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Benefits Street: The West Midlands neighbourhoods where 1 in 8 people claim disability benefits, and those with the lowest rates

Walsall, Sandwell and Telford are the disability hotspots of the West Midlands, with one in eight people claiming benefits.

Supporting image for story: Benefits Street: The West Midlands neighbourhoods where 1 in 8 people claim disability benefits, and those with the lowest rates

Supporting image for story: 'All we need is a common sense Chancellor' - Letters for May 26

'All we need is a common sense Chancellor' - Letters for May 26

Supporting image for story: VE Day memories of Shropshire folk

VE Day memories of Shropshire folk

Supporting image for story: How battery farms and solar farms could reshape our countryside

How battery farms and solar farms could reshape our countryside

Supporting image for story: How Covid brought down the curtain on our theatres - but the show still went on

How Covid brought down the curtain on our theatres - but the show still went on

Supporting image for story: 'I saw so much care and compassion' - minister Kinnock hints at extra funding for hospice sector during visit to Stafford's Katharine House

'I saw so much care and compassion' - minister Kinnock hints at extra funding for hospice sector during visit to Stafford's Katharine House

Supporting image for story: Covid five years on: How the awful reality unfolded in just a few weeks

Covid five years on: How the awful reality unfolded in just a few weeks

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Supporting image for story: Taking on the Nimbys, or government striking a blow against people power?

Taking on the Nimbys, or government striking a blow against people power?

Supporting image for story: Care at Christmas: 'Severn Hospice's art therapy helped me through my cancer ordeal'

Care at Christmas: 'Severn Hospice's art therapy helped me through my cancer ordeal'

Supporting image for story: We have to raise £10 million a year to keep Severn Hospice afloat - here's how we do it

We have to raise £10 million a year to keep Severn Hospice afloat - here's how we do it

Supporting image for story: We're more than a 'nice to have', says Severn Hospice chief

We're more than a 'nice to have', says Severn Hospice chief

Supporting image for story: Who was Lady Jane Grey? How a Black Country tyrant installed his daughter-in-law as Queen for nine days

Who was Lady Jane Grey? How a Black Country tyrant installed his daughter-in-law as Queen for nine days

Supporting image for story: Explained – why a little weekend exercise can help you beat off dementia

Explained – why a little weekend exercise can help you beat off dementia

Supporting image for story: More than 1,000 prisoners are being let out early - find out everything you need to know here

More than 1,000 prisoners are being let out early - find out everything you need to know here

Supporting image for story: All you need to know about Commons bid supported by Esther Rantzen on assisted dying law

All you need to know about Commons bid supported by Esther Rantzen on assisted dying law

Supporting image for story: I love my job as a football journalist covering Wolves - but there's a dark side to my work online

I love my job as a football journalist covering Wolves - but there's a dark side to my work online

Supporting image for story: I went to Tory conference to learn how party members were feeling, and what I found surprised me

I went to Tory conference to learn how party members were feeling, and what I found surprised me

UK News

Supporting image for story: First sanctions targeting people-smuggling gangs take effect

First sanctions targeting people-smuggling gangs take effect

Supporting image for story: NHS on the hunt for ‘precision-matched’ blood donors

NHS on the hunt for ‘precision-matched’ blood donors

Supporting image for story: ‘Four kids from Aston’ – Black Sabbath members bid farewell to Ozzy Osbourne

‘Four kids from Aston’ – Black Sabbath members bid farewell to Ozzy Osbourne

Supporting image for story: Supreme Court to rule on cases of traders jailed over rate-rigging

Supreme Court to rule on cases of traders jailed over rate-rigging

Supporting image for story: More than a third of people ‘do not feel valued by their bank’

More than a third of people ‘do not feel valued by their bank’

Supporting image for story: Beetroot juice ‘lowers older people’s blood pressure by changing mouth bacteria’

Beetroot juice ‘lowers older people’s blood pressure by changing mouth bacteria’

Viral News

Supporting image for story: Archaeologists uncover identity of 1700s Orkney shipwreck

Archaeologists uncover identity of 1700s Orkney shipwreck

Supporting image for story: Celebrities and rugby stars complete cycle for MND research in Dublin

Celebrities and rugby stars complete cycle for MND research in Dublin

Supporting image for story: Children’s character Zog is celebrated on Royal Mint 50p coins

Children’s character Zog is celebrated on Royal Mint 50p coins

Supporting image for story: Europe’s first museum of contemporary Palestinian art opens in Edinburgh

Europe’s first museum of contemporary Palestinian art opens in Edinburgh

Supporting image for story: Primary school pupils begin reading partnership with Ukrainian children

Primary school pupils begin reading partnership with Ukrainian children

Supporting image for story: Partially-sighted man to travel across UK to raise funds for Fife charity

Partially-sighted man to travel across UK to raise funds for Fife charity

World News

Supporting image for story: FKA Twigs agrees to settle lawsuit alleging abuse from Shia LaBeouf

FKA Twigs agrees to settle lawsuit alleging abuse from Shia LaBeouf

Supporting image for story: Biden’s son hits out at George Clooney for ‘undermining’ his father

Biden’s son hits out at George Clooney for ‘undermining’ his father

Supporting image for story: 1,400 killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria in March, committee says

1,400 killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria in March, committee says

Supporting image for story: At least 20 dead following latest Israel strikes on Gaza

At least 20 dead following latest Israel strikes on Gaza

Supporting image for story: Zelensky renews offer to meet Putin for face-to-face talks to end war

Zelensky renews offer to meet Putin for face-to-face talks to end war

Supporting image for story: British jet stranded after technical issues finally leaves Indian airport

British jet stranded after technical issues finally leaves Indian airport