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February 13, 2018

Citizens Advice centres across Dudley borough shutting in merger plan

Dudley|Feb 13, 2018

February 10, 2018

Ceremony marks spring opening of Kingswinford care home

Kingswinford|Feb 10, 2018

February 9, 2018

Wife killer Paul Abbott committed suicide one year after brutal murder

Crime|Feb 9, 2018

Holly Hall Academy: Trust to hold consultation with parents over failing school

Dudley|Feb 9, 2018

Visitors are over the moo-on at new arrivals to Sandwell Valley's Forge Mill Farm

Attractions|Feb 9, 2018

February 7, 2018

Nearly 3,000 Dudley patients left waiting for more than FOUR HOURS before being seen at A&E

Dudley|Feb 7, 2018

February 2, 2018

Retail and leisure complex with 200 homes planned for Kingswinford

Dudley|Feb 2, 2018

January 31, 2018

Cadbury World, Bullring Bull, Selfridges, O2 Academy and more: Landmarks feature on unique doodle map of Birmingham

Entertainment|Jan 31, 2018

New Black Country housing estate could be built on derelict industrial land

Coseley|Jan 31, 2018

January 23, 2018

Wolverhampton's The Way Youth Zone in birthday celebrations

Wolverhampton entertainment|Jan 23, 2018

January 22, 2018

'Rest with the angels': Shock over Brownhills stabbing that left eight-year-old Mylee Billingham dead

Brownhills|Jan 22, 2018

Mylee Billingham: School in shock over death of pupil

Crime|Jan 22, 2018

January 20, 2018

Eight homes raided by Black Country rush robbers who threaten their victims with weapons

Wednesbury|Jan 20, 2018

Body of woman found in Cannock woodland

Cannock|Jan 20, 2018

January 19, 2018

Carillion crisis: MP urges work to continue on Midland Met Hospital

Sandwell|Jan 19, 2018

Strictly is set to takeover Birmingham

Birmingham entertainment|Jan 19, 2018

January 15, 2018

Landmark could be turned into children's centre

News|Jan 15, 2018

January 13, 2018

Dangerous Black Country road to have speed limit halved

West Bromwich|Jan 13, 2018

Driver taken to hospital after carjacking on A38

Crime|Jan 13, 2018

January 12, 2018

Controversial West Bromwich energy plant overlooking the M5 set to go ahead

West Bromwich|Jan 12, 2018

Historic Sun Works industrial site earmarked for demolition

Brierley Hill|Jan 12, 2018

January 10, 2018

Two arrested after man stabbed in Kidderminster

Kidderminster|Jan 10, 2018

Eyesore former Hasbury Inn will become supermarket - two years after closing despite campaign

Halesowen|Jan 10, 2018

January 9, 2018

Kyle Bastable: 1,000 sign petition to change Birchley Island speed limit after death of schoolboy

Oldbury|Jan 9, 2018

Man vs Fat: Black Country footballers scoring goals and losing weight

Tipton|Jan 9, 2018

January 8, 2018

Man charged with manslaughter one year after 20-year-old's death

Dudley|Jan 8, 2018

Pensioner dies after falling ill while driving in Tipton

Tipton|Jan 8, 2018

More than £80,000 has been awarded to photography project

Sandwell entertainment|Jan 8, 2018

January 7, 2018

Brierley Hill Market will be ‘restored to former glory’

Brierley Hill|Jan 7, 2018

January 6, 2018

What a relief! Binmen help woman find £1,000 cash thrown in the rubbish

Oldbury|Jan 6, 2018

Black Country Living Museum boost after classic cars donation and £500k backing - PICTURES and VIDEO

Dudley entertainment|Jan 6, 2018

Strictly star Amy Dowden back in Dudley ahead of competition

Entertainment|Jan 6, 2018

January 4, 2018

Petition launched over eyesore Black Country shops

Wordsley|Jan 4, 2018

New West Midlands Railway franchise urged to give stations a makeover

Transport|Jan 4, 2018

January 3, 2018

Sandwell and City hospitals leave 120 patients with more than four-hour A&E wait

Health|Jan 3, 2018

Motorists face proposed price hike for season ticket charges at Himley Park

Dudley entertainment|Jan 3, 2018

January 2, 2018

Road cordoned off after stolen car stopped

Dudley|Jan 2, 2018

Meet the New Year babies: Bundles of joy for parents across the Black Country

Latest photos|Jan 2, 2018

Brierley Hill banqueting suite on the market for £500k

Brierley Hill|Jan 2, 2018

Dance school aims to waltz in and transform closed Stourbridge church

Stourbridge|Jan 2, 2018

January 1, 2018

Practising Buddhist monk jumped off motorway bridge after pleas for help

Walsall|Jan 1, 2018

December 28, 2017

UPDATED: 'Severe' fire at building in Smethwick near new Midland Metropolitan Hospital site - with VIDEO and PICTURES

Smethwick|Dec 28, 2017

Police arrest man and two teenagers after stolen car chase

Wolverhampton|Dec 28, 2017

Liam Payne posts cute matching shoes picture with son Bear

Wolverhampton entertainment|Dec 28, 2017

House prices soar in West Bromwich, with the average home now costing £150k

Property|Dec 28, 2017

New crackdown after 60 burglaries in just two months including suspect found with homemade stun gun

Crime|Dec 28, 2017

December 27, 2017

Landmark West Bromwich office block to be demolished

West Bromwich|Dec 27, 2017

December 26, 2017

Nearly 100 homes for former site of Brierley Hill rubbish mountain

Brierley Hill|Dec 26, 2017

December 20, 2017

Historic Dudley pub saved from demolition

Dudley entertainment|Dec 20, 2017

Canal searched in effort to find missing Brierley Hill man

Brierley Hill|Dec 20, 2017