'This July's 41st Birmingham Jazz and Blues Festival will be the last due to funding cuts despite attracting 88,000 people' founder laments
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Sandwell Archive
'Dangerous' white van man jailed after police chase through Cradley Heath whilst serving suspended sentence
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Council plan to dispose of land in near West Bromwich play centre
20 worst performing mainstream Black Country schools based on GCSE results
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Eight new council homes ready at last for West Bromwich families
Gunman, 19, from Sandwell is jailed for park shooting in Coventry which left victim with life-changing facial injuries
Two men jailed in crackdown on shoplifters plaguing Wednesbury businesses
Passengers warned of widespread train disruption in West Midlands due to cable theft
Staffordshire motorway services again among the best to visit in the UK over the bank holiday break
Top national award win for Wednesbury firm's warehouse team
Top 10 neighbourhoods in the West Midlands where property prices have increased in the last year
11 free and affordable half term activities across the Black Country and Staffordshire for families
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A man from West Bromwich has been jailed for his part in a pro-Islamic State WhatsApp group
'It's delicious!' - Inside the Black Country first Popeyes chicken restaurant as thousands turn up for opening day
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Latest food hygiene scores for pubs, takeaways and restaurants across the Black Country and Staffordshire - including an eatery rated 'one'
Lane 'blocked' on busy West Bromwich road after crash
'We're the smoking capital of the Midlands' - Black Country borough where almost one in five light up
Rejected HMO that would cause ‘parking nightmare’ in Oldbury could still go ahead
'We made ourselves fully available to support the Brown inquest' - West Midlands Fire Service respond to suicide verdict for former chief
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Major disruption reported following crash in Blackheath
Five charged after man shot in head in West Bromwich
Man arrested following knifepoint robbery in Sandwell where bike was stolen
West Midlands traffic: Road closures and disruptions to watch out for ahead of Spring bank holiday weekend
Sandwell Council to charge food vendors at new West Bromwich indoor market 20 per cent of weekly earnings
Water levels at Severn Trent reservoirs reach lowest point this year after driest start to spring in 69 years
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Street lighting pledge after schoolgirl was struck by car outside Rowley Regis station
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Seven men arrested in connection with shooting in West Bromwich
In pictures: Black Country struck by thunderstorm after days of sunshine
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Waste plastic caused fire to spread at Cradley Heath recycling premises
‘We are fighting to change how people see us’ - Oldbury social housing residents campaign against stigma with Parliament visit
A yoga teacher who surived the Southport attack is visiting the West Midlands to campaign for round-ended kitchen knives
Fire crews contain morning fire at Cradley Heath recycling unit
M6 is moving again after delays caused by loose dog on carriageway near Spaghetti Junction
Parents whose young son allegedly ingested cocaine set for 2027 trial after denying child cruelty charge
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11 picturesque places that prove the West Midlands is one of the UK's most beautiful regions
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'We're bursting at the seams' - Inside Dudley church which is no longer a closure risk
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'Knife crime awareness week is a crucial time to remember': Pooja Kanda speaks out as anti-knife campaign launches
Regeneration bosses hope to attract billions of pounds of investment to the West Midlands
Investigation into Smethwick fire finds 'evidence of cannabis farm'
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Two drivers taken to hospital after 'multiple vehicles' crash on M6 near Great Barr
Former Walsall postmistress makes Britain's Got Talent final with scandal victims' choir
Former West Midlands Fire Service chief's family: 'We can't see what the brigade did to support him'
10 pictures of what life was like in West Bromwich in 1973. Are you in any of them?
10 most used West Midlands knife bins where deadly weapons have been handed in this year
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Police searching for man, 78, missing from Smethwick
Celebrations as Sikh temple dedicated for the Afghan community of Sandwell opens
'I can't take anymore': Former West Midlands Fire Service chief's final message to devastated family
Halesowen playwright brings Tales of the Unexpected to Black Country theatre
70 firefighters tackled 'severe' blaze in derelict Smethwick building - with nearby property evacuated
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