This is the moment two officers were attacked by an armed robber on the run from prison.

A St John Ambulance volunteer and councillor has called for a change in the law after a spate of thefts of life-saving defibrillators across a borough.

A specialist stamp collection documenting rare errors will go under the hammer with Lichfield’s auctioneer on March 15.

A £1 billion investment programme for Dudley will "completely transform" the borough, council chiefs say.

Thousands more people in the Black Country and Staffordshire have been told to shield after experts identified additional adults at serious risk of Covid-19.

Three more men have been charged in connection with the murder of Mohammed Haroon Zeb in the Black Country.

Health officials have pleaded with people not to ‘throw away’ all the hard work against the virus as it was revealed almost 800,000 people in the region have been vaccinated.

The 'Covid Arms pub' owner and a barber operating illegally have been given warnings after Covid breaches.

Ministers have been urged to scrap plans for a rail link between England and Northern Ireland over cost and feasibility concerns.

A Tory MP has slammed council chiefs for a “miserable, mealy-mouthed response” to receiving millions of pounds in Government funding.

A new vaccination hub has opened up in the Black Country with the aim of vaccinating 1,500 people each day.

A family has appealed for traffic-calming measures to be introduced after a car crashed into their house.

The West Midlands is in danger of missing out on a gigafactory that would see it become the "epicentre" of the UK's electric vehicles industry, an MP has said.

Medics operated in an “emotionally charged scene” as they battled to save the life of a great-grandmother who was admitted to Dudley’s Russells Hall Hospital with a swollen tongue, an inquest has heard.

A charity has been awarded £48,000 to carry out detailed scans of the historic canal network it manages.

A mobile breast screening unit in the Black Country has parked up at a supermarket so women can shop and have a potentially life-saving appointment in one convenient visit.

A rotary club club has donated £800 to a foodbank after raising money through an online raffle.

Hardworking school staff and pupils were able to let their creative juices flow thanks a partnership with their local police team.

Egg-cited children returning to a Stourport school have an extra special treat in store following the arrival of 20 chicken eggs.

For three decades Bob Preston has worked tirelessly to keep the people of Staffordshire safe – after making a career change he never dreamed would take him to even greater heights.

An MP read The Gruffalo to pupils at a Black Country school as part of World Book Day celebrations

Wolverhampton North East MP Jane Stevenson says the city can become the "home to homebuilding" after the announcement in the Budget of a new construction taskforce.

A test blast using explosives has been carried out on one of the cooling towers at Rugeley Power Station in preparation for their demolition.

Council tax bills in Wolverhampton will rise by almost five per cent from April after the proposal was backed by chiefs in the city.

More than 30 new apartments could be built if plans to convert an empty Walsall office block is given the go-ahead.

A further 18 coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in hospitals in the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire.

An electric scooter was stolen by three teenagers, one armed with a machete, in Cannock.

“The worry I have is what’s coming in the future and am I going to be worse off then for the decisions made now?”

Police have launched an investigation after a man was stabbed and seriously injured during disorder in the Black Country.

The Ladder for the Black Country says that the Government's recognition of the importance of helping employers to support young people into employment is a great boost to its work.

A man accused of murdering a pedestrian who was hit by a car on Boxing Day has been remanded in custody until his trial in July.

A new art project by a Black Country migrant group will see six bird boxes created with images from different Eastern European countries.

A charity has been awarded £48,000 to carry out detailed scans of the historic canal network it manages.

More than £8,000 has now been raised for a charity in memory of Doris Hobday, one of the beloved ‘Tipton Twins’, who died after contracting coronavirus.

West Midland Safari Park has unveiled new plans for the next stage in its ambitious long-term development strategy – including introducing red pandas to the site for the first time.

Gurdeep Pandher went viral after he shared his joy at receiving his coronavirus jab.

A Porsche thief has been jailed for more than a year after a dramatic police pursuit in the West Midlands which saw him tasered at the wheel.

Highways chiefs have been gearing up efforts to rid Shropshire's roads of potholes with the launch of a new road machine which can carry out repairs within eight minutes.

More than 200 kits designed to control bleeding after someone is stabbed have been rolled out amid rising knife crime in the West Midlands.

One of the region's most important lifesaving charities has marked a major day in its history, starting work on a dedicated new base.

Despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic the Tipton and Coseley Building Society has reported another set of strong results for 2020.

The social services team tasked with helping four neglected children killed in a house fire was short-staffed and under pressure in the run up to the siblings' deaths, council bosses have said.

The family of a grandfather stabbed to death at a beauty spot say they have been shattered by the loss of a "brilliant" and "truly wonderful man".

Pest control and hygiene group Rentokil Initial enjoyed growth in revenue last year,

Medics on a special respiratory unit set up at the start of the pandemic have spoken of their mental exhaustion.

Government funding to repair damaged roads in the West Midlands has been slashed by around 40 per cent for the coming year.

The daughter of a great-grandmother who died at a Black Country hospital has told an inquest of her anger at learning that medics did not have equipment which she believes could have saved her life.

A 22-year-old Stourbridge man has been found guilty of murdering a complete stranger in cold blood on a remote hilltop.

A new programme of cycling and walking schemes will be delivered after a council was awarded more than £1 million of funding from the Department for Transport.

A group of friends are getting ready to take on a massive fitness challenge to thank the staff of a hospital trust.

A couple celebrating their diamond wedding today put the secret to a happy married life down to “doing things together”.

Restart grants for businesses forced to close during the pandemic. Management and IT support for small businesses, an extension to the furlough scheme, but eventual increases in corporation tax, and a freezing of income tax allowances.

A suspected head of an organised crime group was arrested in Birmingham as part of a UK-wide operation involving 100 officers.

Wolverhampton, Rowley Regis, West Bromwich and Smethwick are to receive around £25 million each from the Government's Towns Fund in measures announced in the Budget.

A jury has retired to consider its verdict on a killer from Stourbridge who denies murdering an elderly hillwalker in a random attack.

A knifeman from Stourbridge who stabbed a stranger to death on a hilltop had no clear symptoms of psychosis and was not "acting randomly or in a frenzy" on the day of the killing, a forensic psychiatrist has told a court.

A fundraiser for the family of a Tipton man killed in a hit-and-run has reached £3,000 - as the driver still remains on the loose.

A further 14 coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in hospitals in the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire.

The trial of a West Mercia police officer accused of murdering former Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson in Telford is due to start on April 26, a court has been told.

The Chancellor announced an extension to the furlough scheme, as well as an increase in corporation tax.

The Black Country Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the help for business announced in the 2021 Budget.

A Walsall social club where police were told to “f*** off” by drunken people barricaded inside has been stripped of its licence.

An otter has been spotted swimming in a Wolverhampton canal for the first time in more than 60 years.

A Black Country councillor has been nominated for a top award as part of a West Midlands radio station’s 50th birthday celebrations.

Staffordshire County Council is set to monitor the impact of HS2 as construction begins in the area.

The owner of an owl rescue sanctuary is appealing for information after a European eagle owl was found dumped in a box.

Police and health chiefs have urged people to stick to the ‘stay at home’ order when the first stage of the region’s exit from lockdown starts next week.

A resident has opposed a licence for a Sutton Coldfield music venue over fears people would be able to “peer” into their home at night.

Sainsbury’s flagship superstore in Wolverhampton city centre has been given the go-ahead to open a new barbershop outside its premises.

Members of staff at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust are walking 100 laps around their local park in an aim to raise £400 in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore.

What to expect when Rishi Sunak delivers his Budget on Wednesday.

Children across the Black Country are being invited to provide the best side of their teachers in a competition.

Comedian Jimmy Fallon wryly observed that while 64 per cent of Americans owned a smartphone, 100 per cent of smartphones owned an American.

A woman was taken to hospital after a crash in Shenstone today.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has praised people in Dudley for the successful rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine.

A Birmingham man has been charged with 17 counts of indecent exposure.

A new mortgage initiative is in the wake of the 2013 Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme which reinvigorated the market after the financial crisis.

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

Council tax in Dudley will increase by just under five per cent in April after councillors clashed over who should pay for the pandemic.

Plans to create a new shop and eight apartments in Willenhall have been thrown out over fears the development would be "cramped".

A police motorbike officer is in hospital after being injured in a crash in Great Barr.

Covid hospital admissions across the Black Country and Staffordshire have dropped by almost a quarter in a week, according to new figures.

A taxi driver said he thought a murder victim had been pushed by another man – only later realising he had been stabbed after seeing blood, a court heard.

A mother and daughter enterprise that runs play sessions for under-fives in Wolverhampton has created a new range of free activity packs for children to enjoy at home during lockdown.