Travel: M6 northbound delayspublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
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One lane is closed on the M6 northbound between J10 for Walsall and J10a for the M54 because of emergency repairs, drivers are warned.
Summary
Bomb disposal team sent to Birmingham after 'terror' arrests
'Nonsense' claim A&E will close at hospital yet to open
Man had cocaine worth £185k with him on 'day out'
Two stabbed in Wednesbury
Custody death protesters occupy CPS offices
'Lack of proper' records checks cancels kids' activities
'Unsafe' A&E services' knock-on effect in Black Country
Updates from Friday 26 August 2016
Travel: M6 northbound delayspublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
Man wanted over car park attempted murderpublished at 15:21 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
Police are trying to find Farai Kambarami, 25, who has links to Portsmouth, London, Surrey and Wolverhampton, in connection with an attempted murder in Milton Keynes yesterday.
A 34-year-old woman was driving in central MK when a black Honda CR-V, registration BT57 0FE, struck her. She drove to a car park but was followed by the man in the Honda.
He got out of the car and attacked her with what police believe to be a knife, leaving her with stab wounds to the throat and arm.
Image source, Thames Valley PoliceCould buskers be banned from Wednesbury?published at 15:08 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
Nuisance buskers could be forced to face the music as new council powers to pull the plug on noisy street performers, external are considered.
Fatal M6 crash victim named as family pay tributepublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
A man who died in a crash on the M6 motorway between Wolverhampton and Walsall has been named as Anthony Marston from Telford.
The married 54-year-old father of two was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on the northbound carriageway on Sunday afternoon.
West Midlands Police said, external Mr Marston was driving a white Mercedes E300 estate and had been towing a trailer loaded with a Peugeot Partner van along the M6 northbound. The collision involved a heavy goods vehicle and a gantry was also badly damaged.
Mr Marston’s family have paid tribute to him as "a loving father" who "lived life to the full".
Image source, West Midlands PoliceBirmingham pub bombings inquests 'may spark public inquiry'published at 14:38 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
Peter Wilson
BBC Midlands Today Special CorrespondentA leading expert on Northern Ireland terrorism cases says he believes the new inquests into the Birmingham pub bombings may become a public inquiry because of the involvement of the security services.
Kevin Winters is a human rights lawyer from Belfast, who has been helping the families seeking justice for the 21 people killed in the 1974 bombings.
He believes the security services have further information about the tragedy which has not yet been revealed publicly and the existence of that information could complicate the re-opening of inquests, and make a public inquiry the way forward.
WW2 medals stolen from veteran's homepublished at 14:20 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
The family of a soldier whose World War Two medals were stolen from his home days after his death appeals for help to track down the items.
Read MoreSomali community shaken by boy's death in suspected cross-fire between Swedish gangspublished at 14:12 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
News of eight-year-old Yuusuf Warsame's death in a grenade attack in Sweden has shaken the Somali community, according to community leaders who say there has been a constant stream of mourners to the family's grocery store.
Abdi Hussain, chairman of the Somali Community Organisation, said they were waiting for answers from the Swedish police as to how an innocent boy was caught up in such a violent attack.
Image source, family handoutHe said: "There's a feeling of immense sadness for what has happened."
He said the community in the Sparkhill area was tight-knit with many Somalis from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium making their home and livelihoods there.
Latest: Grenade attack victim from Birmingham; stabbing leaves man critically hurt; Sandwell 'among worst recyclers'published at 13:30 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
Alex Homer
BBC Local LiveHere is a recap of the stories we have been running in the past few hours:
- A Birmingham boy who died in a grenade attack in Sweden had celebrated his eighth birthday days earlier
- Forensic experts are combing the scene of a stabbing in Birmingham which left a man fighting for his life
- Sandwell is among the worst council areas for rejected recycling over the past four years
Tributes paid to Muslim leader Dr Abdur Raheem who founded Darul Uloom Islamic High Schoolpublished at 13:12 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
Thousands of mourners are expected to attend the funeral of a Muslim community leader, external in Small Heath.
Gold medal-winning hockey players dressed for the part on their flight homepublished at 13:01 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
Welcome home to our sporting heroes!
Sam Quek and Sutton Coldfield's Laura Unsworth of the gold medal-winning Great Britain women's hockey team dressed up as cabin crew during the Team GB flight back from Rio.
Image source, Alex Livesey/Getty ImagesOn Midlands Today from 13:30: Grenade attack and paralympian seeking goldpublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
Nicola Beckford
Reporter, BBC Midlands TodayThis lunchtime on BBC Midlands Today we'll have more on a grenade attack in Sweden that killed a boy from the West Midlands.
You'll also hear from a local paralympian who says Team GB's success is inspiring his own quest for gold in Rio.
Those stories and more on BBC One from 13:30.
Villa sign De Laet from Leicesterpublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
Aston Villa sign Leicester City defender Ritchie De Laet on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.
Read MoreDrone footage captures newly-repaired aqueduct in Smethwickpublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
BBC Midlands TodayOur cameraman Joe has been out with his drone and got some stunning footage of the newly-repaired historic aqueduct in Smethwick.
Media caption, Drone gives bird's eye view of Black Country aqueduct
Grenade attack victim had just celebrated eighth birthdaypublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
A schoolboy killed in a grenade blast at an apartment in Sweden had just celebrated his eighth birthday.
Yuusuf Warsame's family marked the occasion two days after by flying out with his brothers, sisters and mother to visit relatives in Gothenburg.
His father Abdiwahid Warsame said Yuusuf's mother had cradled theboy in her arms as he died.
Image source, Warsame familyThe youngster, a pupil at Nelson Mandela Primary School in Sparkhill, Birmingham, was asleep in the same room as his nine-year-old sister Aisha and brother Ahmed, five, who were both were left in shock but escaped with just "a few little scratches".
Father-of-seven Mr Warsame said it was a "miracle" they had not all been killed.
"When I heard the news I had to sit, I could no longer stand up. My wife's heart is broken," he said.
Team GB return from Olympics: Poet Pam Ayres pays tributepublished at 11:57 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
The poet and broadcaster Pam Ayres has written a specially-commissioned piece to mark the return of Team GB from the Rio Olympics.
It was written for BBC local radio and is being broadcast as the team arrives back in the UK.
Team GB came second in the medal table with 27 golds, including that won by Sutton Coldfield's Laura Unsworth, part of Great Britain women's team which won its first hockey gold medal.
Media caption, Team GB return from Olympics: Poet Pam Ayres pays tribute
Sandwell one of the worst English areas for rejected recyclable waste, data showspublished at 11:33 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
Alex Homer
BBC Local LiveSandwell is among the worst places in England when it comes to people putting the wrong things in their recycling bins.
A Freedom of Information request by the BBC has found the amount of waste being rejected for recycling has risen by 84% over the past four years.
More than 14% of the rubbish put in bins in the Sandwell Council area had to be incinerated or dumped in landfill instead.
But Department for Environment data shows total recycled waste rose from 10.7m to 11m tonnes a year in the period.
Image source, Getty ImagesForensic experts examine stabbing scenepublished at 11:15 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
Rebecca Woods
BBC News Online, JournalistAn area around Carrs Lane and Moor Street in Birmingham remains sealed off for forensic investigations after a man was stabbed just before midnight on Monday.
West Midlands Police say the victim, thought to be in his late teens, was taken to hospital where he remains in a critical condition.
No arrests have been made and police are appealing for witnesses.
Cricket: Durham v Warwickshirepublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
BBC SportWarwickshire start a new championship match at Durham this morning with director of cricket Dougie Brown admitting they're in a proper fight to stay in Division One.
The Bears are fourth from bottom, while their opponents are a point and a place below them, but with a game in hand.
Stourbridge Model Boat Club members gutted after arsonists set fire to new jettypublished at 10:47 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
Model boat club enthusiasts have been left devastated after arsonists wrecked their brand new jetty, external.
County Championship as it happenedpublished at 10:40 British Summer Time 23 August 2016
Relive live text coverage of the County Championship, with Alastair Cook bowled out for four against Leicestershire.
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