A former care home in a Wolverhampton suburb has cost taxpayers £134,000 in the four years that it has been sitting empty.

Two temporary directors who were costing taxpayers £800 a day to work at Wolverhampton City Council have had their contracts extended until March 2013, it was revealed today.

More than 30 jobs will be cut at Wolverhampton City Council next year with dozens more likely to follow, it was revealed today.

Jet-setting council staff in the Black Country clocked up tens of thousands of air miles on official business last year –with short-haul flights up more than 250 per cent on the previous year at one authority.

A Midland council will axe a day’s paid holiday given as a reward if staff do not call in sick, it was revealed today.

Plans to spend £866,000 to create jobs for young people in Wolverhampton are set to be approved.

Jaguar Land Rover today confirmed plans for a £355million engine plant in Wolverhampton. Shaun Jepson reports.

Thousands of pounds is being spent by councils stocking up on grit for the winter. Council chiefs in Walsall have bought 3,200 tons of grit this year.

A decade-long feud between Tesco and Sainsbury’s in Wolverhampton ended today after the supermarkets came to a deal over disputed land.

High street fashion store TK Maxx today announced it was shutting its store in Wolverhampton city centre to move to a new one in Wednesfield.