A supermarket delivery driver saved the life of a man who had been stuck on the floor of his flat for nearly three days.

A home birth service in the Black Country has been re-introduced with community midwives helping to deliver three new arrivals within one week alone.

Good Friday will be the busiest travel day of the Easter weekend, with more delays predicted after a day of chaos on Thursday.

The Government is braced for its widely criticised plans to be challenged in the courts.

One person was reported to be left in the care of the ambulance service following blaze at a house near Wolverhampton on Thursday evening.

Sections of the M6 Junction 10 island near Walsall will be closed overnight for two weeks after the Easter weekend.

A terminally-ill man will appear in court after being charged with three different offences over allegedly mooning at a speed camera.

Some operations are being cancelled in Staffordshire after a critical incident was declared in the county's hospitals.

One in four patients attending A&E in the region were not seen inside the target time of four hours last month, new figures show.

Leaders mark Good Friday by reflecting on difficult times at home and war in Europe.

A new restaurant and bar on the site of a historic estate near Bridgnorth has opened.

Merry Hill is set to unveil a new and improved H&M store later this year aimed at providing a better experience for shoppers.

American jazz musician Trombone Shorty is to perform in the West Midlands next month.

Residents had to be evacuated from their homes after a gas cylinder caught fire.

About 13,200 have arrived under the Ukraine family scheme and 3,200 under the Homes for Ukraine sponsorship scheme.

The former Conservative MP had been resisting calls to quit before backing down on Thursday following conviction.

Train passengers planning to travel over the Easter weekend are being warned of further disruption due to sickness.

An award-winning Cannock Chase holiday park has secured victory in its year-long bid to create new static caravan pitches.

Deaths involving coronavirus in England and Wales are continuing to rise.

Residents rushed to the aid of two brothers who were left with stab wounds after violence broke out in a Black Country street.

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

Russia’s defence ministry confirmed the ship was damaged but not that it was hit by Ukraine.

Residents of a quiet street have been left bemused after finding their post box ripped off its base and tipped upside down.

Some people who attempt to enter the UK by routes deemed ‘illegal’ by the Government will be sent more than 4,000 miles to the African nation.

It is too soon to know if numbers are on a clear downwards trend, say experts.

The war has disrupted global trade in energy and grain and is threatening to cause food shortages in Africa and the Middle East.

Organisers have announced a host of events at the annual Staffordshire Day celebrations on Sunday, May 1

A man has been left with serious injuries and another man has been injured after a double stabbing on a Black Country estate.

A seriously injured 12-year-old boy has been rushed to hospital after being hit by a skip lorry on Thursday morning.

A dental nurse was treated to afternoon tea at Himley Hall 46 years to the day she started work at the Bilston dentist.

Government plans to send illegal migrants to Rwanda will see Britain finally regain control of its borders, a Black Country MP has said.

Nurses and midwives are being invited to a recruitment day where they could be given a job offer to work in Sandwell.

Flooding and water supply issues are just two of the climate change risks faced by Stafford borough residents in the coming years – and the borough council is now setting out plans to tackle future challenges.

Hope House is currently being used as accommodation for tourists.

A man has died after a medical emergency on a busy high street.

MPs will return to Westminster on Tuesday and Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to set out his position.

The fallout after the Prime Minister paid a fixed penalty notice for breaching coronavirus laws continued.

Canadian coffee and fast food chain Tim Hortons is to create 75 new jobs as it opens a drive-thru site at Merry Hill.

Passengers at Manchester and Birmingham airport shared pictures on social media of lines stretching far away from check-in desks.

Boris Johnson is set to argue that action is needed to combat the ‘vile people smugglers’ turning the ocean into a ‘watery graveyard’.

The superyacht Dilbar is flagged in the Cayman Islands and registered to a holding company in Malta.

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have waved off their first flight to Athens from Birmingham Airport.

The family of a 32-year-old Cannock man who died after his car crashed into a lamppost in Penkridge have paid tribute to him.

West Midlands Mayor Andy Street has called for the six-and-a-half year jail sentence of Brownhills baby killer James Davis to be reviewed at the Court of Appeal for being too lenient.

The St Giles Hospice's much-loved Solstice Walk returns this June with a brand new 'enchanted' theme.

Children are jumping for joy after a playground facelift at their Wyre Forest village school, made possible after two years of fundraising.

A popular Dudley T-shirt business is relocating to Shell Corner in a boost to the local economy.

An iconic locomotive which will be taking part in Severn Valley Railway’s Spring Steam Gala has been given a £1 million overhaul.

He must surely have been bursting with pride. The boy from the heart of the West Midlands was now about to entertain some of the world’s movers and shakers, the rich and the famous, aboard the ship everybody was talking about.

Doing a Level 3 extended diploma in information technology at Ladder for the Black Country partner, City of Wolverhampton College has led to 17-year-old Ben Smith gaining an apprenticeship in its own IT department - before he’s even finished his co...

Trustees from Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust have started the next phase of their plans to replant English deciduous broadleaved trees at Manorial Woods.

A popular semi-rural allotment site which has previously suffered from break-ins could be given a new lease of life thanks to a £14,000 cash injection

A crown green bowls event staged in honour of two men who lived and breathed the sport is set to take place in Cannock.

Travellers have already faced flight cancellations this week and queues for cross-Channel ferry services look set to continue.

Sandwell Council has agreed to sell the former site of The Gas Showroom in West Bromwich for £270,000.

Supporters including Gordon Brown believe a tribunal for the crime of aggression may provide a rapid route to justice for the Ukrainian people.

Birmingham Airport had to ask short-haul aircraft to come with enough fuel for return journeys due to the Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion protests.

Police patrols have been stepped up in the vicinity of an RAF base after thieves broke in to steal petrol as the cost of living crisis continues.

The Kremlin has sought to control the narrative of the war from the moment its troops rolled into Ukraine.

Kusti Salm, the permanent secretary for the Estonian Ministry of Defence, has called Russia ‘a historic-level murderer’.

Russia said a fire caused the damage and not Ukrainian shelling.

Health bosses are making a plea for residents to remain vigilant after the number of patients hospitalised in Wolverhampton due to coronavirus increased five-fold in a single month.

Schools have been warned that sexual harassment between pupils is so widespread they should assume it's happening.

Mark Fosbrook is no stranger to sporting success.

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Stafford Castle was under the spotlight as it hosted a special auction for a new BBC show.

Roadworks around two industrial estates in Willenhall will last until August as part of a major £1 million upgrade to the water network in the area.

An MP in the Black Country has launched a search for people's patriotic pets in the run-up to St George's Day later this month.

The keeper of geology at Dudley Council is giving an illustrated talk at Wolverhampton Archaeology Group.

The UK has been showing support for war-torn Ukraine by proudly displaying Ukraine flags outside homes, shops, hotels and along streets.

Traffic calming measures have been installed on a Wolverhampton road notorious for speeding motorists and collisions.

Sandwell Council has agreed to spend more than £760,000 to refurbish a local academy in a bid to offer 150 new secondary school places.

The UNHCR has called for a ‘more appropriate’ process where refugees are matched with families or couples under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

The number of rabbits needing new homes in the West Midlands has increased dramatically as rescue centres struggle to cope with an influx of bunnies given up by their owners.

The new Flybe has officially launched with its inaugural flight departing from Birmingham Airport for Belfast City Airport.

The Mayor of Dudley joined businesses and community champions to help raise more than £3,900 for charity at her annual ball.

A Wildlife Trust has pleaded with dog owners in the West Midlands to keep their dogs on a lead to protect birds.

Investment in apprenticeships has remained resilient in the face of the pandemic, according to a new report.

They are awaiting visas before they can travel to the UK under the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.

An impressive new multi-use space has been unveiled at a Sutton secondary school.

Revised plans for a new £8.1 million technical centre at the City of Wolverhampton College’s Bilston campus have been given the go-ahead.

It started as a handy way to provide extra help for his learner drivers students and has ended up making him a global internet sensation.

In Mariupol a Ukrainian regiment claimed a poisonous substance had been dropped.

The presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were making the journey.

A grandmother from the Black Country has said her life was saved thanks to a home testing kit for bowel cancer, as she urges others to do their screening checks.

Ukrainian units in the embattled city have been running low on supplies.

The women are both nurses who work together at a Rome hospital.

The Home Office issued an apology to Steve Dury and the Ukrainian refugees he is sponsoring, but Mr Dury said the process left them in tears.

Two vacant care homes in Stafford could be knocked down to make way for a new, larger facility.

The supermarket giant will award shop staff, warehouse and call centre workers a bonus worth 1.25% of their annual wages in May.

The import of Russian iron and steel will also be banned, the Foreign Secretary has announced.

Unrepentant Ali Harbi Ali was handed the punishment for the murder of Sir David Amess.

Jacqueline Anne Lyons, 57, was rushed to hospital less than 72 hours after catching Covid-19 from a carer and died six days later.

Boris Johnson faces his first big test at the ballot box since the ‘partygate’ scandal.

Police have been granted extra powers in a bid to crackdown on anti-social behaviour in a Staffordshire village.

Teachers’ leaders have said the comments are an insult to the profession.

A convenience store has made a fresh bid to keep air conditioning units installed outside without planning permission.

Three high-rise tower blocks on a once run-down housing estate are to be refurbished in the next stage of a £120 million project to regenerate the area.

The family and friends of a popular lollipop lady who died of cancer have raised over £3,000 for the hospice who looked after her by hosting a charity football match.

A Black Country MP has told critics to lay off Boris Johnson as he insisted the PM was the right man to lead the country.