A learner driver who took police on a dangerous 90mph chase after being spotted behind the wheel of his girlfriend’s car has walked free from court. Dad-of-two Jordan Jones said he was ‘scared’ when police caught him driving his partner’s Nissan Juke a…
By Matthew Lodge[1] Published: 15:29, 14 January 2024 | Updated: 18:13, 14 January 2024
Wolverhampton has been revealed as the UK’s capital for drink and drug driving, with nearly 10 per cent of all crashes in the city h…
A scheme set up by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to fund apprenticeship training for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has now supported more than 4,000 apprentices and 1,683 SMEs thanks to £47.6 million of pledged donations from…
Someone heading into the outskirts of a large city who hasn’t been there before might find themselves disorientated by buildings, traffic and a general sense of not knowing where anything is.
If you don’t know where landmarks are, it can be hard to get…
Couple, aged 25 and 28, died after lying undiscovered in their crashed car for three days as police failed to log emergency call from farmer who alerted them to the wreckage, inquiry hearsDeaths of Lamara Bell and John Yuill are the subject of a fatal …
Courses offered by City of Wolverhampton College[1] to give people the skills needed to build a career in the rail and infrastructure sectors are set to be expanded with the opening of an additional training site in Dudley.
The college and its infras…
The site will offer students all the skills they need to work in the rail and construction industry
Wolverhampton College has opened a new training site in Dudley to teach more local people to meet the demand for skilled operatives to work on the con…
People are being urged to avoid the area.
Around six pumps from Bilston, Fallings Park and Wolverhampton fire stations and a ladder from Walsall fire station were called to reports of the unit being on fire on Ettingshall Road near Bilston at around …
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Transport Secretary Mairi McAllan said she was open to suggestions on how to make the A9 safer at the recent Inverness Courier A9 Crisis Summit. Picture: Callum Mackay.
It is very clear that the A9 fr…
Resurfacing work on Pipers Row, Wolverhampton, is taking place this week
Pipers Row will be closed until Friday, with traffic being diverted around the city.
It is part of the work required to open the £50 million Metro link from St George’s down Pip…
Events are being cancelled due to severe weather warnings around Birmingham and the Black Country today (Saturday July 15). The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for parts of the West Midlands and shared the places it is likely to hit.[1]
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A car trying to get through water on Sedgley Road East
The Met Office has also issued a warning for thunderstorms in the West Midlands.
The Met Office tweeted: “The Amber Thunderstorm warning has now been updated to extend further into the evening, a…
An elderly man has died after being hit by a lorry on a major A-road. The collision took place on the A4123 Birmingham New Road in Coseley[1], which was shut today (June 8) in both directions following the incident.
Paramedics rushed to the scene at 9….
Peter Merry (Wolverhampton College), Davie Carns (NIS), Jackie Redding and Susan Barlow (both The Way Youth Zone)
Wolverhampton-based National Infrastructure Solutions, which was started by former Royal Marine and professional footballer Davie Carns,…