A mother of five has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years after a court heard she kept her rabbits in “filthy” hutches and failed to get them proper treatment for painful ear mites.

These pictures are the first glimpse of how a multi-million pound light rail network between Brierley Hill and Stourbridge could look under new plans.

Libraries in Sandwell borough face having their hours slashed as part of cost-cuttting measures announced today.

A new concept sports car to be manufactured from components made in and around the West Midlands was being launched in India today.

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.

Dozens of mothers and fathers in the Black Country were given the very best present possible, as they welcomed their own Christmas Day bundles of joy.

A legal bid to overturn controversial plans to close a Black Country fire station and axe a 24-hour crew will go ahead after it was revealed lawyers will take up the case.

A popular chippie is serving up a dose of Christmas spirit in the form of battered mince pies and Christmas pudding.

Six men were arrested after two metal thefts in Sandwell on the same night.

When Simon Martin married a woman 40 years his senior, few thought their relationship would go the distance.