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A thug from the Black Country who terrorised pensioners and passers-by in a two-year campaign of abuse has been given a seven-year Asbo and evicted from his home.

Around 240 jobs will go at regional quango Business Link West Midlands after a Government Minister today announced it is going to be axed.

Placards will be used to promote carnivals across Walsall this summer following a six-year absence – after council chiefs agreed to relax fly-posting rules.

A landmark pub in the Black Country famed for its slanted structure could become a wedding venue.

Police in the West Midlands are “very confident” the public will not lose out on front line services despite major cuts which are expected to hit the service, one of the region’s most senior officers said today.

Bruce Pattison was known as an extrovert among his local community  and even planned his own flamboyant funeral.

Birmingham is on the verge of its biggest ever office investment deal, worth up to £200 million, with two major property companies said to be poised to snap up much of the city’s Brindleyplace scheme.

It was hardly the World Cup but in the darkest days of the Second World War, all eyes in Halesowen were on a football match between two teams of real heroes.

Black Country-born funnyman Norman Pace is hoping to raise the roof at Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre next month.

The Royal seal of approval has been given to a group of slimmers in Staffordshire who have collectively lost more than two tonnes.