Shrewsbury Town's new chief executive Matt Williams is determined to drive up revenue at the club, as finance experts Deloitte revealed income at Premier League outfits hit a record £2.52bn in 2012/13.
Burntwood's new multi-million-pound, walk-in health centre opens to the public next week. South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust launches the new health and wellbeing centre in High Street on Tuesday.
This is the new £4 million crime-busting helicopter which is taking the fight against crooks to the skies of West Midlands from today.
The US music star will perform on Monday June 30 and Tuesday July 1 next year at the new Manchester venue.
Skygazing Shropshire residents were in for a real treat last night as a rare blue supermoon arched across the sky.
A game-for-a-laugh charity fundraiser who grew his hair for a year is having it shaved off on New Year's Day.
Eight more coronavirus deaths have been reported at at hospitals in the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire.
A Whitchurch firm has lost its appeal against a £10,000 penalty charge after being accused of paying eight workers more than £5,000 below the national minimum wage.
Wolverhampton Council has rejected calls to give the Black Country flag a permanent home at the city's Civic Centre.
The Pitmen faced a youthful Stoke City in the first of a trio of semi-finals, hoping to book a place in the Staffordshire Senior Cup Final.
A town councillor has been reported to the Local Government Ombudsman for social media comments following a Boxing Day hunt.
A marathon runner has reached the halfway point of his ambitious attempt to complete 400 marathons in 365 days.
The expansion of a supermarket in West Bromwich town centre is now gathering pace.
Bookmakers today offered a resounding snub to Shrewsbury Town's promotion hopes - by placing them as 11th favourites to hoist the League Two championship trophy next season. Bookmakers today offered a resounding snub to Shrewsbury Town's promotion hopes - by placing them as 11th favourites to hoist the League Two championship trophy next season. After the releasing of the fixtures yesterday, Bet 365 have Gary Peters' side priced at 20-1 to be celebrating their first title in 14 years. That represents a major thumbs down on the chances of Gary Peters' side - despite the fact they came within a whisker of winning promotion last season, only losing in a Wembley play-off final to Bristol Rovers. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
Shropshire's GP out-of-hours medical service handled 184,000 patient calls last year, new figures revealed today. Shropshire's GP out-of-hours medical service handled 184,000 patient calls last year, new figures revealed today. The Shropdoc co-operative treated 54,000 patients, either at one of its primary care centres or in the patient's own home. Within the Shropshire County Primary Care Trust area - excluding Telford & Wrekin - it dealt with 75,000 calls for medical help and treated 19,700 patients. The figures are contained in briefing papers from Shropdoc general manager, Graham Fell, ahead of a presentation he is making to the county council's watchdog health overview and scrutiny panel next Tuesday. Mr Fell says that during the year the service received 21 complaints relating to the Shropshire PCT area and 36 compliments. Read the full story in the Shropshire Star.
