A controversial mobile phone mast is to remain in Pheasey after council chiefs were thwarted in a High Court bid to get it pulled down. A judge has ruled there should be no judicial review over the 45ft mast.

More than £7 million is to be ploughed into refurbishing and renovating schools across one Black Country borough in the next 12 months.

Bogus rat catchers are targeting residents in a Black Country town, with some elderly victims duped out of hundreds of pounds.

A violent robber who attacked elderly women in their own homes in the West Midlands – and who police suspected was behind identical attacks in Walsall – must serve at least nine years in jail.

Two teenagers have been locked up for a total of 12 and a half years after spraying a woman in the face with pepper spray and trying to steal her car.

A hooded gang of shotgun-toting robbers who stole high-powered cars from women while roaming the West Midlands wearing bullet-proof vests were today facing lengthy prison sentences.

Violent criminals have snatched valuables in 10 attacks in a West Midland neighbourhood.