Two terrapins have had miraculous escapes after ending up in a rubbish plant in Walsall.

Aldridge-based  In-Comm Training & Business Services has became the first provider in the West Midlands to be recognised under the new Training Excellence scheme.

A couple who claimed £78,000 in benefits while failing to declare they were married were today starting prison terms.

The site for a planned probation hostel in Moxley was today revealed – as it emerged a petition with more than 1,500 names has already been drawn up.

Paralympic swimming sensation Ellie Simmonds will be travelling in style to her training sessions ahead of this year’s games.

An accountant is facing jail after admitting a £195,000 fraud at the Aldridge firm she worked for.

Our am dram guru Alison Norton casts her expert eye over the shows that you should be looking out for this week.

A car left the road and crashed into the bay window of a home.

A driver had a lucky esc-ape when a tree crashed down on his car in high winds.

From a bobby to a boxing coach, people from all walks of life in the Black Country and Staffordshire have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s honours list.