The news across the West Midlands can often feel bleak to us, but there are still lots of positive and more uplifting moments happening, and we want to celebrate and share them. This week we heard how the Rik Mayall Comedy Festival helped boost business and a Coventry City fansite which has been relaunched after a 19 year break.

There were flashpoints during a day of protest in Birmingham city centre on Saturday, with accusations of protestors and police officers crossing a line.

The West Midlands is to get 150 more neighbourhood police officers as part of government plans to put "bobbies back on the beat". The region will also receive an additional 20 police community support officers, who will be recruited straight away, said ...

Four long-serving members of West Midlands Police have received recognition in the List after giving a total of

West Midlands mayor Richard Parker will today unveil a plan which aims to drive economic growth across the region with the hope of creating 100,000 jobs in fast-growing industries, get tens of thousands of residents into work, improve public transport, and ...

The agreement means the BBC will increase its network TV production spend in the West Midlands from £24m to £40m annually by the end of 2027 The BBC has confirmed its biggest expansion in the West Midlands in more than 10 years, with network TV ...

TheBusinessDesk.com has appointed Georgia Wright as its new West Midlands Editor as the publishing and events business continues to grow. Georgia joins TheBusinessDesk.com after more than six years at a leading London-based retail trade publication,

A huge West Midlands jobs boom and the economy boosted by billions is being predicted in the next decade by an independent report. The Universities of Warwick and Birmingham commissioned the report which has found the region has the potential to create ...

The chief constable of West Midlands Police is in the spotlight after the home secretary said he no longer had her confidence, following an update on a review into safety recommendations that led to Maccabi Tel Aviv fans being banned from attending a match ...

The BBC has moved production of Silent Witness, one of its most popular long-running dramas, from London to the West Midlands. The move forms part of the BBC’s Across the UK strategy, which has seen a number of shows moved away from the capital and ...