A Smethwick man has been charged after almost a ton of cocaine was seized following a National Crime Agency investigation.

Helios, by British artist Luke Jerram, is now on free public display at The Exchange with special events taking place throughout the duration of the installation.

To mark International Women’s Day, Members of Soroptimist International of Stafford have created a “Rosie’s Plaque” to honour women who worked as Lumber Jills on Cannock Chase and at Henry Venables ...

John Adams, a fourth generation funeral director at Perry & Phillips in Bridgnorth, is to speak at the AFDA (Australian Funeral Directors Association) National Convention in the South Asian country.

Why, dahlings, just look at the fake timber beams, the exposed brickwork and that huge stone arch in the lounge. And have you ever seen anything quite as naff as the “bizarre” room with three doors ...

Believed to date back, in part, to the 1600s, Wilbrighton Manor Farm near Newport is up for grabs and it's cheaper than ever. The 6.25-acre residential smallholding boats a four-bedroom detached ...

The Israeli military says Hezbollah has fired into a disputed border zone, its first attack since a ceasefire took hold last week. It comes after Lebanon accused Israel of violating the truce more ...

If one of Britain's most famous art galleries needed a £700 million rebuild and the Government said it would be completed in six years at no cost to the taxpayer, we'd sneer in disbelief. Yet that is ...

WATER FIRMS USE THE SAME SCRIPT? Reading an article about the state of our water supply companies. One of them, not the one that supplies us, bleats that 'they are a special case' have an aged and ...

Pontiacs, Cadillacs, Minis and Morris Minors were among the hundreds of car makes and models as Weston Park's Easter motor show returned for another year. The event, run by the classic motor group, ...

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Dudley man Gary Morgan fights a day-to-day battle to keep warm and fed in the face of the cost of living crisis. Mr Morgan, aged 58, lives in a one bedroom council flat and has to take extreme action ...