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All aboard for a fun-filled family day at Dudley's Very Light Railway - here's everything you need to know

BCIMO will be flinging open its doors this weekend for a spectacular Family Day - expect train rides, music, activities and plenty of food and drinks.

Entertainment|19 hours ago

Coventry VLR and overhead charger

'I love James Bond so much I turned a room in my Wolverhampton home into a shrine to my favourite fictional spy'

Entertainment|May 11

Baker Ruth Redgate, owner of Hunnypot Cottage Bakery

'I started my artisan bakery business in Staffordshire after my children bought me a bread making course'

Food and Drink|May 4

Daniel Cox as Max and Richard Cooper at Leo in Tinkers Farm Opera's production of "The Producers."

It's Am Dram Time and "The Producers" is guaranteed to make us laugh!

Entertainment|Apr 28

Celebrating independent traders: Cannock bridal boutique is the perfect fit

Features|Apr 27

Mark Andrews: Contentment is a 25-year-old flip-phone

Mark Andrews|Apr 26

Meet the Staffordshire arborist transforming unique trees into bespoke furniture

Features|Apr 20

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Kinky Boots is ay Birmingham Hippodrome from Tuesday, April 15 until Saturday, April 19

Strictly star makes acting debut as blockbuster Kinky Boots hits the stage in Birmingham

Entertainment|Apr 13

We visit the independent fragrance and body care shop proving a hit with visitors to Bewdley

'I'm keeping an old tradition alive' - Staffordshire saddle maker impresses industry judges

Monster truck driver Rebecca Schnell

All fired up as monster trucks roll into Birmingham for shows

Entertainment|Mar 30

Petra the Blue Peter dog celebrates her sixth birthday with Valerie Singleton

Mark Andrews: With Blue Peter on its last legs, it's no wonder the country's going to the dogs

Mark Andrews|Mar 29

We meet a Bridgnorth woodworker who turns unwanted timber into beautiful works of art

We visit the quirky gift shop causing a buzz in Staffordshire that is based in a shepherds hut

Features|Mar 16

Phoebe Warner, Football Participation Officer for
Inclusion & Pathways, plays for West Bromwich Albion

International Women's Day 2025: Shropshire team is scoring a bright future for womens’ football

A 1940's event will take place at Brierley Hill Market Hall this weekend. Carol Davies and Roger Adams.

Brierley Hill Market to hold vintage 1940s day this weekend full of fun and dancing

Entertainment|Mar 6

Bergerac is back after a 35-year hiatus

Mark Andrews: It's Bergerac, Jim, but not as we know it

Frontage of a Marks and Spencer's store on the high street

M&S expected to shed light on cost of cyber attack hit

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Protesters hold up signs which read "don't prescribe suicide" and "anorexia is not a terminal illness" in Westminster

MP ‘will not be complicit’ in approving assisted dying law in safeguards call

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Bicester Motion fire

Tributes left at ex-RAF base where fire killed firefighters and member of public

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MPs in the Commons after a debate on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

MPs vote in favour of assisted dying opt-out for all healthcare workers

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A general view of water dripping out of a kitchen tap.

Anglian receives record £1.42m fine for drinking water failures

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Sir Keir Starmer visits Albania

PM speaks to Trump and European allies to ‘closely align’ response to Russia

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Primary six teacher Lyndsay Ellis (left) with Ukrainian teacher Anzhelika Lishchenko (right), during training in Poland

Primary school pupils begin reading partnership with Ukrainian children

Viral news|May 11

Kris Baillie pictured outside Fife's Seescape

Partially-sighted man to travel across UK to raise funds for Fife charity

Viral news|May 11

School pupils hold up a Ukrainian flag

Co Antrim pupils building lasting links with Ukrainian school

Viral news|May 11

Crowds watch illuminations during the Bealtaine Fire Festival at the Hill of Uisneach in Co Westmeath

Spectators gather for ancient Celtic fire procession that welcomes summer

Viral news|May 11

Kevin Beresford has devoted 12 months entirely to the industrial action blighting his home city for his calendar called "Rats The Size of Cats".

Britain's 'dullest man' selling merchandise dedicated to the Birmingham bin strikes

Birmingham|May 7

The Royal Mint VE Day commemorative 50p coin

Coins to mark 80 years since VE Day launched by Royal Mint

Viral news|Apr 30

Karim Khan

ICC chief prosecutor to step down during probe into sexual misconduct claims

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Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia end after less than two hours – officials

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Sexual Misconduct Diddy

Cassie returns to witness stand in Sean Combs trial amid concern about pregnancy

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Officials gathered around a table

Ukrainian official accuses Russia of making unacceptable demands at peace talks

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Israeli soldiers work on tanks and APCs at a staging area near the border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel

Israeli strikes kill at least 93 in Gaza as Trump wraps up Middle East visit

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A charter communications van in St Louis, US

US cable giants Charter and Cox pursue 34.5 billion dollar merger

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