Men jailed over M6 'heroin cloud'
Nursery worker accused of sex offences
Tributes paid to bus crash victim
Further arrest over death of teenager found in street
Boy seriously injured in school stabbing
Woman dies in 'hit-and-run'
Builder faces murder trial
Updates from Friday 11 November 2016
Chris Blakemore
News Editor, BBC WM
This afternoon's headlines for Birmingham and the Black Country include:
- Birmingham City Council has been told its progress in balancing the books has been too slow and that its financial situation is serious
- A new casino will open its doors in Wolverhampton this weekend
- A fire has "completely destroyed" a car on the M6
The line is being affected around University station in Birmingham.
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Rob Mayor
Black Country Political Reporter, BBC WM
John Clancy, the leader of Birmingham City Council, says a report predicting a big budget deficit also acknowledges the authority has made "considerable progress" towards tackling its problems.
A government-appointed review panel predicts "flawed" planning and "unrealistic" proposals will lead to a £49m budget shortfall this year.
Image source, PAJohn Clancy says the report recognises the extent of the "extremely challenging circumstances facing the council", and says these are made more difficult by "year-on-year cuts to government grant allocations".
Quote MessageI welcome the panel's acknowledgement, just two years into a five-year improvement programme, that Birmingham City Council has already made considerable progress."
John Clancy, Council leader
Ten men have been arrested in a crackdown on a gang suspected of stealing rail track worth more than £2m.
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A lucky punter from Dudley has scooped more than £110,000 from a £15 stake, external.
Hilary McConnell
Producer, BBC Midlands Today
The Black Country town of Dudley was once a capital for fossil finding with a thriving trade.
It was all thanks to the miners who brought hundreds of species up from underground, which they went on to sell to famous geologists like Sir Roderick Murchison.
Our arts reporter, Satnam Rana, has been finding out more - tune into BBC1 at 18:30.
The clean-up is underway around Birmingham after the council asked for volunteers to give them a hand in cleaning-up the littered streets.
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Kay Crewdson
BBC weather presenter
Rain and snow will slowly clear eastwards this morning and it should become dry in most places. Highs of 5C (41F).
Weather for the West Midlands.
Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM
This afternoon's top stories in the WM newsroom include:
- "Flawed" planning and "unrealistic" proposals has left England's largest council facing a budget overspend of £49m, a report says
- A fire has "completely destroyed" a car on the M6
- Volunteers asked to help clean up Birmingham's streets
Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online
Fire crews from Aston and Perry Barr tackled this dramatic fire on the M6 northbound earlier this morning.
The car was on the hard shoulder of the motorway between J6-7.
A spokesperson for West Midlands Fire Service said 10 firefighters attended that blaze that "100% completely destroyed" the vehicle.
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Political reporter for BBC WM, Katheryn Stanczyszyn, is at a post-US election breakfast hosted by the British American Business Council at Birmingham Airport.
She's there to gather some thoughts and to find out how businesses here are reacting to the news.
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"Flawed" planning and "unrealistic" proposals has left England's largest council facing a budget overspend of £49m, a report says.
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Some of the dirtiest streets in Birmingham are getting a clean up today, with volunteers being asked to come together to help tidy up their local areas.
The city council is sending refuse lorries to 10 of the most littered council wards and is asking people living there to give them a hand clearing up.
Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM
This morning's headlines for Birmingham and the Black Country include:
- Birmingham City Council will have overspent by £49m pounds this year, according to a government review
- The ambulance service's Hazardous Area Response Team were called to Dudley where a man had been trapped under steel coils
- City council asks volunteers to help with a clean-up of streets
Mikey Burrows
BBC WM Sport
Wolves' youngsters are through to the knockout stage of the Checkatrade Trophy after beating Accrington 4-0 last night. Scott Sellars' side finished top of their group.
Walsall were already through, but landed the top spot in their group by winning 1-0 at Leicester.
Albion's Under-21s were already out and finished the competition with a 2-0 home defeat to Gillingham.
Birmingham City Council will have overspent by £49m pounds this year, according to an improvement panel set up in January 2015 by the government to look at the way the authority is run.
The chair of the panel, John Crabtree, has written to the government saying the council's progress has been "slow" and that its financial situation is "serious".
Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM
The ambulance service's Hazardous Area Response Team were called to Dudley where a man had been trapped under steel coils.
The team shared these photos on social media.
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Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM
This morning's headlines for Birmingham and the Black Country include:
- Birmingham City Council will have overspent by £49m this year according to an improvement panel set up by the government
- A man was trapped under steel coils which had fallen in Dudley.
- Proposals have been put forward by a local businessman for a new, cheap car park near Russell Halls Hospital in Dudley
