West Midlands Police says officers featured in video "relating to arrests" made in Birmingham yesterday will not be on usual duties while an "assessment" of the footage is under way.

The review, the force says, pertains to video circulating on social media. It shows interaction between plain clothes policemen and members of the public.

A statement said: "Whilst an assessment is being carried out by experts in the Professional Standards Department, the officers featured in the footage will not be deployed on usual duties.

"We are continuing to gather as much information as swiftly as possible to understand exactly what has happened.

"As always, we are treating this matter seriously."

Riyah Collins
BBC West Midlands

The great-niece of Private Thomas Madelin who died at Passchendaele will attend a service in Ypres to mark 100 years since the battle started.

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Pte Madelin died aged 25 on 16 August 1917, just over two weeks into the battle.

He was buried in a marked grave on the battlefield, but fighting later destroyed it, meaning the soldier's descendents have commemorated him by tying a poppy cross to a nearby tree.

Miranda Ingram, who lives near Lichfield, will wear her great uncle's three service medals to the ceremony.

Two Birmingham and Black Country MPs continue to employ a member of their family despite the practice being banned for new members of Parliament.

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Valerie Vaz, MP for Walsall South, employs her husband, Paul Townsend, as a senior parliamentary assistant.

Jess Phillips, MP for Birmingham Yardley, employs her husband, Tom Phillips, as a constituency support manager.

James Morris, MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis, also employed his wife, Anna Mellitt, as a communications officer until October 2016.

Of the 589 returning MPs, 122 have declared the employment of a relative in the latest Register of Members' Financial Interests., external None of the 61 new MPs who secured their seats at the general election on 8 June are allowed to do so.

Campaigners say there needs to be a clear end date for all MPs.

Manager Harry Redknapp says Birmingham City are set for a "difficult" season if new players do not arrive this week.

Riyah Collins
BBC West Midlands

A police officer is hoping to trace family members of policemen from the West Midlands force who died fighting in the First World War.

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Det Sgt Andy Padmore wants to trace family members of six Wolverhampton officers ahead of travelling to Belgian battlefields in September.

He said: "It would be lovely if we could meet some of the descendants of these six officers who gave this country the ultimate sacrifice."

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BBC West Midlands

Fire services were tackling a blaze at Manor Farm Park in Northfield early this morning after a suspected arson attack.

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There were 25 firefighters working to put out the fire between 03:00 and 06:30.

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A wooden barn at the park on Bristol Road South has been totally destroyed in the suspected arson attack.

Police are investigating.

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The number of dedicated traffic police officers has fallen by nearly a third over 10 years, an investigation by the Press Association has revealed.

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The West Midlands had the most cuts outside of London, with numbers falling by 52% from 384 in 2007 to 186 today.

Experts have questioned how new laws, such as the ban on using mobiles while driving, can be enforced with 30% fewer officers dedicated to policing roads.

Riyah Collins
BBC West Midlands

Discussions are due today on the future of a Birmingham lap dancing club where, according to allegations in a police and council report, customers were drugged and fleeced of thousands of pounds.

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Legs 11's Broad Street branch was subject to a licence review over the claims, with the report alleging that up to £93,042 was taken from customers.

Riyah Collins
BBC West Midlands

Two men ended up in hospital following what police called "disorder" on Broad Street, Birmingham, last night.

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A 28-year-old man was taken to hospital with head and hand injuries. He is in a serious but stable condition, said police who were called to the scene at about 02:30.

Another man, aged 39, took himself to hospital after being stabbed in the arm. His injury is not thought to be serious.

An area of Berkley Street has been cordoned off as police carry out an investigation.

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Commuters in the West Midlands using the M5 say they're facing nightmare journeys as work to improve the motorway begins.

It's a waterproofing programme on one side of the Oldbury viaduct - between junctions one for West Bromwich and two for Oldbury.

The work is set to be carried out over the next two years, with only two lanes operating in each direction, at a 30mph speed limit.

Riyah Collins
BBC West Midlands

A petition calling for Birmingham City Council to refund residents for missed bin collections has received nearly 2,000 signatures.

Cllr Alex Yip started the petition calling on the council "to refund residents a proportion of their council tax for each missed household and recycle collection as a result of the collection strikes".

Refuse workers have been striking since the end of June and stoppages were increased to three hours a day on Friday.

For more information on the strikes, see our explainer here.

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A man is due to appear before magistrates this morning charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Birmingham.

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Khurram Rahi, 27, from Smethwick, was arrested over the weekend by police investigating the attack at Witton station last Tuesday.

The girl was raped a second time after she flagged down a car when she left the station. Police continue to search for the suspect.

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