00:00This is your morning update for Thursday the 31st of July 2025, brought to you by The Express and Star.
00:10Drunk man who charged at moving police car, smashed windscreen and injured screaming officer avoids jail.
00:18A drunk man who jumped on the bonnet of a moving police car in Smethic before kicking in the windscreen, injuring an officer, has avoided jail.
00:26Historically significant former Barclays bank, set to become bar and restaurant despite parking concerns.
00:36A former village bank is set to become a bar and restaurant, after planners gave their approval to the proposals.
00:45Dudley man pleads not guilty to threatening woman with shotgun in Oldbury.
00:49A Dudley man has denied threatening a woman with a shotgun in Oldbury in June.
00:56Space travellers, diplomatic experts and inspirational mothers among latest Wolverhampton University graduates.
01:04Dignitaries from the world of diplomacy, fashion and space travel have joined an inspirational law student in graduating from the University of Wolverhampton.
