West Midlands County, England News

FUNDRAISERS for the Leukaemia Unit Appeal are staging a silent auction next Thursday, June 27 at Barnett Hill Garden and Leisure Centre in Worcester Road.

TECHNOLOGY businesses and healthcare professionals are collaborating on two innovative new projects being trialled to improve healthcare delivery in York.

Halesowen and Rowley Regis MP James Morris also attended the Victorian Fair, he said: "I have been going to the Victorian Fair every year and this was without doubt the best one ever.

One of the daughters of an 82-year-old grandfather murdered in Birmingham says his family do not feel safe.

Steve and Veronica Baetje began selling their goat cheese commercially in 2007. Today Baetje Farms , off Interstate 55 about 50 miles south of St. Louis, produces several varieties of aged and fresh goat's- and sheep's-milk cheeses in the French and European style.

Rihanna lashed out during her concert in the U.K. on Monday night when an overzealous fan grabbed hold of her costume.

The Oaks, where adults with learning disabilities create produce art, will now have a stunning garden for the group to enjoy.

ORGANISERS of Wordsley Festival are inviting residents to turn out to this year's family fun day taking place this Saturday .

The UK's top spot for identity fraud has been revealed as East Ham in London, with about seven times more attempts than the national average.

Occasional patterns from the light rain are the only thing disturbing the perfect mirror pool surface of the pond at Sarehole Mill in Birmingham.

Hand-tinted photograph shows a young man and a young woman as they stand with their faces close to one another, 1920s.

A driver has been charged over a hit-and-run crash in which a father-of-four from Birmingham died.

Buy this photo L-r - Annia Purewal , Maddie Valentine , Elisha Bains , Zoe Carr-Smith from Ruckleigh School - with Old Swinford Hospital School teacher Tony Woods.

A Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban is to lead calls for education to become a top priority in failing states around the world.

Police were alerted to a shooting when a man turned up at hospital with a gunshot wound to the hand.

A BLACK Country charity has come to the rescue of the country's longest-running mobile toy library which has been struggling to survive in the wake of council cuts.

The borough's pioneering approach to dementia has received national acclaim for its support to sufferers, their familes and carers.

A police officer stabbed at a mosque in Birmingham believes he could have died if it was not for the "great community effort" to confront the attacker.

The son of former Birmingham City manager Trevor Francis has gone on trial accused of breaking into ex-Aston Villa star Lee Hendrie's cottage.

HEARTED Kingswinford fitness queen Jean Hughes has been awarded the British Empire Medal as reward for 41 years of fund raising.