Swine flu has broken out at six Walsall schools, with at least six children struck down with the virus.
More than 400 people have applied for just one job at Walsall’s New Art Gallery.
Flash floods brought chaos to parts of the West Midlands – with forecasters today warning of more extreme weather to come.
A terrified nine-year-old girl was trapped waist-deep in floodwater for two hours after her foot got stuck in a broken drain in the Black Country.
A mysterious cylindrical object has been spotted in the skies above the Black Country.
Six people including a nine-year-old girl went to hospital after a crash which closed the M6 in Staffordshire for around 15 minutes.
A fight involving 30 people with weapons, including an axe and a machete, broke out in Lye High Street.
Emergency sandbags had to be brought in to protect people’s homes from gushing flood waters caused by the torrential rain.
A killer pet bug is feared to be affecting dogs in a Black Country town after one died and another was left seriously ill.
Brownies and Rainbows who had been on an ‘I’m An Explorer…Get Me Out Of Here’ expedition were stranded as their coach was stuck in floodwater.
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