Almost 500 student paramedics are being recruited to West Midlands Ambulance Service as part of an "ambitious" campaign amid major services pressures.

Fire crews from across the West Midlands are tackling a huge fire at a recycling plant in Birmingham.

A competitor in the Ironman endurance race held in Staffordshire this weekend died after requiring emergency medical attention during the swimming portion, organisers confirmed.

A new report has urged council chiefs not to "destroy" precious green belt sites around one of the Black Country's most iconic parks.

With the shackles of Covid removed, it is an exciting time for shopping centre manager David Jackson.

Andy Street has called for a key study into brownfield land to be published "as soon as possible" after it was held up due to red tape.

An internship in memory of a talented Dudley photographer is urging up-and-coming photographers from the region to apply.

Two major city centre roads will be closed at night for a week so work can be done on the Wolverhampton Metro extension.

An historic church congregation on a mission to improve lives is holding a fundraising fair in aid of its £150,000 roof repair project.

The site of a former social services centre will be transformed into a plot of affordable homes under new plans.

It was January 19, 1991, I was nine-years-old and watching ITV’s chart show.

Aldridge Running Festival returned after three years and was hailed a massive success.

The Ironman endurance race was back in full effect in Stafford as tens of thousands of people turned out to watch athletes complete the challenge.

A woman is in hospital after falling from a bridge above the A38 in Staffordshire and then hit by a HGV lorry.

The West Midlands biggest reggae festival has announced it is no longer free.

Irresponsible fire starters have been warned they could cause serious damage at the Lickey Hills.

A driver fled the scene of an accident on crutches to avoid emergency services after ploughing into a shop in Great Barr.

Firefighters had to carefully smash a car window to save a toddler who was locked in a car in Kidderminster.

Generous Wednesbury residents raised £740 at a fun day to fund a new gym in The Gambia.

Keane's long-anticipated sold-out gig deferred due to the pandemic finally took place on Saturday in the intimate forest setting of Cannock Chase as part of the Forest England Forest Live music series.

Brit-award winner Rag’n’Bone Man was finally able to grace an open air stage in Staffordshire.

A traumatised horse trapped in a van had to be sedated and then released by fire fighters delicately using a saw.

A driver who tried to outrun police was eventually enlightened by officers after they removed his car's illegal tinted windows.

A vehicle fire on the M6 has resulted in long residual delays between Wolverhampton and Walsall.

If the prediction is accurate, Britain will be hotter than Portugal, Jamaica, Costa Rica, the Canary Islands and Cyprus.

Dudley Police has arrested two men as part of a clampdown on domestic violence.

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has written to the Competition and Markets Authority on the issue.

A charity is encouraging people to raise funds by hosting a tea party on the 74th birthday of the NHS.

Generations of children will be able to reflect on the life of former pupil who died protecting elephants after a memorial bench was unveiled at his old school.

Sports minister Nigel Huddleston MP has given a Wolverhampton Sikh temple's plans for a new kabaddi training centre his seal of approval.

Thousands of people flocked to Wolverhampton for a free family-friendly festival held in the city centre.

Research shows call-outs have risen by almost six million since 2009.

Thousands of young football fans got their first opportunity to watch the Three Lions in Wolverhampton as England faced off against Italy at Molineux this weekend.

It was fortunate nobody was hurt in a massive fire in a commercial yard, West Midlands Fire Service said.

Two teenage boys were arrested after a young girl was threatened with a sharp object and robbed in an alleyway.

A stellar flying display of RAF and other aircraft old and new will take to the skies for RAF Cosford Air Show on Sunday .

West Bromwich Albion legend Bobby Hope has sadly died aged 78.

Black Country residents were treated to a shock today as the Italian national football team rocked up to a Dudley Council stadium for training.

"I have to get off, I'm going to Texas tonight," I told a colleague at the end of my shift.

Trespassers on the line at Hednesford caused the closure of all lines running through the station.

An anxious Wolverhampton daughter is pleading with Government officials to help her allied fighter pilot father escape from Afghanistan, where he is in hiding from Taliban forces.

Police are growing concerned for a 35-year-old Black Country man who was reported missing.

The devastated family of a 22-year-old motorbike rider killed in a collision have paid tribute to the “funny character who lit up the room”.

A fire consumed vans and large amounts of tyres at a truck dealership in the Black Country, with witnesses reporting explosions as the fire consumed vehicles and gas canisters.