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Paul Jenkins

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Senior Reporter at the Express & Star and Shropshire Star.

March 31, 2025

Harrison Jones from Summerhill School, Kingswinford has been running at school to raise money for Young Minds UK.

Youngster dressed as alien keeps on running for mental health charity at Kingswinford school

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March 30, 2025

There was tears on the last day of the current operating model of Goscote

'It's heartbreaking': Staff and volunteers in emotional farewell to beloved Walsall community project

The area of Blackheath which will be transformed for the bus interchange

Plans for road closures and diversions finalised as work on Blackheath bus development gets underway

March 29, 2025

An aerial view of the War Memorial Ground which houses both cricket and football which is now under threat

Inside the 'rich history' of the War Memorial Athletic Ground ahead of 150th anniversary of Stourbridge FC

Fans react with dismay as Stourbridge face turmoil over War Memorial Ground

March 28, 2025

Jailed: Four teenagers sentenced for their part in Cannock death crash which killed retired teacher

March 27, 2025

Ryanair plane in the air, surrounded by blue sky

Ryanair announces new routes from Birmingham for its summer schedule

Traffic near Junction 14 for Stafford. Photo: motorwaycameras

Motorway drivers between Stafford and Cannock experiencing delays

Appeal after accident in Kidderminster which left man injured

Man arrested and Aston venue gets closure order notice after shots fired

Man charged with shoplifting offences after visiting Lye shop repeatedly

Man arrested on attempted murder after woman found injured in Smethwick

Man arrested in Birmingham as part of police crackdown

Wolverhampton Crown Court

Three men seen running after shooting victim in Wolverhampton, attempted murder trial told

Martin Fisher at the Aldridge Transport Museum which is celebrating two grants

Aldridge-based transport museum gets green light for funding to help it expand

March 26, 2025

Rhiannon Skye Whyte

Teenager's appearance in court over murder of Rhiannon Skye White at Bescot Railway Station delayed again

Work set to start on multi-million pound Blackheath bus project

'No concerns' Kingswinford man, 60, would harm himself before suicide, inquest hears

March 25, 2025

The body of the dog was discovered in a stretch of canal in Wolverhampton on Saturday.

Horrific discovery of dead dog dumped in Wolverhampton canal prompts appeal for info

Lorry seized as action taken against massive Lichfield fly tipping incident

The fire which started at a scrapyard in Kingswinford on Monday night

Fire service treating blaze at Kingswinford scrap yard as 'deliberate'

Bernhard Mills

Happy 102nd Birthday! - School children make Bernhard's day with 102 cards.

March 24, 2025

Two arrested after store and house raid in Birmingham

Two men arrested after Bloxwich business broken into

Police want to speak to this man after a number of people were assaulted in Kingstanding. Photo: West Midlands Police

Man due in court over Kingstanding knife incident

Car and quad bike seized on Wednesfield estate after reports of dangerous driving

Watch: Heavy traffic and delays on major route to Willenhall as five months' works begin for railway station

Fire engine on Alma Street

Hot spot checks at Wolverhampton Heath Town site after major blaze

Man taken to hospital after Tipton road collision involving two cars

The men police want to speak to over the theft of a caravan in Quarry Bank earlier this month

Have you seen these men? - Police issue photograph after theft in Dudley

March 23, 2025

Parking charges in Walsall set to rise again by up to 20-per-cent next month

Sandwell Council House in Oldbury. Photo: LDRS. Permission for reuse for all LDRS partners.

Tividale school to have restrictions imposed for cars outside gates.

March 22, 2025

Councillors call for Brierley Hill police base to be saved

Councillor Aidan Godfrey - An economic driver for the south of the county

'An economic driver for the South of the county' - Staffordshire councils write to central government with a unified plan

March 21, 2025

The car seen off the Penn Road island on Friday morning

Police investigating early morning crash in Wolverhampton after pedestrian is injured

Olive celebrates 101 happy years with party at Dudley care home

Wolverhampton crown court high res

Black Country firm found guilty of health and safety breaches after death of worker on their premises

March 20, 2025

Oldbury woman jailed after defrauding thousands of pounds out of vulnerable people she was supposed to be looking after

Walsall Police at the scene of a murder on Bloxwich Road/Norfolk Place where a 22-year-old was stabbed.

Five men appear in court charged with murder of man in Walsall

Mian Munwar Shah

Walsall trust hands report into disgraced surgeon over to regulatory body

March 19, 2025

Major action on County Lines drug dealers targets Walsall, Sandwell, Wolverhampton and Dudley

Imaan Coley

Pair jailed for the imprisonment and torture of two women in Birmingham

Police arrest man on suspicion of harassment in Brierley Hill

West Midlands Police have seized a number of bikes in the Walsall area over the past week

Crackdown on illegal bikes and anti social behaviour across Walsall

Stock image of a road closure sign at Station Hill, Oakengates, Telford on Saturday, January 11, 2025

Major road to Black Country town to close for five months to build a railway station

Emergency road works underway in Willenhall as bus passengers are diverted

Challenging times: Joe Chadwick Bell, the chief executive of the Royal Wolverhampton & Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Staff costs will be reduced in wake of national report, Black Country healthcare meeting hears.

March 18, 2025

'I've never seen anything like this': Shocked Smethwick residents recall 'leak' which left nine people in hospital

March 17, 2025

Boy, 15, in serious condition in hospital after stabbing in Great Barr

Cannock teenager jailed after police found gun 'capable of killing' and bullets in car he was driving