A developer has started construction on an £11.1m industrial development in Sutton Coldfield.

A woman was sexually assaulted in Wyre Forest and police are appealing for witnesses.

A supporter has been arrested after reportedly racially abusing Rio Ferdinand at Sunday's match against Manchester United.

The family of a young man who was stabbed to death in a Stourbridge nightclub insist they will not give up on their fight to change the law around jury verdicts, despite resistance from ministers.

Fly-tippers dumping waste across the West Midlands are largely going unpunished, new figures reveal.

Nearly 20,000 incidents of fly-tipping happen in England every week.

Plans to build a 65ft tall phone mast just yards from a Black Country bus and train station have been announced.

There has been a sharp rise in demand for family homes across the West Midlands fuelled by pupils returning to school.

Completion of a multi-million-pound road project to ease congestion in Stafford town centre and lay the foundations for future growth is well on schedule for later this year.

A primary school is one of eight in Wolverhampton acting as a collection point for free rapid coronavirus test kits.

Plans have been submitted for a new special school that will "improve the lives" of children for years to come.

Watch out, the police are about. That's the message after it was revealed thousands of drivers were caught breaking the law on motorways by officers hidden in lorry cabs over the last six years.

Nuno Espirito Santo has bid his final farewell to Wolves fans and insists he is thankful for their support as he departs as manager.

Wolves fans were delighted to finally be returning to the Molineux for a home game – after more than a year away due to the Covid pandemic.

Wolves fans have made their return to Molineux for the first time in over a year, as supporters continued their return to grounds on the final day of the Premier League season.

Under the Government’s road map, the final stage of the unlocking is due to take place on June 21 at the earliest.

The app also enables people to book GP appointments and order repeat prescriptions.

Aston Villa have welcomed fans back to Villa Park for the first time in over a year.

Those returning from countries on the Government’s amber list must quarantine at home for 10 days.

Ex-PM Gordon Brown called on Boris Johnson to take the lead at the G7 on agreeing a global plan for burden-sharing.

A man has died after he was hit by a train in Stafford.

A gun and a knife has been recovered and three people arrested after officers stopped a car in Birmingham.

The PM’s former top adviser said the scheme was only abandoned after a warning that it would lead to catastrophe.

The Home Secretary rejected the claim by Dominic Cummings ahead of his appearance this week before MPs.

In total, variants accounted for 1,596 deaths between February 1 to May 18 this year, data showed.

Stafford Borough Council members have agreed to share their chief executive with a neighbouring authority on a temporary basis – despite concerns that he will have to divide his time between the two areas.

Four veteran councillors who have given more than a century of service combined to Cannock Chase are to become honorary alderman and alderwomen.

A trainee solicitor from Rugeley has become Cannock Chase Council’s first female leader – and the youngest person to take charge of the authority.

A new community grant fund is being launched in Lichfield – and £300 is to be put in each councillor’s bank account to distribute to grassroots groups in need.

A Lichfield pub has been given the green light to extend its outdoor drinking area to boost social distancing – but neighbours have not welcomed the move.

A physical meeting in a leisure centre has cost Lichfield District Council around £1,200, it has been revealed.

Two teenagers have been sentenced after they were found guilty of abducting two young children when they stole a car with them inside.

Michael Oates is the new mayor who will serve the people of Tamworth for the next 12 months.

Police are still trying to trace the mother of a newborn baby boy who was found in a canal in Walsall.

A schoolboy walking home was assaulted by two men who pulled up in a car.

A pedestrian was taken to hospital with a serious head injury after he was hit by a car in Birmingham.

A duck has died after being left with horrendous injuries when a group of teenagers repeatedly shot her with a catapult at a lake in Dudley.

Police are appealing for help in tracing a woman who has gone missing from near Wyre Forest.

Covid testing is set to be carried out on bubbles in two schools in Lichfield – after two adult members of a family tested positive for the Indian variant.

Travellers who set up camp at a Stourbridge country park were told to leave following a legal notice.

The life-threatening condition, known as mucormycosis, is affecting Covid-19 patients or those who have recovered from the disease.

The event livestream was made free after technical issues meant many could not watch it for nearly two hours.

Lukas Furtenbach spoke out after Nepalese officials denied there was a cluster of Covid-19 cases on the world’s highest mountain.

It is letting in tourists from the US, most of Europe and beyond who have a vaccination certificate, a negative test or have recovered from Covid.

Vaccine efficacy and another bombshell from Dominic Cummings feature among the stories on Sunday’s front pages.

Both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs were found to be highly effective against the B1617.2 strain.

Health chiefs have warned that the Indian variant of Covid is on the rise in the West Midlands – with more than 150 cases now confirmed.

NHS Test and Trace is providing testing and genomic sequencing in education settings.

Rail services across a major network line were delayed and cancelled after an incident.

Inspired by a Saturday night programme with Alan Carr which reprises ancient game shows, I have been looking for ways to revive the reviled and outdated Miss World competition to make it suitable for modern audiences.

A doctor from Wolverhampton who cared for patients during the height of the pandemic has taken to the skies to raise money for charity.

Roads were closed and residents warned to keep windows shut as a huge blaze took hold of a recycling plant.

A new art exhibition which depicts Lichfield through line drawings marks the reopening of the gallery at The Hub of St Mary’s.

Property developers’ plans to install gates at either end of a Lichfield city centre walkway have sparked opposition from members of the public and the city council.

Cancer operations were scaled back by almost 50 per cent during the pandemic as Black Country hospital beds were freed up for coronavirus patients, the Express & Star can reveal.

A man has been arrested after several vehicles had their windows smashed in a Wolverhampton city centre car park.

‘I would hope that he would be proud of what we’re doing’, she said.

A former Border Force chief said the move would not be a ‘panacea’ to delays, amid concern about overcrowding at Britain’s largest airport.

Oxygen concentrators and ventilators have been flown out from Scotland and Wales.

Travellers in the region were hit with delays following the closure of part of the M6 Toll.

A major housebuilding drive is key to helping the West Midlands bounce back after the pandemic, a minister has said during a visit to the region.

Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital broke its own record for A&E admissions twice in one week amid "unprecedented" demand for services.