A shop manager stole more than £19,000 in takings from the branch of 99p Stores he ran and then gambled it away at a casino, a court was told.

Whether she is taking on the world’s best athletes at the Olympics or doing a photo shoot for a men’s magazine, Louise Hazel takes it all in her stride.

Tracy Harrison grew up in a Willenhall council house where a dinner of egg and chips was the highlight of the week.

Budget department store chain TJ Hughes was today placed into administration, putting the fate of more than 300 staff in the  Midlands in the balance.

Three female police officers who tackled armed robbers during an audacious bank raid in Birmingham involving a JCB digger are to receive the Medal of Valour.

Multi-million pound plans for a new super-fast bus network across the Black Country and Birmingham were revealed today.

Two men were facing life in jail today for the gun murder of an innocent Black Country bar owner following a trivial row over a laser pen.

An alleged gunman accused of shooting dead a father outside the Wolverhampton bar he owned has told a jury he was at home at the time of the killing.

Multi-million-pound plans have been submitted for a new 5,000-seater stand at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium.

A rusty Harley Davidson was among 45 tons of junk pulled from canals during a clean-up in the Black Country, it was revealed today.