Bin strike: Volunteers labelled scabs
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Murder charge over Moseley stabbing
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Updates from Friday 11 August 2017
BBC Midlands Today
Researchers from the University of Birmingham have created a new way to look for antibiotic resistance in people.
They say their simple test could be done in a high street chemist and could have a big impact on treating infections.
London Midland staff are issuing cautions for passengers found with their feet on seats, smoking e-cigarettes or riding bicycles on railway station platforms.
The crackdown is in operation on the Birmingham City Line South and is in response to passenger complaints.
On the BBC Midlands Facebook page, external, it is a topic that has got many of you talking.
Cautions for passengers vaping or with feet on seats
Quote MessageThank you, one thing that makes my blood boil is people putting their dirty shoes where people sit."
Geoff Brown
Quote MessageI bet the culprits wouldn't like it if someone put their shoes all over their sofa. Some people have very little respect for property that doesn't belong to them. No wonder seats are so dirty."
Daniel James Findlay-Belfield
Quote MessageThey would be better focusing on the number of people who travel on their trains for nothing."
Chris Murray
Callum Lees was fatally stabbed in the neck and later found by a passer-by
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A cyclist was injured after he was hit by a car in, external Erdington.
The bird was tracked over 600 miles searching for a mate after it failed to find love in South Yorkshire.
Read MoreWarwickshire win their first County Championship match of 2017, a 190-run victory over defending champions Middlesex.
Read MoreWarwickshire wrap up a comprehensive 190-run victory over Middlesex at Lord's as Nick Gubbins is given out lbw to Ryan Sidebottom.
It is the visitors' first win in the Championship this season and lifts them off the foot of the Division One table for the time being.
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Eight people in the West Midlands have died from stabbings over the past couple of months - three of them at the weekend.
In July it was announced that knife possession was at a 15-year high in the West Midlands.
Safeguarding minister Sarah Newton says the government is committed to working with the police to tackle the issue.
Image source, PAQuote MessageIt's really important to spend more time with young people explaining the risks to themselves if they carry these knives. It is simply not cool, they are heightening their chances of being a victim themselves."
Sarah Newton, Safeguarding Minister
An Instagram account is documenting Birmingham's uncollected rubbish amid refuse worker strikes.
Read MoreThe men were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after targeting an unmarked police car.
Read MorePolice investigating the fatal stabbing of a man in Solihull at the weekend have arrested two men aged 20 and an 18 year old on suspicion of murder.
West Midlands Police said Callum Lees, 20, was stabbed in the neck following a "dispute" at a property in Hopwas Grove, Kingshurst.
Image source, Family handoutHe was found by a passer-by in Haselour Road, Kingshurst, on Sunday at 10:00 and taken to hospital where he died later that day.
The arrests were made in east Birmingham. A 21-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender has been bailed pending further enquiries.
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man who was found with a stab wound to the neck in Solihull on Sunday.
Police officers were shot at in Birmingham last night, the West Midlands force says.
The shots were aimed at an unmarked police car near St Marks Crescent and Crosby Close in the Ladywood area of Birmingham.
Nobody was hurt, said police who had been taking part in "an operation to crack down on gun crime". Five people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
It happened this morning shortly after midnight.
Kidnapped model Chloe Ayling was told she was going to be sold for sex, her lawyer tells the BBC.
Read MoreA faster test for antibiotic resistance is on its way and it could help patients and the wider population.
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Warwickshire are in a strong position going into the afternoon session of the County Championship match against Middlesex.
The Bears need Four wickets to win the game with the hosts on 45 for 6.
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The side still faces a huge battle to stay in Division One, but it has every chance of success in this game at Lord's.
A man has been taken to hospital following a five-car crash in Walsall.
It happened this morning at the junction of Blue Lane West and Wolverhampton Street.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said it treated three patients, taking one man to hospital with back and neck pain.
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As Birmingham's bin strike enters a sixth week, there are concerns about what it is doing to the city's image.
Pictures of streets lined with piles of rubbish have made both local and national news.
While the dispute over job losses continues between the council and the Unite union, Hall Green resident Jonathan Murray has set up an Instagram page under the name birminghambinsta to track the state of the streets.
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Gary Megson says his role as assistant manager to West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Pulis will be like being a golfer's caddie.
Read MoreA High Court judge has quashed an NHS decision not to fund the seven-year-old's medication.
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