Latest weather for the West Midlandspublished at 07:36 British Summer Time 11 July 2016
Latest weather for the West Midlands
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Updates on Friday 8 July 2016
Latest weather for the West Midlandspublished at 07:36 British Summer Time 11 July 2016
Dawson century puts Hampshire on toppublished at 18:46 British Summer Time 10 July 2016
Liam Dawson's maiden first-class century of the season puts Hampshire in firm control over Warwickshire on day one.
Read MoreVilla sign Reading midfielder Tshibolapublished at 13:20 British Summer Time 10 July 2016
Aston Villa sign 21-year-old Reading midfielder Aaron Tshibola on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee.
Read MoreChampionship & T20 Blast - Middlesex on toppublished at 10:36 British Summer Time 10 July 2016
Re-live all the action in Sunday's Championship and T20 Blast games, as Liam Dawson hits a century for Hants as Glos go top of South Group.
Read MoreWarwickshire v Hampshire - day fourpublished at 10:24 British Summer Time 10 July 2016
Listen to live BBC local radio commentary as Warwickshire face Hampshire in the County Championship.
Read MorePetrov makes Villa playing comebackpublished at 19:53 British Summer Time 9 July 2016
Stiliyan Petrov makes his first Aston Villa appearance in more than four years after recovering from cancer.
Read MorePremier League 2016-17 fixtures in fullpublished at 22:00 British Summer Time 8 July 2016
BreakingLeicester start their Premier League title defence at Hull, while Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola meet at Old Trafford on 10 September.
Read MoreAgonising wait for Hawkeswood relativespublished at 18:53 British Summer Time 8 July 2016
Family and friends of the five men killed at Hawkeswood Recycling in Birmingham face a wait for bodies to be released
Read MoreAll five wall collapse bodies recoveredpublished at 18:52 British Summer Time 8 July 2016
All the bodies are recovered from a recycling plant in Birmingham where a wall collapsed, killing five workers.
Read MoreFirst Wimbledon champion rememberedpublished at 18:10 British Summer Time 8 July 2016
The first woman to win the Wimbledon ladies singles championship, Maud Watson, has been praised for changing women's sport.
Read MoreOur coverage through the daypublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 8 July 2016
We're winding down our live coverage on the deaths of five men at a metal recycling plant in Nechells.
We'll be back with you from 08:00 on Monday with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.
You can also stay up to date overnight on the BBC News website.
Have a great weekend.
Fire service wreath for five victimspublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 8 July 2016
The fire service formally pays its respects to the victims of yesterday's wall collapse.
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End of twitter post'We will come together' - Birmingham's Gambian communitypublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 8 July 2016
Rebecca Woods
BBC News Online, JournalistMore from Lamin Yaffa, chairman of the Gambian Islamic Centre in Smethwick:
He said the Gambian community in Birmingham would now unite to help them through the tragedy.
"We are a very strong community. As Muslims, this is our way of life.
"This is what motivates us - to come together at these times."
Donations total more than £16k to 'cover cost of victims' funerals'published at 17:57 British Summer Time 8 July 2016
BBC WMA donation page set up at 21:00 yesterday has received more than £16,000 in donations.
Mark Reeves from the newspaper told us: "The human scale really hit home so last night we decided to launch an appeal to raise money to help the families."
Sixth man caught in wall collapse 'doing well'published at 17:52 British Summer Time 8 July 2016
Rebecca Woods
BBC News Online, JournalistA sixth man caught in yesterday's wall collapse managed to free himself - he's being treated in hospital for a broken leg.
Lamin Yaffa, chairman of the Gambian Islamic Centre in Smethwick, said at a community meeting earlier: "Some people have been to see him and they say he's doing well."
He added there were several more members of Birmingham's Gambian community who worked at Hawkeswood Metal in Nechells where the accident happened.
'Huge tragedy' says archdeaconpublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 8 July 2016
Rob Mayor
Reporter, BBC WMThe Archdeacon of Aston, Simon Heathfield, describes the deaths as a "huge tragedy" and said his "thoughts and prayers are with families affected".
He added: "This will stretch across the West Midlands as people came to work here from across the region."
Killed men 'understood to be agency staff' - policepublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 8 July 2016
West Midlands Police says its investigators continue to work with specialist fire colleagues and the Health and Safety Executive to try to understand what caused the wall - made up of several 1.5 tonne concrete blocks - to give way.
A spokesperson added: "Formal identification of the victims, who are understood to be from the local Gambian community and were agency staff working at the facility, will take place in due course."
'We're considering the dignity of victims', says fire servicepublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 8 July 2016
Simon Hardiman from the fire service has released a short video message following the recovery of all five bodies in Nechells.
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End of twitter postDNA to identify victims of Birmingham wall collapsepublished at 16:48 British Summer Time 8 July 2016
Here's Det Supt Mark Payne on where the investigation goes next, including the ID process.
At the site, he says, work continues to ensure it is safe: "Then we will work with the HSE to see exactly what the cause of this incident was.
"Then we will take appropriate action once we know."
Police 'doing everything they can to support victims' families'published at 16:21 British Summer Time 8 July 2016
Rebecca Woods
BBC News Online, JournalistSupt Andy Parsons is holding a meeting with the Gambian community at a mosque in Windmill Lane, Smethwick, in the hope of reassuring people that West Midlands Police will do everything it can to support the victims' families.
He says he will keep the community informed of the investigation and how it is progressing.
But the bodies of the men, he says, will not be released for their funerals until the cause of death has been established and initial investigations have been carried out.