An attacker, who stormed into a supermarket armed with an arsenal of knives and a modified hockey stick with a blade on the end, has been given a hospital order.

Four determined slimmers were today preparing to do battle to shed as much weight as possible over the coming month and be crowned the Midlands’ Biggest Loser.

Birmingham’s former British middleweight champion Wayne Elcock has picked a Black Country school as the place to announce his retirement from boxing.

The career of disgraced Wolves teenager Jamie Reckord will not be hit by his suspended prison sentence.

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.

A teenage Wolves footballer has admitted assaulting another man in a street brawl.

A Territorial Army recruit who suffered shrapnel wounds while in Afghanistan was today beginning a 20-month prison sentence for a £45,000 fraud at the West Midland bank where he worked.

A postman in the Black Country who hoarded almost 4,500 items of mail in the boot of his car as he struggled to keep up with deliveries has been ordered to carry out 250 hours community service.

The family of a Wolverhampton motorcyclist killed in a tragic accident today paid tribute to him as a loving and dedicated father.

Lloyds Bank today delivered more devastating jobs news, revealing it will shed 15,000 staff by 2014.