More than four million items of personal protective equipment have now been distributed to frontline staff in Wolverhampton.

Businesses in the West Midlands received just two per cent of a national fund aimed at boosting start-ups during the Covid crisis, new figures show.

Concerns motorists may not be getting vehicles checked during pandemic.

Motorists faced difficult driving conditions this morning across the region as many woke up to snowy scenes and sub zero temperatures.

Emergency services attended a two-car crash in Bridgnorth last night.

A horrified Walsall family living in a hotspot for the South African Covid variant were sent used kits as part of the mass testing of residents.

Four men will enter pleas next month over the killing of a man who died 13 years after being attacked in Hednesford.

Two new primary schools are set to open in the Black Country, it has been announced.

A man who walked his dog despite testing positive for Covid-19 is among 15 people fined for lockdown breaches in one week across the Cannock Chase district.

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A defendant accused of shooting a barbershop customer was at home when a car linked to the incident was found, a court was told.

Sandwell Council is facing a High Court claim for more than £200,000 from a widow who blames them for her husband’s cancer death.

A consultation into HS2 has been branded "a total sham" after it emerged Ministers plan to ignore any suggestions coming from it.

Western Power Distribution (WPD) will be investing up to £20 million in the electricity grid to boost green growth and jobs across the West Midlands between now and 2023.

A Wolverhampton councillor has forfeited her seat after failing to attend a meeting for six months.

A celebrated son of Wolverhampton will be presenting his thoughts about his home when he becomes part of the city’s literature festival.

Consultants at a Black Country hospital are getting a flowery makeover by wearing bright scrubs to raise funds for charity.

New aerial photos show work continuing on a housing development on the outskirts of Wolverhampton.

Banners promoting Bridgnorth's independent and usually bustling high street shops have been stolen.

Aldi is looking to recruit 160 apprentices across the Midlands this year.

Two YouTubers have appeared at crown court to deny dangerous driving over a video posted online.

Trains have been disrupted due to damage to overheard electric wires between Stafford and Wolverhampton

Housing association tenants have been warned they could face eviction or even jail if they break Covid rules - after court action was taken against a Wolverhampton man for repeatedly holding parties at his home.

A Black Country football and social club could lose its licence to sell alcohol after alleged "repeated failures" to follow Covid rules.

Another 128 coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in the region as the UK death toll increased by more than 1,000.

Jurors in a murder trial were shown a second day of CCTV of the defendant going to and from a building.

The mother of a Black Country man accused of killing his baby daughter has defended him in court, telling jurors: "He was a brilliant dad."

The stories of love in all forms by all people will be showcased by a film screen and discussion as part of the online Wolverhampton Literature Festival.

Jury deliberations in the trial of three men accused of a double murder outside a Dudley cannabis farms have started today.

A derelict vandal-hit pub building in Aldridge is to be converted into new apartments after planners gave the thumbs up to a scheme.

An accountant pointed a crossbow at a large group of “raiders” to protect his family, a murder trial heard.

The West Midlands and Staffordshire woke up to a covering of the white stuff on Tuesday morning, after flurries were seen across the region.

A man has been charged with murder following the discovery of a body in a bath at a house in Birmingham.

About 3,000 households have been tested for Covid in Walsall after a case of the more contagious South African variant was confirmed in the area.

Three men arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice in relation to a fatal shooting in the Black Country have been released.

A man has been charged with assaulting emergency workers after a fire at a block of flats in Wolverhampton.

A swan and five ducks have been released back to a Black Country lake – after they were rescued following an oil spill.

A 42-year-old man accused of murder has denied shaking his baby daughter before she died.

Plans for a new Black Country railway station moved a stage closer after £400,000 was secured to buy land for the project.

A road rage driver from Wolverhampton has been ordered to pay compensation to a cyclist who he punched in the face and left with a broken eye socket.

A further £3.37 million of funding has been allocated to continue the work of the West Midlands Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) for another year.

Two men have been jailed for trying to pay for sex with a child.

Staffordshire's Katharine House Hospice is able to continue to offer services thanks to the generosity of local people who have supported its emergency appeal.

Controversial plans for a children’s home in a remote Staffordshire hamlet have been withdrawn after villagers objected and the area’s MP raised concerns.

Police have called for managers of a Sutton Coldfield shop to be stripped of their alcohol licence after allegedly being caught selling fake wine.

A speeding driver who mowed down a man then fled the scene as he lay dying in the road has been locked up for four years.

A boisterous puppy named after a wrestling star was floored — when he swallowed a scottie dog soft toy whole.

One person was evacuated as firefighters tackled an electrical fire in Tipton.

A controversial proposed Walsall housing development has been delayed again as a planning wrangle over traffic access rumbles on.

Seven vehicles were on fire at the MOD Stafford base.

Controversial plans for 600 new homes on greenbelt land in Wolverhampton have provoked opposition from thousands of residents.

Staffordshire Police say they are investigating an incident where a sheep was killed on a farm.

Property giant St Modwen said its full-year results were hit by the Covid-19 health crisis, despite a "marked improvement" in the second half.

Liberal Democrats in the Black Country have branded a decision to hold local elections this year "nothing short of irresponsible".

A teenager is celebrating after securing a place to study at Oxford University.

Pubs across the region are pleading with the Government to reconsider how they are allowed to reopen.

A mechanical engineer and garage manager in the Black Country has warned drivers of skipping scheduled car services amid Covid-19.

One of the UK’s leading engineering solutions providers has enjoyed a great start to 2021 with two major ‘framework’ wins for Severn Trent Water and Hafren Dyfrdwy Cyfyngedig.

A Walsall businesswoman and professional gambler may have to sell her home to pay a confiscation order after she financed the setting up of a cannabis operation in a rented farmhouse.

The cousin of a shooting victim said he was told who pulled the trigger by the victim as he was carried out of a barber shop on a stretcher.

When Private Pritchard of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry returned to his home in the Black Country in 1920 it made a little news item – because he had been a dead man walking.

A school for more than 1,400 pupils proposed on the site of the former Rugeley Power Station has been handed Government funding.

Mayor leads call to improve Midlands rail connections.

People urged to ignore vaccine untruths after councillor's warning.

A woman has been banned from keeping all animals for 15 years after a dog and three cats were found living in a squalid house in the West Midlands.

An alleged double murderer could not have imagined a crossbow would be fired during his 90-second involvement in a "short, frantic and chaotic" melee, his barrister has told a court.

A man was treated by paramedics after a fire at a block of flats in Wolverhampton.

Snow flurries have swept across the Black Country and Staffordshire with weather warnings in place throughout the West Midlands.

Uber is offering free trips to the mass vaccination hubs at the Telford International Centre and the Black Country Living Museum.

Sir Lenny Henry has today told hundreds of students that they should be proud of their awe-inspiring achievements over the last 12 months, which have seen them complete the final year of their degrees during the midst of a global pandemic.

RAF Cosford Air Show will not go ahead as planned this summer because of coronavirus restrictions, bosses confirmed today.

A further 38 coronavirus patients have died in hospitals in the Black Country, Staffordshire and Birmingham.

Twenty-eight people have been arrested in a week of a targeted crackdown by police on County Lines drug activity across Staffordshire.

Two women had to be cut free after a car driven by a suspected drug driver crashed down a bank off the A41.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in West Bromwich after a body was found in a house in Birmingham.

A pregnant sheep was killed when two men slit its throat after trespassing onto a farm in Staffordshire.

Old soldier Stan Burgess was left beaming as care home staff and Royal British Legion members made sure his 100th birthday was a really special day.

Plans to transform an iconic Dudley town centre building into bedsits could lead to a rise in crime and anti-social behaviour, police have warned.

More than £6 million of small businesses grants have been handed to more than 900 eligible businesses in Wolverhampton.

Rapid coronavirus testing has been rolled out to West Midlands Metro staff in a bid to curb the spread of the pandemic.

As professional tennis players prepare for battle in the Australian Open this week, a furloughed tennis coach has put his time away from the court to good use by developing a robot for use with mobile phone cameras.

Covid-19 is having a dramatic impact on the future of vocational learning, according to a new report.