Adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes officially opened a £3.5 million college centre in Staffordshire and talked to students about his achievements.

Jobless queues in Wolverhampton are getting longer, new figures revealed today – bucking the national trend of unemployment falling for the first time in almost a year.

Roadside cafés, flower sellers and ice cream vans in South Staffordshire will have to fork out hundreds of pounds each in licence fees under new plans.

The long-awaited electrification of the rail line between Walsall, Cannock and Rugeley is at risk after the West Midlands region was snubbed in a £10 billion plan of national projects.

Fly-tippers plaguing the streets and country lanes of South Staffordshire have been targeted by a dedicated action team – leading to a 50 per cent drop in the number of reports over the past four years, new figures revealed today.

Around 20 cars and vans parked along a road in a South Staffordshire village have had their tyres slashed overnight.

A 21-year-old man was appearing in court today in connection with an armed robbery at the luxury home of a South Staffordshire businessman.

A Grade II-listed church in South Staffordshire that has become a magnet for metal thieves will be stripped of its lead and given a makeover, it emerged today.

A legend of the Midlands club scene was remembered as six musical acts went head to head in West Bromwich for the second annual Jack Stain Memorial Trophy.

A former adult education centre in South Staffordshire being touted as a possible hotel or wedding venue has had its price tag slashed by £350,000 in a bid to attract a buyer.