Residents in Wyre Forest district are being asked for their views on plans to turn off – or dim – street lights at night to save money.

A motorcyclist whose girlfriend is expecting their baby in 12 weeks’ time was killed in a crash – just hours before he was due to hand the bike to a new owner.

A former hairdresser who was inspired to become a care worker after visiting her grandmother at a care home has won a national award.

Kidderminster Harriers’ academy will lift a trophy in their first year of existence if they can win the Worcestershire FA Midweek under-18s League Cup final.

Local schools stepped forward to join a special campaign to help some of the world’s poorest children, simply by having a school meal.

Fighter jets were seen across the skies of the West Midlands as part of security preparations for the forthcoming Olympic Games.

A hundred Girl Guides and Brownies crammed into a Midland nursing home to sing to their former leader on her 100th birthday.

The hunt for the killer of Midland schoolteacher Betty Yates is set to go national with a TV appeal on the BBC’s Crimewatch tonight.

Detectives hunting the murderer of a retired teacher from Bewdley have received two anonymous letters claiming to reveal information about the tragedy – as they revealed the pensioner may have known her killer.

Detectives hunting the killer of retired Bewdley teacher Betty Yates today released an image of a jacket she was last seen wearing as they try to piece together her final movements.