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A 96-year-old cat lover has left £370,000 in her will to be shared between Black Country churches and animal and humanitarian charities.

Defiant campaigners today pledged “you won’t take our libraries” as crusades against their closure gathered momentum.

These men are being sought by police in connection with a spate of mobile phone thefts from stores in the Midlands.

The parents of Black Country heart transplant girl Jasmine Page, aged 12, have spoken of their ‘nightmare’ as their daughter’s life hung by a thread for more than a week.

Passengers have reacted with disappointment after it was revealed a Midland rail service will be axed after multi-million pound losses.

As a young boy, Colin Cartwright used to watch in wonder as his father built model trains on the kitchen table of their Black Country home.

Evergreen Wolves defender Jody Craddock today declared he is ready to take on Stoke – but is ready to play a waiting game to win his place back long-term.

The largest exhibition of Pre-Raphaelite drawings and watercolours will be on display in Birmingham from this weekend.  

Roberto Di Matteo today insisted Albion are pulling out all the stops in the transfer market as the clock ticks down to the end of the January window.

John Carew today fired a bitter parting shot at Gerard Houllier after claiming the Villa boss showed him the cold shoulder.