Summary

  • Storm Doris: Dead woman named

  • Storm Doris: Victim's colleagues 'injured'

  • Storm Doris: All-day rail disruption

  • Storm Doris: Power restored to homes

  • Mother admits killing girl doused in acid

  • Updates from Friday 24 February 2017

  1. Football: Saddlers need to keep believingpublished at 17:29 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    BBC WM Sport

    We'll have updates on Walsall's game as they look for a sixth home win in a row against Chesterfield. 

    The Saddlers are nine points off the League One play-offs and striker Amadou Bakayoko says they have to keep believing.

    Amadou BakayokoImage source, saddlers.co.uk
  2. Mastectomy patient back in hospital 94 times in a yearpublished at 17:02 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    A patient had to return to hospital 94 times in 12 months after an unnecessary mastectomy, a court has been told. 

    Judith Conduit said she was rushed to another hospital after a blood clot was discovered close to her heart during the procedure in July 2001 and another surgeon did not have the correct implements to remove it.

    Ian PatersonImage source, Trinity Mirror

    A wound on her left breast was left "black and rotting" after the operation, she said, and she had to return 94 times as part of her recovery.

    She was giving evidence in the trial of Ian Paterson, a breast cancer surgeon who denies 20 counts of wounding with intent. The trial continues.

  3. Murder suspect 'racially abused by police'published at 16:47 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    A man accused of killing a woman in 1981 claimed he was assaulted during a police interrogation.

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  4. In pictures: RAF jets escort plane to Birmingham airportpublished at 16:39 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Thanks to Ron Kosys from Coventry who sent us these pictures he captured of the drama that unfolded earlier when RAF jets intercepted a Hungarian plane after the aircraft lost communications, and escorted it to Birmingham .

    The Saab 340 travelling from Bucharest in Romania landed in Birmingham at about 07:30 GMT. After escorting the plane, one of the Typhoons flew alongside an A330 Voyager refuelling tanker 

    
          After escorting the plane, one of the Typhoons flew alongside an A330 Voyager refuelling tanker
        Image source, Ron Kosys
    The SaabImage source, Ron Kosys
  5. Football: Zola confident Blues can bounce back from Leeds defeat published at 16:25 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Blues can draw closer to guaranteeing a place in the Championship next season with a win over Wigan at St Andrew's.

    Gianfranco ZolaImage source, Empics

    We've got full match coverage on DAB in Birmingham. 

    Boss Gianfranco Zola is confident they can bounce back from last week's defeat at Leeds.

  6. Football: Jedinak says Villa have 'found the right formula'published at 15:39 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    BBC WM Sport

    Aston Villa travel to Championship promotion hopefuls Huddersfield without injured midfielders Birkir Bjarnasson and Jack Grealish.

    Mile JedinakImage source, Empics

    Villa are looking for a fourth win in a row and midfielder Mile Jedinak says they've finally found a formula in the second tier of English football.

    We will have all the action on 95.6FM.

  7. Boy in cardiac arrest who could not attend nearest hospital dies miles from home published at 15:09 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Michele Paduano
    Health correspondent, BBC Midlands Today

    An ambulance called to a boy who went into cardiac arrest bypassed a nearby hospital for a site 18 miles further away at which he died. 

    Alexandra Hospital in Redditch is about a two-minute drive from Callum Cartlidge's home where he was taken ill, but it has  not been accepting ambulances that are dealing with paediatric emergencies  since September last year.

    The eight-year-old's journey to Worcestershire Royal Hospital - 18 miles further away than the Alexandra - took 23 minutes during Friday's rush hour, sources say.

    Callum CartlidgeImage source, Family picture

    Last Thursday, Callum was discharged from Worcestershire Royal Hospital to which he had been sent by a GP, his mother Stacey said, having got more poorly following an earlier diagnosis of tonsilitis.

    Following a cardiac arrest on Friday afternoon he returned and died, the trust running both sites confirmed.

    The trust says it cannot comment further while "a full external SUDIC (Sudden Unexpected Death In Infants And Children) investigation as well as our own internal processes" are under way.

  8. Cole Skuse admits goal-scoring is not his strong pointpublished at 14:28 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Ben Parker
    BBC Suffolk sport

    As Ipswich Town hope to break their run of four 1-1 stalemates when they take on Wolves at Portman Road  later, midfielder Cole Skuse is hoping he might double his scoring tally for the club, by finding the back of the net.

    Cole Skuse

    The 30-year-old admits that goalscoring has never been his strong point: "I’ve only scored 10 career goals in nigh on 500 appearances, so it's not as if I've come to Ipswich a prolific goal scorer."

    There have only been three occasions so far this year, when Town have managed to score more than one goal in a match.

  9. Arrest after children rescued from firepublished at 14:05 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    A three-month-old baby girl, an 18-month-old boy and two women were carried from a balcony.

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  10. Ipswich Town looking for a win after four drawspublished at 13:49 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Ben Parker
    BBC Suffolk sport

    Ipswich Town host Wolves at Portman Road tonight hoping to end a run of four consecutive 1-1 draws.

    Mick McCarthy

    Midfielder Emyr Huws is a doubt with a hamstring injury.

    Town boss Mick McCarthy has previously said the Welsh international has expressed an interest in joining Ipswich permanently. 

    He thinks Huws, on loan from Cardiff, will be surplus to requirements at his parent club: "I think Neil [Warnock, Cardiff manager] has signed a new contract and if the feeling's still the same, I kinda know what'll be happening with him."

  11. RAF Typhoons intercept Hungarian planepublished at 13:44 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    The civilian aircraft had lost communications while in UK airspace, the Ministry of Defence says.

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  12. Football: Wolves boss ready for relegation battlepublished at 13:15 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    BBC WM Sport

    Wolves boss Paul Lambert says he will not give up on their fight for survival in the Championship.

    
          Lambert squats during Wolves' FA Cup fourth-round win over Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool
        Image source, Reuters

    Lambert's side are just one point above the drop zone and go to Mick McCarthy's Ipswich tonight looking to avoid a seventh straight defeat.

    Winger Ivan Cavaleiro is back from a knee injury. You can hear the game on DAB in the Black Country with us.

  13. Pigeon power used to monitor pollutionpublished at 12:26 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    The fight against air pollution across towns and cities has a new bird brained weapon.

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  14. Small Heath crash prompts speed and seatbelt warningpublished at 12:20 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    A car flipped over in an accident in Small Heath, Birmingham.

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    Monday afternoon's crash on Coventry Road saw the car land on the grass verge.

    The man got himself out of the car but the crash prompted firefighters to warn drivers to always wear their seatbelts and to watch their speed.

  15. Second City Suite loses license after shooting at funeral wake last month published at 11:54 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Birmingham Mail

    Second City Suite in Birmingham city centre has lost its licence after a man was shot, external in front of screaming children during a funeral wake last month.  

  16. Taxi driver refused to pick up blind woman and guide dogpublished at 11:36 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    A taxi driver left a 71-year-old blind customer stranded because he was worried her guide dog would urinate and leave hairs in his car.

    Rita Nicholls and her guide dogImage source, City of Wolverhampton Council

    Rita Nicholls pre-booked on 4 October and told the company, Wednesfield Radio Cars, she would be travelling with a guide dog. She had used the firm several times before without a problem, City of Wolverhampton Council said.

    When driver Samim Yakubi arrived to pick her up in Market Street, Wolverhampton, he told her there had been a mistake and he was there to collect someone else before he drove off.

    Yakubi, aged 40, of Hobgate Road, Heath Town, told council officers he lied to Ms Nicholls because he was worried the dog would urinate in his car and shed hairs, according to the council.

    Yakubi admitted to magistrates failing to accept a booking by a disabled person accompanied by an assistant dog and was fined £80 and ordered to pay costs of £400 and a victim surcharge of £30. 

  17. Romanian aircraft interception caused knock-on delays for passengers published at 11:15 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Alex Homer
    BBC Local Live

    The interception of a Romanian civilian aircraft by RAF Typhoon  planes caused knock-on delays for passengers at Birmingham Airport.

    Birmingham Airport

    A runway at Birmingham was closed from 07:09 to 07:37 GMT meaning a Ryanair flight due to arrive from Dublin at 07:35 was diverted to East Midlands.

    A combination of the knock-on effect of the interception of the Romanian aircraft and air traffic control strikes meanwhile led to delays for seven departures, Birmingham Airport said.

  18. RAF Typhoons intercept Romanian plane and take it to Birmingham published at 10:54 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    RAF Typhoons have intercepted a Romanian plane and taken it to Birmingham after the aircraft lost communications, the Ministry of Defence has said .

    RAF Typhoon aircraftImage source, MOD/Crown

    The aircraft were dispatched from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on Tuesday morning following the alert.

    The Romanian plane, which was a civilian aircraft, was escorted to Birmingham International Airport.

    A spokesman said the response was routine and part of the RAF's air defence role to protect UK airspace.

  19. Council tax rise agreed for Dudley but opposition block full extent of Labour's hike published at 10:00 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    Rob Mayor
    Black Country Political Reporter, BBC WM

    Council tax in Dudley will rise by 3.99% this year, after the Conservatives and UKIP joined forces to block the controlling Labour group’s planned rise of 4.99%.

    Dudley Council houseImage source, Google

    It means the council will receive around £1.2m less when it collects the bill, which works out at £1390.61 for a band D property. Opposition leaders say savings can be made elsewhere.

    Councillors also agreed to consider moving to all-out elections next year, replacing the current system of electing a third of representatives across the borough each year.

  20. Government urged to tackle 999 ambulance abuse callerspublished at 09:22 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2017

    David Lumb
    BBC News Online

    Calls have been made for harsher penalties to protect ambulance control room workers from abusive callers.

    call centre

    West Midlands Ambulance recorded 1,924 instances in three years, from 2013 to 2016 when a caller was abusive.

    In six cases the abuse was judged to cause a "significant threat or concern".  

    The union Unison has urged the government to bring in tougher punishments to deter abusive callers.

    The Home Office said sufficient laws were already in place.