Black Country Radio

A brand new higher education music institute in Dudley has turned blue this evening in salute to the NHS.

Acorns Children’s Hospice in the West Midlands has become one of the first children’s hospices in the UK to publish its emergency plans in response to the deepening coronavirus pandemic. 

The Black Country Chamber of Commerce has stepped forward with a raft of extra measures today to support its members during the Covid-19 pandemic and economic uncertainty.

Sandwell Council staff are mobilising to help deliver support and assistance to vulnerable people hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic.

Staff at a Wolverhampton-based charity have been coming up with creative new ways to raise money and boost morale in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. 

Kind-hearted market traders in Dudley have offered to donate fruit and veg to local foodbanks – as council bosses announced a three-month rent free period during the coronavirus crisis.

Another 259 people have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus - with at least 13 of them having no underlying health problems.

Boris Johnson has raised the prospect of stricter lockdown measures in a letter that will be sent to every household in the UK.

Hundreds of frontline NHS staff are being tested this weekend to find out if they have had coronavirus at a drive-through facility at a theme park.

Killing Eve has delighted fans by announcing the third season will be released two weeks early.

As schools and nurseries around the world shut down due to coronavirus, two Hollywood actresses are doing their bit to help children in need.

Madonna has paid tribute to her Desperately Seeking Susan co-star Mark Blum who has died after contracting coronavirus.