The region's biggest vaccination hub has opened at a shopping centre with the capacity to treat 5,000 people a day.

More than 12,000 men across the West Midlands reported they had been victims of domestic abuse last year, new figures show.

LCP, the national commercial property and investment company, has just one vacant unit available at its speculative development within its flagship Black Country business estate.

A councillor whose father died of Covid-19 has paid tribute and urged others to follow government guidelines to avoid suffering a similar “horrible loss”.

Council bosses say they will create a safer environment for pedestrians in Wolverhampton city centre with new measures ahead of shops and other businesses reopening after lockdown.

Police officers could be placed in schools as part of plans to clamp down on violent crime in the region.

A mobile unit offering free rapid testing for coronavirus will be located in Wednesfield this week.

A new vodka brand, launched at the start of the pandemic, has added MOBO award-winning rapper MIST to its growing list of celebrity influencers.

The West Midlands saw 1,468 chain stores close permanently last year at retail locations.

Dame Julie Walters is backing a petition calling on the Government to deliver on its election promise to double funding for dementia research.

A singer-songwriter from South Staffordshire has written a song with her friend in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore.

A singer from Staffordshire has shot to fame after his first single attracted more than 21,000 streams on Spotify.

The West Midlands can play a key role in the UK's bid to become a world leader in the gaming sector, the Universities Minister has said.

An online event has been organised to help people fill in their census form.

A school has won a prestigious award for the exceptional treatment of students’ wellbeing.

The mystery of the unclaimed £1 million prize in the West Midlands remains unsolved with just hours to go before the deadline.

It wasn't the holiday Michael Hardman and his mates had planned. But when their week-long drinking session in Ireland began to go awry, they knew they had to do something.

A teenager was stabbed outside a Black Country hospital after being chased by a group of males.

Almost £2.4 million will be handed out to councils in the Black Country and Staffordshire to help families most in need over Easter.

Hednesford is to get a new community hub, café and garden under new plans.

A jury has retired to deliberate in the trial of a teenager accused of stabbing a then-17-year-old in the neck in Walsall.

A man has admitted stabbing an old school friend to death at his Birmingham home.

Police have launched an investigation after an alleged kidnapping in Sutton Coldfield.

A new road safety campaign is asking cyclists and motorists in Staffordshire to look out for each other.

Over the past year thousands of office staff have found themselves doing their jobs remotely for the first time.

The biggest ever shake-up of Britain's bus network will see new routes and bus lanes and caps on ticket prices, the Prime Minister has announced.

Boris Johnson took the weight off his feet as he chatted with bus drivers during a visit to the West Midlands.

An estate agents has collapsed with debts of £1.3 million, leaving tenants and landlords out of pocket.

Fascinating details about the early life of football hero Duncan Edwards are to go on show.

Police say they were rammed by a driver in a stolen car in the Black Country.

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

The Department for Transport is to set up a second headquarters in Birmingham creating hundreds of jobs, ministers have announced.

Commuters returning to Wolverhampton city centre following lockdown have been warned they will face a familiar irritation – roadworks.

A teenage girl and a young man remain in a critical condition after a car hit a wall in the Black Country.

A teenager was shot in the West Midlands yesterday in what police have called 'a shocking act of violence'.

“The health service and police are always there for people in their ultimate time of need and it’s a privilege to do both roles.”

An Indian rhino at West Midland Safari Park is preparing to show off her six-month-old calf to the public when the gates reopen next month.

A manor house dating back to the late 16th century could be transformed into a luxury 5* hotel and spa under plans.

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

A total of 20,000 new trees will be planted across Wolverhampton after chiefs secured a cash boost of almost £130,000 from a charity.

Building has begun on the site of a derelict Black Country steelworks in Walsall, which will transform the site into a new 252-home community.

Art teacher Stuart Mayor has gained top marks from his students for his portrait of Wolverhampton Wanderers manager and head coach Nuno Espirito Santo.

A special artwork has left visitors to a Black Country park clinging to it with delight.

Residents have more time to take part in a consultation exercise over a town's housing needs after plans for a development for up to 800 homes were snubbed.

Plans for a multi-million pound West Midlands Police “super-station” in the Black Country are set to move forward after being delayed due to red-tape.

A teenager accused of stabbing a then-17-year-old in the neck during a fight in Walsall town centre has denied it was deliberate, a trial heard.

Foodbanks across Wolverhampton are set to receive another year of support from the city council.

Exciting plans will bring the MG Rover site back to life.

Plans have been put forward to knock down an historic Black Country pub and make way for 12 houses.

It has been a year like no other. And while the coronavirus has changed all our lives in a way few would have imagined, people in the West Midlands can at least see some light at the end of the tunnel as the threat begins to recede.

As the country was still reeling from being placed under lockdown restrictions, Karen Peake was fighting for her life in intensive care – one of the first to truly understand the life-changing seriousness of Covid-19.

Think it's time to have that all-important heart-to-heart with your children about what they want to do when they grow up? Just make sure it's not on an empty stomach.

A further five coronavirus deaths have been confirmed across the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire.

A small number of people attended vigils in the West Midlands following the death of Sarah Everard, police have said.

A teenage girl and a man have been left in a critical condition after a car hit a wall in Walsall.

A number of arrests have been made following a series of police pursuits on motorists across the region.

A man has been charged over the murder of a teenager who died after being stabbed in Great Barr.