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Coronavirus: Black Country and Birmingham death toll leaps by 44 per cent

Coronavirus: Black Country and Birmingham death toll leaps by 44 per cent

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Wolverhampton woman lands back in UK after being trapped on coronavirus cruise ship

Wolverhampton woman lands back in UK after being trapped on coronavirus cruise ship

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Tributes paid to well-known Wolverhampton bishops after deaths 24 hours apart

Tributes paid to well-known Wolverhampton bishops after deaths 24 hours apart

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Latest number of coronavirus deaths and confirmed cases in your area

Latest number of coronavirus deaths and confirmed cases in your area

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 8 hours ago

Black Country Labour figures hail the end of the Corbyn era

Black Country Labour figures hail the end of the Corbyn era

Politics | Last updated: 10 hours ago

'We are literally begging for help to get home': Black Country couple unable to leave Cambodia

'We are literally begging for help to get home': Black Country couple unable to leave Cambodia

Walsall | Last updated: 8 hours ago

Coronavirus: Support in your area

Star Neighbour: Who is supporting your community during the coronavirus outbreak and how you can help

Find out what your community is doing to support those affected by coronavirus and how you can help.

Coronavirus | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Drive-through coronavirus testing available in Wolverhampton for £249

Drive-through coronavirus testing available in Wolverhampton for £249

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Coronavirus: Latest updates from second Saturday of life under lockdown

Coronavirus: Latest updates from second Saturday of life under lockdown

Coronavirus | Last updated: 8 hours ago

Sir Keir Starmer wins Labour leadership contest

Sir Keir Starmer wins Labour leadership contest

Politics | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Birmingham’s Nightingale Hospital to be operational within days

Birmingham’s Nightingale Hospital to be operational within days

Birmingham | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Keir Starmer: Who is Labour’s next leader?

Keir Starmer: Who is Labour’s next leader?

Politics | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Emergency food deliveries in full flow in Wolverhampton

Emergency food deliveries in full flow in Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Top 10 Birmingham bus lane fine hotspots revealed

Top 10 Birmingham bus lane fine hotspots revealed

Birmingham | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Bloxwich motorcyclist, 18, died from head injury, inquest hears

Bloxwich motorcyclist, 18, died from head injury, inquest hears

Bloxwich | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Coronavirus: Passengers disembark from cruise ships in Florida

Coronavirus: Passengers disembark from cruise ships in Florida

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 15 hours ago

'We feel ignored': Black Country tourists stranded in India still don't know when they will get home

'We feel ignored': Black Country tourists stranded in India still don't know when they will get home

Coronavirus | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Coroner's report calls for review after woman's death at Tipton care home

Coroner's report calls for review after woman's death at Tipton care home

Tipton | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Star Neighbour: Who is supporting your community during the coronavirus outbreak and how you can help

Star Neighbour: Who is supporting your community during the coronavirus outbreak and how you can help

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 6 hours ago

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Coronavirus: What do we know about antibody tests?

Coronavirus: What do we know about antibody tests?

Coronavirus | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Huge disparity in councillor caseloads at Sandwell Council

Huge disparity in councillor caseloads at Sandwell Council

Sandwell | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Mark Andrews on Saturday: Nightingale shows what can be done

Mark Andrews on Saturday: Nightingale shows what can be done

Opinions | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Elderly woman found dead at Smethwick house

Elderly woman found dead at Smethwick house

Smethwick | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Midland family get crafty for furry friends

Midland family get crafty for furry friends

Stourbridge | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Sight loss charity Beacon launches urgent appeal during coronavirus pandemic

Sight loss charity Beacon launches urgent appeal during coronavirus pandemic

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 20 hours ago

You don’t need a medal to prove you are a hero

You don’t need a medal to prove you are a hero

Opinions | Last updated: 20 hours ago

It was love at first sight for diamond couple Edna and Patrick

It was love at first sight for diamond couple Edna and Patrick

Wednesbury | Last updated: 20 hours ago

People in need urged to join council energy scheme in Dudley

People in need urged to join council energy scheme in Dudley

Dudley | Last updated: 20 hours ago

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Crime

Up to 4,000 low-risk offenders to be temporarily released in coronavirus fight

Up to 4,000 low-risk offenders to be temporarily released in coronavirus fight

Coronavirus | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Bloxwich motorcyclist, 18, died from head injury, inquest hears

Bloxwich | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Prolific criminal recalled to prison after police discover him hiding in chest of drawers

Birmingham | Last updated: Apr 3, 2020

Business

John Lewis and Waitrose staff latest to get coronavirus bonus

John Lewis and Waitrose staff latest to get coronavirus bonus

UK News | Last updated: 12 hours ago

£561m emergency fund begins to reach West Midlands businesses

Coronavirus | Last updated: Apr 3, 2020

Wales to introduce two-metre social distancing law for places of work

UK News | Last updated: Apr 3, 2020

Education

A Year 11 student writes: Despite all the chaos, we are the lucky ones

A Year 11 student writes: Despite all the chaos, we are the lucky ones

Opinions | Last updated: Apr 2, 2020

Government campaign urges teenagers and career switchers to join NHS

Health | Last updated: Apr 2, 2020

Tributes pour in for popular and much-loved Walsall headteacher

Walsall | Last updated: Apr 1, 2020

Down Your Way

Why we're all bowled over with living in Wombourne

To ‘e’ or not to ‘e’? That is the question people in Wombourne – or Wombourn – have been debating for decades.

Features | Last updated: Feb 5, 2020

Motors

Hyundai shares more details on its sleek Prophecy concept

Hyundai shares more details on its sleek Prophecy concept

Motors | Last updated: Apr 3, 2020

Low oil price sees sharpest drop in fuel costs for 12 years

Motors | Last updated: Apr 3, 2020

Groupe PSA offers free breakdown cover for NHS staff

Motors | Last updated: Apr 3, 2020

Property

School’s temporary classroom plan approved in Willenhall

School’s temporary classroom plan approved in Willenhall

Walsall | Last updated: Apr 2, 2020

Scale of Wolverhampton's Royal Hospital development shown in aerial photograph

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Apr 1, 2020

Deal to transform derelict Wolverhampton eye infirmary agreed

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Mar 31, 2020

Health

Wolverhampton woman lands back in UK after being trapped on coronavirus cruise ship

Wolverhampton woman lands back in UK after being trapped on coronavirus cruise ship

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Tributes paid to well-known Wolverhampton bishops after deaths 24 hours apart

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 5 hours ago

John Lewis and Waitrose staff latest to get coronavirus bonus

UK News | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Latest videos

Coronavirus survivor given guard of honour as he is discharged from hospital

Coronavirus survivor given guard of honour as he is discharged from hospital

UK News | Last updated: 7 hours ago

WATCH: Thousands join #ClapforKeyWorkers in show of support amid coronavirus lockdown

WATCH: Thousands join #ClapforKeyWorkers in show of support amid coronavirus lockdown

Coronavirus | Last updated: Apr 3, 2020

Ex-Wolves skipper Danny Batth delivers hundreds of food parcels to Russells Hall Hospital

Ex-Wolves skipper Danny Batth delivers hundreds of food parcels to Russells Hall Hospital

Dudley | Last updated: Apr 3, 2020

Any Dream Will Do as Ethan, 6, praised by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Any Dream Will Do as Ethan, 6, praised by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Apr 3, 2020

Voices

Coronavirus

Express & Star comment: Time to take responsibility over coronavirus

For a while, Coronavirus – Covid-19 – was something that happened to other people many miles away. Now that’s changed.

Opinions | Last updated: Mar 3, 2020

Opinions

Mark Andrews on Saturday: Nightingale shows what can be done

Mark Andrews on Saturday: Nightingale shows what can be done

Opinions | Last updated: 16 hours ago

You don’t need a medal to prove you are a hero

You don’t need a medal to prove you are a hero

Opinions | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Peter Rhodes on counting bugs, in-your-face cops and an epitaph for garden centres

Peter Rhodes on counting bugs, in-your-face cops and an epitaph for garden centres

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Apr 3, 2020

Express & Star comment: Themes starting to emerge in lockdown

Express & Star comment: Themes starting to emerge in lockdown

/news/voices/opinions/ | Last updated: Apr 3, 2020

NSPCC worker: These are frightening times - but we can help children to get through them

NSPCC worker: These are frightening times - but we can help children to get through them

Opinions | Last updated: Apr 3, 2020

Andy Richardson: 'You get used to anything, sooner or later it just becomes your life'

Andy Richardson: 'You get used to anything, sooner or later it just becomes your life'

Opinions | Last updated: Apr 3, 2020

Readers' letters

LETTER: Be careful with pets during crisis

LETTER: Be careful with pets during crisis

Readers' letters | Last updated: Apr 3, 2020

LETTER: Us over 70s not all on our last legs

LETTER: Us over 70s not all on our last legs

Readers' letters | Last updated: Apr 2, 2020

LETTER: A poem from a Black Country mon

LETTER: A poem from a Black Country mon

Readers' letters | Last updated: Mar 11, 2020

LETTER: Anti-flood funding does not scratch the surface

LETTER: Anti-flood funding does not scratch the surface

Readers' letters | Last updated: Mar 10, 2020

LETTER: Time to invest in green jobs

LETTER: Time to invest in green jobs

Readers' letters | Last updated: Mar 6, 2020

LETTER: MPs wrong to walkout amid Coronavirus update

LETTER: MPs wrong to walkout amid Coronavirus update

Readers' letters | Last updated: Mar 5, 2020

UK News

What the papers say – April 5

What the papers say – April 5

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Oxygen incident forces hospital to block patients

Oxygen incident forces hospital to block patients

UK News | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Queen urges nation to show strength in response to coronavirus ‘challenge’

Queen urges nation to show strength in response to coronavirus ‘challenge’

UK News | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Charity appeals for donations to help elderly cope during Covid-19 pandemic

Charity appeals for donations to help elderly cope during Covid-19 pandemic

UK News | Last updated: 2 hours ago

New Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to appoint shadow cabinet

New Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to appoint shadow cabinet

UK News | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Scotland’s chief medical officer pictured visiting second home

Scotland’s chief medical officer pictured visiting second home

UK News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

When will the UK lockdown end and what needs to happen before then?

When will the UK lockdown end and what needs to happen before then?

UK News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Sir Keir Starmer to work with ministers on coronavirus and rectify ‘mistakes’

Sir Keir Starmer to work with ministers on coronavirus and rectify ‘mistakes’

UK News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

World News

Trudeau to speak with Trump over mask export ban

Trudeau to speak with Trump over mask export ban

World News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Donald Trump warns US poised for ‘a lot of death’ in coming week

Donald Trump warns US poised for ‘a lot of death’ in coming week

World News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Actress and author Patricia Bosworth dies aged 86

Actress and author Patricia Bosworth dies aged 86

World News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Knifeman kills two in attack on passers-by in France

Knifeman kills two in attack on passers-by in France

World News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Pet fostering takes off in US as coronavirus keeps people at home

Pet fostering takes off in US as coronavirus keeps people at home

World News | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Competition for supplies sharpening as pandemic worsens

Competition for supplies sharpening as pandemic worsens

World News | Last updated: 15 hours ago

The Kennedys: Fabled family dynasty has been touched by tragedy

The Kennedys: Fabled family dynasty has been touched by tragedy

World News | Last updated: 17 hours ago

China pauses to remember victims of coronavirus outbreak

China pauses to remember victims of coronavirus outbreak

World News | Last updated: 19 hours ago

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