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'I haven't regretted it for one second,' says new chief of troubled fire service after 100 days in post

Dream job or poisoned chalice? MARK ANDREWS talks to the West Midlands' new chief fire officer about his first 100 days in the job

Features|Apr 14

An outdoor cinema was created at RAF Cosford in Aug 2021

Historic and fascinating RAF Cosford - 26 pictures from popular museum and airbase between Wolverhampton and Telford

"I'm sure it will be emotional" - Olympic ice skaters Torvill and Dean coming to Birmingham for farewell tour

For his dedicated service and good works, Shropshire rural bobby Bill Williams got a gentle pat on the back from officialdom. For Alan Scriven, a Wolverhampton lad from an impoverished background whose life Bill transformed, it was a meagre reward.

Features|Apr 11

Hero to zero - John Towers' was hailed the saviour of MG Rover when he took over in 2000

Longbridge 20 years on - end of the road for Britain's biggest car plant MG Rover

Empty seats. Rows and rows of them. It wasn't the best start to Dudley Pageant back in 1951. The weather was bad - but even so.

B D Price toys and cycles in Sedgley is closing after 160 years, as owner Dan Price plans to retire

Famous Dudley toy and bike shop to close after 160 years

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We went on a 'pothole safari' around the Black Country - I lost count how many I saw on one street

The A442 from Telford to Bridgnorth

'Sort out the potholes!' Ravaged roads of the West Midlands in disrepair as RAC reveals huge cost to motorists

Politics|Mar 31

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

130 fantastic World Book Day 2025 pictures from schools across the West Midlands and Staffordshire

How Covid brought down the curtain on our theatres - but the show still went on

Features|Mar 22

The Goodyear airship by a Goodyear Tyres chimney

Things are looking up for a 21st century airship revival in Bridgnorth - but this new dawn has beckoned before

Features|Mar 21

New Cross Hospital medical staff wearing protective visors

'I could never have dreamed of anything this bad' - Remembering the shock of Covid at Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital

'I saw so much care and compassion' - minister Kinnock hints at extra funding for hospice sector during visit to Stafford's Katharine House

From joking in the pub to six weeks in isolation: How I realised Covid was no laughing matter

Features|Mar 18

The country was put in lockdown to stop the spread of the virus. Photo: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

Covid five years on: How the awful reality unfolded in just a few weeks

Long Reads|Mar 17

Veterans on motorbikes riding past Big Ben

Bikers to descend on Westminster for veterans protest against Legacy Act repeal

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Traffic queues along the M25 for the Dartford Crossing in Kent

Easter getaway disruption expected on railways, roads and at Gatwick

UK News|2 hours ago

Dog running in rain

Rain warning to come into force marking damp start to Easter bank holiday

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An empty classroom

Teachers are being punched, kicked, shoved or spat at by pupils – survey

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Socorro dove chicks in a nest at London Zoo

London Zoo celebrates hatching of three eggs from extinct-in-wild dove species

UK News|2 hours ago

Defence Secretary John Healey during a visit to see military housing

Healey pledges to ‘stop the rot’ in military housing with new consumer charter

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Did The Simpsons predict Birmingham bin strikes? Social media users believe so

Birmingham|Apr 12

Blues and Villa fans spotted at WWE

Aston Villa and Birmingham City fans spotted at WWE 'every week' - leaving fans flabbergasted

Aston Villa|Mar 26

CCTV shows Shane O'Malley and an accomplice raiding Hansons Auctioneers building in Derbyshire

BBC Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson's auction house targeted by hammer-wielding ram-raid crook in £21,000 raid

Glen Elmy handed back his keys after just three days

Dream home turned nightmare - Walsall man who won James Bond-style property 'handed keys back after three days'

Mackintosh at the Willow

Glasgow tearoom hosting talks on enduring relationship with ‘now-humble’ cuppa

Viral news|Mar 24

Ireland’s ‘best contemporary art’ to be showcased at Dublin fair

Viral news|Mar 23

Haley Joel Osment attends a screening of Poker Face during PaleyFest at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles

Haley Joel Osment charged with cocaine possession and being drunk in public

World News|2 hours ago

Italy Cablecar Accident

Cable car accident in southern Italy kills at least four people

World News|3 hours ago

Florida State Shooter

Two people killed and at least five wounded in Florida university shooting

World News|3 hours ago

Menendez Brothers

Menendez brothers’ resentencing hearing paused over governor’s risk report

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Trump Italy

Trump ‘in no rush’ to end tariffs as he holds talks with Italy’s Meloni

World News|6 hours ago

Russia Ukraine War

Russia strikes Dnipro as Ukrainian officials seek security pledges in Paris

World News|7 hours ago