Provisional Home Office figures show 547,000 applications were received between April and December 2024, down from 942,500 in the same period ...

POLICE neighbourhood teams in Sandwell have been working to crackdown on vehicle crime. Officers from the Oldbury neighbourhood team recovered a vehicle suspected of being involved in crime, while a ...

DUDLEY Council Plus walk-in centre is to close next week following a review of the service. The centre, in Castle Street, Dudley, will close on Friday January 17.

It comes despite a slowdown in nightclub closures over the past year, with a net reduction of 13 venues in 2024.

Quentin Willson, founder of FairCharge and advisory board member of EVUK, said: “The fact that Stellantis has hit their Zev mandate for 2024 shows what we’ve always said – the mandate is achievable.

The Environment Secretary set out reforms to boost profitability in the farming sector as the Government stands firm on agriculture property relief.