Number Nine The Gallery walked off with the Birmingham Post readers’ best arts and entertainment venue at the seventh annual Best of Broad Street Awards.
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Thousands of pupils will return to crumbling classrooms and out-dated computer equipment in Sandwell after Education Secretary Michael Gove’s refusal to fund £125 million of rebuilding work. CHRIS HENWOOD talks to the disappointed head teachers.
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The former manager of a Black Country care home has been struck off the social workers’ register after smuggling £25,000-worth of cannabis into the UK.Read
A Black Country schoolgirl who witnessed the polar bear attack which left a student dead could suffer terrifying flashbacks of the ordeal, her father fears.Read
A Black Country pensioner who died after a heart attack at his home had been involved a mystery bust-up on his doorstep just moments before falling ill, police have said.Read
Chris is a general news reporter covering the Black Country. His journalism training was carried out near his home town of Carmarthen, in South Wales, where he worked on the Llanelli Star and South Wales Evening Post newspapers.