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Sun, 20 Mar 2022 07:35:05 +0000
Mariupol art school used as bomb shelter destroyed in Russian attack, locals say
The building was destroyed in the attack on Sunday.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:03:07 +0000
Millions of vulnerable people to be offered spring Covid booster jab
The vaccine will be offered to care home residents, people who are 75 and over, and the immunosuppressed aged 12 and over.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 20:06:10 +0000
No trams on Sunday as West Midlands Metro suspension is extended across whole weekend
No trams will run between Wolverhampton and Birmingham on Sunday after the West Midlands Metro suspension was extended.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 01:29:05 +0000
Rishi Sunak says his ‘mission’ is cutting taxes ahead of spring statement
‘My priority over the rest of this Parliament is to cut people’s taxes. That is my mission,’ Mr Sunak said.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:43:09 +0000
West Midlands Metro cancels all tram services due to 'operational issues'
Tram services in the Black Country were cancelled on Saturday due to "operational issues".

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 14:15:17 +0000
Walsall bus wrecked in fire drama as flames leap out from engine
A bus was gutted when it caught fire on Saturday lunchtime resulting in the closure of a busy dual carriageway.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 13:07:08 +0000
PM vows to do ‘everything’ possible to offer support for cost of living crisis
Boris Johnson told the Conservative Party spring conference the long-term solution was to invest in green energy.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 14:33:09 +0000
Patel: It would be ‘naive and misguided’ to axe checks on Ukrainian migrants
The Home Secretary defended the UK’s visa system as the latest figures showed 8,600 people had successfully applied through the family scheme.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 14:10:23 +0000
Latest West Midlands Metro suspension is third time in nine months trams have been stopped
For the third time in nine months the entire West Midlands Metro tram service has been suspended.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 12:54:13 +0000
Three boys arrested in Stourbridge stabbing probe as teenage victim remains in hospital
Police have arrested three teenagers in connection the stabbing of two boys in a shopping centre car park.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 11:34:00 +0000
Woman publishes story about transformative lockdown
A woman from Wolverhampton has written a book about the transformative effect that lockdown had on her and her partner's lives, which has reignited her love of writing.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 11:07:08 +0000
Wall-to-wall sunshine forecast with highest temperature so far this year
The Met Office said north-west Scotland could see the mercury hit 20C on Saturday.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:05:00 +0000
Residents relocated as Dudley care home closes suddenly after inadequate rating
A Black Country care home has shut down suddenly.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:24:15 +0000
New images released of missing West Bromwich teen not seen for two weeks
New images have been published of a missing 16-year-old who has not been seen for two weeks.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:31:07 +0000
Wolverhampton left disappointed as City of Culture final four are confirmed
Wolverhampton has been left disappointed after the shortlist for the UK City of Culture was unveiled.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:43:00 +0000
Black Country gets together for Red Nose Day
There was singing, dancing, and laughter across the Black Country yesterday as people came together to raise money for Comic Relief.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:19:00 +0000
Commonwealth puppies all grown up and getting ready for Games
West Midlands Police has shared new photos of the five dogs who will go on to work at the Commonwealth Games, one year after introducing them to the world.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:04:14 +0000
Oldbury recycling firm facing substantial fine after worker's 'wholly avoidable' death
Workers regularly risked their lives jumping in and out of a machine that killed a man at a recycling plant, a court heard.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:59:14 +0000
Woman punched by fake police officer in failed car-jacking near Cannock Chase
A motorist was punched in the face by would-be car thieves pretending to be police officers.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:02:30 +0000
Government to look at Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury electrification 'as soon as possible'
An MP has been assured by a minister that the Government will look at electrifying the Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury railway line "as soon as possible".

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:02:00 +0000
Fame in the Family: Stafford woman to find out if she's related to Pritchard brothers
A woman from a village near Stafford is set to discover whether she's related to dancing brothers Curtis and AJ Pritchard in a new show.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000
Man fulfils dream by joining neighbourhood policing team
A 27-year-old man with autism has made his dream of working with the police a reality by joining a neighbourhood policing team.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000
I'm no legend, insists original celebrity chef Brian Turner
We start by talking about legends. It’s not a word that sits comfortably on Brian Turner’s shoulders. Nor is it one that he’d choose to use.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000
Young weightlifters set to battle it out at Group Olympic Championships held in the Black Country
An academy is set to host a weightlifting championship which will see more than 100 athletes compete.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000
West Midlands launch for Try a Trade
A charity has launched a new initiative to encourage more young people to become plumbers or electricians after new research found the industry needs double the number of trades apprentices recruited every year or risk crippling shortages.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000
Reading at the heart of school as vending machine is a hit
It's a vending machine without chocolate or fizzy drinks – instead it serves up knowledge.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000
Wall of remembrance helps students to thank social care staff
Students at a city college paid a moving tribute to social care staff through messages of thanks.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 04:15:05 +0000
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher ‘overwhelmed’ after Ukraine donations pass £22.5m
The Hollywood power couple previously said they would match up to 30 million dollars in donations to help supply humanitarian aide to refugees.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:52:09 +0000
Dudley Council waives fees for Platinum Jubilee street parties
Dudley Council will waive the fees to close road during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:13:08 +0000
Covid-19 infections continue to rise in most of UK – with new record in Scotland
The figures provide further evidence that coronavirus is once again becoming steadily more prevalent.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:15:20 +0000
Cancer Research UK sets out stall for 2022 after dire two years of donations in Wyre Forest due to pandemic
Vital donations for Cancer Research UK in the Wyre Forest plummeted due to Covid restrictions forcing fundraisers to pull out all the stops this year.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:55:22 +0000
Sutton Coldfield firm signs seven-year nuclear waste deal
A Sutton Coldfield business has invested in new transport and storage facilities after signing a deal with the British Government’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to supply materials to encapsulate nuclear waste.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:27:15 +0000
M6 reopens after man dies following fall from bridge onto motorway
A man has died after falling from a bridge onto the M6 in the West Midlands.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:05:08 +0000
The West Brom provides homes for Ukrainian refugees
The West Bromwich Building Society is planning to offer up to 20 homes to support Ukrainian refugees with accommodation in the coming weeks and months.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:43:13 +0000
More than 14,000 Covid-19 jabs administered at Tipton Sports Academy over a year
More than 140,000 life-saving coronavirus jabs have been administered at a vaccine centre in the Black Country which marked its first anniversary last month.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:40:13 +0000
Work progressing on £250,000 war memorial restoration
Work is progressing on a £250,000 scheme to restore Brierley Hill’s historic war memorial.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:34:10 +0000
Hare and Hounds pub to reopen in May with new licensees after £300,000 refit
An "unloved" pub which residents feared had served its last pint will reopen in May after a £300,0000 refurbishment.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:31:14 +0000
Plea for volunteers to help launch parkrun in Tamworth
A new parkrun project is calling for more volunteers to help get the popular national event off the starting line in Tamworth Castle Grounds this summer.

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:25:27 +0000
Traffic lights added to Walsall roundabout of cones - but quickly disappear again
Temporary traffic lights were installed at a busy junction after a roundabout made up of cones led to safety fears, but disappeared again within hours.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:09:11 +0000
Birmingham and Tamworth bid to be home to Great British Railways
Birmingham, Tamworth and Worcester are among the 42 towns and cities bidding to become the new home for Great British Railways.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:19:13 +0000
Schoolboy rushed to hospital after being hit by car in Dudley
A schoolboy was rushed to hospital with a head injury after being hit by a car in Dudley.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:50:09 +0000
Appeal to find drink-drive suspect after police officer dragged down road
An appeal has gone out for help locating a man after a incident which saw a police officer dragged down a road with his hand stuck in a window of a car.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:48:25 +0000
No football ban for Walsall fan who threw coins and assaulted stewards
A Walsall fan who threw coins at opposition supporters and assaulted two stewards has been fined £100 but will not be banned from matches.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:27:08 +0000
Downing Street warns P&O Ferries it is ‘looking very closely’ at sackings
Eight hundred members of staff were fired without notice on Thursday and replaced with cheaper agency workers.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:07:09 +0000
£4,000 seized from jailed Black Country dealer who continued dealing while on bail
Cash seized from a drug dealer jailed for running a commercial-scale supply operation from his bedroom has been handed to the public purse.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:59:09 +0000
Centre spearheaded by Sir Lenny Henry helps shape ITV's £80m diversity drive
A research centre at a university spearheaded by Sir Lenny Henry has helped shaped ITV's £80 million drive to improve diversity in its programmes.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:49:11 +0000
Severn Valley Railway postpones popular experience days to conserve coal supplies
The Severn Valley Railway will postpone all footplate experiences until the end of May, as part of a drive to conserve coal stocks.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 05:51:08 +0000
Services suspended for days and protests expected against P&O Ferries
A Labour MP for one of the affected ports called on the Government to force P&O to ‘come up with a different plan’.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:34:07 +0000
Sarah Everard’s murderer Wayne Couzens charged with indecent exposure
The Crown Prosecution Service made the announcement on Friday.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:03:09 +0000
P&O Ferries boss says job cuts will halve crewing costs
The operator sacked 800 seafarers on Thursday.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 09:33:16 +0000
Russian strikes hit Lviv as Vladimir Putin makes only ‘minimal progress’
British armed forces minister James Heappey said Moscow had failed to take Ukrainian territory for ‘a week or so’.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 06:03:30 +0000
Near-misses and drivers swerving: What I saw at Walsall's 'chaotic' roundabout of cones
Concerns have been raised over the safety of a temporary roundabout made out of cones after a crash left a van on its side and its driver in hospital.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:23:22 +0000
More than £190,000 worth of illegal tobacco seized in Staffordshire raids
Hundreds of thousands of illegal cigarettes have been seized in raids across Staffordshire.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:09:05 +0000
World leaders call for probe into Russian targeting of civilians in Ukraine
The call came as Vladimir Putin’s forces continued their assaults on the cities of Kyiv and Lviv.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:13:15 +0000
Support centre in New Cross Hospital receives almost £10,000 revamp
A cancer support centre at a hospital in the Black Country has received an almost £10,000 upgrade to help create a more comfortable area for patients.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:57:12 +0000
Sutton leisure centre bids farewell to retiring lifeguard Bob, 79
The team at a Sutton Coldfield Leisure Centre are getting ready to bid a sad farewell to a 'legendary' lifeguard who has served the community for more than 20 years.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:05:10 +0000
Work starts on new houses and health centre in Wednesbury
Work has started on a new housing estate and health centre in Wednesbury.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:43:13 +0000
Stafford MP Theo Clarke announces she is expecting her first child
Stafford MP Theo Clarke has announced she is expecting her first child.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:28:13 +0000
Council wants to build housing and health centre at old Wolverhampton training centre
A former training centre in Wolverhampton could be demolished under plans to build a new health centre and homes.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:32:14 +0000
Time to sign up for hugely popular Midlands charity run
Registration for the Royal Sutton Fun Run is officially under way with organisers saying this year’s event is an opportunity for celebration and reflection.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:30:25 +0000
Russian broadcaster RT’s UK licence revoked by Ofcom
It comes amid 29 ongoing investigations into due impartiality.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:18:11 +0000
Major bonfire night events to return to Walsall and 'will be cheapest in region'
People have been issued a “use it or lose it” warning over bonfire events in Walsall which are set to return after three years.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:22:14 +0000
Covid memorial garden and trail plan for Walsall is approved
A plan to create a poignant memorial garden and trail to remember Walsall people who lost their lives to Covid has been given the go-ahead.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:24:18 +0000
Ex-Wolverhampton youth theatre member to star in BBC’S Waterloo Road reboot
A former member of Wolverhampton’s Central Youth Theatre has secured a starring role in the BBC’s reboot of Waterloo Road.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 06:05:00 +0000
£1m of drugs seized in County Lines crackdown as footage shows dramatic police raids in Black Country
Police seized £1 million worth of illegal drugs and cash during a major operation to crack down on County Lines drug dealers.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:18:15 +0000
Eddie Hughes praises 'tidal wave of generosity' for victims of Russian invasion
Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is bringing about a humanitarian crisis on a scale not seen since the end of the Second World War, an MP has said.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:50:08 +0000
Major global glass artist to feature at museum launch
An internationally renowned glass artist and scholar has been announced as the first visiting exhibitor at Stourbridge Glass Museum when it opens next month.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:40:10 +0000
Country comes to Brierley Hill
Country fans in the Black Country will be able to sample at taste of Nashville when a show rocks up at Brierley Hill Civic Hall.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:19:05 +0000
Billionaire offers coach house on grounds of estate near Stafford to Ukrainian refugees
A Staffordshire billionaire has offered to open his home to a family of Ukrainian refugees fleeing their country as he urged other wealthy people to do the same.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 09:57:09 +0000
Dudley car trader fined after selling corroded car with broken brakes for £3,500
A car dealer has been fined after selling a Subaru for more than £3,000 on Gumtree despite it not being safe to drive.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:19:13 +0000
Work begins on new £350,000 exclusive lodge at Brockencote Hall Hotel
A Kidderminster Victorian country manor hotel will soon be able to offer guests the use of a new £350,000 exclusive three-bedroom lodge.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000
Ex-marine from Wolverhampton driving to Poland to help refugees
A former marine turned window salesman is driving to Poland to deliver supplies to help Ukrainian refugees.



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