Local Headlines

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre will co-produce the World Premiere of 'The LOve Book' with Sadler’s Wells with performances in Wolverhampton on 5th and 6th March 2027.

A man who supplied dangerous weapons to the drug-dealing head of a Birmingham-based crime group has today been jailed for more than 10 years.

Fundraiser David Warren, who made a campervan from a Fiat Doblo he bought for £925 at auction, has completed an 1,100-mile journey across four countries in just 72 hours to raise vital funds for the NSPCC.

Bedding plants across Dudley borough are bursting into colour, after Dudley Council reinstated its bedding plants programme earlier this year.

Major plans to demolish and replace the majority of an Oldbury school have been approved.

More than £18 million is set to be used to help tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in Birmingham and Coventry.

The latest government statistics show a huge gap in house prices in Dudley borough between the richest and poorest areas.

Dudley Council cut more than £40m from its long-term borrowing in the last full financial year as it fought for financial survival.

Andy Burnham’s pledge to push for a new railway link between Birmingham and Manchester has been welcomed by a former government minister.

Controversial plans for an 18-bedroom house in multiple occupation (HMO) have been thrown out by Dudley Council planners.

Walsall Council is supporting the Men’s Wellbeing Alliance as it marks Men’s Health Week with a borough-wide call for men to access support early and for local communities to play an active role in improving men’s health and wellbeing.

Community groups have just three weeks left to bid for grants of up to £20,000 to deliver projects to make a difference to their local communities in a defined area of Dudley.

A man has died following a road traffic collision in Stourbridge.

Volunteers have helped give Pleck Park a fresh new look ahead of this year’s Green Flag Award judging.

Armed Forces Day is returning to Himley Hall and Park later this month, with a packed programme of activity for all the family.

As World Cup fever takes hold, The Mayor of Dudley is working with Stourbridge FC to give people the chance to watch free football matches at the club.

A new Reform councillor joked he would start holding public surgeries ‘when his stab proof vest had arrived’.

A Hagely care home has launched a new monthly Networking Breakfast that is fast becoming a community favourite.

Sandwell’s Safer 6 campaign is now underway, with the first launch event taking place in Oldbury to mark the beginning of six weeks of action across the six towns of borough.

Wolves have sacked their head coach, Rob Edwards following their relegation from the Premier League.

Mental health providers in Birmingham said they were “working together” to ensure the safety and wellbeing of patients during fresh strike action.

The University of Birmingham is moving ahead with plans to sell part of its Selly Oak campus to potentially pave the way for new housing.

Dudley Council is set to spend nearly £1m on private consultants to avoid possible jail for officers after regulators identified building safety breaches.

Dudley Council is facing a cut in funding for a scheme which provides support for deprived families during school holidays.

A new youth-led sustainable fashion initiative is launching in Wolverhampton this year, giving secondary school students the chance to take part in workshops, upcycling sessions and a live fashion showcase.

Plans to double the size of a Blackheath dental surgery to cope with rising demand have been revealed.

Dudley Council’s leader is calling for heads to roll after further delays were announced in the arrival of the Midland Metro.

The boss of a brain injury charity says Dudley Council is ignoring pleas to help expand their services.

The song of a former Mayor of Dudley has proven he’s a chip off the old block by climbing Snowdon in aid of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.

A peri-peri takeaway restaurant in Walsall has been granted permission to open until 3am, seven days a week, despite an objection from a community group.

Dudley Council’s cabinet is set to debate the roll out of its new local plan – and then plans to replace it.

The arts in Dudley are set for a high-profile boost after the borough’s new mayor appointed ambassadors to promote music and culture.

The family of Ryan Passey has launched a legal challenge against the Crown Prosecution Service after they ruled that "strong" new evidence is not enough to bring fresh charges against the man who stabbed him.

Birmingham City Council has said no bins strike ‘deal’ currently exists in a major update on the dispute which has rumbled on for 17 months.

A supermarket in Pensnett has been given retrospective planning permission by Dudley Council planners who allowed a change of use application.

Walsall Council has awarded significant investment to enhance facilities at the Mayfield Community Centre on Wednesbury Road.

People who live and work in Dudley borough will be invited to have their say on a new local plan, which is being developed, following national changes in planning legislation.

Dudley’s former police station looks set for changes after council planners approved a ground floor alterations.

Dudley Council says businesses are safe despite plans for the possible sale of the land they are built on.

A decision is set to be made on plans to demolish a row of old factories in Cradley Heath for nearly 100 new homes.

Halesowen Abbey Trust is marking its 40th anniversary by launching ‘40 at 40’, an ambitious fundraising campaign aiming to raise £40,000 to support the future of local conservation.

Veterans are being urged to come forward to have special badges and medals presented by the Mayor of Dudley at this year’s Armed Forces Day event.

Landlords are being invited to temporarily extend their opening hours as part of the World Cup celebrations.

A popular independent music venue in Birmingham has published an open letter calling for the rapid completion of long-term Metro construction work.

Ninety teaching staff ‘who have been pushed to the edge’ at a SEND school are expected to walk out next week.

Sir Lenny Henry has called on the UK media industry to confront racism, sexism, ableism and inequality head-on, warning that retreating from conversations about diversity risks weakening both journalism and democracy.

Sandwell Council has submitted a planning application for the new Causeway Green Primary School on the edge of the former Brandhall golf course in Oldbury.

The West Midlands is ‘embracing’ the arrival of shared e-bikes as the Lime rental scheme is set to launch in the Black Country.

Illegal cigarettes and several bags full of suspected counterfeit vapes have all been seized from stores across Dudley as part of a crackdown on illegal goods being sold on high streets.

Dudley’s Reform UK leader has accused his political opponents of doing a ‘grubby deal’ to keep his councillors out of scrutiny roles.

A bold new vision for the West Midlands to become one of the most vibrant, safe and accessible regions after dark has been unveiled by Mayor Richard Parker.

Leader of Dudley Council, Cllr Patrick Harley, unveiled his new cabinet for the coming year at the Council’s recent AGM.

Councillor Margaret Sutton is the new Mayor of Sandwell following a ceremony in the Council Chamber at Sandwell Council House.

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.