Teen reggae band Musical Youth are recording a comeback album – 30 years after the baby-faced youngsters, all from the Midlands, topped the charts.

Police today revealed they have made 10 further arrests in connection with the riots which rocked parts of the West Midlands last summer.

A security guard today spoke of the terrifying moment he was attacked and tied up by a gang of robbers at a Black Country scrapyard.

Thousands of UK shop workers – scores of them in Staffordshire and the Black Country – today faced the prospect of losing their jobs in the collapse of budget fashion chain Peacocks.

A university student who ran a £25,000-a-month fake headphone racket from his Sandwell home was today starting a 12-month jail sentence.

A mother was three times over the alcohol limit, speeding, and driving on the wrong side of the road when her car hit another head on, killing her and three other people, an inquest heard.

Vandals and yobs have caused grieving families extra heartache with more than £100,000 of criminal damage reported at graveyards across the West Midlands in less than 12 months, it emerged today.

A car dealer was today facing jail for selling ‘clocked’ cars and insurance write-offs.

Libraries in Sandwell borough face having their hours slashed as part of cost-cuttting measures announced today.

A former bookmaker’s assistant died after he tripped and banged his head while on holiday in Spain, an inquest heard.