Former councillor David Barton calls on Sefton Council to support new geographical district names to boost heritage restoration and investment. Key sites like Aintree Old Roan and Crosby Park House highlighted.
Residents in Duckmanton, Derbyshire, say their lives are made a misery by a massive landfill site that brings flies, dust, and unbearable odours, leaving them feeling like prisoners in their own homes.
West Mercia Police launch 'Jog On' operation using female officers as joggers to catch drivers harassing women runners, with bodycam footage released showing intercepts.
Emergency services rescued a person who fell from height in Digbeth, Birmingham, early Monday. Fire crews used three appliances, technical rescue and a hydraulic platform.
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A Labour government report reveals 1.7 million retired civil servants risk up to a year-long wait for pension payments after Capita's outsourcing failure, prompting the Cabinet Office to plan insourcing.
Birmingham's new council leaders call on PM Andy Burnham to support building council houses and regulate exempt housing to tackle the city's housing crisis.
Oliwier Gabis, 20, sentenced to three years and nine months for helping murderer Oumar Traore evade police after Handsworth killing, and desecrating victim's memorial.
Sands United FC Dudley, a football team of bereaved fathers, has donated a privacy pram to Russells Hall Hospital to offer comfort and dignity to families experiencing baby loss.
Liverpool City Council launches local plan to limit HMO concentrations to 10% per area, ban 'sandwiching', and reject 260 applications since 2021.
Fire crews and police are at a rescue incident in Digbeth, Birmingham. Residents are urged to avoid the area. Three fire appliances, technical rescue, and a hydraulic platform are on scene.
Birmingham City Council has been issued a legal notice to address severe mice infestations in council homes, impacting residents' health and safety.
Workers in the West Midlands are encouraged to check if they are eligible for equal pay claims against Asda, Sainsbury's, and Morrisons, potentially worth thousands of pounds.
Two Sefton residents, David Forshaw and Ray Mutch, received honorary community awards from Sefton Council for their contributions to music and cycling, nominated by David Barton.
A Derbyshire mother who took up running last October completed the Ramathon half-marathon, raising hundreds for The Elm Foundation to renovate refuge gardens for domestic abuse survivors.
A driver fled the scene of a two-car crash outside the Queen's Head pub in West Bromwich on July 19. One driver suffered minor injuries; police are investigating.
A man in his 20s has died after falling from a car park in Queensway, Halesowen. Police say the death is not being treated as suspicious.
Solihull leads the West Midlands with 21 Green Flag Awards in 2026, including two new sites: Widney Manor Cemetery and Blythe Valley Park.
A handbag stolen from a car at Tesco in Sutton Coldfield led to over £1,000 being fraudulently spent on the victim's bank card. Police seek two men.
Natalie Queiroz, eight months pregnant, was stabbed 24 times by fiancé Babur Raja in Sutton Coldfield in 2016. She and her daughter survived; Raja got 18 years.
Two teenagers arrested after a 'frightening' brawl on Halesowen High Street, sparking calls for tougher youth punishment and parental accountability.
Tributes pour in after a man's body was discovered near the junction of High Street and Berry Maud Lane in Solihull; police do not treat death as suspicious.
A gang of armed robbers remain at large over a week after a machete raid on a mobile phone shop in Weoley Castle, Birmingham, with police urging witnesses to come forward.
A body has been found in the search for a 57-year-old man reported missing from Little Wenlock, Telford. Police say the death is not being treated as suspicious, and tributes have poured in.
A motorcyclist in his 50s suffered life-changing injuries after a hit-and-run crash outside Blackwell Montessori Nursery in Lickey. Police appeal for dashcam footage.
A man in a Morocco football shirt is wanted by police after a security guard was hit with a glass bottle at Slug & Lettuce in Brindleyplace, Birmingham, on July 5.
Dejen Tesfay, 29, was found dead in Handsworth Cemetery on May 3, a week after telling a support worker he was 'coping well'. An inquest ruled his death as suicide.
Gelvin Lyons, 42, was nearly three times over the alcohol limit when found in his car in Brierley Hill. He lost his job as a warehouse driver and was sentenced to a community order with unpaid work and a 42-month driving ban.
A Birmingham mum of two has been living in a rat and cockroach-infested hostel for over a year, despite being in the council's top housing priority, and says her daughter contracted ringworm from the filthy conditions.
Wolverhampton nightclub Oxygene has its licence suspended for three months after a stabbing and a disorder involving 400 youths, with council citing 'significant failures' by the venue.