Explosions were heard as more than 40 firefighters tackled blazing chemicals at a Cannock industrial estate.

The Foreign Secretary is widely tipped to win the Conservative leadership race on Monday.

A paramedic from Staffordshire is set to take on Kilimanjaro in a bid to raise vital funds for a charity which provides help and support for ambulance staff.

Visitor numbers to pop-up Covid-19 vaccine clinics in Wolverhampton have increased, with some people looking to get jabbed ahead of travelling to the World Cup.

The Belvoir Group, which includes estate agencies in the Black Country, Shropshire and Staffordshire, saw a 12 per cent rise in revenue to £15.4 million in the first six months of 2022.

The organisation said average forecourt prices sank to 169.8 per litre at the end of August, but should be around 161p due to current wholesale costs.

Which? has suggested advice to help households save money, including simple tricks with appliances that could make a difference.

The chief executive of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) group said some pubs were seeing bills go up by 500% to 600%.

The foodbank's phones starting ringing minutes after Express & Star readers had read their paper.

Hundreds of miles of canals weave their way through our region's diverse communities.

The memory of a young cyclist who died in tragic circumstances while riding is set to be honoured with the latest in a series of tribute bike rides.

The UK's biggest reggae band are set to release a new recording of their biggest hit.

A flashback to 1997, when the world mourned a humanitarian icon

A survey of more than 6,500 teachers found that 15% of them had lent or given money to pupils.

Hundreds of fundraisers got very frothy today (Sunday) at the Acorns Black Country Bubble Rush.

Police are investigating a burglary in Stourport on Friday night.

It was a real Fez-tival of nuttiness and raucous music at Wolverhampton Racecourse as Madness came to town.

A Birmingham supermarket will remain closed after a "significant" fire overnight.

Thousands of runners and spectators enjoyed the Wolverhampton half marathon and 10km run for the first time in three years.

The popular street food company Digbeth Dining Club is repeating its takeover of Himley Hall next weekend.

A quick-thinking Asda worker has been praised for saving a young girl who was choking and struggling to breathe while out shopping with her mum.

The union’s general secretary said workers are ‘simply no longer prepared to accept poverty wages’.

Thousands of people turned out this weekend to make the first ever Chase Pride festival a star-studded day of celebration and entertainment.

Thousands of safeguarding concerns were raised about vulnerable adults across the West Midlands last year, figures show.

Thousands of people flocked to Wolverhampton's Bantock Park Gardens for an Ibiza Proms event.

He's supposed to live in a pineapple under the sea, but this SpongeBob SquarePants toy was found quite a way from home clogging a sewer in the West Midlands.

Residents across the region are being encouraged to reach out for support in helping to cut their fuel bills.

Boris Johnson is due to hand over the keys to No 10 to either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak next week.

A consultation has been launched into proposed changes to car parking charges across Sandwell.

Emergency water works have forced the closure of a busy road leaving Wolverhampton city centre.

A tough line-up will await a Stafford ski squad as they bid to defend their British schoolgirls’ indoor title in Milton Keynes.

Rishi Sunak is now preparing for a moment of political reckoning as polls point towards a likely defeat in the contest to become prime minister.

The Foreign Secretary has charmed Conservative Party members with promises of tax cuts and attacks on ‘Treasury orthodoxy’.

Thousands of University of Wolverhampton students are set to celebrate the end of a long journey as they attend graduation next week.

The vaccine targets both the original strain of coronavirus and the Omicron variant.

Police are becoming increasingly concerned about the whereabouts of a missing 14-year-old girl.

Conservationists are being urged to make their voices heard during the consultation for the massive new Stafford Station Gateway development.