Prizefighter hopefuls Dean Harrison and Young Mutley will be fighting for their futures when they compete at Wolverhampton Civic Hall.

More patients than expected are dying at three out of five hospital trusts in the West Midlands and Staffordshire, latest NHS figures show.

A baby boom in Wolverhampton has sent delivery figures at New Cross Hospital soaring, pushing the maternity unit more than £200,000 over budget, it emerged today.

Thieves are preying on hospital patients in the Black Country and Staffordshire, with everything from wedding rings to cash having been reported stolen in a year.

Councils are causing thousands of cases of bed blocking in the region’s hospitals, it emerged today. Social services departments are failing to quickly carry out assessments and get places at care homes ready for patients.

Hospitals across the Black Country and Staffordshire are gearing up to cope with outbreaks of the winter vomiting bug norovirus.

A 20-year-old cook found motionless in bed by her boyfriend as he went to give her a kiss died as a result of natural causes, a coroner has ruled.

Concerns were today raised over emergency patient care in the Midlands after hospitals in the region were exposed for having higher than average death rates.

Hospitals in the West Midlands are frantically preparing for the closure of Stafford Hospital’s accident and emergency department by attempting to find extra beds and staff.

An 82-year-old woman suffered a severe stroke in hospital that went untreated for five days, an inquest heard.