There have been 21 redundancies after administrators were appointed at a Wolverhampton business.

A woman who hid behind her relationship with a convicted drug trafficker in order to evade prosecution for her own offences has been jailed for three years.

The Belfry Hotel and Resort has been shortlisted for a prestigious award.

It is an exercise in balancing numbers – and when it goes wrong it all adds up to chaos on a global scale.

A Wolverhampton workers' union of former Goodyear employees has made a generous donation to Dudley Sea Cadets.

A final decision on whether to scrap Dudley's biggest beer festival for 2022 will be taken next week.

The Ladder for the Black Country team is encouraging young people leaving school this summer to think about exploring apprenticeships.

Great-grandmother Joan Warner has decided to unleash her rebellious side by ringing in her 90th birthday with a new tattoo.

A bus route serving Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital is being changed due to dwindling passenger numbers.

Bus services could be stepped up and fares could be cut back in the West Midlands through an £88 million scheme if national transport chiefs back the move.

A host of football starts are set to play in a charity match in support of Mary Stevens Hospice.

A pair of intrepid staff members from Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust are out to prove they have a head for heights by attempting a sky dive for Well Wishers charity.

Parents have leapt to the defence of a nursery rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted five years after it was rated 'outstanding'.

NHS Trusts across the Midlands are set to play their part in helping the NHS cut more than 1 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in the next three years – the equivalent of taking 520,000 cars off the road.

A police officer who was knocked unconscious outside Molineux is awaiting test results to establish whether he has suffered any permanent injuries.

Rail services in the West Midlands will be severely reduced next week when workers strike on three days.

A man in his 20s has died after a road traffic collision in Blakedown.

A new partnership has been signed to help expand the region's commitment to esports and drive growth in the industry.

Those responsible for running a large-scale cannabis farm in an unused school in Walsall are still unknown to police.

A criminal has been jailed for 10 months for punching a mechanic in the face leaving him with a fractured jaw.

Fire crews are still at the scene working on a fire that started almost three days ago at the Smurfit Kappa site in Birmingham.

The England Lionesses have been given royal support ahead of their big night at Molineux.

Major plans to transform Rowley Regis through five regeneration projects costing almost £20 million have been officially backed by government bosses.

Students studying construction work in Wolverhampton are to benefit from a new £1.93 million extension being built at the city college’s Bilston campus.

Temperatures across the UK could reach nearly thirty degrees by the end of this week as members of the public gear up to bask in the summer rays.

A man has handed himself in after shocking footage circulated online of a dog being carried by its neck.

Police have seized two stolen cars in Staffordshire.

Armed forces veterans are being invited to receive special medals and badges at a celebration day.

The University of Wolverhampton has taken the lead in digital construction with a state-of-the-art robotic dog designed to increase efficiency and reduce safety risks on construction sites.

No passenger services will serve locations such as Penzance in Cornwall, Bournemouth in Dorset, Swansea in South Wales, and Chester in Cheshire.

Passengers have been urged to only travel if essential in the West Midlands ahead of mass walkouts on the railway network over three days next week.

A "self-indulgent" man with crack cocaine and gambling habits has been jailed for setting fire to the family's £300,000 home when his wife left him.

A woman from Wolverhampton has completed a treacherous crossing of Greenland ice cap, battling through temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius.

A former Walsall footballer has accepted bankruptcy restrictions for six years after he chose to pay off £120,000 gambling debts ahead of other creditors.

The sun will come out once again as a Sandwell academy puts on its first post-pandemic musical production.

A showpiece arts experience on the West Midlands Metro will not be ready for the Commonwealth Games because bosses have had to focus on repairing trouble-hit trams.

The Queen's Baton Relay will pay a visit to Molineux, a lucky city primary school and West Park on its route around the Black Country.

Workers making interiors for elite autos McLaren, Aston Martin and Bentley, are to start a period of seven one-day strikes in over a real terms pay cut.

A group of graduates are embarking on a career in children’s social work as part of the national Step Up to Social Work programme.

The memories of those who fought to protect British people across the other side of the world were honoured through a memorial event.

An eight-month project to restore a Staffordshire Grade II listed road bridge has started.

Staffordshire councils are being asked to set out plans to reduce energy consumption and switch to low carbon vehicle fuels as part of their work to tackle climate change.

A role model, sporting leader and outstanding student has received the honour of becoming a Queen's Baton Relay baton-bearer.

A new modular building is on the cards for a South Staffordshire school needing more space to provide extra support for students.

More than £40,000 is set to be spent on making Stafford a safer place for women at night.

A police officer who was knocked unconscious in an attack outside Molineux has been discharged from hospital.

A Rod Stewart fanatic who's seen the star perform live 40 times – and invited him to his wedding – has parted with a shirt owned by the singer.

Two men have been arrested after a police raid in the Black Country uncovered a smelly discovery.

Two teenage girls have been arrested after a police officer was assaulted at Dudley bus station.

A street artist has signposted the way to Adult Education Wolverhampton's open day with a striking piece.

The inquest on a man who had been accused of murdering a Staffordshire dog breeder has been opened and adjourned.

The average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts reached a new high of 185.4p on Monday, according to data firm Experian.

The Ukraine invasion throws into ‘stark relief’ the dangers of energy systems powered by foreign fossil fuels, the Cop26 president said.

The Midlands has become the first region in the country to administer more than 23 million Covid-19 vaccinations in a push hailed by health chiefs.

An NHS trust is in the running for a prestigious award for its paediatric virtual ward that allows children to be safely cared for in their own home.

Railway volunteers hope they are on the right 'tracks' when it comes to asking farmers to help them find an old Shropshire station building.

Carnival Queen Rosie Kirby has been chosen to lead the celebrations and procession in a special event.

An athlete who tragically died after taking part in Ironman Staffordshire 70.3 has been locally named as Andy Hey.

Strikes at two colleges in the Black Country could be on the cards after a union balloted its members amid claims over low pay.

People in Staffordshire have been given the chance to learn more about autism through a new campaign utilising virtual reality (VR) technology.

Starters orders at Penkridge Fun Run will be given by Britain's Got Talent star Eva Abley.

Children at Little Trinity Nursery in Kidderminster have been busy making personalised gifts for the special men in their lives to celebrate this year’s Father’s Day on Sunday.

Turnover and profits improved for Brownhills-based Castings for its latest financial year.

The airline’s pilot training programme is being launched again for the first time since the pandemic hit.

A police officer was seriously assaulted outside Molineux before England's Nations League game against Hungary on Tuesday evening.

The Home Secretary described the European Court of Human Rights intervention as ‘very surprising’.

Motorpoint achieved record sales in the year to the end of March.

Train passengers are being warned of delays of up to 60 minutes this morning after a broken down train caused chaos to services in the West Midlands.

Sandwell Council has published its which if successful will see Government commissioners leave the authority.

The Queen's Baton Relay will pay a visit to Molineux, a lucky city primary school and West Park on its route around the Black Country.

West Midlands business leaders have spoken of benefits to trade an tourism and a chance to showcase the region during the Commonwealth Games.

Reports of rape crimes in the West Midlands have risen by more than 50 per cent in the past two years, new figures show.

Andy Street has demanded "no further delays" on Wolverhampton's £35 million Metro extension.

The leader of Dudley Council has hit out at "wokey woke" police officials for "wasting taxpayers' money" on a complaint about his behaviour.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after another man was seriously injured in a car fire at a petrol station.

A Staffordshire charity is the first of its kind to receive a prestigious accreditation.

Yesterday marked 40 years since the end of the Falklands conflict, with veterans gathering to remember a war that claimed the lives of hundreds of people. For those who took part in the war, the scars remain.

England fans gathered in Wolverhampton hours before the Three Lions' Nations League game against Hungary at Molineux.

The TSSA has served notice to ballot more than 6,000 workers at Network Rail in a dispute over pay, conditions and job security.

A national shortage of blood supplies in the wake of the Covid pandemic has prompted a Wolverhampton councillor to appeal for more people to become donors.

Nadhim Zahawi says move comes in response to rising costs.

Searches in a Walsall woodland where human remains were discovered will continue until the end of the week.

A woman who was adopted at only a few weeks old has been "miraculously" reunited with her birth mother through the ITV show, Long Lost Family, after worrying that it may have been too late to find her.

The Apple chief executive was speaking at a privacy summit in the United States.

A prominent Walsall town centre building which was once home to Vision Express will be converted into a bingo and slot machine centre.

Members of a community association in the Black Country are celebrating after being awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of their hard work.

One lane has reopened and one lane remains closed on the M6 northbound between Junction 5 and Junction 6 due to two separate crashes.

It is 40 years to the day since Argentine forces surrendered, bringing the war to an end.

A Luhansk official said Ukrainian forces have been pushed out to the industrial outskirts of Sievierodonetsk.

New electric vehicle charging facilities are set to be rolled out to car parks in Stafford as part of a scheme to help taxi drivers go green.

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

An HS2 “superstructure” will be erected over a listed Victorian bridge in Birmingham city centre, under plans.

A notable city-centre sculpture of Queen Victoria has been re-imagined as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival.

Plans to transform an old Walsall library which has been closed for half a decade into new homes look set to fail.

Railway strike action next week will see Wolverhampton "cut off from the rest of the region" and people should expect widespread disruption, a councillor has said.

James Watts was jailed at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

A South Staffordshire community hub has received a funding boost to help with creating an area of natural beauty.

A Staffordshire police officer is taking on a climbing challenge for the second year running in memory of a young police officer who was murdered in 2012.

The First Minister launched the first in a series of papers from the Scottish Government aimed at updating the case for independence.

The Prime Minister rejected criticism of the plan to send asylum seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda.