West Midlands

American

noun

a metropolitan county in central England. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).

West Midlands British

noun

(functioning as singular or plural) a metropolitan county of central England, administered since 1986 by the unitary authorities of Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Sandwell, Birmingham, Solihull, and Coventry. Area: 899 sq km (347 sq miles)

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Remaining flood alerts in the wider West Midlands on Thursday morning included the River Blythe in Warwickshire and the River Stour and Smestow Brook in the Black Country and south Staffordshire.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Flooding has hit the West Midlands after heavy rain.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Other parts of the West Midlands were subject to fresh flood alerts on Thursday, with areas of the Black Country, Warwickshire and Shropshire said to be at potential risk.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Several other fires were reported in the West Midlands on the same day as a total of 54 patients were treated by paramedics and 19 were taken to hospital.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Revived, after long disuse, by Langland and other poets of the West Midlands in the fourteenth century, it had soon again been swept out of fashion by the irresistible charm of the genius of Chaucer.

From English literary criticism by Various

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