Scrap yards across Walsall were targeted by police during a crackdown on metal thefts with steel rail tracks, a stolen Audi, telephone cables and a metal milk cage seized.

Private operators are in talks with highway chiefs at the council over plans for an overhaul of Walsall town centre car parks, including a new multi-storey. They will look at changing locations of some spaces.

Tenants of Walsall’s biggest housing association face a rent increase. All Walsall Housing Group tenants will see their rent demand go up.

MORE than £280,000 was generated from council-run markets in Walsall over the last 12 months, new figures reveal today.

Metal cages used for transporting milk have become the latest target for thieves who are costing dairies £4 million a year, it emerged today.

Traffic congestion in Stafford is to be tackled with the help of a £4 million cash grant from the Government.

Wolverhampton heroine Lisa Potts is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her charity, Believe to Achieve.

Competitons and promotions are ever popular in the Express & Star. Cathy Spencer reports for Local Newspaper Week.

Whether you have snapped up a free pasty with your paper or enjoyed afternoon tea at the Ritz, the promotions department is the team to thank.

A lifesize cruise liner will dock in Birmingham’s Victoria Square for a stunning new outdoor live performance to mark the opening of the London 2012 Festival.

Setting up a business in this current economic climate is a difficult task for anyone.

West Bromwich Albion today announced property search company Zoopla as their new shirt sponsors after ditching Bodog a year into a two-year deal.