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Administrators were on the verge of taking over a Bloxwich manufacturing firm today, with 61 jobs at risk of being lost.

Three people were killed during a grim weekend on the region’s roads which saw a woman arrested on suspicion of causing the death of a Wolverhampton pensioner by dangerous driving.

Thousands of jobs across the West Midlands were hanging in the balance today after it was revealed that van-maker LDV would close without immediate government support.

Council rents in Dudley are set to rise by more than six per cent this year – with some properties also suffering the double blow of increased service charges.

A teenage driver who died after her car hit a wall in Bewdley was today named as Eleanor Teeling, aged 18.

Workers at GKN in Walsall have vowed to fight the company’s decision to close the plant and the hundreds of subsequent redundancies.

There have been more than 1,000 reports of crimes involving firearms in the Black Country over the past three years, figures released today have showed.

Medical equipment, computers and Christmas decorations are among items worth tens of thousands of pounds reported stolen or missing by patients and staff at West Midland hospitals.

The Jill Dando murder case took a new twist today following reports that she was killed by a Serbian criminal from the West Midlands.

The biggest advertising board in Britain is being built close to a busy stretch of the M6 in the Black Country.