Seven enterprising and inspirational companies in the West Midlands are celebrating today as they learn they have received the King’s Award for Enterprise 2024.

Dudley Council delivered huge drama after a long day counting election votes which left no one in overall control.

Labour strengthened its position on Sandwell Council on a day when the Conservatives lost three seats including its leader.

Dudley Council officers face a mammoth task to complete the biggest election count in decades which will run into the Bank Holiday weekend.

Chicken wing restaurant, Wingstop UK is opening at Merry Hill next week, with free chicken wings up for grabs.

Author Alison Jean Lester is running a range of events for all ages at Brierley Hill Library this May.

Birmingham has been officially shortlisted as one of two cities to host the 2027 Invictus Games.

A new toolkit to make domestic abuse refuges more accessible for blind and partially sighted people has been launched.

The King has appoint Dr Derrick Anderson as His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for the West Midlands following the retirement of Sir John Crabtree on 5th August 2024.

A derelict pub in Netherton is set to be replaced by a row of shops after Dudley planners gave an application the green light.

Free outdoor yoga sessions will be taking place in Dudley borough as part of a Black Country initiative next month.

Families with young children are invited to attend a series of free storytelling and nursery rhyme events next month, which are being organised by the five Dudley family hubs.

A fresh plan has been put forward to finally transform a ‘quirky’ old Walsall antique shop which has been encased in scaffolding for years.

The Severn Valley Railway has won a UK Transport Award as the Best Regional Heritage Railway Attraction for 2024.

A lifesaving defibrillator has been installed at a popular canal-side pub in Brierley Hill thanks to match funding and a generous donation from the brewery.

The future of some of the Birmingham's historic buildings has been thrust firmly in the spotlight in recent months, but a new document has revealed how Birmingham’s heritage buildings could soon benefit from further protection.

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West Midlands Police seized drugs and weapons, made arrests and looked to address issues which matter to the public during an all-out-day in Sandwell.

A plan to build an apartment block on a Tipton curry house car park has been put forward.

Dudley Council’s leaders are being accused of ignoring early warnings about financial meltdown from the authority’s own audit committee.

Singer Aled Jones has announced a second date in the borough as part of his national tour.

A Birmingham man has been found guilty of arousing suspicion he was supporting a proscribed terrorist group after he wore a Hamas headband to a pro-Palestine rally.

Walsall Council has continued its commitment to preserving the cleanliness and beauty of the borough through the diligent efforts of its fly-tipping task force. 

A plan to convert a former barbershop left empty for more than a decade is one of a number of HMO plans submitted to the council.

A Birmingham dessert shop has been given permission to remain open until the early hours after agreeing conditions with the police.

A choir to help people living with dementia in the Black Country has received a cash boost thanks to a generous donation from West Bromwich Building Society.

Dudley planners have approved an application for five new detached homes on a derelict plot in Gornal Wood.

Four young people from across the West Midlands have been named as this year’s winners of the Young Active Citizens Awards.

A former Edwardian nurses’ home donated to Smethwick will be converted into flats.

A new attempt to turn a plot of land in Wednesbury that has been empty for more than a decade into housing has been given the green light by the council.

Sandwell residents who plan to cast their vote at a polling station on 2 May are reminded to check the location of the station and that they have an accepted form of photo ID.

The longest-running champion of the Wolves Foundation has agreed to once again renew their patronage for another year as part of its commitment to its local communities.

A children’s home can remain in place after the council was overruled by a government inspector.

A banqueting hall has asked for permission to move into a former supermarket – two years after similar plans were thrown out over a wave of objections from neighbours.

Work to convert a troubled former pub into new houses looks set to move forward after sitting empty for years.

Find out about life behind the scenes on productions from Sherlock and Captain America to Line of Duty and Coronation Street at a talk next month.

Unsung heroes from the world of sport, business, environment, arts, community and education were celebrated at a charity ball last night.

Audio ballot papers are being introduced to polling stations across Dudley borough for the elections next month.

Dudley South MP, Mike Wood is offering local residents the chance to walk the floors of Parliament this July.

Dudley Council is calling on residents to mark international Earth Day by going green on Monday 22 April.

Eligible people in the Black Country will be invited to come forward for spring COVID-19 vaccine from this week.

A move to turn a former fancy dress shop into flats has been given the green light by the council – 18 months after the work had already been carried out.

A bid to build a bigger HMO in Bearwood High Street has been blocked by a government inspector.

Hugely successful local author, Miranda Dickinson, will be talking all things bookish at Stourbridge Library later this month.

Comedian, Frank Skinner, is backing Birmingham Opera Company’s 'Sandwell Creates', a three year project that aims to celebrate the diverse communities of Sandwell through music and performance.

Keepers at Dudley Zoo and Castle have announced their newest arrival - a baby black lemur!

West Midlands Ambulance Service has launched the ‘Let Us See Your AED’ campaign to encourage the registration of Defibrillators on the British Heart Foundation’s ‘The Circuit’ website.

Sandwell council refused to let a vulnerable mother have her representative present at an important meeting and made serious and unsubstantiated allegations about both of them during an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

A 20 year-old man’s been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a shooting in Bartley Green on Sunday.