A move to open a 24-hour off licence at a motorway service station has been ‘temporarily’ backed by the council. Sandwell[1] Council’s planning committee was forced to allow the Gateway Service Station, in Birmingham Road, Great Barr, next to junction …
Emergency services are at the scene of a crash between a lorry and a car on the M6. The collision prompted 45 minute delays for motorists during rush hour – with more than six-miles of tailbacks today.
The incident happened on the M6 Northbound between…
A BMW flipped onto side on an ‘accident blackspot’ road – as a councillor continued calls for better safety measures. The silver-coloured vehicle had rolled onto its right handside and was left lying on the pavement along the A4123 Wolverhampton Road i…
From left: Matthew Daly, Crissie Rushton, Shevaun Haviland, Sarah Moorhouse, Gareth Jones and Vikki Potts at the lunch
Shevaun Haviland was guest speaker at the Black Country Chamber of Commerce’s annual leaders’ lunch.
She said that chambers had bee…
Applause and cheering was heard from the public gallery as three men – one of them from Swadlincote – were sent down for life for the murder of a drug gang rival. Jerome Christie, 27, of Chrysanthemum Court, Swadlincote, will serve a minimum of 28 year…
Road closures will be in place across Gloucester[1] when the climax of stage seven of the Tour of Britain[2] is held this weekend as well as a Pride event where thousands are expected to attend. The elite cycling race[3] will finish in Gloucester[4] on…
Changes to bus timetables mean there will be more services available to commuters. People living in Gloucester, Cheltenham and Stroud will have more chances to get around[1] where they live thanks to the changes.
A new service will be introduced for sc…
Building materials supplier Cemex has just completed a series of road safety educational events for primary school children based in Rugby, local to its main UK cement plant.
A specialist team from Cemex Rugby visited three local primary schools with o…
The naming of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games[1] bull has been shortlisted to four possibilities. Scores of people have been submitting name suggestions for the city’s much-loved bully boy.
Almost 2,000 contributors have put names forward to nam…
Is this Britain’s DULLEST train journey? Rail buff JONATHAN WEBB takes a 20-minute ride he’d rather forget…By Jonathan Webb[1] Updated: 09:45, 27 May 2023
If you weren’t depressed before you took the train between Birmingh…
This is the moment a car was sent rolling in the air after a crash at a notorious junction in the Black Country. The smash took place on Wolverhampton Road, at the junction with Queensway, Oldbury[1], at 8.40pm yesterday, May 23.
Video footage captured…
‘Domestic noises’ are one of the top complaints for residents seeking peace and quiet, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.
A Freedom of Information request by the Local Democracy Reporting Service[1] (LDRS) found Sandwell[2] council received…
A road rage driver who ‘dangerously tailgated’ a grandad before killing him with a single punch has admitted his cruel offending. ‘Highly aggressive’ Arslan Farooq faces time behind bars after he left van driver Simon West with a fatal head injury.
The…
Two transport firms, one based in Sutton Coldfield[1], have been hit with fines totalling more than £2 million after a depot manager was killed by a reversing lorry in Birmingham[2]. The horrific death took place at The Haulage Group Ltd, then known as…