it had bought a consignment of Russian crude oil on Friday.

Some demonstrators in Trafalgar Square, central London, were visibly emotional as they sang the Ukrainian national anthem.

Labour leader Keir Starmer said Vladimir Putin fears ‘order and liberty’ while calling for the UK to target oligarchs and Russian money in politics.

The Disasters Emergency Committee said funds rather than items are needed.

A leaseholder on a Black Country estate has criticised his local authority for lack of action in clearing up the area.

Haas confirmed its partnership with title sponsor Uralkali has also been terminated.

The city of Mariupol remains under fire, officials said.

Three people suffered knife injuries in an incident in Birmingham which resulted in the arrest of two of them.

The Foreign Office updated its travel advice on Saturday.

Overseas staff at two Black Country NHS trusts were recognised for their dedication and commitment to their patients - on the second ever Overseas NHS Workers Day.

"No stone will be left unturned" to provide Dudley with "much-needed social housing for future generations", according to Dudley Council's housing boss.

It's lights, camera, action for Wolverhampton as the city will host its first ever independently-run film festival this year.

The leader of Sandwell Council has defended its 4.99 per cent council tax rise - the biggest increase in the region.

Government minister John Glen said legislation in the Commons on Monday would speed up sanction measures.

Antony Blinken is set to visit a frontier post to meet Ukrainian refugees later in the day.

A Black Country MP is urging people to give money to help Ukraine instead of sending supplies - as donations are causing logistical problems on the Ukraine borders.

Knight had suffered a number of crashes and concussions ahead of the event and even questioned her future in the sport.

The German-flagged vessel is currently moored near the Stanlow Oil Refinery in the North West.