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Major West Midlands route has speed limit cut to 50mph with drivers warned
The A46 near Coventry in the West Midlands, down the M6 from Birmingham, will be shaken up.
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HMRC confirms new 26p per mile rule for drivers after rule change
June 2026 update, effective from 1 June 2026, increases petrol, diesel, and LPG rates across all engine bands, while electric rates remain unchanged from March 2026.
Spice and £1,000 seized as police tackle drug dealing near Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital 'head on'
Teams worked together to stop a car in the city on Wednesday night and carry out searches
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DWP confirms £456 a month for state pensioners with 4 common health conditions
Attendance Allowance helps cover costs of pensioners (aged 66+) who need someone to 'attend' them.
HMRC sets July 31 deadline ahead of payments due for self-assessment taxpayers
‘Payments on account’ are payments towards your next tax bill (including Class 4 National Insurance if you’re self-employed).
State pensioners can get £8,509 payments on top of DWP state pension
Legal and General reckons UK annuity rates have risen over the last few years because they’re closely linked to interest rates.
West Midlands Police reveals how many 999 calls it received following England's dramatic World Cup exit
Officers have also made a record number of arrests in the last 24 hours
DWP confirms 8 groups of state pensioners affected by new age threshold rule
A DWP state pension age change is set to impact people born between April 6, 1960, and July 6, 1960.
HMRC confirms payment rule for thousands who earn over £60,000
The charge is tapered so if you, or your partner, earn between £60,000 and £80,000 it may still be worth your while financially to claim.
Large crop fire sparks 'avoid the area' warning in Wombourne
Those living near the scene were urged to keep windows and doors closed
DWP State Pension age change for anyone born after April 1977
Because people are living and working longer, the age you can access your State Pension is changing.
Six arrests as tempers flared in Solihull after England's World Cup semi-final defeat to Argentina
West Midlands Police said it wouldn't 'tolerate this kind of behaviour on our streets'
Civil service pension pensioners face waiting 'a year' for £45,000 payments
Writing into expert Ruth Emery, who works for the Telegraph, a pensioner has spoken of their frustration.
Moment hacker, 17, arrested at Walsall home over UK cyber breach
Owen Flowers has now been jailed for his part in the attack on Transport for London
BB guns and drugs found in Wombourne raids as boy, 16, arrested
The teen was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply cannabis
'Gun' spotted and woman punched in violent disorder after Walsall crash
The woman driving a BMW was punched following the crash on Broadway West, Waslall
Man attacked and robbed in Wednesbury by duo who 'hit his car with weapons'
Officers were keen to speak to the two people featured in the CCTV images
MP says iconic West Midlands attraction is Solihull's - not Birmingham's
The MP called out 'geographical inaccuracies' during Prince Harry's visit for the Invictus Games
Birmingham MP says Argentina players who carried Falklands banner should be banned from World Cup final
Paulette Hamilton MP said it was 'as if they were rubbing salt into the wounds'
Tributes paid to 'beloved' woman killed in wrong-way M62 crash
Sithandazile Sipepa, also known as Sithandazile Nkomo, was killed in a collision on the M62 on Saturday night (July 11)