Daniel Walton
Community News Reporter
Community News Reporter covering the West Midlands for the Express & Star.
'Allow extra time for travel': Delays announced following Wednesbury crash
'We will seek prosecution for fly tippers' council warns after huge pile of rubbish blocks Staffordshire country lane
Man arrested as police crack down on vehicle crime in Birmingham
Police probe launched after teenage girl sexually assaulted in Tipton
Bus services diverted after collision in Walsall
Fly the historic Spitfire over the skies of Wolverhampton in a 'one-day-only' event at Halfpenny Green Airport
'We're so delighted!' Sandwell Colleges celebrates 'strong' Ofsted report in most recent inspection
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Staffordshire County Council cabinet member steps down 'due to family bereavement'
Man jailed for arson after fleeing flat fire in Birmingham
Police probe launched after abuse and threats made towards staff at Birmingham hospital
Anti-social behaviour order to be put into place as officers tackle an 'increase in reports' of disorder in Lichfield
Two Birmingham cannabis farms shut down as West Midlands Police react to community concerns
Large police cordon put in place around Birmingham Library following police 'welfare' incident
We visit the charming South Staffordshire village hidden away amid sprawling hills where no one is ever an outsider and there is always something going on
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'I think we are all a bit shocked to be honest': Residents react after body of man found in 'quiet' Willenhall green space
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Man's body found in Willenhall LIVE - follow latest updates here
Jailed: Eight West Midlands criminals put behind bars in January - including a Sudanese asylum seeker who brutally murdered a mum
We visited the new £32 million Aldridge 'super-tip' on its first day of opening to the public - and what we saw left us in awe
Man charged with arson with intent to endanger life and a firearm offence following a blaze at a West Midlands property
Man charged with vehicle offences following Birmingham arrest
All lanes reopen on M5 after fallen tree damages road sign near Birmingham
Buses diverted in Rowley Regis due to roadworks
Man and woman taken to hospital as two people 'flee scene' of two-car crash in Dudley
CCTV appeal launched after tools stolen from vehicle in Walsall
Police probe launched after jewellery thieves strike at vulnerable Smethwick woman's home
Wolverhampton Council in 'regular contact' with businesses hit by huge factory fire as support offered
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'Responsible, ambitious, caring' - We visited the Walsall primary school where students are taught to be 'the best they can be'
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Three charged following Birmingham disorder
'Delays to service' as police vehicles block tram tracks in Wolverhampton
Police still appealing for witnesses after man hit and killed by bus near Russells Hall Hospital
Two Birmingham thugs who beat popular father to death after text message argument found guilty of murder
Three caught on CCTV stealing £700 bikes outside Stafford supermarket convicted
Watch brave police officer's flying tackle on suspected motorbike thief in Birmingham
Police want to speak to this man over Birmingham glassing attack that left victim needing more than a dozen stitches
£17 million money laundering gang jailed after huge daily Post Office deposits
Deng Chol Majek: Everything we know about the murder of Walsall hotel worker Rhiannon Whyte at Bescot stadium station as 'callous' asylum seeker sentenced
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'It's the first time I've seen something like this' - Fire service commander speaks out after 5ft of fly-tipped rubbish blocks hydrant prior to Kingswinford blaze
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Man dies after being hit by bus near Dudley Russells Hall Hospital - LIVE updates
14 pictures capture devastation of Kingswinford scrapyard fire as emergency crews work hard to tackle blaze
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Kingswinford scrapyard fire LIVE: '100 tonnes' of scrap burn as people are warned to avoid the area
