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I visited the Very Light Rail centre in the Black Country and discovered transport of the future - and an eco friendly loo

Everybody drives past it - but do they really know what goes on inside? I went on a tour of the Very Light Rail innovation centre in Dudley and here's what it was like.

Entertainment|Mar 23

The 3D printed toilet pod at The Very Light Railway, Dudley.

Save £100 on the new ghd Chronos Hair Straighteners with this simple trick – hurry, offer ends March 31st

ghd Chronos: the ultimate hair straightener and how to save £100

Affiliates|Mar 11

Engineers can be seen working on the cable strays that keeps the structure together

Star Comment - The farce of HS2 and the massive missed opportunity to level up the UK

Nearly seven in 10 scammed children are left feeling anxious as a result

7 signs your child is being scammed - as criminals target online games

Education|Feb 20

Police have unveiled new hi-tech speed camera vans that can detect drunk and drug drivers from a mile away.

New hi-tech police speed camera vans can spot drunk and drug drivers from a mile away in the West Midlands

Science & Technology|Feb 19

Apple’s new iPhone SE could launch this week – and it’s set to be a bargain

Affiliates|Feb 18

The right VPN can save you money

How companies track your browsing – and how it’s secretly costing you more than you think

Affiliates|Feb 18

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Peter Rhodes on washing machines, asteroids and the misery unleashed by Columbus

VivaCity show West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker (centre) and Road Safety Commissioner Mat MacDonald how the AI powered sensors work. PIC: Gurdip Thandi LDR

West Midlands to use AI to prevent road tragedies

Tim Peake - coming to Wolverhampton

Countdown to astronaut Tim Peake's appearance in the city

Science & Technology|Jan 22

More Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire patients will get clinical trials at new multi-million pound centres

Starmer may want us to embrace AI - but where does that leave us? - Toby Neal asks

The construction of the huge Enfinium waste recycling building next to the M5 motorway West Bromwich.

Watch: Work is continuing at the site of a new waste facility in West Bromwich

Walsall Manor Hospital

Bowel cancer mortality rates in a Black Country borough are among the highest - prompting call for robotic ops to reduce deaths

News|Dec 28, 2024

Gemind Meteor shower tonight: Where to watch shooting stars in the West Midlands

News|Dec 13, 2024

AI gave me a meltdown

'After 30 years of never grassing a colleague up AI turned me into the office snitch'

News|Dec 10, 2024

Google parent Alphabet enjoys profit rise as focus on AI ‘paying off’

Science & Technology|Oct 29, 2024

British newspapers

What the papers say – March 26

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Big Ben and the houses of Parliament in London

Assisted dying Bill safer, says MP but ‘chaotic’ scrutiny process criticised

UK News|1 hour ago

Rachel Reeves visit to Telford

Reeves to address grim economic outlook as she faces budget watchdog’s verdict

UK News|2 hours ago

Charities have reported a surge in calls and visits to their advice pages following the Government’s planned cuts to welfare (Alamy/PA)

Charities and health experts warn welfare cuts could cost lives

UK News|2 hours ago

A smoker in shadow

Smoke-free nation will ‘boost jobs and the economy’ – report

UK News|2 hours ago

A 20mph road sign

£10m awarded to road safety improvement projects

UK News|2 hours ago

CCTV shows Shane O'Malley and an accomplice raiding Hansons Auctioneers building in Derbyshire

BBC Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson's auction house targeted by hammer-wielding ram-raid crook in £21,000 raid

Crime|9 hours ago

Glen Elmy handed back his keys after just three days

Dream home turned nightmare - Walsall man who won James Bond-style property 'handed keys back after three days'

News|16 hours ago

Mackintosh at the Willow

Glasgow tearoom hosting talks on enduring relationship with ‘now-humble’ cuppa

Viral news|Mar 24

Ireland’s ‘best contemporary art’ to be showcased at Dublin fair

Viral news|Mar 23

Lisa Wright and Valerie Jack

Woman who gave kidney to friend urges Scots to consider donation

Viral news|Mar 11

Two young girls show off their paintings

Children’s artwork to go on show digitally at Scotland’s National gallery

Viral news|Feb 24

South Korea Wildfires

At least 16 dead and 19 hurt as wildfires ravage South Korea’s southern regions

World News|2 hours ago

JD Vance (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

US vice president JD Vance to join his wife on trip to Greenland

World News|4 hours ago

Trump

Trump moves to overhaul US elections, including citizenship requirement

World News|5 hours ago

Texas Walmart Shooting

Gunman who killed 23 in Texas attack offered plea deal to avoid death penalty

World News|5 hours ago

Russia Ukraine

US says it has brokered safe shipping in Black Sea in Ukraine-Russia talks

World News|7 hours ago

Trump

Appeals court allows Trump administration to suspend approval of new refugees

World News|7 hours ago