Hundreds of homes have been left without a phone line after metal thieves stole copper cabling. BT bosses today revealed three cables were cut in Bradley in Bilston, with 260 homes including those in Tipton and Coseley affected.

A bomb believed to have been used when the Black Country suffered one of the heaviest air raids of the First World War is now on display.

Children claiming to have lost a football are being used as decoys in distraction burglaries targeting elderly people the Black Country.

Canals in the Black Country and Birmingham are being restored as part of a £50 million programme to maintain the nation’s 2,000-mile canal and river network.

Public faith in the safeguarding of vulnerable children is damaged and will not be repaired until tragedies such as the murder of Ryan Lovell-Hancox are eradicated, an MP said today.

Metal thieves caused around £6,000 of damage by stealing underground electricity cables from a Wolverhampton school.

Michael Bradley’s loan deal at Villa could yet become a permanent arrangement – despite his lack of first-team action since joining the club.

The body of a man has been found in a Wolverhampton park by a 10-year-old boy.

Metal thieves have struck 18 times at homes and schools in Wolverhampton in less than a month, ripping out mains cables, copper piping and lead flashing.

The killer of a three-year-old Wolverhampton boy this afternoon failed in a Court of Appeal attempt to overturn his murder conviction.