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Staff and children from Cradley Play Nursery with Dudley's Mayor and Paul Grove, FastAid Black Country

A car parking trial is set to be extended across all council car parks in Dudley as council bosses reveal their intention to make free parking a permanent offer for the borough.

Paramedics from West Midlands Ambulance Service are set to become TV stars in a new 8-part documentary series, starting on BBC1 next week.

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The Dudley-born comedian offered university places directly to students yesterday as he joined the clearing team at Birmingham City University.

An inquest has opened into the deaths of an Oldbury couple who were found after an apparent murder-suicide.

A war hero’s grave in a Brierley Hill churchyard has been vandalized.

A man was airlifted to hospital after being impaled on a metal fence in Wolverley.

A brand new Starbucks and second restaurant unit are set to expand the foor and drink offering at the Brierley Hill shopping centre.

People are being urged to highlight the types of green spaces that are important to them as the Black Country authorities plan for the region’s future.

A shed was smased up by vandals who broke into a Hagley school during an attempted burglary over the weekend.

An Oldbury man's appeared in court charged with the murder of a man who was found dead in a car outside West Bromwich police station.

Police have launched an investigation after an elderly lady was woken up by an intruder as she slept in her bed at her Dudley home.

A Rowley Regis drink driver has been banned from driving for 3 years.

A man was taken to hospital following a fight in a Stourbridge street on Sunday.

A missing 65-year-old Dudley man has been found safe and well.

A new Asda supermarket was opened in Sedgley yesterday by the Mayor of Dudley.

Dudley Zoo have hatched their first Violet Turaco Chick in the attractions’ 80 year history.

Motorists can expect long delays on a busy Dudley road as six weeks of roadworks start today.

A pub which dates back to the 19th century looks to have been saved from the bulldozers after a bid to build a supermarket was rejected.

A new film about the life of Duncan Edwards will be premiered at the ground where he dazzled thousands of adoring supporters.

A body was found in a garden shed in Stourbridge yesterday morning.

Hundreds of the family and friends of Stourbridge stabbing victim, Ryan Passey, attended an emotional vigil in his honour yesterday.

A man has fallen from the multi-storey car park in Brindleyplace.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a body was found in a car outside a Black Country police station

Work to improve safety along a road dubbed a 'renowned danger spot' will begin later this year, a ward councillor has revealed.

A man's been killed following a reported explosion at an Oldbury recycling plant.

A man's been charged with attempted murder after a woman was stabbed multiple times in a Lye car park.

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A Dutch and Japanese consortium has won the battle to run key Birmingham rail services, including the Cross City Line, until 2026 it has been announced.

Two drivers had a lucky escape following a crash in Quinton in which a Porsche hit a nursery wall.

A "violent and aggressive" Cradley Heath car salesman brutally stabbed his partner to death with a swordstick in temper, a jury has been told.

A new healthy lifestyle service launches in Dudley on Saturday.

A man has been charged with murder following a fatal knife attack in Chicago’s on Stourbridge High Street, in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Over the August Bank Holiday there will be loads to see and do for the whole family at the Red House Glass Cone, as part of the International Glass Festival 2017.

A DUdley teenager has been warned he faces a long spell behind bars after he admitted stabbing a young man at Merry Hill Shopping Centre.

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West Midlands Police will double the number of officers armed with Taser following a major security review.

A man murdered his wife before killing himself at their home with their three children inside, police say.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the stabbing of a woman in Lye today.

The new attraction is the latest project completed as part of the zoo's £295,000 revamp programme.

A business visit to the local credit union proved to be a big hit with the Mayor of Dudley.

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A major crackdown on weeds and overgrown grass has been unveiled with half a million pounds pumped into the initiative.

A canalside development featuring more than 50 new homes is set to transform a factory site in Brierley Hill.

A Battle of Britain pilot who once told off the Duke of Cambridge for "flying choppers" has died at the age of 99.

Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of a man at a Stourbridge bar have arrested three teenagers on suspicion of murder.

Work on Dudley’s £2.6 million Emergency Treatment Centre has started at Russells Hall Hospital, ready for its opening in November this year.

Police are investigating a fatal stabbing that took place in Chicago’s bar in Stourbridge just before 1am this morning.

Around 23 staff from different departments at High Arcal School, in Dudley, will take part in Carver's Wolverhampton Marathon this September.

A patient has spent almost 500 days in a bed at Russells Hall Hospital waiting to be discharged, it has been revealed.

The tiny Mr Whippy van has been unveiled today and will visit intu Merry Hill next week.

A big-hearted Hagley woman is running three events in three months, to raise funds for the Mary Stevens Hospice.

The possibility of reopening a former Stourbridge church being hailed as a boost for the town centre by campaigners.

Two teenagers have denied killing a Netherton window fitter.

A man was hospitalised after crashing a car into a garden wall in Rowley Regis.

Dudley Council has agreed to invest half a million pounds to help reduce demands on hospital and social care services in the borough.

A paedophile from the Black Country has been jailed after taking images of children on trains while exposing himself.

Two men have told how they made a citizen’s arrest on a prolific car key burglar after spotting him rob a woman – only for the thief to die three days later in hospital.

A new £3.5 million state-of-the-art imaging suite is being built in Dudley for patients who need an MRI or CT scan.

The Mayor of Dudley is asking people to nominate unsung community heroes from across the borough for a special award from the Queen.

An Oldbury mother has been jailed for 11 years after she plotted to have her partner killed when he went cold on her wedding plans.

A former Brierley Hill garage owner has had his prison sentence extended for sexually assaulting a second female customer.

Rotala, the owner of Black Country-based Diamond Bus, is spending £1 million on the takeover of Stourbridge firm Hansons.

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West Midlands Police is introducing spit and bite guards for 4,500 operational officers, to protect them - and the public - from offenders.

A leisure extension, containing a cinema and new restaurants, is set to be built at the Merry Hill centre.

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