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Man jailed after killing pensioner in violent Smethwick beating

Man jailed after killing pensioner in violent Smethwick beating

Smethwick | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Peaky Blinders: Birmingham welcomes stars for world premiere of new season

Peaky Blinders: Birmingham welcomes stars for world premiere of new season

Birmingham | Last updated: 11 hours ago

Sandwell Council's deputy leader Syeda Khatun resigns from role

Sandwell Council's deputy leader Syeda Khatun resigns from role

Sandwell | Last updated: 11 hours ago

Knife crime rises to another record high in West Midlands

Knife crime rises to another record high in West Midlands

Crime | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Dwaine Haughton: Wolverhampton murder victim 'ambushed and shot in head in planned killing'

Dwaine Haughton: Wolverhampton murder victim 'ambushed and shot in head in planned killing'

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Rebel MP Margot James quits Government in bid to block 'no deal' Brexit

Rebel MP Margot James quits Government in bid to block 'no deal' Brexit

Stourbridge | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Alleged fraudster headteacher ‘wanted cash back on school toilets’

Alleged fraudster headteacher ‘wanted cash back on school toilets’

Smethwick | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Wolverhampton Tory councillors storm out of meeting over Civic Halls row

Wolverhampton Tory councillors storm out of meeting over Civic Halls row

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 13 hours ago

Health Secretary asked to look at Russells Hall bullying claims

Health Secretary asked to look at Russells Hall bullying claims

Dudley | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Wolverhampton College campus to be sold off after city centre move

Wolverhampton College campus to be sold off after city centre move

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 20 hours ago

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Star Witness: Send us your 2019 school prom photos!

Gowns, gladrags and goodbyes: The school prom season is back and we want to see your celebration photos.

Star Witness | Last updated: Jul 4, 2019

Teenage arsonist started £1.4 million pub blaze next to A5

Teenage arsonist started £1.4 million pub blaze next to A5

Brownhills | Last updated: 16 hours ago

What would you like to see on Black Country Monopoly?

What would you like to see on Black Country Monopoly?

Stourbridge | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Cannabis worth £150k found at Walsall house

Cannabis worth £150k found at Walsall house

Walsall | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Man 'serious but stable' in hospital after Wolverhampton stabbing

Man 'serious but stable' in hospital after Wolverhampton stabbing

Whitmore Reans | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Watching brief on fire-hit Smethwick factory amid collapse fears

Watching brief on fire-hit Smethwick factory amid collapse fears

Smethwick | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Teenager taken to hospital after machete attack

Teenager taken to hospital after machete attack

Great Barr | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Police warning over pickpockets targeting elderly people in Wednesfield

Police warning over pickpockets targeting elderly people in Wednesfield

Wednesfield | Last updated: 17 hours ago

'Unsafe' Longridge Care Home closes its doors

'Unsafe' Longridge Care Home closes its doors

Penkridge | Last updated: 20 hours ago

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£82m Dudley Portersfield masterplan hit by roads row

£82m Dudley Portersfield masterplan hit by roads row

Dudley | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Owner was ‘confused’ after Darlaston factory explosion death

Owner was ‘confused’ after Darlaston factory explosion death

Darlaston | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Over-75s to be visited by BBC ‘outreach’ teams over TV licence payments

Over-75s to be visited by BBC ‘outreach’ teams over TV licence payments

UK News | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Johnson promises no-deal preparation intensity on day one if he becomes PM

Johnson promises no-deal preparation intensity on day one if he becomes PM

UK News | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Free swimming for children relaunches in Dudley

Free swimming for children relaunches in Dudley

Dudley | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Instagram trials hiding ‘likes’ to stop platform feeling ‘like a competition’

Instagram trials hiding ‘likes’ to stop platform feeling ‘like a competition’

UK News | Last updated: 21 hours ago

Water bills to be cut by £50 under plans outlined by industry watchdog

Water bills to be cut by £50 under plans outlined by industry watchdog

UK News | Last updated: 21 hours ago

Teenager found in Stourport quarry named by police

Teenager found in Stourport quarry named by police

Stourport | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Alcohol support group shortlisted for award

Alcohol support group shortlisted for award

Sandwell | Last updated: 23 hours ago

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Crime

Man jailed after killing pensioner in violent Smethwick beating

Man jailed after killing pensioner in violent Smethwick beating

Smethwick | Last updated: 12 hours ago

RSPCA calls for air gun controls, after 43 animal shootings in West Midlands and Staffordshire last year

Crime | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Fundraising page launched after electric bike stolen from 'vulnerable' man

Burntwood | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Business

Artist impression of business site revealed

Artist impression of business site revealed

Lichfield | Last updated: 12 hours ago

5,000 sq ft Ableworld opens in Stafford

Stafford | Last updated: Jul 17, 2019

Severn Trent makes good start to the year

Business | Last updated: Jul 17, 2019

Education

Schools show off designs at Express & Star STEM Challenge

Schools show off designs at Express & Star STEM Challenge

Education | Last updated: Jul 13, 2019

Executive headteacher quits school for new role

Education | Last updated: Jul 13, 2019

£4.8m lab to be built at University of Wolverhampton's Walsall campus

Walsall | Last updated: Jul 12, 2019

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Pawtrait Pets: Does your pet have the winning pawtrait?

We have an important update to the dates for this year’s Pawtrait Pets competition!

Competitions | Last updated: Jul 8, 2019

Motors

Motorway speed limit reductions could help to fight air pollution

Motorway speed limit reductions could help to fight air pollution

Motors | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Mazda announces specifications and pricing for Skyactiv-X-powered 3

Motors | Last updated: 16 hours ago

SUV popularity helps push Volvo to record sales

Motors | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Property

Wolverhampton College campus to be sold off after city centre move

Wolverhampton College campus to be sold off after city centre move

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Village green to be surrounded by more than 160 new homes

South Staffordshire | Last updated: 17 hours ago

£82m Dudley Portersfield masterplan hit by roads row

Dudley | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Health

Online appointments the future of the NHS, says expert

Online appointments the future of the NHS, says expert

Tettenhall | Last updated: Jul 16, 2019

Lifeline funding hope for Acorns hospice

Walsall | Last updated: Jul 15, 2019

Vote for Stafford hospital radio to win £20,000

Stafford | Last updated: Jul 15, 2019

Latest videos

CCTV appeal to catch Cradley Heath burglary suspect

CCTV appeal to catch Cradley Heath burglary suspect

Cradley Heath | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Watch: Footage released of 100mph police chase in Shifnal

Watch: Footage released of 100mph police chase in Shifnal

Crime | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Fire-ravaged Smethwick factory at risk of collapse

Fire-ravaged Smethwick factory at risk of collapse

Smethwick | Last updated: Jul 17, 2019

Fantastic scarecrows the best in their field - with video and pictures

Fantastic scarecrows the best in their field - with video and pictures

Attractions | Last updated: Jul 16, 2019

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Birmingham's Y!KES release new music video ahead of hometown show

Birmingham | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Artist impression of business site revealed

Lichfield | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Rubbish tip trial extended by bosses

Walsall | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Man jailed after killing pensioner in violent Smethwick beating

Smethwick | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Dangerous trees to be tackled

Walsall | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Peaky Blinders: Birmingham welcomes stars for world premiere of new season

Birmingham | Last updated: 11 hours ago

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Voices

Featured

My fight for sight: Why Star reporter Nick will never wear contact lenses again

Star reporter Nick Humphreys tells his story of how a bacteria found in a droplet of water ruined his eyesight – and caused him a year of misery.

Health | Last updated: Jul 9, 2019

Opinions

Express & Star comment: Tom Watson’s George Galloway headache

Express & Star comment: Tom Watson’s George Galloway headache

Opinions | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Peter Rhodes on the ethnic pay gap, banning sky lanterns and the true nature of cricket

Peter Rhodes on the ethnic pay gap, banning sky lanterns and the true nature of cricket

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Express & Star comment: Strengthen laws to foil illegal tobacco trade

Express & Star comment: Strengthen laws to foil illegal tobacco trade

Opinions | Last updated: Jul 17, 2019

Peter Rhodes on crashing cars, creeping Americanisms and the fatal illusion of privacy in cyberspace

Peter Rhodes on crashing cars, creeping Americanisms and the fatal illusion of privacy in cyberspace

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Jul 17, 2019

Express & Star comment: Amnesty is sadly sign of the times

Express & Star comment: Amnesty is sadly sign of the times

Opinions | Last updated: Jul 16, 2019

COMMENT: Gloves are off in Labour civil war

COMMENT: Gloves are off in Labour civil war

Opinions | Last updated: Jul 16, 2019

Readers' letters

LETTER: Shall we just get on with it all now?

LETTER: Shall we just get on with it all now?

Readers' letters | Last updated: 13 hours ago

LETTER: How does Boris Johnson solve a problem like Brexit?

LETTER: How does Boris Johnson solve a problem like Brexit?

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jul 17, 2019

LETTER: Some context needed on Royals’ home expenditure

LETTER: Some context needed on Royals’ home expenditure

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jul 11, 2019

LETTER: We have lost a good MP

LETTER: We have lost a good MP

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jul 4, 2019

LETTER: The famous faces on the number 5 bus route

LETTER: The famous faces on the number 5 bus route

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Jun 28, 2019

LETTER: EU set-up does not help the climate

LETTER: EU set-up does not help the climate

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jun 22, 2019

UK News

What the papers say – July 19

What the papers say – July 19

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Multi-billion-pound investment in schools ‘desperately’ needed, say MPs

Multi-billion-pound investment in schools ‘desperately’ needed, say MPs

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Paul Hollywood set to be divorced at London court

Paul Hollywood set to be divorced at London court

UK News | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Duo to go on trial accused of Anna Soubry ‘Nazi’ jibe

Duo to go on trial accused of Anna Soubry ‘Nazi’ jibe

UK News | Last updated: 2 hours ago

May to use final leadership days to give public sector staff £2bn pay rise

May to use final leadership days to give public sector staff £2bn pay rise

UK News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Experts: Government’s laissez-faire approach to salt will kill or maim thousands

Experts: Government’s laissez-faire approach to salt will kill or maim thousands

UK News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

At least 14 people injured after two cars crash in Stevenage

At least 14 people injured after two cars crash in Stevenage

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

‘Music medicine’ can help calm nerves – research

‘Music medicine’ can help calm nerves – research

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World News

Six people injured as gas explosion destroys New Zealand home

Six people injured as gas explosion destroys New Zealand home

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Branson ‘ready to head into space’ after few more Virgin Galactic tests

Branson ‘ready to head into space’ after few more Virgin Galactic tests

World News | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Hamilton creator joins protests against Puerto Rico governor

Hamilton creator joins protests against Puerto Rico governor

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US warship destroyed Iranian drone, says Trump

US warship destroyed Iranian drone, says Trump

World News | Last updated: 6 hours ago

12 Israelis remanded over alleged rape of British teenager in Cyprus

12 Israelis remanded over alleged rape of British teenager in Cyprus

World News | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Trump says he was unhappy with supporters chanting ‘send her back’

Trump says he was unhappy with supporters chanting ‘send her back’

World News | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Three sentenced to death in Morocco for killing Scandinavian hikers

Three sentenced to death in Morocco for killing Scandinavian hikers

World News | Last updated: 11 hours ago

Trump spoke with aides about squashing news stories, records show

Trump spoke with aides about squashing news stories, records show

World News | Last updated: 11 hours ago

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