Our live coverage across the day...published at 18:04 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
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Updates from Friday 15 July 2016
Our live coverage across the day...published at 18:04 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
Midlanders caught up in Nice lorry attackpublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
Nick Owen
Presenter, BBC Midlands TodayJoin me on Midlands Today as I report on people from Birmingham and Leamington Spa who have been caught up in the Nice lorry attack.
Tune in to BBC One at 6.30pm.
Last memorial walk for Rosie Rosspublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
The parents of Rosie Ross, a teenager who was stabbed to death in Birmingham, are holding a final walk in her memory this weekend.
Since Rosie's death at the age of 16 in 2001 more than £350,000 has been raised for local projects which help young people.
Karen and Sean Ross will close their charity, Rosie's Helping Hands, following Sunday's event at Aldridge Airfield in Walsall.
Speed cameras switch-on delayedpublished at 17:35 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
Speed cameras in Birmingham are now not being switched on this Monday as planned.
The city council said "the terrible weather this summer" has "prevented our contractors fitting and testing all of the equipment needed".
The switch on has been postponed to 8 August.
Image source, ThinkstockLicence suspended at nightclub over violencepublished at 17:23 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
Corinne Wheatley
BBC WM, JournalistA nightclub in Dudley has had its licence suspended after a spate of violence.
Police say they've been called to Rock Zombie 32 times so far this year and 13 crimes have been recorded there, with a sharp spike in the last few weeks.
The licence is suspended until next month, when a full hearing will take place.
Rush hour motorway delayspublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
BBC TravelThere's a lane blocked and slow traffic on the M42 northbound between J3, A435 (Portway) and J3a M40, because of a broken down vehicle, BBC Travel reports.
There's also slow traffic on the M42 southbound between J5, A41 (Solihull) and J4, A34 (Shirley), because of an earlier broken down vehicle. All lanes have been re-opened.
Dumped bearded dragon found in shopping bag outside QEpublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
A bearded dragon is being nursed back to health, external after spending a knight on the rep-tiles.
The lizard was discovered, cold and stressed, inside a shopping bag on a bench opposite Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Image source, RSPCABirmingham tourist sees Nice attack aftermathpublished at 16:29 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
Raj Kaur Bilkhu
Broadcast JournalistA Birmingham man has spoken about the horror unfolding outside his hotel in Nice where 84 people were killed in an attack yesterday.
Kevin Harris filmed what was happening on his phone in the aftermath of the attack.
Image source, Kevin HarrisQuote MessageAfter a few minutes they started bringing white towels from the nearby beach club and placing them on top of these poor souls on the ground, which obviously let us know they were not alive."
Kevin Harris
No organisation has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Aston Villa fan nets £1m over Eder's Euro 2016 winnerpublished at 16:06 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
Andrew Dawkins
BBC News OnlineA man has netted £1m after placing a bet on Portugal striker Eder to score the first goal in the Euro 2016 final.
Kitchen fitter Daman Chick, 32, from Birmingham, had predicted a goal in the 84th minute, but Eder scored in the 109th minute as France lost 1-0.
BetVictor said as the closest bet he won the Million Pound Goal prize.
Image source, EDWARD SHAW/BETVICTOR/PAWest Midlands MEP announces he is running for leadership of UKIPpublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
West Midlands MEP Bill Etheridge announces he is running for UKIP party leadership
Road bridge strike in Walsallpublished at 15:22 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
Trains are running slowly....
Brexit: A regional insurrection one month after EU referendumpublished at 15:14 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
Patrick Burns
Political editor, MidlandsNearly one month on from that epic referendum result, I've been sounding out opinions in the part of Britain which voted more enthusiastically than anywhere else for the UK to leave the EU.
Almost 60% voted leave in the Midlands as a whole. In Stoke-on-Trent the figure was 10% higher even than that. So I wanted to know if Midlanders had stumbled into something they now regret.
Image source, ThinkstockHeavy traffic on M6 northboundpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
BBC TravelThere's a lane closed and heavy traffic on the M6 northbound between J2, M69 (Coventry) and J3, A444 (Nuneaton), because of debris on the road, BBC Travel reports.
Pokémon Go players encouraged to worshippublished at 14:31 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
The Church of England is encouraging players of the new app game, Pokémon Go, to use it as part of their worship.
Gamers have been flocking to St Stephen's in Rednal, Birmingham, which been registered on the game as a "pokéstop" - places players visit to get certain items they need to play the game.
Church communities have been encouraged to place welcome signs outside and hold so-called "Poképarties" for players.
Image source, SOPHIA KEMBOWSKI/AFP/Getty ImagesLatest: Man wanted in halal butchers arson probe; Midlands MEP wants to head UKIP; Jazz and Blues Festival kicks offpublished at 14:10 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
Raj Kaur Bilkhu
Broadcast JournalistSome of the stories this hour:
- Police have released a CCTV image , externalof a man they want to speak to in connection with the arson attack on a halal butchers in Walsall last month
- West Midlands MEP Bill Etheridge has announced interest to be the next leader of UKIP
- Birmingham and Solihull Jazz and Blues Festival, external kicks off today with 200 performances over 10 days
South Staffs MP new government Chief Whippublished at 13:48 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WMThe MP for South Staffordshire is starting his new role as chief whip of the Conservative Party.
The new Prime Minister, Theresa May, promoted Gavin Williamson to the position yesterday in her Cabinet shuffle.
He told us what his job will involve.
Quote MessageIt's not just trying to persuade members of Parliament to do things, its actually sometimes trying to persuade the government to do things and quite often, not to do things.
Gavin Williamson
Boy rides in off-duty ambulance to prompublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
A teenager with a rare life-limiting condition has been taken to his prom in Birmingham in an ambulance.
Read MoreUKIP MEPs vie to replace Farage as leaderpublished at 13:19 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
Bill Etheridge becomes the third UKIP MEP to join the race to succeed Nigel Farage as party leader.
Read MoreTeen charged after gun seized in Nando'spublished at 13:15 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
A teenager has been charged with firearms offences after seven teenagers were arrested and a gun seized at a Nando's restaurant.
Police were called to Bishopsgate Street in Birmingham on Wednesday evening where it's thought a fight broke out.
A 17-year-old is due before Birmingham Magistrates this morning.
Six other teenagers who were arrested have been bailed while investigations continue, said West Midlands Police,
Image source, GoogleImage caption, Police were called to this Nando's restaurant near Broad Street on Wednesday
Jazz and Blues Festival begins in Birminghampublished at 12:57 British Summer Time 15 July 2016
Raj Kaur Bilkhu
Broadcast JournalistYou can't count on the weather but you can count on the Birmingham and Solihull Jazz and Blues Festival, external entertaining you this weekend.
More than 200 performances are taking place across the region over the next ten days, most of which will be free.
Artists from as far as Lithuania and Argentina will be playing at around 40 venues.
So time to dust off those dancing shoes!
Image source, Birmingham and Solihull Jazz and Blues Festival
