BBC Local Live: Birmingham and the Black Country on Friday 12 August 2016

Summary

Prisoners attack staff and start fires
Body found near missing teens' beach
Man due to stand trial over cold case murder
Eight men arrested after train brawl
Updates from Friday 12 August 2016

Live Reporting

Stephanie Barnard

Travel: Problems on train services to Birmingham Internationalpublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
The problems are called by a signalling fault.
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Dog wardens wing it to reunite parrot with ownerpublished at 14:07 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online
Birmingham City Council dog wardens swapped fur for feathers when a striking green parrot was spotted behind Stechford swimming baths.Kelly Evans and Kerrie Quinn found two-year-old Echo on grassland near the leisure centre, then turned to Facebook to trace owner Courtney Murphy and reunite them.
Image source, Birmingham City Council
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I can’t thank the dog wardens enough - it’s not what they usually do, and without their help I really thought I’d lost him for good. Well done to Kelly and Kerrie, you don’t know what it means to me.”
Courtney Murphy
Watch: Plea from mum of boy who lost limbs to meningitis Bpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
BBC Midlands Today
The mother of a boy from Walsall who lost his limbs after contracting meningitis B has said she'll fight for all children to be vaccinated against the infection.
Julie Tuckley has been campaigning for the meningitis B vaccine since Tommy, who's four, was diagnosed as a baby.
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Plea from mum of boy who lost limbs to meningitis B
The Department of Health says it has to prioritise those most at risk.
The vaccination is available on the NHS in the first year of life, but only to children born from April 2015.
Police probe man's 'suspicious' deathpublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
Police investigate the "suspicious" death of a man whose body was found in a house in the Black Country.
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Watch: Violence spills out onto railway trackspublished at 13:17 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online
British Transport Police have released this CCTV footage in a bid to trace two men who got on a train from Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter to Wolverhampton
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Plea from mum of boy who lost limbspublished at 13:17 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
The mother of a boy from Walsall who lost his limbs after contracting meningitis B has said she will continue fighting for all children to be vaccinated against the infection.
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Murder jury shown map of warehousepublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online
The jury in the Akhtar Javeed murder trial have seen a map made by a man who has admitted being part of an armed robbery plot.
The rough scribble shows the location of the office and the safe at Direct Source 3's warehouse in Digbeth, Birmingham.
Image source, West Midlands Police
Sander van Aalten, 50, of Kyrwicks Lane, Birmingham, pleaded guilty conspiracy to rob the warehouse at an earlier hearing.
Mr Javeed, who was the warehouse manager, was shot after refusing to open the safe.
The trial continues.
CCTV of fatal armed robbery at warehouse shown in courtpublished at 12:47 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
Phil Mackie
Midlands correspondent, BBC News
A murder jury has seen CCTV of alleged armed robbers arriving at a Birmingham warehouse where boss Akhtar Javeed was shot dead.
It is believed the man who pulled the trigger has fled to Pakistan, the court has heard.
Suraj Mistry and Lemar Wali, are on trial accused of murdering 56-year-old Javeed during the raid on the Direct Source 3 premises in Birmingham on 3 February.
Prosecutors have alleged Mr Mistry, 26, was one of two gunmen armed with pistols, while 19-year-old Mr Wali was a willing participant, sitting outside at the wheel of the getaway car.
Both men deny murder - the trial at Birmingham Crown Court continues.
Stewart deal not dead - Rowettpublished at 12:32 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett says the deal to sign Dundee forward Greg Stewart is "not 100% dead".
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Scene where man's body found in suspicious circumstancespublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
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Police have cordoned off the area around a house in Cradley Road, Netherton, where a man in his 40s was found dead in suspicious circumstances.
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Body found in Dudley in suspicious circumstancespublished at 12:02 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
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Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online
A man's body has been found in Netherton, Dudley and his death is being treated as suspicious, say police.
Officers were called to an address on Cradley Road at around 09.40 by the ambulance service.
A man in his 40s died at the scene.
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Officers have cordoned off part of Cradley Road and an area of Bodmin Road, for a forensic examination.
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I am keen to hear from anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area either yesterday or this morning.”
Det Insp Warren Hines,, West Midlands Police’s Homicide Team
Watch: Weather for the West Midlandspublished at 11:59 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
Light cloud but feeling warm as we go into the afternoon with highs of 20C (68F).
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Latest weather for the West Midlands
Internet access figures lowest in the West Midlandspublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
Fewer people are online in the West Midlands than any other part of the country.
Government figures show one in six have no internet access.
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Watch: Woman gets locked in shop at Birmingham Airport just minutes before her flightpublished at 11:21 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
Birmingham Mail
Holidaymaker was trapped behind steel shutters before security came to her aid, external - minutes before she was due to fly to Greece.
Knives, pistols and ammunition surrendered in weapon binspublished at 11:07 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online
More than 100 live rifle rounds were found in a weapon surrender bin in Wolverhampton, says the West Midlands Police Crime Commissioner., externalOther finds across Birmingham and the Black Country included a stun gun, six blank-firing pistols and 132 knives.
Image source, West Midlands Police
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These potentially deadly weapons are now off the streets once and for all and have been destroyed."
Ashley Bertie, Assistant West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner
Mum's meningitis vaccination call after son loses limbspublished at 10:48 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
BBC Midlands Today
A mother from Walsall, whose son lost three limbs following meningitis, has urged the government to introduce vaccination for all children.
Julie Tuckley has been campaigning for the meningitis B vaccine since four-year-old Tommy was diagnosed as a baby.
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Walall mum's meningitis vaccination call after son loses limbs
Although the vaccination now available to newborns on the NHS, her younger daughter isn't eligible because she's too old.
Health officials say they have to prioritise those most at risk.
Football: Aston Villa boss reacts to shock EFL Cup exitpublished at 10:36 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
BBC Sport
After his side's 3-1 loss to League Two Luton Town in the EFL Cup first round, Roberto di Matteo says he always knew it would be a difficult job to turn Aston Villa's fortunes around.
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'I knew Villa job would be difficult'
Police search for missing womanpublished at 10:20 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online
Police are appealing for sightings of missing woman, Cam Nhu Trieu.
Cam is described as 5ft 2ins (1.57m), with long straight black hair and glasses.
She could be using the train network, police say.
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Mother wants vaccine for all childrenpublished at 10:10 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
A mother whose son's limbs were amputated after he contracted meningitis is calling on the government to vaccinate all children under five.
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Wednesfield could look like Blackpool, says Christmas lights campaignerpublished at 09:53 British Summer Time 11 August 2016
"If we raise enough money we'll get some proper lights and eventually it could look like Blackpool, in time," says one of the people behind a campaign to bring extra Christmas lights to Wolverhampton.
People in Wednesfield have started a campaign online to raise money for extra festive lights on its high street.
Simon Archer, from Hands on Wednesfield, says: "We want to give Wednesfield some credibility for its Christmas lights and make it look half decent."
The official Christmas lights switch-on takes place on 24 November at 17:00.
Will they get those extra lights? So far they've raised more than £700 but are aiming for £4,000 by next month., external
Image source, Simon Archer