Litter bins worth thousands of pounds have been stolen by metal thieves or damaged in Staffordshire and the Black Country last year, it has emerged.

Motorists were today facing months of hold-ups as several sets of roadworks kicked off across the Black Country and South Staffordshire.

TV superfan Mark Wilson has proven his devotion to a popular show – by hustling his way on set for a guest appearance.

Thousands of young people from schools across the region are being invited to find out about apprenticeship schemes at a series of events this week.

Weekly bin collections are to be protected in parts of the West Midlands as councils bid for millions of pounds of Government cash to maintain the number of rounds. Fortnightly rounds will stay in South Staffordshire.

A severe weather warning was today issued for the West Midlands, with heavy snow expected to blanket the region over the weekend.

Around £102 million of council tax and business rates went uncollected in the West Midlands last year, a new study has found.

Train services in the Black Country and Staffordshire could be cut when the deal to run the West Coast Main Line is renewed later this year, it emerged today.

A man was airlifted to hospital after his hand became trapped in machinery at a Wednesbury factory.

A driver in his 70s has died after his car went out of control on a bend, hit metal bollards in West Bromwich and then flipped over on to its side today.