A £2.2 million roadworks project was today announced on a busy dual carriageway near Wolverhampton –  which will see drivers sent on a 17-mile diversion and cause weeks of disruptions.

More than 77,000 homes and businesses across the Black Country are to benefit from super-fast broadband as part of a major expansion by telecoms giant BT.

A decision on a £355 million Jaguar Land Rover engine plant in Wolverhampton is due to be made just days before Christmas, it can be revealed today.

Bus passengers today claimed a victory in their fight to improve services in Wolverhampton following the launch of the city’s £22.5 million new terminus.

Encompassing almost 300 acres in a patchwork of sites crying out for regeneration, these two maps show where the Enterprise Zones that businesses will be encouraged to move to in return for a business rate holiday and relaxed planning rules.

A disgraced Black Country accountant jailed after pocketing more than £276,000 from the life insurance and pension policies of a murdered man has written begging letters from prison asking former customers to send him cash.

Seven weeks of roadworks are coming to one of Wolverhampton’s busiest roads.

Smartly lining up for their photograph to be taken in their uniforms and berets, it is hard to imagine these young airmen are actually schoolboys.

They are the bane of every driver’s life and an unwelcome sight on the roads every winter – potholes.

Dozens of new jobs are to be created at a major Black Country aeroplane systems manufacturer in the new year, it has been revealed.