Tributes were paid to-day to a former England water polo star from the Midlands who has died at the age of 75.

A poet, editor and artist who started a nationally-acclaimed poetry magazine has died at the age of 69.

Around 17 drivers a day have been caught speeding on just seven miles of the M5 since the start of a £9.32 million roadworks scheme, it emerged today.

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

Dozens of new jobs are to be created in the Midlands as an accident repair firm relocates and a new fleet of Midland Metro trams will be built in the region.

Drivers will face disruptions on a busy stretch of the M6 in the Black Country as a month-long £1.5million resurfacing scheme takes place.

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.

A hat-trick of local amateur fighters were today preparing for the national stages of the ABA Schoolboys competition as the dust settled on the Midlands finals.

Thieves have struck at a Royal British Legion club twice in one week, stealing metal and charity raffle prizes.