A 52-year-old man who made more than £1 million by importing heroin into a Shropshire industrial estate must pay back just £2,770, a court has ruled.

Twelve people have been arrested in a series of raids across Shropshire and the West Midlands by detectives investigating a £500,000 drugs gang.

The last time Morten Harket performed in Birmingham it was at the huge NEC as part of A-ha’s farewell tour in 2010.

So, what can A-ha fans expect if they go to see Morten Harket, the band’s former lead singer, at Birmingham Symphony Hall on Monday?

Five men involved in raping and sexually assaulting two Shropshire teenagers have been jailed for more than 38 years.

It’s the greatest dog show on Earth. And across Shropshire and Mid Wales hundreds of pooches are being prepped and preened.

The screams from the thousands of female fans almost lifted the roof off Birmingham’s LG Arena.

Producers of The King and I are looking for young people aged 5-14, to play the king of Siam’s children in a new production at Birmingham Hippodrome.

Even after my very best attempts at persuasion, the taxi driver who dropped me at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham towards the end of last year remained totally unconvinced that nearly 200 dairy animals, including milking cows, could be found within those exhibition halls.

Two members of a criminal gang who preyed on customers at cash and carry stores in Shropshire have been jailed.

After a triumphant year when Strictly trounced X Factor in the TV ratings, the live tour stopping off at Birmingham NIA last night had the feel of a victory parade.

Were the High Speed Rail link planned to pass through Shropshire, the protests on environmental grounds would make the objections to new electricity pylons across the county look tame indeed.

Shropshire could get its first ever ‘car club’ in an innovative bid to end the misery of rush-hour gridlock by borrowing a pool car to make short journeys.

Retailers expect more bumper sales today as the ‘busiest week of the year’ continues after ‘record-breaking’ Boxing Day trade.

Wonderland Special: I Had The X Factor . . . 25 years ago (BBC2) – Those of us old enough know there is nothing new about shows like X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent.

Two workers were engulfed in a huge fireball after cutting through live electrical cables on an industrial estate in Telford, a court heard.

With glittering dresses, saucy dance routines and chart-topping hits under their tiny belts, The Saturdays hit the stage for their first arena tour.

Passengers on a Comtel Air flight from India to Birmingham were forced to pay £20,000 during a stopover in Vienna so the plane could refuel.

When Halloween is approaching and it’s half term – so, ahem, school’s out – there’s only one place to be . . . at an Alice Cooper concert.

With a three-hour show, five costume changes and a host of famous faces, Sir Cliff Richard showed he still knows how to move it and groove it – at the grand age of 71.

Alabama-born rising stars The Pierces stop off at Birmingham’s Glee Club next week as part of their UK tour.

It’s about three years since this musical, created from David Essex’s back catalogue, first appeared and it was then somewhat slow, gloomy and not terribly well-focused.

Wolves play Spurs on Saturday, which poses a special problem for one showbiz couple

David Cameron today authorised police to use water cannon and plastic baton rounds against rioters bringing mayhem to Britain’s streets. It comes after three men were killed today after fresh rioting brought mayhem to cities across the Midlands – as the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police appealed for calm. Gangs of copycat rioters and [...]

Vehicles were set on fire and businesses vandalised and looted. These were the scenes in Birmingham city centre last night as violence swept the breadth of the UK during a fourth consecutive night of rioting.

Traders in Birmingham fear there could be a return to violence as the big clean-up begins.

Most new bands which have yet to release any music would struggle to give away concert tickets,  but Pajama Club had no problem attracting an audience to Birmingham’s Glee Club.

He’s played the planet’s biggest venues and travelled worldwide as part of the rock ‘n’ roll jet set, so it seems faintly absurd that Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott is quite so familiar with, er, Gornal and Bilston. Ian Harvey finds out more.

They’ve been called the biggest cult band in the world, but with sales of some 40 million albums worldwide, Rush are one of the biggest bands on the planet, full stop. Ian Harvey talks to guitarist Alex Lifeson.

Young and old came together to clap, cheer and wave sticks in the air as the ever popular Disney on Ice returned to Birmingham.