The BBC speaks to small business owners in Bilston as non-essential shops prepare to reopen.

Moses Christensen will serve at least 28 years in prison for stabbing Richard Hall at a beauty spot.

Not enough care home staff are getting jabs because of false rumours, Birmingham MP Jack Dromey says.

Fit-again Warwickshire paceman Liam Norwell takes 5-32 as Derbyshire are bowled out for 189 on the first day of the new season.

Essex captain Tom Westley steers champions Essex to a steady start with the bat against Worcestershire.

Neil Astles, 59, who had the AstraZeneca vaccine in March, died from a blood clot on Sunday.

The actor who plays rogue PC Ryan Pilkington says it was "so cold", but "so exciting to film".

The body of a 56-year-old man was discovered in Birmingham earlier this month.

The Unite union says work done at the Komatsu factory in Worcester is to move overseas.

Matthew Dale's family say the stabbing meant he would never get to met his baby son.

The male cub's eyes were still closed when a member of the public found him on a driveway.

The 27-year-old victim died in hospital after being found at a house in Birmingham, police say.

Warwickshire sign India Test batsman Hanuma Vihari as cover while South African Pieter Malan is delayed by a visa issue.

Shropshire Star

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• Violence, vandalism and blood on Shrewsbury's streets: 'Pack it in plea' to yobs, external
• 103 give evidence in Telford child sex abuse inquiry, external
• Hundreds more dead in Shropshire than predicted - showing impact of pandemic, external

Relive the opening day of the 2021 County Championship season as defending champions Essex make a strong start.

BBC Midlands Today

Drivers who use the M6 toll are to benefit from improvements to its design, as part of a multi-million pound investment strategy.

Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology will be installed from today in some lanes, as part of a pilot project for trucks and vans.

It'll then be gradually rolled out for all other motorists.

It's part of a wider plan to make the toll safer and improve congestion and connectivity across the West Midlands.

Susan Lowe is among the carers who struggled to get pain relief for a loved one during the pandemic.

A stage area and 120 seats are to be installed in Birmingham's Victoria Square.

Len Redding, from Stourbridge, spent months in hospital before continuing his recovery in a care home.

Azam Mangori, 24, killed Lorraine Cox, 32, in his flat above a kebab shop in Exeter in September.