A plan for supermarket giant Aldi to take over a vermin-plagued old Brownhills shopping centre is set to be rubber stamped.

A former police commissioner and prospective Labour parliamentary candidate for Wolverhampton has been charged with drink driving after a late night smash.

Councils in the Black Country spent more than £2 million on a major housing masterplan before it was controversially scrapped, it has emerged.

Thousands of people are expected to attend Wednesbury’s Christmas Lights switch-on event on Saturday.

Midland sports fans have the chance to own a piece of history with a tranche of memorabilia up for auction next week.

An off-duty police officer accused of fighting in Walsall town centre told a jury he was trying to protect his family.

Residents were urged to close their windows and doors due to smoke from a severe fire at a former nursing home in Pleck.

The derelict Foresters Arms is a familiar sight for those who live in and near to Wolverhampton.

Picket lines are being mounted outside postal delivery and sorting offices, universities and schools.

Wind and rain is set to batter the Black Country and Staffordshire today.

These photos show the rundown interior of a pub that's set to soon be given a makeover and reopened to customers.

Lord Digby Jones says the Government should have introduced means testing for pensions when it confirmed the triple lock will stay.

A mental health trust has admitted that a call handler wasn't trained to be able to deal with the desperate pleas for help from the family of a brilliant and sensitive young finance graduate who later took his own life.

A teenager from the Black Country has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences.

The Lichfield based charity cashback website has bucked the "cost of giving crisis" with £1.27 million donated in the last three months.

A plan to build new homes on the car park of an old Walsall library has been thwarted by a controversial tax designed to support an out of town beauty spot.

It's that time of the year where a big man in a red suit gives out gifts for Christmas, but a Black Country businessman has taken matters into his own hands by dishing out £10,000 worth of trainers to school pupils.

A man accused of attempting to murder a woman in Walsall failed to arrive to his court hearing.

Football can be a cruel game.

Pensioners living in and around Bilston have been invited to pick up free Christmas food vouchers next month worth £7 each amid the cost of living crisis.

Police have released images of two people they would like to speak to after a teenager was robbed of his phone near Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station.

Three Staffordshire volunteer police cadets have been recognised at an awards ceremony for their commitment to their community.

A crumbling disused car park in Dudley could soon become a four-storey apartment building.

An historic former Walsall cinema and theatre will not be converted into flats after a proposal was thrown out by planners.

Father Christmas and his woodland helpers will be familiar faces at the Rock Houses, Kinver.

A man from Kidderminster has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for multiple offences.

More than 16 years after the high-speed crash that nearly killed him, Richard Hammond's touching story about his time in a coma has gone viral.

A Sandwell man has been jailed after admitting charges of sexual assault.

Members of the CWU are set to strike again on Thursday and Friday in a long running row over pay, jobs and conditions.

Former teachers of two teenagers killed when a car crashed off a road into pedestrians have paid tribute to the pair.

Retailers need to “immediately accept responsibility” for selling laughing gas, the West Midlands police boss has said after revelations the drug is causing “permanent neurological disability” in some users.

Police chiefs are planning to use voluntary security staff at major events as concerns about “chronic labour shortages” in the private security sector continue following the Commonwealth Games.

It was an afternoon lesson of a different kind as pupils at a Staffordshire school sat down to cheer on England.

Jude Bellingham's World Cup debut could hardly have gone better, scoring his first international goal and England's first of the tournament.

A former landfill site in Walsall could be transformed into a major development aimed at boosting job opportunities in the borough.

Police have appealed for information over a missing 15-year-old girl with links to Wolverhampton.

Wolverhampton's own Beverley Knight has been left "chuffed and humbled" after being handed a prestigious award for her outstanding contribution to musical theatre.

Plans to build two new homes on the site of former residential garages in a leafy suburb of Wolverhampton near the city centre have been given the go-ahead.

Four pupils are preparing to run 32 laps of their school field, one for each World Cup team, to buy more sports kit for their school.

A new festive World Cup beer will see Santa score all the goals this football season.

A major pub chain is offering free pints to England and Wales fans during the World Cup – but there's a catch.

A service station in Wolverhampton has submitted plans to demolish a car wash on its forecourt in order to build an electric vehicle (EV) charging zone.

The veteran landlord who hopes to take over a Black Country bar dogged by violence has promised to fill the place with an older clientèle during the afternoon.

Two lorries crashed on the M6 causing more than seven miles of congestion.

Construction of Wolverhampton's new £50 million "learning quarter" in the city centre will start in spring next year after a construction firm was chosen, chiefs have said.

Police have named the 16-year-old girl and 19-year-old man who were killed when they were hit by a car in Oldbury.

Urgent action to stop the spread of bird flu has been issued in Staffordshire after a new case was found in the county.

Some 27% of shoppers anticipate spending less money on Christmas this year and 10% plan to spend more this Christmas, NielsenIQ said.

A warning to stop the spread of bird flu has been issued in Staffordshire after cases were found in the county.

The retail chain reported underlying pre-tax profits of £29 million for the six months to September 30, down from £57.9 million a year ago.

Police are appealing to try and find a missing man from Walsall.

A man has been charged for motoring offences following a crash near Penn Common.

At first, it wasn't clear what they were. Washed up on a beach was a large piece of driftwood covered in "very strange" sea creatures.

Cradley Heath and Old Hill Councillor Ann Shackleton has died after dedicating 50 years to Sandwell.

Wolves forward Raul Jimenez came on for the final 20 minutes as Mexico opened their World Cup campaign with a 0-0 draw against Poland.

Norbury Park Estate on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border has received a special tree from The Queen’s Green Canopy 'Tree of Trees' which stood tall as a message of hope, regeneration and optimism to the nation and the world as part of the Platinu...

He may not have mentioned him by name, but Jeremy Corbyn was definitely the elephant in the room when Sit Keir Starmer spoke to the CBI.

Baroness Lister of Burtersett said hunger affects the ability of children to learn.

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said the state visit by Cyril Ramaphosa will help boost links with South Africa.

A Wolverhampton care agency has been rated 'inadequate' and placed in special measures by a health watchdog after inspectors found a string of concerns.

Bosses are having to install CCTV to stop staff and patients smoking next to "the most flammable part" of Walsall's Manor Hospital.

A mother-of-two has been ordered to pay more than £750 by a court after being caught parking in a disabled space without a valid blue badge in Dudley town centre.

A plaque has been unveiled at Brownhills Memorial Hall to pay tribute to Geoffrey Harrington, a man adored in his community.

Police are reminding people of a scheme that will reveal if someone has a history of domestic violence.

An innovative scheme set up by the West Midlands Combined Authority to fund apprenticeship training for small and medium-sized enterprises is within touching distance of its £40 million target.

A Black Country MP has praised a charity in her constituency for its work providing ‘foster care’ for adults with learning disabilities.

A Wolverhampton-based palliative care charity has started a new project to provide patients and families with a high quality of life.

An 'eyesore' pub in south Shropshire is set to reopen its doors next spring after standing empty for more than four years.

A Councillor has said she is doing her best to be proactive and prevent an essential bus service from being cut in Dudley.

A student nurse and a butcher have been commended for their bravery after saving a woman’s life.

Sir Keir Starmer promised a “pragmatic” approach to migration policy and acknowledged he would put stability ahead of some “good Labour things”.

Dudley Council has set aside £400,000 to offer desperate residents emergency payments of at least £150.

The RMT said there will also be an overtime ban across the railways from December 18 until January 2.

Plans for 145 new flats to replace the former Beatties multi-storey car park and Gorgeous nightclub in Wolverhampton city centre have been given the go-ahead.

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is one of just six trusts in the UK to be rated "red" for both stillbirth and infant mortality.

A dog was rescued from a canal in Tipton, following reports of three dogs loose in the area.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving following a crash in Wolverhampton.

A brownie called Poppy has been keeping her promises by raising almost £200 to help military veterans.

The ex-Tory MP and longstanding Eurosceptic is arguing that his right to privacy under the European Convention of Human Rights was breached.

Lush in Birmingham is offering free mini pamper sessions in its spa to help shoppers escape the rush this Black Friday weekend.

Floral tributes have been left at the scene of a crash that left two people dead and two more fighting for their lives in hospital.

A Black Country community group’s cycle club has taken delivery of new bikes to replace ones stolen by thieves.

Union leaders at the University of Wolverhampton have slammed a "threatening" email sent to staff by the HR department ahead of strike action later this week.

No arrests have yet been made after shots were heard in a Walsall street.

Two thugs who carried out a "rolling campaign" of attacks on the same night in the Black Country have been locked up for a total of almost six years for their "appalling" behaviour.

Promising young basketball players at Oldbury's Perryfields Academy are helping local primary school pupils get a head start in the sport.

A bid to build a 14-apartment complex on an industrial estate in Willenhall has been thrown out by government inspectors on appeal.

A Stafford chicken restaurant can now stay open later to help meet demand from customers wanting takeaways.

Two West Midlands Police officers have been arrested on suspicion of corruption.

The Black Country Big Band will be providing some festive cheer this weekend.

Fresh details have been revealed of the pay deal reached between Metro bosses and workers after long-running strike action ended.

A church is bringing festive fun to local families in the community by hosting a special Winter Wonderland event at a low cost.

Walsall-headquartered Home repairs provider HomeServe plc has reported a rise in interim profits despite the challenges of the cost-of-living crisis.

Imagine the size of the bag needed to take this goldfish home from the fairground.

Water group Severn Trent has ramped up support efforts for those in poverty and financially struggling customers in the cost crisis as it posted a hike in half-year earnings.

A man from Smethwick has been locked up after he tried to run away from officers while being handcuffed over drug offences in Staffordshire.

No trains will be running on Saturday when workers walk out amid the latest round of strike action in the region, bosses at West Midlands Railway have said.

A seriously injured woman has been taken to hospital after being found clinging to a pontoon in the River Severn.

A gang of teenagers who stole up to 100 cars last year have been jailed after they were linked them to a string of burglaries and violent carjackings.

Police are searching for a man wanted on suspicion of a serious assault in Cradley Heath.