Local Headlines from Thursday, July 9th, 2026

Dudley Council has signed up to Guide Dogs’ new national pilot scheme to tackle the refusal of entry to businesses for people with assistance dogs. 

A business owner has been sentenced following serious breaches of environmental legislation linked to the operation of an alloy wheel refurbishment business in Dudley.

Young people across the borough of Walsall are being invited to take part in a series of creative sessions to help shape a new hippo-themed art trail which will be on display next year.

The region will cement its status as the car-making capital of the UK under an automotive support package announced by Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands.

A woman who allowed her dog to starve and buried the emaciated body in a communal area where she lived has been banned from keeping animals for ten years.

Sandwell Council is continuing its fight against illegal shops with the latest batch of court-ordered closures in Cradley Heath.

Students from the Black Country have returned home after completing a life-changing five-day residential programme at Eton College, made possible through growing partnerships with schools across the region.

Prince Harry has visited Birmingham Children’s Hospital to meet seriously ill children and their families who are benefiting from the specialist support programmes of national children’s charity, WellChild.