A man has died after being hit by a lorry in Stockland Green. 

The crash happened on Lichfield Road near Salford Circus at about 15:00 on Monday afternoon.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "Sadly, despite all of the efforts, it was not possible to save him and he was confirmed dead shortly after arrival at hospital."

A stretch of Lichfield Road was shut for several hours yesterday to allow the scene to be investigated.

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West Midlands Police says the M6 is closed at J6 while a diesel spillage is dealt with. 

Police had undertaken a search for Thomas Doran after he went missing on Monday.

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After a dull and damp start things will brighten up during the morning. Highs of 9C/48F.

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A 54-year-old man was arrested at the GP's surgery where the woman arrived with fatal stab wounds.

The dog was discovered during an RSPCA inspection of an alleged breeding farm, a court hears.

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Police say a man, 90, jailed for a string of historical sex offences against a boy in care is suspected of having come into contact with children at several care homes in Birmingham.

Frederick Cranston, known as Bill, from Castle Bromwich, is a former social services worker who met the boy in the 1980s at a centre for children awaiting foster families.

For the campaign of abuse to which he subjected his victim, Cranston, who admitted eight offences, was given a 12-year prison sentence, but police think there are potentially others who suffered.

Det Con Jonathan Barker said: “We believe Cranston’s employment in the 1980s would have brought him into contact with children at several care homes in Birmingham. 

"If anyone else has suffered at his hands I’d urge them to get in touch so we can equally secure justice for them."  

A CCTV image has been released of people police wish to identify in connection with an attack on a bus driver.

Image source, West Midlands Police

He was assaulted in Solihull on Tuesday 15 November.

Police say between 15:30 and 15:45 three people walked in front of the 71E bus, stopping it from pulling into the bus stop on High Street outside a branch of Natwest.

The driver got off the bus to ask the group to move before being verbally abused, pushed to the floor and assaulted.

Passers-by intervened to help him and the group ran off.  

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A Black Sabbath fan from Birmingham nearly didn’t get into the band’s last show on the night of his 29th birthday – because he was wearing the wrong kind of footwear.  

A police officer who came face to face with people who carried out female genital mutilation (FGM) has been among those to discuss the issue at a conference in Birmingham today.

Det Con Gill Squires, the West Midlands force’s FGM lead, visited Kenya as part of a fundraising trip to aid a rescue centre for girls who’ve been subjected to FGM or are deemed at risk of the practice.

Image source, Gill Squires

She said of the trip: "I’ve been involved in tackling and raising awareness of FGM in the West Midlands and on a national level, but I wanted to join the people who are trying to stop it at source and to help vulnerable girls.

“I spoke to 35 cutters - women who perform the procedure. It was a very frank discussion about the practice, the awful side effects and impact it has on their lives. 

“I think we really struck a chord with them. Some regretted cutting girls, asking if they could reverse the procedure, and agreed they wanted their children and grandchildren to be able to enjoy sex and vowed to protect them against FGM."

The ex-social services worker abused a boy in a Birmingham children's home in the 1980s.

Will we again need a debit card to scrape windscreens like this morning? Is it time to invest in a proper scraper?

Here's Charlie with the answer. 

Here's a recap of today's leading stories:

- A man, 90, has been jailed for a string of historical sex offences against a boy in the care system

- Footage has been released of a fare dodger's abuse that landed him in jail

- Body found in search for motorway crash driver

- Further arrests over nightclub shooting

A dead puppy wrapped inside a plastic bag was found in a van during an RSPCA inspection of an alleged dog breeding farm, a court has heard.

A district judge at Birmingham Magistrates' Court was told more than 30 animals were discovered - including puppies living on floors coated with faeces and bedding soaked with urine - at a site in Solihull.

Sean Kerr, 52 and Louise St John Poulton, 42, of Pastures Farm, Coventry Road, deny seven counts of causing unnecessary suffering to dogs and five charges relating to improper animal welfare.

The court was shown a video filmed by RSPCA of four puppies kept in "complete darkness".

The case continues.

West Midlands Police's traffic unit has said within the last few minutes that an earlier crash near Salford Circus, Birmingham, means Lichfield Road out of the city towards the site will remain closed for the next two or three hours.

It's to allow the scene to be investigated.

We admit it, today's big tennis story is the default that handed Great Britain a Davis Cup win over Canada when an umpire took a ball in the eye. Go on, you know you want to. (New eyeballs please).

Closer to home, though, another tennis-themed tale caught our, well, eye. 

It was the news that construction group Galliford Try, which put on the retractable roof at Wimbledon's Centre Court, has been appointed to realise Wolverhampton's planned new railway station, due in 2019. 

Image source, BBC Sport

And that's not all they've been up to. We told you earlier that in Birmingham, Galliford Try did the dental hospital, Resorts World at the NEC and also the city's Hotel La Tour.

Well, we've also been reading, external that the group is behind the new HSBC headquarters relocating to Birmingham on which we reported in 2015.

So, have an idea yet how the new, multimillion-pound railway station could look? Don't think too long, an artist did the hard work so you don't have to.

Image source, City of Wolverhampton Council

A man's running kick at a ticket officer in the aisle of a train was recorded by a staff member's body cam, landing the abusive passenger in jail.

Fare dodger Elliot Nash, 32, ranted then physically lashed out over his lack of a £2.20 ticket.

He's been jailed for 15 weeks, having pleaded guilty to assault and two public order offences.

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BBC Local Live

A police officer, who was hit by a car while being threatened by a man with a tree branch, may never be able to return to work, external. 

Staffordshire Police said the officer was attacked in November after stopping a "suspicious" lorry on the A5 near Lichfield.

Image source, Staffordshire Police

He had stepped into the road when attacked with the fallen branch by the lorry driver, who had tried to run off. 

The force say their officer is still at home recovering from the serious leg and chest injuries he suffered and they "don't yet know if he'll be able to return to work as a frontline officer".

Image source, Staffordshire Police

Detectives have released two new images including of the lorry and say the other suspect got out of the passenger side of the skip lorry and ran across fields.