Local Headlines

Five councillors in Walsall have called for an extraordinary meeting to pause the relocation of the Leather Museum.

Dudley councillors complained a two-year delay for a report on the failed sale of a former leisure centre is ‘unacceptable’.

A Reform UK election leaflet claiming Dudley Council is £652m in debt has been dismissed as misguided by the authority’s leader.

A shop in Walsall has been fined after selling a vape to a person under the age of 18 during a test purchasing exercise.

The founder of a pioneering football supporters group set up to strengthen the connection between Birmingham City FC and the South Asian community has been honoured with the Lord Mayor’s Award.

The first ever UK and International tour of The Talented Mr Ripley has arrived in Wolverhampton with stars Ed McVey, Bruce Herbelin-Earle and Maisie Smith being photographed at the Grand Theatre.

Halesowen College is proud to announce its 60th anniversary celebrations, marking six decades of serving learners and the wider community.

Rogue trader Anthony Millward was handed a 32-month prison sentence and has been ordered to pay £16,000 following sentencing at Wolverhampton Crown Court earlier this month.

Dudley Zoo and Castle is celebrating its best Easter since 2019, welcoming more than 27,500 visitors over the two-week holiday period.

Dudley Council says it is working round the clock to catch up on late rubbish and recycling collections in the face of online complaints.

Dudley’s Green Party is aiming high in the borough’s local elections with an almost full slate of candidates.

Unsung community heroes from across Dudley borough were celebrated at the Mayor’s Ball and Civic Awards 2026, held in front of more than 250 guests at the Copthorne Hotel in Brierley Hill.

Dudley politicians are gearing up for hotly contested elections which will shape how the borough is run for the coming year.

Dudley Council needs to rethink how it spends taxpayers cash according to the leader of a party with an anti-cuts agenda.

Dudley’s Liberal Democrat leader is making no apologies for doing ‘potholes by postcode’ deals with council leaders.

Following months of hard work by teams across Dudley Council a series of new brown tourism signs are in place.

Major plans for Birmingham’s new HS2 station which could forever change a key city centre area have been approved.

Dudley Council’s leader has a stark message to highly paid officers at the authority – deliver the goods or face the axe.

Police are appealing for help in identifying a man after a car was stolen from Round Oak Court, off Dudley Road in Brierley Hill.

Councillors in Walsall have united against hatred after anti-Islamic graffiti was sprayed near graves at Streetly Cemetery.

As the nation prepares to vote in local elections Reform UK is riding high in opinion polls with big gains predicted.

Labour would put ‘boots on the ground’ to tackle antisocial behaviour in Dudley if they beat the odds in local elections.

A shock survey of Dudley Council staff claims workers do not feel valued and have unmanageable workloads.

Dudley’s Liberal Democrats are planning what they say is the most radical transfer of power from the council ever offered.

Halesowen College is delighted to announce that Coaches Club CIC has joined the college’s PowerPartner Programme with platinum partner status.

GreenSquareAccord, a social landlord serving the Black Country , supported 29 community projects across the West Midlands and beyond last year, awarding more than £50,000 in grant funding.

Major plans to create “characterful” public spaces around the new HS2 station in Birmingham city centre have been recommended for approval.

One of the UK's most celebrated touring exhibitions is returning to Birmingham this spring and it arrives with a collection more extraordinary than ever before.

Labour are no longer the official opposition group at Walsall Council after a group of independents overtook them.

Police in Sandwell recovered a stolen vehicle and arrested a suspected thief in Tipton yesterday morning.

Hollybush Garden Centre in Shareshill will host a two-day live gardening event, 'The Spring Edit with Mr Plant Geek', featuring nationally recognised plant expert Michael Perry.

Dudley’s local elections will see a new name on the ballot paper with the arrival of The Black Country Party.

In Walsall there are 20 wards, each with three councillors and, because of recent ward boundary changes this year, every single seat is up for grabs.

Residents and businesses in Halesowen are invited to a series of preview events this week to find out more about the proposed £20 million package of improvements planned for the town centre.

A former Dudley councillor who sat on the council’s Children’s Services Select Committee has admitted grooming 13 and 12-year-old girls for sex.

Dudley Council’s new waste and recycling service has started this week, kicking off on Monday 6 April.

The Gigmill pub in Stourbridge reopened last week under Marston's new sports concept with new market-leading big screen technology, menus, and events.

A leading regional charity supporting survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence, modern slavery and stalking has been announced as the Black Country Chamber of Commerce’s Charity of the Year.

A man’s in custody after officers recovered drugs and knives from a car in Stourbridge.

West Midland’s Ambulance Service technician Jonny Boyd will take on the iconic 85-miles of Hadrian’s Wall Path to raise money for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity.

Local traders in Brierley Hill are celebrating a boost in business following the return of free parking across council-run car parks in the borough.

A council has awarded a new petrol station an alcohol licence after rejecting claims it would become a ‘focal point for drunkenness, littering and criminal activity.’

Bold plans to overhaul Willenhall Market have been approved by Walsall Council.

A husband who killed his wife at their Sandwell home after she began divorce proceedings against him has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years.

Dudley borough is aiming high as Dudley, Brierley Hill and Stourbridge set their sights on becoming the UK’s first ever Town of Culture.

Passenger tram services are to start running to the Millennium Point stop from Easter Sunday, connecting even more parts of Birmingham city centre to the West Midlands Metro network.

A Reform UK big hitter will be standing for Dudley Council elections and aiming to unseat the current deputy mayor.

Sandwell council refused to let a vulnerable mother have her representative present at an important meeting and made serious and unsubstantiated allegations about both of them during an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

A 20 year-old man’s been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a shooting in Bartley Green on Sunday.