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Three men arrested on suspicion of murder after man stabbed

Queueing traffic at Junction 10a on the M6

Breaking M6 southbound congestion after accident near Walsall and Wolverhampton

Three men have been arrested in connection with a suspected theft in Hemel Hempstead

Man arrested on suspicion of drug driving after young boy hit by car

Lisa Smith faces a £267 parking bill for tending to a sick baby

Emergency nurse hit with £267 parking bill for tending to sick baby

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for strong winds. Photo: Marina Gordejeva - stock.adobe.com

Yellow wind warning: Times and what to expect in the West Midlands

Credit: West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Teenager knocked down in hit-and-run - police appeal for information

33 pictures of life around Wolverhampton and the Black Country in 1970

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Walsall power cut

More than 100 Walsall homes without power due to fault

Two areas of Birmingham facing disruption to water supplies

Walsall Council to enter contract with ‘failing’ housing provider

A rare Marvel comic goes to auction in Lichfield on November 2

Rare comic to be auctioned with predicted sale price of over £1k

How life-threatening emergency at local pub led to community campaign

Mike O'Shea - new managing director at Steelway

Wolverhampton-based manufacturer Steelway appoints new MD

Mr Souvlaki is a finalist in the 15th Kebab Awards

Birmingham restaurant announced as finalist in British Kebab Awards

Buildings deluged in sludge in Devighat in Nepal's Nuwakot district after flash floods hit the area in August. More than 1,400 bodies have been found and thousands more are still missing. Picture: Prabin Ranabhat

University student struggling to pay tuition fees after Nepal floods

Artist's impression of the New Park Village estate, Wolverhampton

Building work starts on 98 council homes as part of £42m redevelopment

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National theatre performance at Wolverhampton College

National Theatre production heads to City of Wolverhampton College

Councillor Harris Khaliq chased down the fly-tippers

Watch: Fuming council bin boss chases fly-tippers caught dumping sofa

Peter Hill from West Bromwich has forked out around £336,0000 drinking on the world's longest pub crawl has celebrated reaching his 25,000th boozer.

West Midlands man on world's longest pub crawl reaches 25,000th pub

Tom Decker with knitted traffic officer in Fillongley, Warwickshire.

West Midlands villagers install fake knitted speed cameras

Nostalgia

21 nostalgic pictures that prove the good old days were never dull
A trip down memory lane packed with fun, familiar faces and pictures to make you grin

Walsall Illuminations in 1955 featured a depiction of Gulliver in Lilliput

Plus When hundreds of thousands flocked to the bright lights of Walsall

Penn Common is the gateway between Wolverhampton and south Staffordshire

Five things I love about the Wolverhampton neighbourhood I call home

Business

The first 100 customers to come through the doors following a ribbon cutting ceremony were given a free reusable cup.

Watch: New Starbucks opens in Staffordshire town with long queues

Adam Bates of PTS Group

High-tech equipment helps Stafford firm to expand testing capabilities

West Mids toy store to open KPop Demon Hunters pop-up experience

L-R: Andrew Goddon, Paul Hawksley, Philip Munk (all TWP) with James Beardmore (of DJH)

DJH expands southern footprint with largest ever acquisition

Education

Black Country Apprenticeship Awards 2025 at the Copthorne Hotel, Brierley Hill. Pictured: Winner: Lucy Barford of Wolverhampton Council and Natasha Parbhakar (School of Coding & AI)

Finalists revealed for Black Country Apprenticeship Awards 2026

Bee friendly scheme buzzes into local Stafford Schools

Bee-friendly scheme for Stafford schools

Caitlin and guide dog, Honey take to the stage for Caitlin's graduation from University of Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton University graduate wins European bronze with England

An Image By Sure Architecture Of How The Proposed New Hotel And Offices Could Look At Weston Road Stafford

Major transformation of former uni campus among planning applications

A new pilot scheme aimed at improving safety outside schools and supporting safer journeys for children, parents and carers will launch in November

CCTV to catch drivers flouting school parking rules in pilot scheme

Telford Park School mural

Plus Inside the West Midlands school that celebrates every child's journey

Your World

Care UK’s Foxland Grange welcomes the community for board games activity

Wolverhampton care home residents enjoy games with local community

The 'Bostin Christmas Card Competition

Children invited to design Dudley Mayor's official Christmas cards

Henry VIII played brilliantly by Jack Abbot

King Henry VIII brings Tudor history to life at Rugeley church

The copy of The Avengers #1 from 1963

Rare 1963 Avengers comic to go under the hammer in Staffordshire

Politics

Birmingham Green councillor and cabinet member for finance Chris Garghan

Council’s leaders hail recovery despite forecast £88m black hole

Councillors Simran Cheema (left) and Richard Tapper

Walsall's busiest councillors since local elections revealed

Donald Trump continues to move ever closer to Vladimir Putin

How much more money should UK commit to conflicts we cannot control? Roshan Doug

Walsall Council House

Reform’s ’embarrassing’ Walsall Council dress code proposal rejected

Conservative councillors Robert Alden and Gareth Moore outside Erdington Library.

Major Birmingham library transformation project hit by delay

Network rail workers inspect the track and embankment after the Stourbridge wildfire

Call for BBQ ban and fire-fighting planes after Stourbridge wildfire

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Stacey Solomon has called the Shark PowerDetect Transformer PowerTrio System the “vacuum of dreams”, praising its powerful suction and versatile design - and fans can get £160 off with an exclusive code.

Stacey Solomon loves this powerful Shark ‘vacuum of dreams’

Health

Jahsiah Taylor-Johnson, who has undergone chemotherapy for a tumour on his eye

One-month-old baby undergoes chemo after rare cancer found early

Children's tooth decay worse than national average in Sandwell and Walsall, and fewer children see an NHS dentist

Black Country towns with worst child tooth decay rates revealed

Debate to be held on new multi-million-pound medical hub in Bilston

PICTURE POSED MY MODEL: A general view of a man smoking a cigarette.(Photo from Jonathan Brady/PA Images)

Shropshire smokers spend about £71.4 million a year on cigarettes

Cannock Chase MP Josh Newbury

End lottery of miscarriage care: MP raises couple's plight in Commons

Boss Nathan Huband, left, saved the life of scaffolder Raj Soni

Dudley scaffolding boss saves life of father-of-eight at work

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