Celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee continue this weekend.

Thousands of people came together across the Black Country and Staffordshire despite the occasional downpour to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime Platinum Jubilee.

Great ideas and inspiration can strike at any moment for author and illustrator Rebecca Tonks.

A person has been arrested in connection with an incident where cigarettes were stolen from a shop in Bewdley.

Cafes, pubs and restaurants in Stafford are hoping it will be a bumper weekend for business with the return of the popular Ironman competition next weekend.

Eagle-eyed traffic cops spotted an untaxed car in Staffordshire which led to a man wanted for a burglary across the border in the West Midlands being arrested.

European visitors joined in with the flag waving at a jubilee jamboree as a Wyre Forest village school celebrated the Queen’s 70th year as monarch.

Frontline members of the police, fire, emergency services, prison services and the armed forces have been given a commemorative medal to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Two pictures on the same street, celebrating the same Queen, but 70 years apart.

There have been more than 10,000 victims of knife and gun crime in the West Midlands over the last three years – with the youngest aged just 10, new figures show.

Staff at the University of Wolverhampton have called the university's resignation scheme "chaotic cruelty".

Operations at Birmingham Airport are running steadily following reports of getaway chaos - as bosses step up efforts to recruit more staff to fill vacancies.

The rise in prices of coal has left heritage railways in the region looking at home to keep their trains running.

Teenage comedian Eva Abley is currently second favourite to win Britain's Got Talent according to leading betting websites.

A fish and chip shop is celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee this weekend by giving away free chips.

A Walsall pub has unveiled a plaque and new play area in memory of a baby who was killed by a driver when he was only 18 days old.

A puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee which has toured the world will visit Birmingham later this month with a theatrical installation produced by Birmingham Rep.

You don’t have to be a royalist to appreciate the personal service the Queen has given.

As the invasion reached its 100th day on Friday, Russia seemed increasingly unlikely to relinquish the territory it has taken in the war.

A city BBQ restaurant and bar was graced by royalty as it celebrated the Platinum Jubilee weekend.

Wolverhampton's youngest cabinet member has passionately demanded the end to the "legalised torture" of gay conversion therapy in the UK.

Celebrations continue today for the second day of the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend.

Platinum Jubilee celebrations continue today as the UK marks the Queen's historic 70-year reign.

Residents are still trying to understand what happened after a young man was badly burned in a car fire at a petrol station.

A man has been badly burned in a car fire at a petrol station in Dudley.

There is still no date for the return of West Midlands Metro services despite the latest deadline given by bosses being just days away.

Beacons burned bright across the skies as loyal subjects turned out in droves to beacon lighting ceremonies to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Record numbers of babies were delivered through caesareans across the Black Country and Staffordshire last year, official Government figures show.

A former officer from the West Midlands pictured at a lock-up 40 years has returned to his roots after becoming a volunteer at the region's police museum.

A group of specially-trained compassionate care volunteers have started work supporting very poorly patients and their families at a Midland hospital.

Work is continuing to build a brand new visitor welcome centre at a popular tourist attraction in the Black Country.

A Tesco Express in the traditionally alcohol-free area of Bournville could be granted permission to serve alcohol, despite heavy local pushback.

Dozens of roads will be closed across Wolverhampton this weekend as the city celebrates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

New guidelines for sentencing business operators convicted of selling blades to children are being worked on to tackle knife crime.

There is no end in sight to the death, destruction, displacement and economic havoc wrought by the war.

A lifelong Aston Villa fan got to hold the European Cup 40 years after the club made the historic win, as his play about Villa's famous triumph has its world debut at the Birmingham Rep.

More than 200 roads will be closed for parties as our region celebrates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

A tank operator from Cannock has been on military operations in the Baltic state of Estonia for an exercise to test the security of NATO’s eastern flank.

Dozens of roads will be closed across Walsall this weekend as the city celebrates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Dozens of roads will be closed across South Staffordshire this weekend as the city celebrates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Dozens of roads will be closed across Lichfield this weekend as the city celebrates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Dozens of roads will be closed across Stafford this weekend as the town celebrates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Dozens of roads will be closed across Dudley this weekend as the city celebrates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Several of roads will be closed across the borough of Sandwell this weekend as residents celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

A heritage railway has been forced to make changes due to the rising price of coal.

An appeal has been launched for help checking the condition of a woman seen 'unconscious' in bushes.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a car crashed into a house in Stafford.