Local Headlines

Sandwell Council is making changes to some bin collection days as part of its 12-month review of the Alternate Weekly Collections system, where general waste and recycling bins are collected on different weeks.

Labour regained the St James’s ward on Dudley Council after a nail-biting election count left the party with a lead of just two votes.

The family of Ryan Passey will attend the High Court next week to challenge a decision not to allow an application to overturn the acquittal of Kobe Murray in connection with the death of their son.

Twenty five learners from The Link Academy enjoyed a special visit to the Houses of Parliament, including a private audience with the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP.

The family of a father who died when a car crashed into a supermarket in Wolverhampton have praised his “kindness, generosity and wonderful sense of humour.”

A much-loved family event may make a return next year as Walsall Council explores the feasibility of bringing back Walsall Illuminations.

A medical emergency at the William Archer in Wednesbury has inspired the pub to launch a community fundraising campaign to install a potentially life-saving defibrillator.

Historic Birmingham community pub and venue 'Anchor, Digbeth' is marking one year on from being saved from closure with a special week of events.

Halesowen Town first-team manager, Russ Penn has left his position at the club.

A former Stourbridge MP has launched the 2026 Stourbridge Poppy Appeal, aiming to build on last year’s £37,000 total.

Kingswinford and South Staffordshire MP, Mike Wood has condemned Labour MPs for preventing a vote on his legislation, designed to safeguard historic public hubs, in parliament.

Sandwell council refused to let a vulnerable mother have her representative present at an important meeting and made serious and unsubstantiated allegations about both of them during an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

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