A map of how the Midlands looked in the 16th Century has been discovered after being lost for hundreds of years. The 6ft (1.8m) long tapestry, which was found in a house in Warwickshire, is believed ...

The Midlands stretches from the Welsh border to the Lincolnshire coast, from the northern edge of the Cotswolds to the Peak ...

Traditional family patterns are changing in the region, although on the border where West Midlands meets East Midlands ... There were 306,200 weddings in the UK in 2003; the second successive ...