The first building of a £75m business complex in the Black Country is officially opened by former Olympic decathlete Daley Thompson.
Lloyds Banking Group announces it is to shed nearly 1,000 jobs with 217 posts in Dudley to be moved.
Chuggers are to face restrictions in Wolverhampton - amid fears they are putting off shoppers.
An Iraqi man is found dead with a wound to his neck at a Birmingham hostel.