A selection of Sandwell nostaligia photographs which are available to purchase online from the Express & Star.

A jealous father stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in Blackheath following a two-year relationship of violence, a court heard.

Thousands of pounds is set to be spent improving security at a Black Country cemetery after concerns were raised by visitors.

Detailed £4 million plans are being drawn up to double the size of an over-subscribed park and ride at a train station in the West Midlands – with transport bosses announcing work is expected to start next year.

Almost half of ambulances serving Sandwell residents are taking more than 30 minutes to offload patients, despite improvements in waiting times, latest figures show.

Patients’ personal details have been leaked dozens of times at hospitals in the Black Country and Staffordshire – including a computer being hacked into and a foster mother’s address being handed to the child’s parent – it was revealed today.

Wolves reserve left-back Scott Malone was today set to seal a £150,000 move to Bournemouth.

Seven Albion football thugs who clashed with rival Wolves supporters and police at a Black Country pub were today each beginning 16-month jail sentences.

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Police are hunting a man who is on the run after absconding from an open prison.