A school run by crisis-hit Perry Beeches The Academy Trust in Birmingham has been rated "inadequate".

There's a number of train cancellations this evening. London Midland advised customers on social media to check their journeys before they travel.

Below is a list of the cancellations, click here to check your route, external.

Image source, Journey Check

Six people, including a pregnant woman, have been found in the back of a lorry in Cannock today. 

Police say three adults and three children were discovered after reports of hands and arms waving from a vehicle on the A5 at Turf Island.

Officers say the truck was pulled over at Cannock Business Park - the incident is "ongoing", and all six are thought to be safe, but an ambulance has been called.

Annabel Rackham
Journalist, BBC West Midlands

Official statistics - compiled by the council doing a "head count" show there were nine people recorded as sleeping rough in 2010, compared with 36 in 2015, which is an all-time high.

But the true figure is probably much higher, and the situation prompted several readers to use Your Questions to ask the BBC to find out why.

Rik James, who runs Birmingham Homeless Outreach, said the demolition of Birmingham Central Library was one of the many reasons why homeless people were now more visible on the streets.

An unofficial shelter had been there for several years, with many sleeping underneath the brutalist building, which was held up on concrete stilts.

"When I first started doing outreach I used to feed 40 a night under the old library," he says.

BBC Weather Watchers

These two pictures have been sent in by our great BBC Weather Watchers. 

The first was taken in Stourbridge by Susanne. We love the sun coming through the trees in this one. 

Image source, Susanne

This picture was sent in from Dammo in Birmingham. What a gorgeous blue sky. 

Image source, Dammo

It's been claimed that our trains are more packed than ever before, but is there any truth in that?

London Midland is one of the companies operating trains into Birmingham and its spokesman, Francis Thomas, said it was true that trains are becoming more crowded, largely because demand for train travel has grown over 40% since the franchise began eight years ago.

Mr Thomas said there were some other factors and, at this time of year, some carriages are forced out of service because leaf residue can damage their wheels.

He also said the company accepted more capacity was needed and that would be addressed when a new franchise for the network begins in October next year.

But he said the company uses every available carriage it has, revealing one big problem is that nobody is building diesel locomotives these days, because of plans to electrify Britain's railway lines.

A man who died when he was hit by a lorry in West Bromwich yesterday morning has been named.  

Alan Maxfield, aged 70, died at the scene on Jowetts Lane.

West Midlands Police says, external the driver was spoken to by officers at the scene.

Children in Need

After five gruelling days doing a 250-mile tandem bike ride across the region, BBC WM's Richie Anderson has arrived back at the station's base in The Mailbox, Birmingham.

Crowds of people gathered to greet him at the end of the last leg of the journey that began today in Coventry.

BBC Sport

New Wolves boss Paul Lambert takes charge for the first time as his side, 19th in the Championship, faces 12th-placed Preston at Deepdale.  

Wolves have only failed to score in one of their last 10 league encounters with Preston, a goalless draw in August 2013.

Image source, Getty Images

You can follow the match live on BBC WM and the BBC Sport website. 

BBC Weather

A colder day than yesterday. One or two showers feeding into the west and these perhaps wintry but many places dry with frequent sunny spells. Breezy, but less windy.

Rail passengers say overcrowding on services running through the heart of England is getting worse.

Children in Need

BBC Radio's Richie Anderson is edging ever closer to his base at BBC Birmingham. 

The BBC WM presenter has been riding across the West Midlands on a 250-mile tandem bike ride for Children in Need.

Image source, LocaToWeb

You can follow Richie on the live tracker here., external

All week you have been using Your Questions to ask about the West Midlands. Here are some of our answers.

BBC WM

The chairman of the trust that runs The New Art Gallery , externalin Walsall has warned the council it would cost more to close the venue than keep it open. 

Walsall Council is considering shutting the gallery as it needs to save £86m by 2020. 

It comes amid an artist's claims that closure would be a 'disaster'. 

A boy, 11, suffered a serious leg injury after being hit by a lorry this morning, West Midlands Ambulance Service says.

Shortly after 08:00, crews were called to the junction of Bacchus Road and Nineveh Road in Soho, Birmingham. They arrived at the scene to find the boy was being cared for by his family.

He was taken to Birmingham Children’s Hospital for treatment. 

Image source, Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Chris Blakemore
BBC WM

The headlines in the WM newsroom include:

- A 16-year-old motorcyclist was burned when his bike caught fire in a crash with a refuse lorry

- A man has been jailed for life after admitting killing his friend with a rock in Sandwell

- The family of former Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson, who died after being shot with a Taser by police, say his death has caused "agony and frustration"

BBC Sport

West Brom striker Saido Berahino is close to returning from injury and looks "sharper and mentally a lot clearer," says Baggies boss Tony Pulis.

The 23-year-old has not played since September and was put on a fitness regime, spending time in France, after being ruled unfit and overweight.

He is unlikely to face Burnley on Monday but could return when Albion visit Hull City on 26 November.

"He's trained well this week but he needs games," Pulis said.

Image source, Reuters

Express and Star

A scheme that could speed up plans for up to 700 new homes in Wednesbury and up to 900 in Smethwick has been welcomed by Sandwell Council regeneration bosses, external.

A 16-year-old motorcyclist was burned when his bike caught fire in a crash with a refuse lorry.

He suffered "burns to his chest and legs" and also injured his neck and back, West Midlands Ambulance Service said. 

It happened this morning on Walsall Road, Great Barr.

Image source, Perry Barr Fire

Children in Need

BBC Radio's Richie Anderson - who's doing a 250-mile trip across the West Midlands on a tandem - has made it to Coventry's Ricoh Arena.

He had the pedal power of Wasps flanker James Haskell to help him on the Warwickshire leg of his trip, before returning to Birmingham later.