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All Walsall’s leisure centres could be closed and demolished under shock proposals revealed today that would save the council £50million in three years.

A woman has told a court how she feared for her safety after an alleged bogus faith healer threatened to send a ghost to attack her home.

A recovering drug addict from the Black Country who was jailed for 22 weeks after brutally beating his dog with a baseball bat has won his appeal for freedom.

The regional development agency believes acquisition of the Staffordshire Hoard will spark a county tourism boom.

A 20,000-signature petition demanding direct flights be reinstated between Birmingham and Delhi is set to be presented to aviation bosses in India.

The mother of a Bilston teenager left brain-damaged after falling ill within days of being given Cervarix, the controversial cervical cancer vaccine, has called for the jab to be banned in schools.

A former Halesowen greengrocer’s has been refused permission to change into a Chinese takeaway after more than 600 people objected. The shop, on the corner of Howley Grange Road and Goodrest Road, has stood empty for a number of years, and owner Kevin Thai had applied for a change of use. Dudley Council planning officers [...]

A pub that built a two-storey extension without proper planning permission has launched a fresh bid to keep it, after years of wrangling.

A part-time taxi driver from Walsall who falsely pocketed more than £6,000 in benefits has been ordered to pay back money and do unpaid work.

Car giant Toyota has suspended car production in Britain, including the Midlands, and France for 12 days amid a sales slump after an accelerator recall.