It's a town which has a lot to offer visitors looking for history, community and nature and which has potential to grow.

Three lanes of the M5 northbound have closed near Worcester after a van overturned on the motorway.

A jury at Wolverhampton Crown Court was shown has been shown the catalyst of the violence which led up to the killing of Mohammed Khan in a busy Walsall street.

Two dilapidated city centre shops that were demolished will be rebuilt alongside new flats after plans received the backing of a council.

This week, reports emerged declaring UK patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) have been subject to 'widespread failures' and I have just one thing to say to that - well, duh!

The incredibly-named 'Fridge Freezer Man' is back, and this time he’s taking his 90lb bright pink appliance even further for a children's hospice.

A Scouts treasurer who stole £40,000 from two kids groups has been ordered to pay back £325.

This small south Shropshire town is an underrated gem full of chatty residents, charming business owners and picturesque views.

A brewery is being challenged to restore Bishop's Castle's ailing Three Tuns pub to its former glory.

Plans for a new bar in Telford’s Southwater area have been welcomed by council officers as a ‘significant benefit’ to the town centre.

A prominent Shrewsbury coffee shop unit freehold has gone up for sale for offers around £245,000.

A burglar who killed a pensioner in his own Wolverhampton home told jurors he sees his face every night before he sleeps.

Osbourne had bid farewell to thousands of heavy metal fans with a Black Sabbath reunion in his final performance in Birmingham on July 5.

A plan to build a supermarket and homes on the site of an old abattoir has been formally submitted.

Four people have been arrested after three were injured in a 'stabbing' in Cradley Heath.

The music superstar’s death was announced in a statement confirming he was ‘with his family and surrounded by love’.

A Telford man who beat up his girlfriend on four occasions, including while on a suspended prison sentence for a previous assault, has been spared jail.

Work has started on a site that is set to be home to Shropshire's latest McDonald's restaurant - and the first ever for this county town

A rapist who was 'unable to control any sexual urges' has been jailed.

The latest plans to convert a Grade II-listed former pub into homes have been revealed, four weeks after the council ordered urgent repairs to be undertaken.

An electric wheelchair user in Market Drayton says he fears being tipped over whilst driving along a car park footpath.

A former RAF welfare officer said she felt 'grateful' after winning two medals at the Invictus Games - 12 years on from a lifechanging incident.

A unique business has opened in Ludlow, giving people the chance to live and use home items first-hand before buying them.

Two men led a terrifying attack on a man in his own home - threating to carve him a 'Chelsea smile' during the ordeal.

It's a family-run brewery which uses traditional methods to produce much-loved, moreish and award-winning beers loved by locals and visitors alike.

A plan to demolish a pub for new flats and a shop has been approved.

Several proposals have been put forward to make the three markets managed by Walsall Council financially viable.

A Wolverhampton woman guilty of stealing £482,646 has been told she cannot go on holiday to India before sentencing.

A West Midlands city was recently listed in the top 10 areas for the best independent coffee shops in the UK - so we've compiled a list of offerings Black Country residents and visitors can check out…

The clever pair took their saucy idea and presented it to the Dragon's Den panel yesterday, Thursday (February 20).

Real ale buffs are raising a glass to a Black Country brewery whose strong ale has been judged the best of its kind in the country.

A woman accused of the murder of Louis Price in Norton Canes on Christmas Day has appeared at crown court.

A beer brewed in the Black Country has been declared the best in the West Midlands in a competition organised by the Campaign for Real Ale.

West Midlands Police have commended their officers for their swift actions in catching the suspected burglar

Unsung heroes from across the region have been rewarded for their work in a variety of voluntary pursuits and for worthy causes.

Shoppers in the Black Country and Staffordshire waved goodbye to a number of shops which closed in 2024.

Drivers have been urged to check ahead of travelling following a multi-vehicle crash on a route near Stourbridge.

Passengers on busy rail routes will suffer fresh disruption on Thursday because of another strike by train managers.

Here is the image of the Walsall man put behind bars for strangling two women in separate incidents in Lichfield and Brownhills.

Set among the Shropshire/Wyre Forest border is a family-run brewery with green ambitions and a beer brewed from the finest local ingredients.

The residents were left without running water after a power cut destroyed their flats industrial water pump

A Black Country supermarket is still wrongly threatening to issue £70 fines to people who use its car park - a month after promising to remove the signs.

An unqualified driver who had been behind the wheel since 2006 despite 'never passing a driving test' has been caught by police.