Funerals group Dignity saw turnover and profits rise in the first 13 weeks of its financial year.

Sales are currently higher than they were at this point in 2019, before Covid-19 hit.

Boris Johnson is expected to confirm that planned lockdown easing will be going ahead.

New measures are due to be announced on Monday which will take effect from May 17.

A brave passer-by has described how he and other young men tried to rescue a woman who was killed in a house fire in the Black Country.

Votes are still being counted for the English council and mayoral elections.

British chocolatier Hotel Chocolat has reported a 60 per cent jump in sales in the eight weeks to April 25.

"The whole purpose of a museum is to be open for visitors."

A public consultation on the regeneration of one of the largest brownfield sites in the region will launch today.

The cheers were more subdued than usual but the grin across Andy Street's face was as broad as ever - once he took the mask off.

Reflecting on the latest set of disastrous election results for Labour, two of the party’s more outspoken individuals offered possible solutions.

From parish politics to major wars, Peter Rhodes has covered it all. Here he looks back on some favourite moments.

New figures which have been released show school attendances across a city are now the highest they’ve been since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

A pet rescue centre is facing crisis point with a lack of funding and an influx of abandoned cats and kittens as people have lost jobs or become furloughed since the start of the pandemic.

Something good is being cooked up, and rum cocktails are on offer, at a once derelict car park in Stourbridge town centre.

Companies which between them employ more than one million workers in the UK, including many operating in the West Midlands, have told staff they will no longer be expected to return to the office five days a week, according to new research.

A couple have successfully taken the plunge after starting their own mobile fish and chips business.

Organisers of the annual Eccleshall Show have announced that the show will not be staged this year.

Organisers have announced that this year's Walsall Pride celebration has been cancelled.

The Prime Minister is expected to announce the further relaxation of restrictions in England on Monday.

A petition by a Wolverhampton resident to block plans to build a new supermarket has received more than 100 signatures.

More than 17.6 million adults in the UK have now had both doses of a vaccine.

Celebrity Katie Price has been spotted at West Midland Safari Park with her family.

A man has died after falling from a tower block in Walsall.

A woman has died after a fire tore through a house in the Black Country with her and her family inside.

A hardworking firefighter is marking his retirement after 25 years with Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

A section of heritage trail footpath behind the new designer outlet in cannock is set to be closed off at night to stop intruders causing vandalism and antisocial behaviour.

Some of Britain's most coveted postage stamps are due to go under the hammer and prove how a quirk of fate can transform what was once everyday paraphernalia into sought-after rarities.

Stone community leaders are considering extending virtual access to council meetings when elected members return to face to face committees after hundreds of people tuned in to watch the action.

One new coronavirus death has been confirmed in the region.

Andy Street will serve a second term as West Midlands Mayor after comfortably holding off the challenge of Labour.

Two fashion obsessed best friends, who went to university together then became lecturers there, have launched a podcast that is already in the top 10 on iTunes.

See the full West Midlands mayoral election results 2021 - including from each local council - as Labour MP Liam Byrne was defeated by Conservative Andy Street.

Ian Austin has called on Sir Keir Starmer to apologise to voters in the Midlands for the way Labour has "let them down".

New mothers at Walsall Manor Hospital now receive congratulations cards following the birth of their babies, packed with information and uplifting messages to help guide them through the first days and weeks of motherhood.

Women having scans in the Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit at Walsall Manor Hospital will be able to have their partners present from Monday .

A serious fire ripped through a house in the Black Country with people inside.

A police sergeant has hailed a week-long campaign to crackdown on knife crime as a success.

A Sutton charity raised more than £15,500 as the community joined forces to take part in a Sleep Easy event.

Once the local election polls close at 10pm it will still be a couple of days until all the council, West Midlands Mayor and West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner results are in.

See the results from across Wyre Forest as the Conservatives won every Worcestershire County Council seat available in the district.

The Conservatives have taken control of Cannock Chase District Council after making nine gains at the local elections.

See the full results from each ward in Cannock Chase after the Tories gained nine seats from Labour and took control of the council in the process.

The decision comes after the party’s poor showing in the local polls and Hartlepool by-election.

The business community in the West Midlands has welcomed the re-election of the region's mayor.

Labour has been left licking its wounds in the Black Country after the Tories made massive gains across local councils.

Follow the latest as Andy Street secures a second term as West Midlands Mayor and Labour hold onto the police and crime commissioner post.

Labour finally got in the 'win column' after a nightmare set of elections in the West Midlands with success in the police and crime commissioner poll.

See how the local elections unfolded across the Black Country and Staffordshire where the Conservatives made gains on every council.

The Tories extended their hold on Staffordshire County Council with gains in the local elections.

A case of the Indian variant of Covid-19 has been confirmed in Tamworth.

A man has been arrested after a car crashed into a house near Stourbridge.

An investigation has been launched after one man was shot and another man was stabbed in Erdington.

Six friends had gone out to celebrate a birthday, relatively free to enjoy themselves following the first lockdown.

Emergency services were called in the early hours of this morning after a fire broke out in a stable.

The Conservatives have tightened their grip on Walsall Council, gaining several seats on a stunning day for Boris Johnson and his party.

Work to transform Birmingham’s historic Victorian Lock-Up into a public museum is now well under way.

Police are appealing to trace a wanted man on suspicion of burglary.

Only 12 countries will be on the green list from May 17.

Polling at the start of the campaign suggested Labour was facing its worst ever result and at risk of winning as few as 22 of the Senedd’s 60 seats.

An old Black Country sewage works could finally be redeveloped after scaled down plans for a new housing estate were submitted.

This is the mangled wreckage left behind after a fire at a waste collection site.

Six men have been found guilty of killing a young father who died after playing peacemaker when his friend was attacked outside a Black Country pub.

The family of a student who died aged 17 have paid tribute to him, describing him as a 'caring, selfless and thoughtful' young man.