Police chiefs in Wolverhampton have urged people to remain vigilant over Covid-19 vaccine scammers targeting the vulnerable.

Everyone eligible for their Covid-19 vaccine in the West Midlands and Staffordshire should come forward and have one, a minister has said.

A Staffordshire garden centre has teamed up with an app to combat food waste.

Like so many teenage girls Huma Qureshi longed for romance and to fall in love.

Two men will face more than a decade in prison for helping conceal a potentially lethal shotgun.

Shropshire MP Mark Pritchard has spoken of his delight and surprise at being elected to the privy council.

Bus commuters on a service in Wolverhampton will need to make extra time for their journeys due to diversions.

A further 41 coronavirus patients have died in hospitals in the Black Country, Staffordshire and Birmingham.

A popular Staffordshire farm is encouraging the community to share the love for everyone during Valentine's Day.

A woman has been found dead at a council flat in Netherton.

Travellers on the Metro will have to make alternative plans due to engineering works between Wolverhampton and Birmingham.

A car was found written off after ending up on the grass verge between two motorways.

A driver was left facing a long walk home after their car was seized by police.

One of the last of the old-style ‘jobbing’ jewellers has died at the age of 84.

A Black Country council has one of the worst records in the country for paying out test and trace support payments, new figures show.

A minister today said HS2 was crucial to the region's economic recovery post-Covid, as he told residents: "We won't ignore your concerns about the line."

The funeral cortège for Doris Hobday, one of the beloved Black Country twins, will visit her favourite supermarket.

Three vehicles have been seized by Walsall Council following a spate of fly-tipping incidents in the borough.

Local authorities across the Black Country and Staffordshire have received nearly £270 million in extra funding during the pandemic, new figures show.

Councils across the West Midlands have been handed £13 million to help support domestic abuse victims and their children.

Rugby fans and couples trapped at home because of lockdown restrictions are being offered a taste of pub life with an “emergency” beer delivery service.

“There is one thing that is indisputable: serious reading seriously engages you cognitively.”

Boris said a little while ago that he is "optimistic" that we could have a summer holiday this year, so it's time to start drawing up your plans.

The human condition and the differences between a public and private face will be discussed by one of the country’s top comedians.

Young apprentice engineers have been commended by a national organisation for their “stunning” work restoring a classic car.

Children have put their artwork on show to the public at the entrance to their day nursery.

Families in Staffordshire are being reminded of the continued need to stick to the current lockdown guidelines during the half-term break.

A car was seized and two men arrested after a series of early-morning drug arrests.

A former councillor has lost his life to Covid, prompting a call from his family for people not to become complacent as they start receiving their vaccinations.

"Serious questions" need to be asked of the Government's handling of the Covid-19 once the pandemic is over, a council leader has said.

Around 20 people from red-list countries are expected to arrive at Birmingham Airport a month, leaders have said.

More than 300 fines have been issued to people in the West Midlands in one week for breaching coronavirus rules.

Vandals smashed the window of an ambulance - forcing it out of operation for patients needing emergency treatment.

A further case of the South African strain of coronavirus has been found in the Black Country.

A massive RAF transport aircraft made an emergency landing after reporting smoke in the cockpit as it flew over the Midlands today.

A life-saving charity has revealed that one of its major fundraising streams has been cut by 40 per cent.

Lists of important local heritage sites in the Black Country are set to be updated and extended after the region won £70,000 of Government funding.

A health chief has said efforts to test 10,000 people in areas affected by the South African Covid-19 strain was "on track".

A man has been charged with the murder of Dudley shooting victim Mohammed Haroon Zeb.

A review into help given to vulnerable Walsall people during Covid has praised how the community came together to offer support.

An alternative budget put forward to a council has called for a £400-a-year members’ IT allowance to be scrapped and replaced with tablets and training.

Community leaders have raised concerns about the safety of elections due to take place in May – and the impact of restrictions on campaigning for candidates.

A major shake-up of a council health committee has been called for after it emerged councillors failed to attend its meetings.

Young people in Wolverhampton struggling to find work are being given a boost through a new fast-track training initiative being launched by the council.

Residents in Walsall are facing a near-five per cent rise in their council tax bills as the authority balances its books in the face of financial pressures.

Council taxpayers in Sandwell face a 2.9 per cent increase in their bills after councillors approved a proposed budget with no opposition.

The £24.1 million Dudley Interchange linking bus and trams has been given the go-ahead by the combined authority’s board.

Plans to turn a Victorian house into an asylum seeker hostel have been rejected - despite councillors being told fears over Covid-19 were not good enough grounds to refuse.

Volunteers delivering testing kits in a Walsall Covid hotspot have been fiercely defended after used swabs were mistakenly handed to one family.

The owner of a Walsall shop has lost his licence after more than 15,000 illegal cigarettes were found hidden in in the ceiling.

A Sikh temple in Oldbury has applied for permission to build a new extension just months after winning a controversial planning decision.

See the latest figures for coronavirus cases and deaths in your area.

A further 35 coronavirus patients have died in hospitals in the Black Country, Staffordshire and Birmingham.

Plans to turn Wolverhampton’s landmark Beatties building into 300 new apartments have met with a mixed response from people in the city.

An appeal has been issued for people to donate Easter eggs for children and adults in need and those in temporary accommodation.

An 81-year-old Walsall man has been jailed for more than a year for child sex offences.

A Severn Valley Railway train was forced to make an emergency stop after nearly hitting trespassers appearing to be planning to abseil down a bridge near Bridgnorth.

A talented singer and songwriter from Cannock is hoping her debut single will prove a hit when it is released later this month.

HS2 bosses have been criticised after wrongly claiming a consultation into the line would ignore the views of respondents.

Footage from body-worn cameras captured the moment a teenage driver sped off after a routine police stop in the Black Country – dragging a police community support officer with him.

Easing lockdown "too quickly" could lead to more Covid-19 variants and new surges in infection, an expert warned today.

The number of people waiting more than a year for treatment at Russells Hall Hospital has more than tripled during the second wave of coronavirus.

Council tax will rise by almost five per cent in Wolverhampton, it has been confirmed.

The opening of Tesco in a former Waitrose store in Wolverhampton has been delayed until July.

A husband and wife have been found guilty in relation to the killing of their brother-in-law after a heated argument between the three.

A teenager with links to a Wolverhampton gang who stabbed a schoolboy in the chest in an unprovoked attack has been put behind bars.

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

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

The number of cancer patients waiting more than 104 days for treatment has fallen at a hospital in the Black Country, health chiefs have said.

A health chief in the Black Country has welcomed a fall in the number of Covid-19 patients being admitted to hospital.

A council candidate has vowed to fight plans for 14 homes on the site of the former Wolverhampton Environment Centre if elected.

Drivers are being warned against speeding in roadworks areas across the West Midlands and putting the safety of highways workers at risk.

A kind Black Country schoolboy is preparing to push himself to help people living halfway across the world.

A true metal God will come home to share his near five decades of stories about the world of rock-n-roll.

The project to deliver the new Metro extension between Wednesbury and Brierley will intensify this spring when main construction works get underway in Dudley.