"It was a valued and characterful addition to Smethwick town centre and will be a big loss to the community.” Its features included an "extremely wide" double height art deco auditorium ...

Karl Gallagher, 31, from Smethwick, died from a single stab wound to the chest after an attack outside the West Cross centre in the town on 26 April. Tyrell Harris pleaded not guilty to murder in ...

A waning athletics stadium is set to be ditched and a leisure centre closed as part of a council’s cost-cutting plans. Sandwell Council has revealed it is looking to give up Hadley Stadium in ...

At its peak some firefighters in breathing apparatus were called to a blaze at an industrial estate in Smethwick which left one man suffering burns and concerns over lithium batteries and propane ...