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Updates from Friday 2 December 2016
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
It's another chilly start this Wednesday morning. I'm in the BBC WM newsroom bringing you the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates between now and 18:00.
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Neil Etheridge saves Billy Sharp's late penalty as Walsall beat Sheffield United, ending the Blades' 15-game unbeaten run in League One.
Read MoreThat's it for live updates today. Join us from 08:00 tomorrow for more news, sport, travel and weather.
Satnam Rana
BBC Midlands Today
When Hollywood royalty Steven Spielberg chose Birmingham as a filming location this year, you may remember there was a bit of a social media frenzy. But he's not the only one with his eyes on the city.
Today movers and shakers from the British Film Institute came here to launch their plans for the next five years which include promoting the city and training the next generation of filmmakers.
You can see my report on BBC Midlands Today from 18:30 on BBC1.
Workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) have backed a two-year pay deal described as "exceptional" by their union.
Unite said its members voted by 77% to accept a rise of 3.5% plus a £750 bonus, followed by an inflation-proof retail price index increase, plus 0.5% rise in year two.
The deal, which runs from the start of this month, affects workers at JLR's workplaces in Coventry, Castle Bromwich, Halewood, Solihull and Wolverhampton.
Image source, Getty ImagesUnite national officer Roger Maddison said: "This exceptional pay deal is no less than the workforce at JLR deserve and is recognition of their continued hard work which has made the carmaker such a world beater."
Under largely clear skies it will be another very cold night with a widespread harsh frost for most.
Cloud will feed into northern parts by dawn, lifting temperatures a little. Lows of -3C (27F).
Lucy Martin has your forecast
Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC WM
This is the Conservative group on Birmingham City Council repeating accusations that Labour isn't up to managing the finances. Not really a shocker - "opposition group criticises ruling party".
But this time it's a little more serious. They're going as far as a motion of no confidence, to be read out at the full council meeting next Tuesday.
A report from the Independent Improvement Panel earlier this month said that "flawed" planning and "unrealistic" proposals had left the local authority facing a budget overspend of £49m.
Tory group leader Robert Alden claims in addition to that, some of the savings proposals put forward for next year are already on shaky ground.
Of course, Birmingham City Council is still being watched very carefully over the way it's being run and the improvement panel has also said there’s been some big improvement.
Will austerity put paid to local councils playing to the gallery?
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BBC WM
Birmingham New Street station had its busiest day ever on Saturday.
According to Network Rail, it's the equivalent of the population of Wolverhampton coming through its doors; with 258,000 people using the station - 28,000 more than the Saturday before.
Over the weekend, about two thirds of a million people came through the station.
It's thought the numbers were down to a convergence of Black Friday, an Aston Villa home game and the city's Christmas market.
BBC Weather Watcher HamptonBob has sent in this intriguing photo from Solihull.
They say "woke to find this upward-formed icicle in a bird bath. Never seen anything like it before! How could it have formed? Nothing inside it."
Image source, HamptonBobTo let us know your theories, email, tweet @bbcwm, external or visit the BBC WM Facebook page, external.
BBC Travel
National Rail says an obstruction on the line between Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge Town means no trains are currently able to run between these stations.
They say buses will replace trains between the sites until approximately 17:00.
Check the national rail website, external for the latest.
BBC Travel
National Rail says emergency services are dealing with an "incident" between Watford Junction and Milton Keynes Central. It's having a knock-on effect to train services around Birmingham.
Routes affected are:
Check the national rail website, external for the latest.
Follow live text commentary from the Premier League as West Bromwich Albion host Watford at the Hawthorns.
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Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online
Jewellery and cash was stolen from a shop in Hockley, Birmingham, this morning.
The robbery at Crown Jules in Warstone Lane, happened at about 11:00.
Two men went into the Jewellery Quarter premises, with one believed to have been carrying a weapon.
Police say no one was hurt.
Image source, Google
BBC WM
Dudley councillor and West Midlands UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge has been given his party's post as defence spokesman.
Mr Etheridge says he's "honoured" to have been given the role and UKIP's policy will be to increase spending in the area.
Image source, Getty ImagesA well-used country lane in Walsall has, from Tuesday (November 29), closed for urgent sewer repairs, external.
Police estimate the total cost of cars stolen as drivers left them with the engine running in this morning's cold weather to be about £100,000.
Among the cars to go between 07:30 and 09:15 were an Audi A3 in Knowle, Solihull; a Ford Mondeo in Dorridge, Solihull; and a Mazda in Castle Bromwich.
Opportunist thieves watch weather forecasts, West Midlands Police has reminded motorists, adding car owners should never return to their homes while keys remain in the ignition as vehicles defrost.
Earlier, Central Motorway Police Group said six cars were stolen in the region within 30 minutes this morning.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceMonica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online
Zeb used Your Questions to ask: "Did the University of Birmingham convert its coal mines into a bomb shelter?"
We shed somelight on this yesterday and since then have some more information from the Special Collections team at the university which has been going through the Air Raid Precautions Committee minutes.
On 28 October 1938, Professor Moss submitted a scheme for adapting a model mine for about 800 people.
By 10 March 1939, the chairman reported the alterations to the model mine were almost complete.
Image source, University of BirminghamAston Webb building was converted to a Field Hospital in WW1
Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce says his side must deal with the growing 'expectation' of being promotion contenders.
Read MoreSix cars were stolen within the space of half an hour this morning as drivers left them defrosting.
It's led police to reissue the usual winter warning as cold weather sets in.
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