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Birmingham City’s chairman has said he wants to see the wider benefits of the Sports Quarter project realised “as quickly as possible” as the new stadium design was unveiled.

A former Tory councillor in Walsall has joined Advance UK, a political party backed by anti-Islam campaigner Tommy Robinson.

The bass player of iconic 90s indie rockers The Stone Roses is appearing in Dudley at an intimate show to tell all about life in the band.

A unique, handcrafted ‘shooting star’ tribute to remember someone loved and missed is at the heart of an emotional campaign from Acorns Children’s Hospice this December.

Sandwell Council is calling on young people across the borough to register as candidates for the upcoming UK Youth Parliament elections.

Walsall-based Olympian, Lucy Renshall has returned to international judo in impressive style, securing a bronze medal in the -63kg category at the Zagreb Grand Prix.

Police are appealing for information after a teenager was robbed in Dudley.

The news that agency workers brought in to empty Birmingham’s bins have now voted to down tools themselves has triggered a furious response.

Plans for services from two new Walsall railway stations not serving the town centre have been labelled ‘bonkers’.

Line of Duty will return to the BBC for a seventh series with Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar reprising their roles.

Families are to benefit from a £1 million investment from Mayor Richard Parker to help create a thriving new community.

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West Midlands Police are asking for the public’s help to identify three men after a 90-year-old man had £3,000 stolen from his car.

Melanie Lamb, Clinical Lead for the High Intensity Use Service at Black Country Healthcare, has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Nurse title by the Queen’s Nursing Institute.

A policing expert has said that, following the scrapping of the role of Police and Crime Commissioner, he expects police forces to be merged to create further cost savings.

The Mayor of Dudley helped to bury a time capsule in the grounds of Priory Hall to mark its 200th anniversary.

Wordsley’s Red House Glass Cone has been awarded a 2025 VisitEngland Best Told Story Accolade, recognising the outstanding quality of its visitor experience and storytelling.

The Mayor of Dudley today received a privileged first look at the restored Churchill Memorial Screen at Stourbridge Glass Museum.

Birmingham Hippodrome has announced a week-long festival to celebrate new work, next May.

Sandwell Council has confirmed that the cost for garden waste collections will remain frozen at £40 for 2026.

A number of school crossing patrols in Sandwell will be replaced with permanent zebra crossings.

Unpaid carers across Dudley borough can find out about support on offer as well as get a health check and enjoy relaxation therapies at a free event next Tuesday.

A military expert on BBC’s long-running Antiques Roadshow is appearing live in Stourbridge later this month, with a few tickets still remaining.

The head of an independent school which accepts Dudley special needs pupils has warned against putting a price on education.

Excitement is building in Birmingham over the impact that being a 2028 Euros host city could have, with four games set for Villa Park.

Police in Wolverhampton are appealing for help finding a male after threats were made towards a shop worker in Wolverhampton city centre on 25 September.

Hundreds joined the Mayor of Dudley today to remember the people who gave their lives in armed conflict.

Shoppers in Dudley borough will be treated to festive cheer over the coming weeks, as town centres prepare to host their Christmas lights switch-on events.

Birmingham Hippodrome has announced two special one night only productions for 2026.

Bromford is inviting Worcestershire home seekers to explore shared ownership as an affordable route onto the property ladder with an event in Kidderminster this weekend.

Halesowen College has announced the launch of its PowerPartner Programme, an innovative initiative designed to strengthen the collaboration between education and industry.

Two Dudley councillors from the same electoral ward have defected from the Conservative party to join Reform UK.

Dudley Council’s leaders came under fire for cutting services after the authority’s ruling Conservatives hailed ‘exceptional’ financial forecasts.

Emergency action was needed at a block of flats in Brierley Hill after Dudley Council workers found loose glass panels on the roof.

The Mayor of Dudley called into a new coffee shop at the Red House Cone to meet the owners.

Thousands of people gathered in Dudley borough today to pay tribute to the sacrifices of servicemen and women.

Age Concern Stourbridge and Halesowen, the charity who helps and supports older people in the area are inviting users and their family and friends to attend their annual general meeting.

A copy of B (SWWY) Squadron, The Royal Yeomanry’s Freedom of the Borough Scroll has recently gone on display in the Mayor’s Parlour in Dudley Council House.

The Mayor of Dudley took a tour of the Blowfish Glass studio at the Red House Cone this week.

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Sandwell Council's Youth Service has been shortlisted for the Children and Young People Now Awards in the Workforce Development category, for its “Grow Our Own” Youth Work Volunteer Programme.

West Midlands Mayor, Richard Parker has launched an ambitious plan to help 93,000 people into quality jobs over the next 10 years and raise the regional employment rate by five per cent.

Children and young people can now visit registered safe spaces in Walsall if they are worried, upset or need help whilst out and about.

New data from the British Heart Foundation shows almost half of school defibrillators in the West Midlands are not registered on the national defibrillator database, The Circuit.

Sandwell Leisure Trust has been awarded two prestigious honours in the UK Active Awards for 2025, which herald the vital role of the UK’s physical activity sector.

Dudley Council is making “good progress” on its improvement journey, councillors will be told at a meeting this week.

A real-life Fiddler on the Roof visited Birmingham ahead of the smash-hit show opening at The Alexandra Theatre next month.

An historic public house in Birmingham, designed by renowned architects and built before the advent of electricity, has reopened to the public following a £100,000 restoration.

A man has been banned from keeping animals for a decade after being caught on camera mistreating his dogs.

MP, Mike Wood has launched his annual Christmas Card Competition open to primary school children from across Kingswinford and South Staffordshire. 

More than 2,000 people who live or work in an identified area of the borough have had their say on priorities for its future.

Himley Fireworks event is taking place on Saturday, with the last few premium and hall access tickets remaining on sale.

Dudley Council is on track to deliver more than £50 million of savings this year to further ease the pressure on its finances.

A shop could lose its licence after it was caught selling alcohol and an illegal vape to a child.

Dudley Council may backtrack on ‘morally wrong’ and ‘discriminative’ proposals after a consultation to save cash on school transport.

A leading Dudley councillor says he is frustrated with delays to Midlands Metro construction after hearing the project called ‘a debacle’.

A butcher in Lye was temporarily shut down after environmental health officers discovered evidence rats were in the shop, a court was told.

A Black Country Radio presenter has landed a daytime show on a national BBC radio station.

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.