All news on the topic: West Midlands

The party is cashing in at its conference while vowing to cut welfare programmes that benefit the very voters it is trying to attract

Two wildfires which destroyed 19 homes in Stourbridge were started accidentally in fields where agricultural machinery was being used, fire chiefs revealed today.

A pensioner hid her Bernese mountain dogs after she found her landlord naked in the garden with bite marks, a court heard.

An “apocalyptic” wildfire has left homes in ruins as families reveal ash was “raining from the sky” as they grabbed their bags and fled.

A huge grass fire has spread to houses in Stourbridge as a “horror movie” blaze rages out of control in “apocalyptic” scenes with four rushed to hospital, including a child.

A prison absconder known to frequent the Republic of Ireland is being sought by police in the UK.

Leaves on the line, flooding on the tracks and rails are too hot – they’re all reasons we’re used to hearing for delays on the train.

A UK construction company has plunged into liquidation after 15 years as staff missed out on over £150,000 worth of pay.

A young child was allegedly abducted while playing near a pond in front of his mother.

A truck driver accused of murdering his teen girlfriend by crushing her against a lamppost has told a jury that he lied about a hit-and-run because he "panicked".

Two children have died from measles in England this year, while more than 100 new cases have been reported in the past two weeks, health officials said on Thursday.

A healthy mom struggling to cope with the death of her son has ended her life at a Swiss assisted dying clinic.

A young woman who was found dead at a Wetherspoon pub in Plymouth has been identified as 19-year-old Kelsey O’Connor.

A British lawyer died days after undergoing Brazilian butt lift and liposuction procedures abroad because she felt "pressure to look slim in the legal profession", an inquest heard.

A woman was reportedly racially abused while shopping with her ten-month-old baby.

A man has been charged with rape after an alleged attack that police have said they are treating as racially aggravated.

Two ‘Bob Shops’ were ordered to take urgent action on more than 80 issues after inspectors found a series of food hygiene breaches.

A BBC investigation has uncovered incidents of very young children bringing knives into primary schools.

Jaguar Land Rover has started a gradual restart of its production lines, more than a month after a severe cyber-attack forced the British carmaker to halt operations worldwide.

The UK is prepared for disruption as heavy rain is expected to cause flooding, with possible hail and thunder.

Police investigating the rape of a British-born Sikh woman in a racially aggravated attack in the West Midlands have renewed their appeal for public assistance as they released a man on bail.