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BP has said third quarter profits slumped to £3 billion, down 50% on the same period last year.

His records were once the butt of every comedian’s jokes but, Des O’Connor is still able to laugh at himself. He talks to MARK ANDREWS about his long and distinguished career

The number of violent and dangerous criminals in the West Midlands has soared in the past year, official figures revealed today – along with details of how many sex offenders are living in local towns.

Wardens have hit more than 2,200 people with fines for offences such as dropping litter, dog fouling and graffiti in a year in Sandwell – dwarfing the the number handed out in neighbouring towns .

Rock legend Robert Plant was all smiles as he was rewarded for his outstanding contribution to music – and he acknowledged Stourbridge Town Hall as helping to launch his career in music.

Pensioners had to be evacuated from their Wolverhampton nursing home after a fire broke out in the laundry room.

Cannabis plants with an estimated street value of £450,000 have been seized in one of the biggest hauls of the drug to be recorded in the West Midlands.

TV talent show sensations Diversity and Stavros Flatley will help shoppers get into the Christmas groove at the big Merry Hill lights switch-on, it was announced today.

Walsall may not have the illuminations this year but a host of free spooky events are planned to celebrate Halloween.

A father-of-three died after getting crushed between a bus and a crash barrier in the Black Country, inquest jurors heard.