Local news · updated 30 October 2026

West Midlands news

Latest news from West Midlands, United Kingdom: 26 stories in the last two weeks, on a map. Updated every 5 minutes.

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Latest from West Midlands

• Police issue warning to families over gold, jewellery and valuables as festive season approachesbromsgrovestandard.co.uk · West Midlands · 55 min ago
• Dudley mum told to abort baby defies doctors and vows to get him walkingbirminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 3 h ago
• Award-winning family chip shop giving free chippy teas to trick-or-treatersbirminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 3 h ago
• Inquiry into Birmingham grooming gangs 'welcomed as opportunity to learn from failings'birminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 3 h ago
• Disgraced mum combed West Midlands Police systems for 'intel on her neighbours'birminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 3 h ago
• West Midlands fire chief's six deadly challenges in urgent funding plea to MPsbirminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 3 h ago
• Dementia support clinics coming to Worcester Nationwideworcesternews.co.uk · West Midlands · 4 h ago
• Faces of Coventry men wanted over offences ranging from 'trafficking to stalking'coventrytelegraph.net · West Midlands · 4 h ago
• Zero-budget mockumentary Celestial Intersect to screendudleynews.co.uk · West Midlands · 5 h ago
• Why increasing soil microbes is key to regen croppingfwi.co.uk · West Midlands · 6 h ago
• Birmingham police using stop and search powers in these areas after murderbirminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 13 h ago
• Gas network Cadent brings 100 jobs to Birmingham logistics parkthebusinessdesk.com · West Midlands · 15 h ago
• Finance Manager job with Hays Accountancy and Financegaapweb.com · West Midlands · 15 h ago
• Film festival comes to the Black Country in November 2026stourbridgenews.co.uk · West Midlands · 17 h ago
• Increased hours for vital scheme supporting domestic abuse victims in the West Midlandsbirminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 18 h ago
• Andy Burnham government new 10-minute parking rulebirminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 18 h ago
• Birmingham's worst streets for car crime named in new listbirminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 18 h ago
• Armed police attend Warwick Arts Centre over wooden replica weaponstheboar.org · West Midlands · 19 h ago
• Much-loved Birmingham playhouse announces closure and parents are 'absolutely gutted'birminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 20 h ago
• Man tried to smash way into Digbeth pub after sister's 'distressed call' warning dad 'possibly dead'birminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 20 h ago
• Dudley councillors' basic allowance up to nearly £13,000halesowennews.co.uk · West Midlands · 21 h ago
• Man dies after Corbyn Road Dudley concern for safetyhalesowennews.co.uk · West Midlands · 21 h ago
• Dudley councillors asked to sign new good behaviour pledge after rise in complaintsbirminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 21 h ago
• Police and paramedics scrambled to Stoke-on-Trent 'sudden death'stokesentinel.co.uk · West Midlands · 22 h ago
• Hunt for van driver who smashed though McDonald's drive-thrucoventrytelegraph.net · West Midlands · 22 h ago
• Driver crashes into parked van and school crossing pole in Coventry then fleescoventrytelegraph.net · West Midlands · 22 h ago
• Birmingham's Ladypool Road named on Bake Off as place to go for iconic reasonbirminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 23 h ago
• Andy Burnham and John Healey confirm new state pension plan up to 2030birminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 23 h ago
• CCTV released of man with distinctive tattoos in Dudley 'burglary' probebirminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 23 h ago
• Three boys charged after teen stabbed in Birminghambirminghammail.co.uk · West Midlands · 23 h ago

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