Major roadworks on a busy dual carriageway in South Staffordshire mean it will not need to be maintained for around 20 years, bosses said today.

A mountain of grit worth more than £1 million has been left over at councils in the Black Country and Staffordshire after the warmest winter for years.

A powerful new grit solution which continues to tackle ice and snow even when temperatures plummet as low as -10 degrees is being trialled in Staffordshire.

The mini heatwave across the Midlands is tricking fruit, plants and shrubs into thinking a second spring has arrived and causing them to bloom for a second time.

A Roman silver snake ring and rare Iron Age gold coins have been unearthed in two Staffordshire villages by metal detecting enthusiasts.

Busy doing nothing this summer? Well don’t be as reporter Charlotte Cross has sought out plenty of ways for you to spend your time in the Midlands.

A jack-knifed lorry caused chaos when it closed the northbound carriageway of the M6 between Gailey and Stafford today.

Three men have been arrested after a high-speed motorway chase ended in a quiet Staffordshire village.