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Coronavirus: LIVE updates as region urged to stay home on sunny Sunday

Coronavirus: LIVE updates as region urged to stay home on sunny Sunday

Coronavirus | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Outdoor exercise could be banned if lockdown rules are flouted, Hancock warns

Outdoor exercise could be banned if lockdown rules are flouted, Hancock warns

Coronavirus | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

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: Less than an hour ago

Wolverhampton burglars steal entire contents of family freezer

Wolverhampton burglars steal entire contents of family freezer

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Less than an hour 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?

Coronavirus | Last updated: Less than an hour 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: Less than an hour 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: 5 hours ago

Birmingham Nightingale hospital work ‘accelerated’ as Midlands death toll rises

Birmingham Nightingale hospital work ‘accelerated’ as Midlands death toll rises

Birmingham | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Takeaway food review: Fair prices and pizzas ‘delish’ at Little Italy

Takeaway food review: Fair prices and pizzas ‘delish’ at Little Italy

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

New Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to appoint shadow cabinet

New Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to appoint shadow cabinet

Politics | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Drive-through coronavirus testing available in Wolverhampton for £249

Drive-through coronavirus testing available in Wolverhampton for £249

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

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

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

Coronavirus | Last updated: Less than an hour 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

Police warning after rise in break-ins at Staffordshire businesses

Police warning after rise in break-ins at Staffordshire businesses

Staffordshire | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Indoor Easter fun: How to make the long next weekend special during lockdown

Indoor Easter fun: How to make the long next weekend special during lockdown

Entertainment | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Council thanks Wolves and Marstons for food hub help

Council thanks Wolves and Marstons for food hub help

Wolverhampton | Last updated: 5 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: 5 hours ago

Andy Richardson: Harsh times – but people have lived through worse

Andy Richardson: Harsh times – but people have lived through worse

Features | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Public sunbathing banned in lockdown, says Health Secretary

Public sunbathing banned in lockdown, says Health Secretary

Coronavirus | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

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Government arranges more flights to return British travellers

Government arranges more flights to return British travellers

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour 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: 14 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: 20 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: 17 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: 17 hours ago

Sir Keir Starmer wins Labour leadership contest

Sir Keir Starmer wins Labour leadership contest

Politics | Last updated: Apr 4, 2020

Birmingham’s Nightingale Hospital to be operational within days

Birmingham’s Nightingale Hospital to be operational within days

Birmingham | Last updated: 21 hours ago

Keir Starmer: Who is Labour’s next leader?

Keir Starmer: Who is Labour’s next leader?

Politics | Last updated: Apr 4, 2020

Emergency food deliveries in full flow in Wolverhampton

Emergency food deliveries in full flow in Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Apr 4, 2020

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Crime

Wolverhampton burglars steal entire contents of family freezer

Wolverhampton burglars steal entire contents of family freezer

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Police warning after rise in break-ins at Staffordshire businesses

Staffordshire | Last updated: 5 hours ago

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

Coronavirus | Last updated: 21 hours ago

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: 21 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

WATCH: School staff become The A Team to celebrate coronavirus key workers

WATCH: School staff become The A Team to celebrate coronavirus key workers

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Apr 2, 2020

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

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

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: Less than an hour ago

Birmingham Nightingale hospital work ‘accelerated’ as Midlands death toll rises

Birmingham | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Drive-through coronavirus testing available in Wolverhampton for £249

Wolverhampton | Last updated: Less than an hour 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: 16 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: Apr 4, 2020

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: Apr 4, 2020

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

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to create ‘balanced’ shadow cabinet

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to create ‘balanced’ shadow cabinet

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Hancock admits NHS may not hit ventilator target before virus peak

Hancock admits NHS may not hit ventilator target before virus peak

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Scotland’s chief medical officer apologises for visit to second home

Scotland’s chief medical officer apologises for visit to second home

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Outdoor exercise could be banned if lockdown rules are flouted, Hancock warns

Outdoor exercise could be banned if lockdown rules are flouted, Hancock warns

Coronavirus | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

On the front line: I’m only a van driver, but everyone’s going above and beyond

On the front line: I’m only a van driver, but everyone’s going above and beyond

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour 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?

Coronavirus | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Police pay birthday visit to cheer up four-year-old

Police pay birthday visit to cheer up four-year-old

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

Politics | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

World News

Pope begins Holy Week events without the public

Pope begins Holy Week events without the public

World News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

‘Complete collapse of economies’ ahead as Africa battles virus

‘Complete collapse of economies’ ahead as Africa battles virus

World News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Princess liner carrying virus victims docks in Florida

Princess liner carrying virus victims docks in Florida

World News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Donald Trump calls inspector general he sacked in whistleblower row ‘a disgrace’

Donald Trump calls inspector general he sacked in whistleblower row ‘a disgrace’

World News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Coronavirus: US states scramble for equipment as death toll mounts

Coronavirus: US states scramble for equipment as death toll mounts

World News | Last updated: 8 hours ago

Trudeau to speak with Trump over mask export ban

Trudeau to speak with Trump over mask export ban

World News | Last updated: 9 hours 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: 12 hours ago

Actress and author Patricia Bosworth dies aged 86

Actress and author Patricia Bosworth dies aged 86

World News | Last updated: 14 hours ago

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