Councillors have given the green light to procedures to pave the way to demolish historic Dudley Hippodrome.

New rules ban virtually all hand-held use of mobile phones on Britain’s roads.

Victor Mayevsky, 62, said he witnessed blood and body parts on the streets of his home city after he and his wife narrowly avoided explosives.

Boris Johnson said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was ‘Churchillian’ as he said the invasion could not be ‘compared to anything since 1945’.

With the war heading into a second month, the two sides traded heavy blows in what has become a devastating war of attrition.

Grant Shapps said chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite should resign after his ‘brazen’ comments about ‘knowingly breaking the law’.

The work goes on for a city charity helping people to get cooked meals as it celebrates a special birthday.

West Midlands Metro's tram service will be out of action for several weeks as the manufacturer replaces panels on the trams.

A golf and adventure centre could cease to exist if its retrospective planning application to convert green belt land into a mini-golf course fails.

A number of teenagers - including one hiding in a field - are among those to have been arrested in a police operation targeting car thieves in the Black Country.

The ePremier League 2021/2022 Grand Finals take place on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 March, with some of the best FIFA 22 players competing to win the title for their club, and their share of a prize pool of £100,000.

Companies of all sizes from across the Black Country and the south of Staffordshire have been announced as finalists in the Express & Star Business Awards 2022.

A group of former Goodyear workers have donated thousands of pounds towards a new safe space for women and children fleeing domestic abuse.

A schoolgirl from Rugeley has been chosen to represent England in the Dance World Cup taking place in Spain.

A couple living at a Wolverhampton care home have celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary.

A swimming teacher from Burntwood is preparing to swim the length of the English Channel to raise money for a mental health charity.

A Dudley school has become just the 12th in the country to join a global schools initiative.

UK firms are facing huge challenges.

A city food bank which helps hundreds of struggling families every week is appealing for donations.

A foster mother from Wolverhampton is urging people to consider fostering vulnerable children this year.

Primary school pupils in Great Wyrley have come together to load a van full of crucial supplies in support of the people of Ukraine.

Two nursing teams from the trust which runs Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital have been shortlisted in the finals for a prestigious award.

The Prime Minister said western allies would try to give Kyiv as much military support as possible.

Refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine will be supported to stay safe from Covid too, Staffordshire councillors have been told.

Latest data is ‘a reminder to us all that the pandemic is not over’, experts said.

Two anglers have paid the price for a spot of night-time fishing.

A tractor run event aims to honour the memory of a much-loved Staffordshire farmer.

Wolves owner Fosun International today revealed that profits rose in 2021 to £1.2 billion.

A new air route from Birmingham Airport to Belfast has taken off.

Our piece on two years of Covid and the anniversary of the first lockdown generated a huge – and mixed – response from our readers.

The jury has been sent out to find a verdict in the murder trial of tragic toddler Kemarni Watson-Darby.

Walsall's new site for gypsy, traveller and Romany communities will open for business next month.

A dispersal order is in place in a Staffordshire town centre in response to reports of anti-social behaviour and residents feeling threatened and intimidated by groups of young people.

The Labour Party has suspended a councillor in Dudley for six months after an internal disciplinary investigation.

Boris Johnson was rallying allies to provide further defensive support to Ukraine at a Nato summit on the invasion.

Taxi drivers in Sandwell say they are still waiting for promised reforms to the service, as one driver claimed the council leader “did not know” about licence issues.

"People say how much they know me as Doreen Tipton, but they don't know much about Gill Jordan."

The trial of a man accused of killing a two-week old boy last Easter has been put back until Monday.

A Sandwell schoolboy has helped raise money for charity through taking to his local park on foot whatever the weather.

The expansion of the Black Country Living Museum will finally go ahead after a £30m investment from the West Midlands Combined Authority.

At the start of 2019, if you’d told anyone that they’d be stuck at home for the best part of two years, unable to meet friends and unable to buy a Dominos pizza, they’d have laughed in your stuffed-crust face.

Russian forces have taken 6,000 Mariupol residents to camps against their will, Ukrainian officials said.

Only Belarus, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea joined Russia in opposing the measure.

The company replaced its crews with cheaper agency workers last week.

In a video address, Ukraine’s president reminded Nato leaders that thousands of Ukrainians have died in the past month

G7 leaders have announced they are restricting the Russian Central Bank’s use of gold in transactions.

The value of crypto assets around the world increased tenfold between early 2020 and November last year, hitting as high as 2.9 trillion dollars.

Lichfield Festival has announced the headline performers for its 40th anniversary year as part of a diverse line-up including classical musical, Shakespeare, and Kathak dancing.

Artists across the Black Country are being asked to submit their designs to transform an old container unit into a piece of art.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a 5p per litre cut to fuel duty on Wednesday.

Passionate residents are fighting proposals to build almost 600 homes on green belt land next to Walsall’s premier park.

Warley MP John Spellar has said the appointment of commissioners to run Sandwell Council is “political prejudice”, as a councillor said it would cost tax payers more than a million pounds.

Arise your highness – a Black Country firm has made a lift fit for the Queen.

Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service has donated a fire engine and equipment to help firefighters in Ukraine deal with the impacts of the war.

50,000 children in the West Midlands have been warned about the dangers of carrying a knife thanks to a scheme funded by the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner.

Dog owners have been urged keep their pets on leads when walking close to livestock to help keep all animals safe.

Central England Co-op have warned that violent attacks on its staff "will not be tolerated" after a woman was left with broken ribs during an assault.

The survey said sales were also expected to be below seasonal norms next month as the cost of living crisis continues to bite.

A health boss has warned the Covid pandemic is not over despite restrictions being relaxed and free public testing coming to an end.

An animal charity has warned cat owners to get their pets spayed after an Oldbury moggy almost died after having too many kittens.

A fox which was found wedged under industrial steel netting had to be cut free with bolt cutters.

Tributes have been paid to an outgoing and much-loved Wolves fan known for his food van outside Molineux who has died aged 53.

Wolverhampton Council's cabinet has approved plans for a compulsory purchase order to be placed on the city's crumbling former eye infirmary.

Ukrainian schoolchildren forced to flee the Russian invasion have given emotional thanks to county residents for their support.

Two trapped men were rescued and taken to hospital after the car they were travelling in collided with railings in the early hours.

One of the Black Country’s largest regeneration projects enters a new phase this month as specialist contractors move on site to commence vital remediation work.

Dudley Hippodrome could be flattened by the end of the year under plans to be considered by councillors tonight.

A lorry driver was left trapped for more than three hours after a crash involving three HGVs on the M6.

A lorry driver was left trapped for more than three hours after a crash involving three HGVs on the M6.

A teething rattle used by Napoleon II is set to fetch thousands at a West Midlands auction.

Snooker is usually a sedate, quiet sport played in silence and requiring great concentration from the players.

The dangers young offenders pose to other children and potential victims of crime is not being evaluated well enough by Wolverhampton's Youth Offending Team, inspectors have found.

An urgent warning has been issued after more than 1,600 illegal disposable vapes were seized from two shops in Sandwell.

There were lights, flying performers and a feeling of joy as the first performance of a half-year-long festival took place.

A supply teacher from Walsall has been banned from the classroom after hurting a vulnerable pupil.

Veterinary services group CVS saw growth in turnover and profits in its latest half year as people continued to seek the best care for their pets.

Resolution Foundation warned Rishi Sunak’s measures represented a ‘big but poorly targeted policy package’.

Measures announced by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak in his spring statement have been met with mixed reactions by organisations in the region.

Tributes have been paid to Black Country comedy legend Alan "Aynuk" Smith, who has died aged 84.

A state-of-the-art environmental chamber at the University of Wolverhampton has been helping two runners prepare for the world's toughest marathon in the heat of the Sahara.

Two years on from the first UK lockdown, health chiefs across the Black Country and West Birmingham have paid tribute to staff and members of the public.

Nostalgia and the world of the early video rental shops is the focus of an art display in Wolverhampton's Mander Centre.

PTP Training has supported ex-trainee Leighton Roberts into an apprenticeship with Mercia Lifting Gear in Willenhall.

Those on the lowest incomes are sinking further into poverty.

Pupils at a Wolverhampton primary school have been busy using their singing voices to raise vital funds for charity.

Football legends from clubs across the West Midlands will be lacing up their boots for a charity football match to raise money for a Black Country hospice.

The M6 southbound is closed between Junction 5 and 6 after a major crash.

A further 13 deaths from Covid have been confirmed in the region’s hospitals, official NHS figures show.

The demand came as the third clip featuring Ben Wallace was published on the video sharing giant.

Boris Johnson said the West ‘should not hesitate to go further in strengthening sanctions and providing further defensive military aid to Ukraine’.

Nothing announced in the Chancellor's spring statement will help avoid the "biggest" hit in living standards on record, a Wolverhampton MP has warned.

The timing could scarcely have been worse. At a time of soaring petrol and diesel costs, and just four months before the opening of the Commonwealth Games, the entire West Midlands Metro system has been suspended indefinitely after more cracks appear...

Twenty firefighters tackled a blaze at a furniture factory overnight which is thought to have been started deliberately.

A man accused of attempting to kill police officers in West Bromwich told a court that he felt paranoid and anxious due to smoking cannabis.

Copper thieves have caused £250,000 worth of damage at a military cemetery built to honour soldiers killed in the two world wars.

A member of a legendary Black Country comic duo described as the area's "greatest ambassador" has died in hospital after a short illness aged 84.

A council has agreed to reconsider whether to investigate a woman’s complaint about her time as a child in its care after an investigation by the local government and social care ombudsman.

Those who have managed to flee the bloodied port city described it as shattered.

The Office for Budget Responsibility predicts UK inflation will peak at 8.7% in October as the Ukraine conflict compounds the cost of living crisis.

The chief medical officer for England said that the virus was putting pressure on the NHS.