A £36.7 million motorway flyover serving the Jaguar Land Rover engine plant in Wolverhampton will be built with a noise reducing surface, a government minister confirmed.

Calls were being made to the government today for the M54 motorway to be resurfaced to the tune of £1.5 million to cut noise to neighbours.

A motorway flyover serving the newly-approved Jaguar Land Rover engine plant would be “catastrophic” for residents living nearby, it was claimed today.

A gipsy mother-of-nine from South Staffordshire who claimed more than £63,000 of  benefits by claiming she was a single mother this afternoon avoided jail – and will take 20 years to pay back the money.

Hundreds of people in Wolverhampton and parts of South Staffordshire may not get their mail until the afternoon under changes to delivery routes announced today.

A woman was injured when her car flipped onto its roof on a busy dual carriageway in South Staffordshire today.

The Fox & Anchor. What a curious name, writes our undercover meal reviewer The Insider. It’s next to a canal, so the Anchor bit seems logical enough. The Fox is usually a reference to hunting, used by pubs with a country sports tradition.

Hopefully by now you’ve kick-started your summer into action and while many of you might be planning good times abroad, there’s still plenty of fun and frolics to be had closer to home, says Midland DJ Stuart Ojelay.

Controversial plans to expand a gipsy camp in the South Staffordshire green belt today moved closer to reality after councillors were recommended to approve them – despite officers saying it would be an “inappropriate development”.

A driver was flown to hospital after his car left the motorway in South Staffordshire, causing miles of tailbacks and hours of delays for drivers.