Wolverhampton is shortlisted along with Solihull to help celebrate those beating addiction.

Lichfield District Council is expanding a WhatsApp help service trialled in July.

People from Japan, which is famed for its cherry tree gardens, join Keele's anniversary celebration.

The year-long study will use patients from the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

The council is introducing two all-electric waste vehicles to its fleet.

The heritage plaque celebrates campaigner, socialist and trade union organiser Alice Arnold.

A theatre group is touring hospitals and community centres in the run-up to Christmas.

Water companies are to spend billions of pounds of consumers' money building new pipelines.

Some residents are worried the £1bn regeneration of Druids Heath will price them out of the area.

The project proposes a mix of residential, office and hotel buildings in the town centre.

Birmingham City Council's transport boss wants a city-wide 20mph limit.

Birmingham striker Lyndon Dykes says the way a much-changed side beat Blackpool shows they have the depth to win something this season.

The father and daughter, both called PC Napier, have since resigned from West Midlands Police.

Lee Bodman is sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for 18, for his part in major unrest.

Phil Childs will play Grandad in the Only Fools and Horses stage show in Stoke-on-Trent.

Wolves need to cut out errors if they are to move away from the bottom of the Premier League, says boss Gary O'Neil.

Staffordshire County Council is also proposing to make savings of more than £18m.

Mr Olaf Stepnowski "swept the legs from underneath a pupil" on a football pitch in 2021.

Guardian food critic Jay Rayner surprises staff by turning up to dine at a Wolverhampton Desi pub.

The Lambs were drawn against Tottenham Hotspur on Monday for their third round match in the FA Cup.