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A glass shop which has been trading for more than 60 years at a world-renowned museum is to close this week.

A pensioner puss thought to be the oldest cat in Britain has died at the age of 29.

A cowboy builder who conned a Black Country pensioner into spending more than £16,000 of his life savings to pay for unnecessary roof repairs has been jailed for two years.

It was a scene straight out of a David Attenborough natural history documentary but instead of gracing our TV sets it was being played out in Wolverhampton city centre.

An elderly woman suffered burns in a gas explosion at her West Bromwich home today.

A bypass could be created to deal with rising problems traffic problem in Sedgley, where mile-long queues choke roads at rush hour.

Villagers in Cheslyn Hay have been warned of a potential killer beneath their feet.

On a miserable, wet and windy night in Birmingham, outspoken Lily Allen managed to bring a touch of humour and sunshine to the city as part of her latest tour.

A yob who dubbed himself “The Firestarter” and sang the tune of that name by chart-toppers The Prodigy while starting a dozen blazes in 16 days has been locked up indefinitely.

Just one former Woolworths store in the West Midlands has found a new tenant, more than two months after the final shop closed its doors for the last time.