Thousands of bikers were hitting the road today for the return of Bike4Life Ride Out in aid of the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity.

A former defence secretary said Ukraine’s requests for military assistance after 2014’s incursion were turned down by David Cameron’s Government.

Two elderly drivers have been killed in a crash close to the Shropshire/Staffordshire border.

The future-PM is said to have described the notices accumulating ‘like drifting snow on the windshield’.

Boris Johnson has already been warned by a former Tory minister that his party will ‘reap the whirlwind’ of the saga at the ballot box.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a 56-year-old man was found in a car next to a hospital.

Ella Lambert, who founded the non-profit Pachamama Project, spoke with the PA news agency about her efforts from Warsaw, Poland.

Running one marathon is enough of an achievement for most people, but for Nick Cockburn it wasn’t quite enough.

An enterprising fundraiser is taking on a huge cross-country challenge for a charity close to his heart.

For years Pauline Shaw had enjoyed burning candles to add a touch of fragrance and ambiance to her home.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was taken to hospital following a stabbing on a city centre street.

A touch of Parliament came to the region as part of a television series.

An inquiry has been launched into a sanctioned oligarch’s charity, which donated to a royal hospital and a charity set up by the Prince of Wales.

It is an apparent bid to eliminate the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the strategic city the Kremlin claims its military has otherwise seized.

Rail travellers across parts of the region have been hit with delays after a points failure left lines blocked.

A lorry driver was taken to hospital after suffering a medical incident behind the wheel in Tipton, resulting in a crash involving multiple vehicles.

A police operation has uncovered a large scale cannabis factory and a firearm inside a Sandwell house.

A search has begun to find four men seen arguing outside a Dudley house - one of them brandishing a machete.

The price of cooking oils has gone up 7% and is nearly a quarter more expensive than a year ago.

A pub outside Willenhall town centre will be converted into a pizza restaurant after plans were backed by council chiefs.

Stourbridge's shuttle service was restarting on Saturday after it was taken out of service due to ongoing vehicle maintenance at the end of last month.

Police in Staffordshire have issued a warning for residents to be aware of distraction burglars.

Sandwell will have its first LGBT+ mayor after Councillor Richard Jones was unanimously voted in by councillors.

Hundreds of bikers are getting ready to again honour inspirational teenager Stephen Sutton who raised millions for charity before he died.

"There's something special about walking out of a record store with a physical item and listening to it."

A Victorian pub near Birmingham city centre, which real ale campaigners have lovingly redecorated, is up for sale for offers in excess of £650,000.

New “pods” are being installed at Walsall Manor Hospital to help contain outbreaks.

A shop in Birmingham is under scrutiny after a ‘quantity of cannabis’ and a large amount of £50 notes were found on the premises.

Residents across South Staffordshire will soon receive large blue bags which they will be asked to use for the recycling of paper and cardboard waste.

It weighs four-and-a-half tonnes, has undertaken 50,000 scans and has now disappeared through a second-floor removable panel.

Athletes from the British Army have helped put the lead venue for the upcoming Commonwealth Games through its paces in a UK-wide competition.

A landmark Wolverhampton pub’s plan to extend opening hours has sparked concerns from neighbours and a city councillor that the move could lead to increased noise nuisance.

Fitness fanatics have pledged to cover in excess of 4,000 miles in support of Midlands Air Ambulance Charity’s Airbase Challenge.

Former Conservative minister Steve Baker said the electorate was furious with the Prime Minister for not following Government coronavirus rules.

A group of would-be hosts will stage a vigil outside the Home Office calling for an end to “cynical and deadly” delays.

There have been no humanitarian corridors for civilians to escape safely in recent days, ShelterBox has said.

Relatives are posing sharp questions about Moscow’s initial statement that the entire crew was evacuated.

Senior Conservative MPs have also questioned the logic behind the Nationality and Borders Bill.

Neil Adams, who is rearranging his Wigan home for the family, said the Homes for Ukraine scheme has been made ‘as difficult as possible’.

The invaders are attempting to set up a land route between the Donbas region and occupied Crimea, Ukrainian officials said.

More than £10,000 has now been pledged to a fundraising campaign launched by family and friends of a teenage boxer killed in a car crash in Wolverhampton.

A Wolverhampton Asda security guard who witnessed grandfather Martin Latham stabbed to death outside the store has described the dying man's last words to him.

Thousands of mourners gathered at a park to pay their final respects to a talented Wolverhampton boxer who was killed in a crash last weekend.

The new link road between Wolverhampton and Cannock will destroy historic woodland and sit just 40 metres from residential homes, a parish councillor has complained.

Eligible people in the Black Country and wider region have been reminded to book their spring booster vaccination by health chiefs.

A teenage entrepreneur at the head of a growing Midlands retail empire is recognised in the street for his social media output. How has his market shop in Cannock become the talk of the town, and why do locals love it so?

Queen legend says this new spectacular might be the thing through which people know their music in 300 years’ time,

A couple from Willenhall have completed a 1,736-mile charity drive from Wolverhampton to Land's End and then on to John O'Groats and back again in only 41 hours.

Toby Neal casts his eye on the world of politics.

An array of rare football programmes and memorabilia is up for sale in an online auction.

Britain is looking to send tanks to ‘backfill’ in Poland so Soviet era T-72s can be released to the Ukrainians.

A female Co-op worker was hit over the head with bottles of weed killer during a violent attack in a shop on Easter Monday.

Seven vans full of essentials for Ukrainian refugees are on the way to the country's border with Poland after a rallying call from a Wolverhampton bikers group.

Two men from Walsall have been charged in connection with a series of keyless car thefts, worth in the region of £100,000.

Firefighters are battling a large grassland fire close to Cannock Chase.

Cannabis plants were destroyed in a house fire in the Black Country on Thursday evening.

A van driver has suffered a life-changing leg injury after three vehicles collided near a busy roundabout in Cannock.

An MP has called on council chiefs to "think again" over setting up a temporary transit site next to "one of the most polluted" junctions in Walsall.

Major redevelopment works have started up at a dilapidated former youth club building to transform it into a community centre and church.

Prevalence of the virus is still high in much of the country, however.

It is the first time an attempt has been made to estimate the cumulative number of people infected.

Local officials said up to 9,000 Ukrainian civilians had been killed by Russian forces.

The warning said Moscow is exploring options for potential online assaults against critical organisations such as the NHS.

Registration for the 40th anniversary Royal Sutton Fun Run closes next Friday.

The previous longest known infection thought to have lasted 335 days.

Margaret Keenan made headlines around the world after receiving the historic first jab in Coventry in December 2020.

The Prime Minister told negotiators to get a free trade agreement done by Diwali, in October.

Friends Stuart Thomas and Neil Spalding have been helping out with the project in Warsaw.

Laura Heath’s trial heard she ‘prioritised her addiction to heroin and crack’ over that of seven-year-old Hakeem Hussain’s welfare.

Photos and video evidence of three fly-tippers have been released by a council in a bid to track them down.

UK ambassador Melinda Simmons will be leading the return.

Wolverhampton Grand's panto star, Tam Ryan, has been named Best Panto Comic at the 2022 UK Pantomime Associate Awards.

The partner of murdered Wednesfield father Nathan Burton is inviting people to a charity football match in his memory.

Police are hunting a phone thief who snatched mobiles from two people after arranging bogus Facebook marketplace sales.

Three people have been arrested in a series of police raids in the West Midlands by officers investigating £1 million of fuel thefts.

The M6 was shut between junctions 6 and 7 after a man was hit by a lorry.

Sutton Coldfield’s fire station is set to ‘go live’ as a Technical Rescue Unit in May.

Police officers are becoming increasingly concerned about an 18-year-old woman who has been missing since Tuesday.

Allies of the Prime Minister have hit out at fellow Conservative MPs calling on him to quit over lockdown violations in Number 10.

A cute dog is taking part in a Three Peaks Challenge with a difference as his owners look to raise funds for club which took the bull terrier under its wing.

Liam Payne has jokingly described himself as a "social chameleon" as he explained his accent in a filmed interview at the Oscars – before forgetting he's from Wolverhampton.

The funeral of a talented teenage boxer killed in a car crash in Wolverhampton will take place today.

People in Stafford will receive a £150 council tax rebate to help with the cost of living crisis from the start of next week, chiefs have said.

Insults were traded by councillors at Sandwell Council House as leader Councillor Kerrie Carmichael survived a motion calling her to be removed.

Central England Co-op saw both sales and profits rise in the year to January 22.

The Secretary of State for Transport has granted consent for a new link road between the M54 and M6.

A drama will be brought to life on the squash courts telling the history of the Commonwealth Games.

Hundreds of residents have lost their battle to stop 60 affordable homes being built on a pony paddock on the edge of a beauty spot.

Adrian Chiles has bizarrely revealed he has a urinal in the bathroom of his flat – sitting under a window featuring West Bromwich Albion's crest.

Staffordshire County Council has been asked by an Ombudsman to reconsider a complaint made by a care leaver who said she did not receive enough support when she was pregnant at 15.

Talented photographers from Sutton have been praised after being recognised in a competition held as part of the town’s Shakespeare in Sutton Festival.

A decades-long dispute between a cricket club and neighbouring residents who have been bombarded by hundreds of stray balls has been hit for six after £20,000 was secured for giant nets.

Detective Chief Superintendent Dominic Murphy urged people with first-hand accounts and footage of the conflict to come forward and ‘get justice’.