Five stores in the Black Country that closed down when a DIY chain went into administration face an uncertain future after failing to attract new tenants.

The traditional warm glow of the humble street light has cast an orange haze over the skyline of the West Midlands for as long as most can remember.

Traders are turning their backs on Walsall town centre, blighted by vacant shops, to set up in the surrounding districts instead, figures revealed today.

A fraudster took her family on a dream sunshine holiday on an Indian ocean island after her crime was uncovered by financial experts, furious former workmates revealed today.

Our am dram guru Alison Norton casts her expert eye over the shows that you should be looking out for, including Les Liaisons Dangereuses in Kidderminster, A Mother’s Ransom in Shrewsbury, The Witches of Ruddigore in Leamore, The Cat’s Meow in Aldridge and Parade in Wolverhampton.

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.