Boy charged with bus stabbing
Great Britain to face Japan in Birmingham in 2016
Deal struck to buy one of the 16 Caparo businesses, securing 76 West Midlands jobs
Call for better pub bombings memorial
Services to be held in the West Midlands to remember those killed in Paris
Woman in a serious condition after being hit by a car in Birmingham
More than 600 people are waiting for an organ transplant in the West Midlands
Updates for Friday 20 November 2015
That's it for live updates today. We'll be back from 08:00 on Monday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for Birmingham and the Black Country.
Remember to wrap up warm this weekend - it's certainly going to get chilly!
Mary Rhodes
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today
French university students and lecturers attended a special Black Country service to remember the 129 victims of the Paris terror attacks last Friday.
Tonight a vigil is taking place at Lichfield Cathedral. - our reporter Matthew Bone will be live for us this evening.
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Here's the latest weather forecast for the West Midlands from Charlie Slater.
A weather warning for highs wind is in place and temperatures will drop, with the chance of snow showers in high places.
The alleged right-hand man in a £1.6bn conspiracy to sneak cocaine and heroin into the UK using fake Dutch ambulances claimed he was an illiterate handyman, a court heard.
Leonardus Bijlsma is alleged by the Crown to have been a key figure in a massive drugs smuggling operation involving a fleet of specially-adapted vehicles.
Image source, NCA/PA WireA Birmingham Crown Court jury has been told by prosecutors that the "lucrative criminal conspiracy" fronted by a bogus ambulance company in Holland may have seen up to £420m in "top-quality" class A drugs reach the UK, with a street value four times higher.
When National Crime Agency (NCA) officers swooped on a meeting near a scrap yard in Smethwick, in June, they found an ambulance "rammed" to the roof with over £38 million in drugs, according to Robert Davies, prosecuting.
A £30,000 reward is being offered after two fires by rail tracks which disabled signalling between Coventry and Birmingham, leading to hours of delays earlier this week.
Network Rail says the fire on Monday interrupted services across the West Coast mainline, affecting thousands of passengers.
Image source, Network RailMartin Frosbisher, Network Rail managing director says: "We want help finding the person who did this. Monday's fire caused misery."
Anyone with information is urged to contact the British Transport Police.
James Bovill
BBC Midlands Today reporter
Brian Davis has never spoken about the night his younger sister Jane died in the Birmingham pub bombings 41 years ago.
He contacted me after hearing about the documentary I made last year to mark the 40th anniversary; we exchanged emails, and he agreed to talk about how he and his family coped with what happened.
He told me it was a way of getting some closure and trying to move on with his life after all these years.
He says he welcomes calls for a more prominent memorial to those who died. It’s being discussed by victims’ families and the Irish community as part of a University of Birmingham project, and it seems like there’s a real desire to do more to remember the city’s darkest day. It could be many years before it actually happens, though.
Rob Mayor
Black Country Political Reporter, BBC WM
A Wordsley councillor has been suspended from the Labour party after being arrested on suspicion of a sexual offence.
Image source, Dudley CouncilDerrick Hemmingsley, elected to Dudley Council in 2012, is also a governor at Belle Vue school and a trustee of Dudley Zoo.
The 55-year-old was arrested on suspicion of grooming earlier this month and is currently on bail.
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
The top stories in the newsroom at 17:00 include:
- A doctor from Birmingham has been jailed for two years for sexually assaulting a male patient he was treating in hospital
- One week on since the Paris terror attacks, a series of vigils are being held around the West Midlands to remember the 130 victims
- Nearly 80 workers from troubled steel company Caparo will keep their jobs after part of the company was sold off
BBC Travel
One lane is blocked on the M6 southbound between J9, A461 (Wednesbury) and J8 M5, because of an accident.
Tamworth schools which had planned school trips to France say they are keeping the matter under review , externalin the light of last week's terrorism attacks in Paris.
Adam Bridge
BBC WM Sport
Wolves will make the long trek to Ipswich with former Norwich striker Grant Holt ready to face down the boo boys of his former club's bitter rivals. It’s live on DAB in the BC and Freeview 722.
Blues entertain Charlton at St Andrew's looking to build on the demolition of Fulham last time but have only won one of their past five at home.
Walsall could go back to the top of League One with a win at home over Sheffield Utd.
All the build-up starts from 12:00 on BBC WM.
Adam Bridge
BBC WM Sport
If an opening fixture against Manchester City wasn’t hard enough, a trip to in form Everton will provide Remi Garde with an equally stern test.
The Toffees' recent 6-2 demolition of Sunderland was a sign of their attacking qualities, but the new boss will be looking to build on the excellent defensive performance at Villa Park a fortnight ago.
The game is live and kick-by-kick with Rego and Brian Little tomorrow from 14:00 on 95.6FM.
We spotted this photo of a rather jubilant Villa fan taken at the City game...
Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal are the visitors to the Hawthorns; and the Baggies have a poor record against Arsene Wengers side having won just 2 of the previous 18 Premier League encounters. It’s live on BBC WM digital radio in Birmingham.
A one-minute silence has been held in Wolverhampton's St Peter's Square this morning to remember the 129 people killed in the attacks in Paris.
One-minute's silence held in Wolverhampton one week on since the Paris attacks
A shop that has provided nursery goods to generations of Walsall, external residents has closed and is in the process of going into liquidation.
BBC Sport
Wolves' on-loan striker Grant Holt is not bothered at the prospect of 'getting stick' at Ipswich this weekend.
Image source, Sam Bagnall
BBC News England
Read more on BBC News as a 15-year-old is charged after a boy was stabbed on the top deck of a bus.
Nearly 80 workers from troubled steel company Caparo will keep their jobs after part of the company was sold off.
Image source, Getty ImagesTalks are ongoing for the sale of other parts of the business.
Caparo Testing operates in Oldbury in the West Midlands, Reigate, Luton and Poole.
Great Barr Observer
A lorry and a car have collided down a country lane near Great Barr, external this afternoon.
Image source, Great Barr ObserverDanish Mikkel Bech will join Wolves for the 2016 season at Monmore Green, the team has announced. , external
The 21-year-old becomes the fifth member of a new-look Wolves team alongside Freddie Lindgren, Joonas Kylmakorpi, Kyle Howarth and Max Clegg.
Image source, Wolves SpeedwayJames Bovill
BBC Midlands Today reporter
The brother of one of the victims of the Birmingham bombings has been speaking publicly for the first time - 41 years since the death of his sister Jane Davis.
She was the youngest of the 21 victims killed on the 21 November 1974.
The 41st anniversary will be recognised tomorrow with a vigil at St Philip's Cathedral.
