West Midlands (county)

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The West Midlands County is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in western-central England with a 2014 estimated population of 2,808,356, making it the second most populous county in England after Greater London. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The county itself is a NUTS 2 region within the wider NUTS 1 region of the same name. The county consists of seven metropolitan boroughs: the City of Birmingham, the City of Coventry and the City of Wolverhampton, as well as the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall.

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Meet Mani Love - the basketball player who's 4ft 5in tall

Mani Love is the shortest person to play for the Harlem Globetrotters in New York and is visiting school's in the West Midlands.
BBC News - Published 3 weeks ago

CCTV shows West Midlands gang stealing cash machines

Men have been jailed over the thefts from premises including hospitals and railway stations.
BBC News - Published on October 22, 2019

▶ Videos for West Midlands (county)

Police search Stafford home linked to London Bridge attack

Police are searching a property in Stafford in the West Midlands as officers continue the search for more evidence about the London Bridge attack in which two people were killed and three other..

Credit: ODN Duration: 01:05Published 6 days ago

Jeremy Corbyn makes oatcakes in Stoke

Jeremy Corbyn tried his hand at making oatcakes in Stoke as he continues a day of campaigning across the West Midlands. The Labour Leader will later take part in BBC Question Time Leaders Special this..

Credit: ODN Duration: 01:15Published 2 weeks ago

Swans swim past shops in Evesham's Waterside

Dozens of schools and a hospital have shut as water levels continue to rise in Evesham in the West Midlands. Homes and business have been left ruined by floods as the River Avon reached its highest..

Credit: ODN Duration: 01:37Published 3 weeks ago

PM poses in black cab during election campaign visit

Boris Johnson continued his election campaign trail today with a visit to the London Electric Vehicle Company in Ansty, West Midlands. The prime minister jumped in the drivers seat of a black cab..

Credit: ODN Duration: 01:18Published 3 weeks ago