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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Other areas which are in official heatwave conditions include parts of the West Midlands, southern and southwest England.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Severn Trent which covers most of the West Midlands including Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, and parts of the East Midlands, including Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, said its work in spills reduction continued.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

A woman's body has been recovered from a pool in a park in the West Midlands after she went missing in the water on Saturday afternoon.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Two new cancer care centres are to be built at hospitals in the West Midlands, providing extra support to thousands of families and patients.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 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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