Charles Blackmore, who is the CEO of Audere International, said he and his friend received an ‘incredible reception’.

Wolverhampton Council has announced the recipients of funding which will enable the development of projects to help young people into employment, training, and learning.

The suspension of P&O services at the Channel crossing is causing perishable products to go bad.

A 17-year-old boy is in hospital with potentially life-changing injuries after he was shot in Cradley while he was out with his friends.

Rishi Sunak’s approval rating take another hit following the disclosure that his wife was a ‘non dom’ for tax purposes.

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff is offering her Cardiff home to a mother and two children.

Every entrepreneur wants to run a successful and profitable business but achieving that goal doesn’t happen overnight.

The Prime Minister set out a new package of UK aid for Ukraine.

A woman who travelled the world playing table tennis has received a table tennis-themed birthday cake for her 100th birthday.

Western experts and Ukrainian authorities said that Russia launched the missile which killed 52 people.

Veronika and her mother Tatyana, who are staying with a sponsor family in Surrey, were delighted to receive the doll from Stripey Stork.

Two PCSOs have been given awards after they managed to detain two teenagers who were seen running down a busy Walsall road with knives.

A driver has been arrested after leading police on a 100mph chase through a village on the Shropshire/Staffordshre border.

Two men have been arrested after armed police descended on Kidderminster responding to reports of an armed robbery at the town's Matalan store.

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The US tech giant, which owns YouTube, said it was committed to compliance with ‘all applicable sanctions and trade compliance laws’.

Properties were evacuated and roads closed as two fires caused disruption in central Birmingham.

Dozens of people were also severely injured in the attack on Kramatorsk railway station.

A woman whose mum spent her final week receiving care at St Giles Hospice is calling on people to support its summer raffle.

A schoolboy from Wolverhampton who has helped to raise more than £40,000 for 18 different charities has been recognised for his efforts.

The opposition said the Chancellor’s household may have saved ‘tens of millions’ through his wife’s non-dom status.

Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon has written to her UK counterpart on the issue.

Lauren Corbishley applied to the scheme on March 18 to bring three members of a Ukrainian family to the UK and is still waiting to hear back.

Mike Adamson said only a ‘small trickle’ of Ukrainian families had arrived in the UK and urged the Government to make the process ‘much easier’.

Robert Plant is returning to BBC Radio 6 Music for a three-week stint sitting in for Iggy Pop.

Shadow transport secretary said the Government should prioritise airport staff for security checks so they can start work.

Rishi Sunak ducked and dived his way into the Black Country as he launched a staunch defence of his wife’s tax affairs.

It was a tragedy which tore apart a family and left a community reeling – the death of two-week-old Ciaran Leigh Morris who died on Easter Sunday last year.

Four new industrial units are to be built on a Wolverhampton trading estate alongside factory buildings dating back more than 100 years, after planning bosses granted listed building consent this week.

Twenty patients from Birmingham Children’s Hospital have had their turn strutting the catwalk at an adaptive clothing fashion show, in clothes specially designed to meet their needs by students from South and City College Birmingham.

Gaming company Merkur Slots has opened a £200,000 entertainment centre on Kidderminster High Street that has created 10 jobs.

Stourbridge Jets netball team has raised almost £5,000 in aid of victims of the conflict in Ukraine from a mixed netball tournament.

The hot cross bun went into the oven. The hot cross bun came out of the oven, hot. The hot cross bun was about to be buttered.

A puppet from Ancient Greece is among a collection of string puppets on display in Wolverhampton.

Only one in six drivers check their tyres before setting off on a long journey, meaning some could be taking to the road with a potentially serious vehicle defect.

Some family sponsors are unable or unwilling to accommodate arrivals, while dozens of matches under the Homes for Ukraine scheme have fallen through.

Following talks with German chancellor Olaf Scholz, the two leaders condemn the ‘unconscionable’ strike on Kramatorsk rail station.

Police have uncovered a cannabis farm growing around 160 plants at a Wolverhampton address.

Detectives investigating a reported rape have spoken out to emphasise how seriously they are taking the case.

The heartbroken father of two-week-old baby Ciaran Leigh Morris has branded the dangerous driver who killed his son an "absolute scumbag".

Almost 500 staff at a hospital trust were off work because of Covid in one day– and the number of patients with the virus is the highest level seen for several months.

Ukrainian leaders are predicting more gruesome discoveries in the days ahead as Russian forces retreat.

Travel bans and asset freezes are in place against Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova.

The Transport Secretary announced that he has deregistered the Cessna aircraft owned by billionaire Eugene Shvidler.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the strike with Russian precision missiles could be another war crime.

An NHS worker and her husband have celebrated a milestone wedding anniversary in style - by winning a £3 million dream home in Lake Windermere.

Footage has been released showing the moments before and after a two-week-old baby was killed in a crash on Easter Sunday.

About 4,000 civilians were in and around the station, the office of Ukraine’s prosecutor-general said.

The killer of Brownhills baby Ciaran Morris has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for causing death by dangerous driving.

Stafford's historic Sandonia cinema could be saved after a heritage enthusiast offered to move its frontage brick by brick.

An uninsured driver has been found guilty of killing two-week-old baby Ciaran Morris on Brownhills High Street last year.

A six-year-old dog miraculously survived despite being trapped underground for almost two weeks.

Family and friends of a beloved 21-year-old who died of leukaemia have hosted a charity football match and raised over £6,500 in her memory.

Wolves goalkeeper John Ruddy paid a visit to Wolves Foundation’s latest Head 4 Health group, with a special ‘walk & talk’ session at Molineux.

A mother who went into early labour hundreds of miles away from home has heaped praise onto The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust’s Neonatal Unit

A Wolverhampton primary school has been named School of the Year at the Your UK Parliament Awards after launching a campaign to get defibrillators into all schools in the city.

A homeowner who made life “hell” for neighbours by building a large new house to replace his modest semi without permission will have to demolish the property.

Urgent works are ongoing at a hospital in the Black Country where patients were temporarily moved out due to "increased levels" of Legionella bacteria being found.

Hundreds of hospital staff revealed they have suffered bullying and harassment at work – and many who have experienced this treatment feel it is because of their ethnicity.

A man charged with robbery and possessing an imitation firearm after a spate of raids in the Black Country will appear in court next month.

A scout group in Staffordshire now has a fitted kitchen for the first time in its 111-year history, thanks to a £1,000 donation from Amazon.

A funeral has been held for a "wonderful" champion dog breeder who was allegedly murdered at her village home in Staffordshire.

Visitors will be able to step back in time and visit the recreation of one of Wolverhampton's popular pubs this summer at the Black Country Living Museum, chiefs have said.

The managing director of a Midlands law firm will be crossing the Atlantic this month to take part in one of the world’s most famous road races and raise vital funds for the region’s lifesaving flying medics.

A music festival in the Black Country has been pushed back by more than a year for the second time after ticket sales fell flat.

A health centre and 34 new homes are to be built on the site of a former training centre in Wolverhampton, after city councillors voted in favour of the project.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was stabbed outside an infant school in Walsall.

Dozens of workers are set to lose their jobs in the Black Country as a major steel company axes more than 200 roles across the UK.

The number of people driving off without paying for fuel has spiked in recent weeks as prices rose by record levels.

Trams are not expected to be back running across the West Midlands until the end of May, according to transport bosses.

An Army veteran from Wolverhampton has shared his 100th birthday with members of the regiment he served with during the Second World War.

Travel disruption is expected over the Easter holidays as millions plan getaways during the spring break.

A sixth Tiny Forest is set to be planted in Lichfield to celebrate the Commonwealth Games, with local volunteers encouraged to sign up to plant trees.

A leading Birmingham estate agent is to take part in a celebrity soccer match at Villa Park to help raise thousands of pounds for Niamh’s Next Step, a children’s cancer charity.

A by-election in Wolverhampton one month ahead of the city’s main local elections saw Labour retain its grip on the East Park seat.

Three people have been taken to hospital after two cars crashed at a busy junction on Thursday night.

Bosses of a mini market have been ordered to pay more than £30,000 for selling food weeks past its use-by date.

Tickets for England's UEFA Nations League clash with Hungary at Molineux will go on general sale from Tuesday.

Hollywood Bowl has hailed an "excellent start" to the financial year as pent-up demand help drive the leisure firm to a record half-year performance.

A Black Country woman who had paid out more than £3,000 towards the costs of her funeral fears she may have lost it all and her family may now have to fund it instead.