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Live minute-by minute updates as the chancellor George Osborne delivers his Autumn Budget statement.

If you want a real Christmas tree this year you're likely to have to pay more for it, especially if you want a tall one, according to industry insiders.

Play safe when fitting ceiling roses by keeping things light and manageable.

Dinner for two was bordering on the brilliant, but a local brew would have been nice, writes our undercover meal reviewer The Insider.

Walsall engineering success story Chamberlin unveiled a staggering 500 per cent increase in profits today as it wins new work at home and abroad.

A couple from Walsall whose pet dog’s incessant barking disturbed neighbours have been ordered to pay more than £1,000.

A teenage rioter has pleaded guilty to stealing from a ransacked shop during the summer riots in Wolverhampton.

A collector from the Black Country known affectionately as “the bag lady” for her record-breaking hoards of goods, including more than 35,000 carrier bags, has died at the age of 67.

Concerns were today raised over emergency patient care in the Midlands after hospitals in the region were exposed for having higher than average death rates.

Members of legendary rock band Def Leppard will step on stage in Birmingham this weekend to raise money for their  “sixth member”, who is from the Black Country and fighting a devastating illness.