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Updates from Friday 7 October 2016
Richie Anderson
BBC WM
A Bordesley Green dad says fly-tipping is so bad near him, he's setting up patrols to try to catch people in the act.
Javed Iqbal already does a litter pick with friends and family around the area and has posted videos of beds, mattresses and other rubbish dumped on the streets.
An accident is affecting travel on the M42 northbound.
Billesley Fire shared this photo on social media.
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BBC Weather Watcher RantingRose sent in this picture from Moseley.
There's no hint of autumn in those trees.
Image source, RantingRoseGary Barlow surprised a teenager at her 13th birthday party in Birmingham by turning up and singing hit song Greatest Day.
Read MoreFormer Villa manager Tim Sherwood has admitted he would be interested in a return to the club, external following the dismissal of Roberto Di Matteo.
Image source, Express and StarA Birmingham teenager has told BBC WM how Gary Barlow surprised her on her 13th birthday.
Keeley Byrne's family, from Hall Green, had been campaigning for the Take That singer to turn up.
Barlow had announced earlier this year that he'd be surprising people randomly by singing at their milestone events.
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Quote MessageMe and my friends were just on the dancefloor...and then my mum starts screaming and I turned around and I see Gary Barlow just walking in and I was like 'oh my gosh'."
Keeley Byrne
A man who died after being injured in a hit-and-run crash in Birmingham is named by police.
Read MoreA man who died from injuries sustained in a "non-stop collision" in Birmingham has been identified as Paul Donaldson, police say, external.
The 42-year-old, from Chelmsley Wood, was hit by a car in the early hours of Sunday, 25 September on Lawley Middleway between Ashted Circus and Curzon Circle.
A police appeal was launched to identify the victim who died later the same day.
A 29-year-old man arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop remains on police bail while the investigation continues. Another man, 78, arrested at the scene on suspicion of drink driving also remains on bail.
BBC Travel
Two accidents are affecting travel on the M42, both north and southbound.
Both are between J5, (Solihull) and J6 for Birmingham Airport.
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BBC Panorama
Investigative TV show
Britain is in the grip of a health epidemic that's threatening to overwhelm the NHS.
More and more of us are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
It's a hidden killer which can lead to heart failure, blindness, kidney disease and leg amputations. Now even children are being diagnosed with the condition.
Filming over six months, Panorama reports from the front line of the epidemic in Birmingham, where almost one in ten people has the disease.
Watch the report on BBC1 at 20:30 tonight, or watch it back online.
A drugs dealer kept a sawn-off shotgun and ammo in a box that a pushchair came in, West Midlands Police says, external.
Officers found the weapons, according to the force, plus 30 bags of cannabis, when they raided a couple's flat in Newtown, Birmingham.
Mohammed Makmahi, 23 - who threw the bags out of a window during the raid, officers said - was jailed at Birmingham Crown Court for eight years and three months for possessing the weapon and the drugs with intent to supply.
For the same drugs offence, his partner, Eltaf Mockbil, 22, received a two-year community order and was told to do 80 hours of unpaid work.
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Talking of Villa and phones, have your say on Roberto Di Matteo's sacking during an hour-long football phone-in special.
Call 03453 009 956 from 19:00-20:00 this evening.
Listen online here.
To whom should Aston Villa turn after sacking manager Roberto Di Matteo?
Former Villa boss John Gregory shared this gag with his Twitter followers earlier...
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Aston Villa has sacked manager Roberto Di Matteo after just 11 league games in charge, but what do you make of it?
We asked, you answered...
Chris Heath told us on Twitter: "One win in 11 games, against the team currently bottom of SkyBetChamp and with the best front four in the division. Right decision."
Keith Avfc Brueton said the Italian "was not the right person for the job anyway."
Allan Withsy adds: "Been saying it for months get BRUCE IN NOW."
It's been a cloudy start, but it's to become brighter.
Sunny spells this afternoon with highs of 15C (59F). Clear tonight with lows of 10C (50F).
The weather for the West Midlands.
Europe's Danny Willett says that his brother Peter was correct in his pre-Ryder Cup verdict on the American fans.
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Steve Hermon
Journalist, BBC WM
This afternoon's headlines for Birmingham and the Black Country:
- Aston Villa are looking for their fifth boss inside a year after sacking Roberto Di Matteo
- The mother of Stephen Sutton, the Staffordshire teenager who publicly charted his battle with cancer, will begin climbing Mount Kilimanjaro today for charity, external
- A car that carried a teenager on the bonnet for several metres in a hit-and-run crash had earlier failed to stop for police officers, West Midlands Police says, external
A man had his jaw broken when he was punched during a pub attack, external in Sedgley.
Image source, Express and StarFor drivers commuting in and out of Birmingham during rush hour it can feel like there are 'always' roadworks. Is this the case?
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Joanne Malin
BBC Midlands Today
Chimps at Twycross Zoo are learning how to be more like wild ones.
A new enclosure developed by scientists from the University of Birmingham has made getting around for the animals more of a daily challenge. It means their movement and behaviour become more like those living in a natural habitat.
Quote MessageWe can't suddenly give them a rainforest, but what we can do is provide an environment that has the functionality of a rainforest that allows them to exhibit all the behaviours that they would exhibit in a rainforest, but here at the zoo instead.
Dr Charlotte MacDonald, Tywcross Zoo
You can see more on this on Inside Out tonight at 19:30 on BBC1.
