Dudley Council says closing Crystal Gateway will save it £500,000 a year.

The HSE brings a prosecution over the death of Maciej Rozanski while working in Dudley in 2018.

Gary Jefferis is sentenced to four years in prison after a bid to meet a child at a railway station.

The babies arrive to parents Helga and Floki, who are part of a European breeding programme.

Dudley councillors Peter Drake, Karl Denning and Matt Cook confirm they will now sit as independents.

Dudley councillor Pete Lowe says welfare cuts are "the final straw" after much heart-searching.

The West Midlands Combined Authority board agrees an extension of the Bus Network Support Grant.

The BBC also finds the NHS in England no longer monitors the status of Long Covid clinics.