In 1995, BBC Midlands Today reporter Gary Hudson accompanied Ozzy Osbourne on a return to his childhood home and school in Aston, Birmingham.
The Black Sabbath frontman revisited the terraced house on Lodge Road, where he resided with his parents and five siblings, as well as Prince Albert Junior and Infant School.
Osbourne’s return to the West Midlands coincided with his solo tour, which included a performance at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton.
Osbourne has died at the age of 76 with tributes paid to him from across the musical world.
Sam Sahdra has taught 200 women to ride a bike which gives her a “boost of happiness”.
Adam and Amy Harper meet through their mutual love of scuba diving.
Bin bags have continued to pile up in many areas and attract rats and other vermin as the strikes continue
Birmingham residents say the bin strike has left the city looking like a “Third World country”.
BBC reporter Sarah Julian is in Bordesley Green, Birmingham, as a mountain of rubbish containing cat litter and teeth marks continues to build.
Refuse workers have been on strike for over a week, leading to bags of rubbish piling up across the city.
Rubbish is piled high on streets in Birmingham after refuse workers went on all-out strike last week.
For some of the puppies, it is their first time in the water as they build confidence.
The sessions are improving the mental and physical health of those taking part, organisers say.
Alan Webb spends his lunch hours on the streets where he lives, filling sacks with rubbish.
A young man with cerebral palsy is gifted a new West Midlands accent, ahead of his wedding.
When Flop’s mother died and she lost the strength to stand, Dudley Zoo taught her to walk.
The prime minister is grilled by BBC Radio WM presenter Kath Stanczyszyn on the chances of a public inquiry.
BBC presenter Nick Owen talks to Birmingham school pupils about the 1974 pub bombings in the city.
Choirs sing the iconic Champions League anthem ahead of Aston Villa’s Bayern Munich home game.
The gang smash windows with axes and fire shots in the Smethwick store in the footage.
Bournville Radio Sailing and Model Boat Club is staging an open day on Saturday.
A charity cycle ride through France and Belgium will honour a former West Bromwich Albion player.
Special tours are being offered around The Roundhouse in Birmingham during the heritage week.
A team of volunteers is offering the showers in the grounds of a city cathedral.