Summary

  • Derailment disrupts train services

  • Further delays due to overhead wire damage

  • Police target drivers 'too close' to cyclists

  • Team Jamaica could again use Brum as base

  • Updates from Friday 16 September 2016

  1. Birmingham City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesdaypublished at 19:53 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    Lukas Jutkiewicz's stoppage time header sees Birmingham come from behind to beat Sheffield Wednesday.

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  2. West Brom 4-2 West Hampublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    West Ham's poor start to the season continues as they suffer a fourth league defeat, going down to West Brom at the Hawthorns.

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  3. Newcastle United 0-2 Wolvespublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    Wolves bounce back from Tuesday's thrashing by Barnsley to end Newcastle's five-match Championship winning streak.

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  4. Ipswich Town 0-0 Aston Villapublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    Aston Villa hold on to claim a point at Ipswich to secure a fifth draw from their eighth Championship game.

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  5. I will not quit West Brom - Pulispublished at 23:00 British Summer Time 16 September 2016

    West Brom manager Tony Pulis says the only way he will stop being West Brom manager is if he is sacked by the club's new Chinese owners.

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  6. Diane James becomes UKIP leaderpublished at 18:25 British Summer Time 16 September 2016
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    UKIP MEP Diane James wins party leadership contest to succeed Nigel Farage and tells PM Theresa May to "get on" with Brexit.

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  7. Undercover police bikes target driverspublished at 18:20 British Summer Time 16 September 2016

    Motorists who drive too close to cyclists as they overtake are being targeted by undercover police officers on bikes in Birmingham.

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  8. Jailed ex-club boss must pay back £1.3mpublished at 18:19 British Summer Time 16 September 2016

    A former nightclub boss jailed for plotting to break a drug baron out of custody is ordered to pay back more than £1.3m in criminal gains.

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  9. Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 16 September 2016

    We'll be back on Monday from 08:00 with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening.

    Have a great weekend.

  10. Rail delays expected until 21:00published at 18:00 British Summer Time 16 September 2016

    Delays between Birmingham International and Wolverhampton are now expected until 21:00, external.

    They're the result of problems with overhead wires. 

    The disruption outlined below by Nation Rail does not make pleasant reading for passengers.

    National Rail's list of delaysImage source, National Rail
  11. BBC WM Sport: Weekend commentariespublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 16 September 2016

    Steve Hermon
    Journalist, BBC WM Sport

    Albion's first match under their new owners is against West Ham at the Hawthorns tomorrow. We'll have commentary on BBC WM digital radio in the Birmingham area. 

    There's also a double header of commentaries on 95.6 FM. First, Aston Villa go to Ipswich with Jack Grealish, Ross McCormack and Ritchie De Laet injury doubts. Then at 17:30, Blues take on Sheffield Wednesday.  

    We'll also have full commentary on BBC WM digital radio in the Black Country of Newcastle v Wolves. Hear full match build-up of all these games from 14:00 on BBC WM.

  12. The impact of overhead wire problemspublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 16 September 2016

    Busy platforms in Birmingham as commuters are hit by delays on the line between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton.

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  13. Rail delays expected until 19:00published at 17:37 British Summer Time 16 September 2016

    Delays between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton caused by the overhead line problems in Smethwick are expected to last until 19:00, according to National Rail, external.

  14. Jailed ex-club boss must pay back £1.3mpublished at 17:36 British Summer Time 16 September 2016

    A former nightclub boss jailed for plotting to break a drug baron out of custody has been ordered to pay back more than £1.3m in criminal gains. 

    Stuart Reid (pictured) was given a six-year sentence for his part in a conspiracy to break out Tipton's John Anslow from a prison van near HMP Hewell, near Redditch, in 2012. 

    Stuart ReidImage source, West Midlands Police

    Reid, 54, is also serving 14 more years for pushing Class A and Class B drugs. 

    He was ordered to repay £1,319,427.43 or face a further nine years in jail.

  15. Watch: Weekend weather forecastpublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 16 September 2016

    Shefali Oza
    BBC Midlands Today

    Generally fine and dry this evening, but with an outside chance of a shower at first. 

    Many areas staying dry overnight with clear spells, but turning cloudier from the east, perhaps with a few spots of light rain - lows of 9C (48F).

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    Shefali Oza has your weekend forecast

    Saturday will be largely cloudy with a few light showers at times.

  16. UKIP leader: Etheridge in third placepublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 16 September 2016

    Corinne Wheatley
    BBC WM, Journalist

    MEP for South East England Diane James is the new leader of the UK Independence Party.

    Favourite Ms James beat West Midlands MEP and Dudley councillor Bill Etheridge into third place - he got 11.5% of the vote. 

  17. Revised train timetable after landslide disruptionpublished at 17:21 British Summer Time 16 September 2016

    Train passengers are being warned there'll be a revised timetable tomorrow for London Midland and Virgin Trains services.

    Birmingham New Street says it's down to disruption caused by a landslide today near Watford Junction.

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  18. Commuters affected by rail delays can use buses insteadpublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 16 September 2016

    Rail commuters can take the bus using the tickets they have already bought, London Midland has said, so they are not too inconvenienced by the overhead wire damage affecting the line between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton.

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  19. Great Barr Observer: 'Tributes to father-of-three who died after Italy attack'published at 16:45 British Summer Time 16 September 2016

    Great Barr Observer

    Here's this week's edition of the Great Barr Observer., external

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