Councils are causing thousands of cases of bed blocking in the region’s hospitals, it emerged today. Social services departments are failing to quickly carry out assessments and get places at care homes ready for patients.
The keys to Sandwell College’s new £77 million campus in West Bromwich have been handed over.
Dozens of mothers and fathers in the Black Country were given the very best present possible, as they welcomed their own Christmas Day bundles of joy.
A new buffet, shop and toilets could be built at Bridgnorth’s Severn Valley Railway as part of a master plan for the site.
The Queen was joined by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as well as other members of the Royal Family for a Christmas Day church service.
Hospitals across the Black Country and Staffordshire are gearing up to cope with outbreaks of the winter vomiting bug norovirus.
A legal bid to overturn controversial plans to close a Black Country fire station and axe a 24-hour crew will go ahead after it was revealed lawyers will take up the case.
Little tigers suckle from a pig while dressed as Father Christmas. Watch the video.
The Duke of Edinburgh has been successfully treated for a blocked coronary artery after being taken to hospital with chest pains, Buckingham Palace said today.
West Bromwich Albion today ruled out Steven Reid for a month after the in-form defender was sent for surgery on a knee problem.
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