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Man fights for life after being hit by car in Sedgley

Man fights for life after being hit by car in Sedgley

Sedgley | Last updated: 13 hours ago

WATCH: Motorway driver helps police pick up migrants walking 100 miles to Midlands

WATCH: Motorway driver helps police pick up migrants walking 100 miles to Midlands

Bushbury | Last updated: 23 hours ago

WATCH: Blaze rips through Wolverhampton factory

WATCH: Blaze rips through Wolverhampton factory

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 16 hours ago

'We're condemned': The families with homes to be bulldozed for freight hub

'We're condemned': The families with homes to be bulldozed for freight hub

South Staffordshire | Last updated: 13 hours ago

CCTV shows vicious assault that left teen in coma

CCTV shows vicious assault that left teen in coma

Birmingham | Last updated: 13 hours ago

Cosford Food Festival heads for another runway success - pictures and video

Cosford Food Festival heads for another runway success - pictures and video

Attractions | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Flats fire forces tenants to move after suspected arson

Flats fire forces tenants to move after suspected arson

Willenhall | Last updated: 23 hours ago

WATCH: Singing and dancing lollipop man entertains Wolverhampton street

WATCH: Singing and dancing lollipop man entertains Wolverhampton street

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Alleged Willenhall wife killer 'was aiming for her arm'

Alleged Willenhall wife killer 'was aiming for her arm'

Willenhall | Last updated: 16 hours ago

WATCH: 'Disgrace' biker caught at high speed on a pavement

WATCH: 'Disgrace' biker caught at high speed on a pavement

Tipton | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Tower block fire danger forces families from West Bromwich homes

Tower block fire danger forces families from West Bromwich homes

West Bromwich | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Gailey Freight Hub: Traffic tops fears as new images revealed at consultation

Gailey Freight Hub: Traffic tops fears as new images revealed at consultation

South Staffordshire | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Woman accused of £65k benefits fraud was 'set up by boss'

Woman accused of £65k benefits fraud was 'set up by boss'

Cannock | Last updated: 23 hours ago

‘Wonderful’ MP Eleanor Smith is backed by Jeremy Corbyn

‘Wonderful’ MP Eleanor Smith is backed by Jeremy Corbyn

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Dudley traveller's site 'will be away from homes'

Dudley traveller's site 'will be away from homes'

Dudley | Last updated: Jul 22, 2017

Anger as Dudley bus station to be made smaller in revamp

Anger as Dudley bus station to be made smaller in revamp

Dudley | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Wolverhampton charity shop fined for selling dangerous tumble dryers

Wolverhampton charity shop fined for selling dangerous tumble dryers

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Jul 22, 2017

More pupils being expelled from schools in Staffordshire and Black Country

More pupils being expelled from schools in Staffordshire and Black Country

Education | Last updated: Jul 22, 2017

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More than 40 Black Country sites get prestigious Green Flag Award

More than 40 Black Country sites get prestigious Green Flag Award

News | Last updated: Jul 22, 2017

MP Ian Austin demands truth over blood scandal

MP Ian Austin demands truth over blood scandal

Dudley | Last updated: Jul 22, 2017

Violent criminals need tougher sentences, says Staffordshire police chief

Violent criminals need tougher sentences, says Staffordshire police chief

Staffordshire | Last updated: Jul 22, 2017

Missing teen found after police appeal

Missing teen found after police appeal

Willenhall | Last updated: 14 hours ago

CCTV shows horrifying moment shotgun is fired at Wolverhampton chip shop - WATCH

CCTV shows horrifying moment shotgun is fired at Wolverhampton chip shop - WATCH

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Sandwell drugs ring JAILED: Dealer’s dial-a-drug hotline had 20,000 calls

Sandwell drugs ring JAILED: Dealer’s dial-a-drug hotline had 20,000 calls

Sandwell | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Travellers move onto Walsall beauty spot

Travellers move onto Walsall beauty spot

Walsall | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Cat thrown out of car window in Willenhall

Cat thrown out of car window in Willenhall

Willenhall | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Murderer's father's jail term upped over brutal West Bromwich robbery

Murderer's father's jail term upped over brutal West Bromwich robbery

West Bromwich | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

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Crime

Man fights for life after being hit by car in Sedgley

Man fights for life after being hit by car in Sedgley

Sedgley | Last updated: 13 hours ago

CCTV shows vicious assault that left teen in coma

Birmingham | Last updated: 13 hours ago

Flats fire forces tenants to move after suspected arson

Willenhall | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Business

Jaguar Land Rover opens new engine factory – in China

Jaguar Land Rover opens new engine factory – in China

Business | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Walsall-based HomeServe reveals strong growth so far this year

Walsall | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Century-old Willenhall scrap recycling company collapses with loss of 45 jobs

Willenhall | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Education

Students at Wolverhampton college among UK’s happiest

Students at Wolverhampton college among UK’s happiest

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Ofsted pleased with Featherstone Academy

South Staffordshire | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Booking the time to help pupils at Tettenhall school

Education | Last updated: Jul 20, 2017

Featured

Black Country flag 'racism' row: What is the flag and what does it represent?

What is the Black Country flag? Why has the Black Country flag been called 'racist'? What does the Black Country flag look like? Find out all you need to know here.

News | Last updated: Jul 19, 2017

Motors

German auto makers face EU investigation over claims of a cartel, reports suggest

German auto makers face EU investigation over claims of a cartel, reports suggest

Motors | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

When normality meets the spectacular: Traversing Norway in a Mazda CX-3

Motors | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Land Rover Show

Motors | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Property

Two former police stations sold at £12m auction

Two former police stations sold at £12m auction

Birmingham | Last updated: Jul 22, 2017

Dudley's Cavendish House to finally be demolished

Dudley | Last updated: Jul 20, 2017

‘Madness’ to build homes on ex-dump in Dudley

Tipton | Last updated: Jul 20, 2017

Health

Grenfell Tower fire: Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital cladding fails safety test

Grenfell Tower fire: Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital cladding fails safety test

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Jul 19, 2017

'It’s been an absolute nightmare’ - Family of mother who died after potato row speak out as son cleared

Dudley | Last updated: Jul 19, 2017

'Don't be afraid to speak up', Black Country hospital staff told

Dudley | Last updated: Jul 19, 2017

Latest videos

WATCH: Motorway driver helps police pick up migrants walking 100 miles to Midlands

WATCH: Motorway driver helps police pick up migrants walking 100 miles to Midlands

Bushbury | Last updated: 23 hours ago

WATCH: Blaze rips through Wolverhampton factory

WATCH: Blaze rips through Wolverhampton factory

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 16 hours ago

CCTV shows vicious assault that left teen in coma

CCTV shows vicious assault that left teen in coma

Birmingham | Last updated: 13 hours ago

Cosford Food Festival heads for another runway success - pictures and video

Cosford Food Festival heads for another runway success - pictures and video

Attractions | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Latest News

Man fights for life after being hit by car in Sedgley

Sedgley | Last updated: 13 hours ago

Demba Diop stadium disaster - a tragedy we must avoid

News | Last updated: 21 hours ago

Walsall runners to go through the night to raise money for six-year-old cerebral palsy suffer

Bloxwich | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Hednesford mum of 10 died from a bleed on the brain after a care home failed to get her immediate medical attention

Staffordshire | Last updated: 23 hours ago

WATCH: Motorway driver helps police pick up migrants walking 100 miles to Midlands

Bushbury | Last updated: 23 hours ago

WATCH: Blaze rips through Wolverhampton factory

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 16 hours ago

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Voices

This week's highlight

What is it like to go back to school?

Many of us describe our school days as the best days of our lives. But what is it like to go back to school years after you left the first time around?

Education | Last updated: Jul 18, 2017

Opinions

May is facing her biggest test – Chris Moncrieff

May is facing her biggest test – Chris Moncrieff

In-depth | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Coping with Airedales in Liverpool

Coping with Airedales in Liverpool

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Great debate: Reality TV fan or do you loathe it?

Great debate: Reality TV fan or do you loathe it?

Lifestyle | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Star comment: PCCs must now earn their keep

Star comment: PCCs must now earn their keep

Opinions | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Readers' letters

Black Country flag row: Readers' letters special

Black Country flag row: Readers' letters special

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Is Mrs May listening?

Is Mrs May listening?

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jul 21, 2017

Ads put me off my tea

Ads put me off my tea

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jul 20, 2017

Don’t tell me what I am, thank you

Don’t tell me what I am, thank you

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jul 19, 2017

Cut vanity projects and up pay

Cut vanity projects and up pay

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jul 18, 2017

Chef skills needed, not foodbanks

Chef skills needed, not foodbanks

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jul 17, 2017

UK News

BBC’s top female stars prepare to revolt over gender pay gap

BBC’s top female stars prepare to revolt over gender pay gap

UK News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Education minister Nick Gibb seeks to end homophobic bullying in schools

Education minister Nick Gibb seeks to end homophobic bullying in schools

UK News | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Inexperienced grandfather declares himself ‘Donald Trump of poker’ after £2m win

Inexperienced grandfather declares himself ‘Donald Trump of poker’ after £2m win

UK News | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Great Ormond Street Hospital staff face death threats over Charlie Gard case

Great Ormond Street Hospital staff face death threats over Charlie Gard case

UK News | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Chalcots Estate residents return after evacuation over fire safety fears

Chalcots Estate residents return after evacuation over fire safety fears

UK News | Last updated: 13 hours ago

Police have given up on finding missing RAF man Corrie McKeague, says mother

Police have given up on finding missing RAF man Corrie McKeague, says mother

UK News | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Hyde Park bomb relatives march for justice

Hyde Park bomb relatives march for justice

UK News | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Chris Grayling backing ‘one class’ trains on shorter commuter routes

Chris Grayling backing ‘one class’ trains on shorter commuter routes

UK News | Last updated: 17 hours ago

World News

Venezuelans march against president’s constitution rewrite

Venezuelans march against president’s constitution rewrite

World News | Last updated: 7 hours ago

Experts on Greek holiday island of Kos assess damage after earthquake kills two

Experts on Greek holiday island of Kos assess damage after earthquake kills two

World News | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Trump takes aim at Russian meddling probe with volley of tweets

Trump takes aim at Russian meddling probe with volley of tweets

World News | Last updated: 11 hours ago

Pentagon offers condolences after US airstrike kills 12 Afghan police officers

Pentagon offers condolences after US airstrike kills 12 Afghan police officers

World News | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Martial law extended in Philippines amid fight against two-month city siege

Martial law extended in Philippines amid fight against two-month city siege

World News | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Israel sends more troops to West Bank after shrine clashes

Israel sends more troops to West Bank after shrine clashes

World News | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Minneapolis police chief quits after unarmed Australian woman shot dead

Minneapolis police chief quits after unarmed Australian woman shot dead

World News | Last updated: 7 hours ago

Donald Trump’s new White House press team named as Sean Spicer moves on

Donald Trump’s new White House press team named as Sean Spicer moves on

World News | Last updated: 12 hours ago

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