Children from nine schools in Wolverhampton will be taking part in a world record breaking attempt on Wednesday for the most people signing and singing a song simultaneously.

Three schools in South Staffordshire have joined forces and formed a federation – putting an end to fears one could be closed.

Our am dram guru Alison Norton casts her expert eye over the shows that you should be looking out for this week – including the Madness musical Our House, pantos Jack and the Beanstalk and Dick Whittington and the Richard Harris thriller Two Minds.

Telegraph poles and trees were torn down, thousands of homes were left without power and there was chaos on the road and rail network as 60mph winds gave the Midlands a fresh battering today.

Drivers illegally using a single bus lane in a Staffordshire village were caught 80 times this year, figures revealed today. Across the rest of the county just four people were fined for using other bus lanes – prompting questions about whether they are really necessary.

A man was stabbed in the chest and back after two groups armed themselves with knives, baseball bats and milk bottles for a pre-arranged fight in South Staffordshire, a court heard.

A new super-headteacher will be appointed at the helm of three schools in South Staffordshire as part of a shake-up of education in the district, it was revealed today.

Controversial plans to close a South Staffordshire middle school have been scrapped by education bosses amid furious protests, it was revealed today.

Bus users in a South Staffordshire village will be left out in the cold as part of the reorganisation of Wolverhampton bus services ahead of the new station opening on Sunday, it emerged today.

A long-standing parish council clerk from South Staffordshire, who grew up with Wolves legend Billy Wright, has died. Colin Bennett was aged 84.