Life-saving teenagers, a mountain-climbing pensioner and a woman who beat back rioters from her shop doorstep were among those honoured at a ceremony celebrating unsung heroes in the Midlands.

A car being chased by police careered across three front gardens before smashing into a wall outside a family’s home.

In November last year the Midlands was gripped with freezing temperatures and the earliest snowfall for 17 years.

Two schoolgirls caused more than £11,000-worth of damage to 24 cars during a wrecking spree in Stourbridge, a court heard.

A hero teenager has been praised by a judge for saving the life of a girl who was victim to a “vicious and frenzied” attack as she walked to school in the Black Country.

The Black Country girlfriend of World Championship gold medallist Dai Greene today spoke of her pride at the sprinter’s success in yesterday’s opening games.

Up to 500 cannabis plants worth more than £100,000 were discovered in a seemingly normal house in a leafy area of Stourbridge.

Eight toilet blocks are to be closed in a Black Country borough as council bosses aim to save £150,000.

More than 200 youngsters from scouting groups across Stourbridge gathered in the town for an annual parade honouring St George’s Day.

A man charged with the attempted murder of stabbed schoolgirl Chloe West was today committed to Wolverhampton Crown Court.