A West Midland museum was devastated today by a blaze that half gutted a workshop, sending flames shooting through the roof.

Tributes have been paid to a 12-year-old boy who died after falling 20ft into a canal lock at a Midland beauty spot.

Visitors to West Midland museums, art galleries and other attractions will be able to see them in a new light over the weekend — at dusk.

A Midland village will become radio soap’s best-loved village Ambridge for the day during a special anniversary edition of Gardeners’ Question Time.

Controversial plans for a £120 million incinerator in a Midland village have been given the go-ahead today despite an outcry from residents.

Thousands of pupils are getting an extended Christmas holiday this week – after burst pipes at 10 schools forced them to close.

A well-loved swan that had lived on the pool at a Black Country housing estate for at least 23 years has died after being savaged by a dog.

Imagine standing in a room where the thigh bone of a woolly mammoth is on one side of you and all the furniture from the Cadbury family home is on the other.

A retired haulage firm boss lost control of his car after suffering a heart attack or palpitations at the wheel causing a crash in which he and his wife died, an inquest ruled.

It was the decade that saw lino-covered floors, cigarette coupons and England win the World Cup – and now the essence of the 1960s has been captured in an exhibition.