A fire-ravaged school in Bilston will be rebuilt after councillors gave the multi-million pound plan the nod.

A serial thief who stole hundreds of pounds of fuel from filling station forecourts across the region was behind bars today.

The prison sentences given to Neil Hickman and Myles Holder, who wrecked the life of an innocent teenager by smashing a vodka bottle over his head and stamping on him, were today criticised by the victim’s mother.

Two thugs who wrecked the life of an innocent teenager, crashing a vodka bottle over his head and stamping on him, have been locked up.

The number of people across the Midlands convicted of animal cruelty has soared by nearly a quarter in the past 12 months, it emerged today.

The site of a notorious murder in Bilston is among more than £1 million of properties across the Black Country to come under the hammer at an auction at Villa Park this week.

Bilston is bidding to have its very own elected town council for the first time in over 40 years, it emerged today. Groups in the town are drawing up proposals to set up the new council, Lord Bilston revealed.

Thousands of residents will take to streets around the Black Country and Staffordshire this weekend for parades and events to celebrate St George’s Day.

The decline of Wolverhampton’s indoor market has been halted after bosses revealed they brought in £89,000 more than they expected to in the past year.

Tipton and Coseley Building Society today announced its assets grew by 4.18 per cent in 2011.