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Updates from Friday 10 February 2017
Alex Homer
BBC Local Live
This sign has been spotted on the door of Rowley Healthcare on Hawes Lane, Rowley Regis.
It's after a woman arrived there with stab wounds and died shortly after.
A 54-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder is in police custody.
The sign says the surgery will re-open tomorrow morning but that phone lines are open.
BBC WM
Revised proposals for Birmingham libraries threatened with closure have been made.
Birmingham City Council had put forward plans to shut the branches in Sutton Coldfield and Aston as well as reducing hours at others as part of efforts to save almost £2m.
After a funding pledge from Sutton Town Council, the authority has now put forward a plan to keep open the library there along with the one at Aston, with reduced hours at Birchfield.
The materials for the designer garments were donated by lovers of the black stuff.
Read MoreFire crews this morning carried out an operation at a nature reserve that was scene to a fire last night.
West Midlands Fire Service said the blaze at Sheepwash Nature Reserve in Tipton was possibly the result of arson or a discarded cigarette end igniting rubber pellets laid at the site.
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BBC Travel
The Central Motorway Police Group says all lanes are now open on the M6 after the cleaning up of a diesel spill.
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Richard Galpin
BBC World Affairs reporter
The inquest into the deaths of 30 British tourists in the 2015 Tunisia beach terror attack has heard that two of the victims, a former Birmingham City footballer and his wife, had been told by the Thomson holiday company that it was still safe to go to the resort near Sousse, despite an attack earlier that year in the capital Tunis.
Elaine and Denis Thwaites' son-in-law, Daniel Clifford, who had helped them choose the holiday, told the inquest he had advised Elaine to go into the Thomson shop for a face-to-face talk with one of the travel agents after they heard about the 2015 attack.
He said he remembered her saying she'd been told it was still safe to go and she trusted this advice.
Image source, PAHe also said she had not been told by the travel agent about the updated Foreign Office advice about there being a high risk of terrorist attack in Tunisia including in areas where there were foreigners.
Mr Clifford also said that none of the emails the Thwaites had received from Thomson had any reference to the Foreign Office advice website and that the printed holiday confirmation documents, which did refer to the website, only arrived at their home after they had been killed.
The inquest continues.
Mikey Burrows
BBC WM Sport
There was a stark warning for Aston Villa fans from European Cup-winning Nigel Spink last night.
The former Villa goalkeeper had his say during last night's football phone-in on Villa's current run of seven games without a win.
Hear him let rip on "disastrous" signings & "smelly" cultures - the full interview is here, external.
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Elizabeth Glinka
BBC Midlands Today
The stories we'll be looking at this lunchtime include:
- Highways England is working hard to clear up a diesel spillage on the M6 southbound
- A man's been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman turned up at a doctor's surgery with stab wounds and died shortly afterwards
To see the stories in full, tune into BBC1 at 13:30.
Cameroon's Allan Nyom stands by his decision not to represent his country at the Africa Cup of Nations, despite missing out as Cameroon lifted the trophy
A dry afternoon with some sunshine, although a shower will never be too far away and some may be heavy.
Highs of 9C/48F.
Latest weather for the West Midlands
BBC Travel
A high pressure washer is being used to tackle the diesel spillage on the M6 southbound.
It follows a collision between an HGV and car earlier this morning near junction 6.
Traffic is able to use the hard shoulder.
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More than 100 people turned up for a public meeting last night in response to the planned closure of Pelsall Library.
It opened three years ago but could close under proposals from Walsall Council to shut nine libraries in a move to save £86m by 2020.
The library is in a council-owned building which will stay open for the authority's other services therein.
BBC Inside Out
BBC Midlands Today's Nick Owen talks to the Birmingham heavy metal band as they play their final concert.
See the interview in full here.
The diesel spillage on the M6 southbound is still causing delays.
Highways England says it is working hard to clear up the mess.
Image source, Highways EnglandIt's affected the carriageway at junction 6 for Spaghetti Junction following a collision involving an HGV and a car earlier this morning.
Traffic is currently moving past the scene via the hard shoulder, with clearance work aimed at reopening lanes one and two.
BBC Weather Watcher Laura and Glenn sent in this lovely picture from Delph, Dudley.
Image source, Laura and GlennDunny sent us this picture of a nice misty morning in Wishaw.
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Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM
Officials in Wolverhampton are trying to trace relatives of a woman from the city who has recently died.
Ms Winifred Tilley lived in a care home in the Oxley area and was 95. It's thought she had connections in Stroud.
The Court of Protection, external team would like to trace her relatives over funeral arrangements.
A new design for a multi-million pound scheme to improve junction 10 of the M6 has been chosen by Walsall Council and Highways England.
Intended to reduce congestion and increase safety, the project will include two new bridges and will double the junction's lanes from two to four.
BBC WM
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who arrived at a doctor's surgery with stab wounds and died shortly after.
Police were called to Rowley Healthcare on Hawes Lane, Rowley Regis, on Monday afternoon.
Image source, GoogleThe woman, who was in her 50s, was treated by medical staff and taken to hospital but died a short time later.
A 54-year-old man was arrested at the surgery and is in police custody.
BBC WM
This morning's headlines for Birmingham and the Black Country include:
- Lorry crash in Stockland Green kills pedestrian
- A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who arrived at a doctor's surgery with stab wounds and died shortly after
Ministers will admit England's housing market is "broken" as they unveil new plans to build more affordable homes., external
Communities Secretary and Bromsgrove MP, Sajid Javid, will set out the details of the housing White Paper in a statement to MPs.
The new housing strategy for England includes forcing councils to plan for their local housing needs and giving them powers to pressure developers to start building on land they own.
Quote MessageWalk down your local high street today and there's one sight you're almost certain to see. Young people, faces pressed against the estate agent's window, trying and failing to find a home they can afford."
Sajid Javid, MP for Bromsgrove
