Summary

  • Bin strike: Volunteers labelled scabs

  • Bin strike: Action 'could continue until Christmas'

  • Murder charge over Moseley stabbing

  • Pulis signs Albion contract extension

  • Updates from Friday 11 August 2017

  1. Man who died in Solihull stabbing namedpublished at 15:15 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    Police investigating a fatal stabbing in Solihull at the weekend say the victim - named this afternoon as 20-year-old Callum Lee - was involved in a dispute at a flat.

    The property, the West Midlands force says, is in Hopwas Grove, Kingshurst. A passer-by found Mr Lee collapsed in Haselour Road on Sunday - he had been stabbed in the neck and died in hospital.

    Callum LeeImage source, West Midlands Police / family

    Mr Lee was described by his family as a "beautiful, caring, kind soul".

  2. Football: Wolves players have 'plenty to learn' says bosspublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    Steve Hermon
    BBC WM

    Wolves head coach Nuno Santo says there is plenty for his players to learn following their 1-0 win against Middlesbrough.

    Nuno SantoImage source, Getty Images

    Seven of the starting eleven made their competitive debuts for the club on Saturday.

    Wolves sit joint top with nine clubs following the result on the opening day of the new Championship season.

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    We're still not a final product...every game is going to be better...I think we're all learning."

    Nuno Santo, Wolves Manager

  3. Man 'kills wife as children at home'published at 14:52 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    The man who then killed himself "violently attacked" his wife before murdering her, police said.

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  4. Birmingham graduates nominated for theatre awardpublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    A theatre company formed by three graduates from Birmingham School of Acting has been nominated for a national award.

    Theatre63Image source, Birmingham City University

    Theatre63 - which was set up last year - has been shortlisted for the National Student Drama Festival 2017 Edinburgh award which recognises the best in emerging theatre companies.

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    It’s great to be part of a new, pro-active company that have created work for themselves so early on in their career."

    Actor Freya Sharp, Theatre63

  5. The home with 15 rubbish bags outsidepublished at 14:08 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    A Birmingham resident says he is facing a third month without a bin collection since a strike began.

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  6. Warwickshire 126 & 109-4 v Middlesex 161published at 13:46 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    Kevin Hand
    BBC Radio London

    Warwickshire fought back on a morning that was in near complete contrast to the first day until Ryan Higgins popped up with three wickets - including a double-wicket maiden - just before lunch.

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    Having seen 20 wickets fall yesterday, no one could have predicted that Warwickshire would reach 100-1 within sight of the interval.

    Jonathan Trott, with a half-century, had produced a wonderful resistance of the Middlesex seam attack's attempt to bounce him out but was Higgins' third victim.

    Batting has overall looked considerably easier today with the ball not beating the bat anywhere near as much as it did on day one. The question is why, especially given the overhead conditions which are even more overcast than yesterday? Better batting, a flattening pitch? Only time - and the Middlesex chase - will tell.

  7. FC's tribute to player killed in stabbingpublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    The football club at which a man killed in a bar stabbing at the weekend was a former player said it was shocked by his death.

    The victim was named this morning as 24-year-old Brierley Hill man Ryan Passey. He died in hospital following an attack in Stourbridge on Sunday over which three men have been arrested.

    Mr Passey was a former player at Stourbridge FC. The club said it was "shocked and greatly saddened", adding "our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this difficult time".

  8. Fall in number of Midlands child arrestspublished at 13:15 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    The number of children arrested by West Midlands Police has fallen by 64 per cent in the last six years.

    Hand cuffsImage source, Getty Images

    New figures from the Howard League for Penal Reform , externalshow the force arrested just over 5,000 under-17s last year.

    The number is down from just over 14,000 in 2010.

  9. Football: 'More departures' from club - Villa bosspublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    Mike Taylor
    BBC WM

    Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce says he expects more players to leave the club before the end of the transfer window.

    Steve BruceImage source, Getty Images

    Five new players have joined the side so far this summer - including ex-Chelsea captain John Terry.

    Bruce's assessment follows Villa's draw with Hull on Saturday on the opening day of the new Championship season.

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    My main job really is to probably balance the books a little bit better, to let a few go but if there's somebody out there that we can afford then we'll try and do it."

    Steve Bruce, Aston Villa Manager

  10. Police to have more 'Taser-trained' officerspublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    Ben Godfrey
    BBC Midlands Today

    West Midlands Police says it is to increase by 800 the number of officers trained to use Tasers to deal with security threats.

    Tasers

    The force is also introducing a new double-shot device after successfully seeking Home Office approval.

    The move is set to cost more than a million pounds and will take more than a year to roll out due to the training involved.

  11. Wolves sign striker Bonatini on loanpublished at 12:20 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    Championship side Wolves sign Brazilian striker Leo Bonatini on a season-long loan from Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal.

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  12. Pub bomb families' appeal reaches two-thirds of funding targetpublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    A fundraising appeal - launched by the families of victims of the Birmingham pub bombings - is two-thirds of the way to reaching its target.

    Birmingham pub bombingsImage source, PA

    The crowdfunding campaign was launched on Friday to fund a legal bid to overturn a coroner's ban on naming suspects at forthcoming inquests into the deaths of the 21 people killed in the 1974 attacks.

    The appeal is looking to raise £10,000 to help launch a judicial review.

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    We have always been loathe to ask for money, but if we don't challenge the coroner's decision, where he has used his guise of wide discretion to exclude the murderers from the inquest, we would never be able to live with ourselves."

    Julie Hambleton, Spokesman for the campaign group Justice4the21

  13. 'Let my adopted children enter the UK'published at 11:49 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    Patrick Thies says it is unfair his biological son and adopted sons have been treated differently.

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  14. Travel: Signalling fault delaying rail passengerspublished at 11:46 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    BBC News Travel

    Trains between Leamington Spa and Birmingham Moor Street are being delayed by a fault with the signalling system near Bordesley, says Network Rail.

    Services are being diverted or cancelled while engineers deal with the issue.

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  15. Murder investigation launched after third fatal stabbingpublished at 11:35 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    A murder investigation has been launched after a man was stabbed in the Moseley area of Birmingham on Sunday night, police say - the third fatal stabbing this weekend at the subject of a West Midlands Police inquiry.

    Tenby RoadImage source, Google

    Officers were called to Tenby Road at 22:50 on Sunday where a 40-year-old man was found injured. He was taken to hospital and pronounced dead soon after.

    Also on Sunday was a fatal stabbing in a Stourbridge bar and another in Solihull.

  16. Rise in pest control call outs due to bin strikespublished at 11:15 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    Kathryn Stanczyszyn
    BBC WM

    A pest control firm says it's seen a 20% increase in the number of call-outs due to the ongoing bin strike in Birmingham.

    Bin Strikes

    Refuse workers have been taking action in a dispute over job losses for the past six weeks.

    Birmingham City Council says it's working to tackle the backlog that the strikes are causing.

  17. Football: Blues boss 'optimistic' about strengthening squadpublished at 10:55 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    Richard Wilford
    BBC WM Sport

    Birmingham City manager Harry Redknapp says he's optimistic about bolstering his squad before the transfer window closes.

    Harry RedknappImage source, Getty Images

    It follows the side's 1-0 defeat to Ipswich on Saturday.

    Nicolai Brock-Madsen was on the bench after his free transfer to a club in Holland fell through while Ryan Shotton was also in the squad despite speculation linking him with a move away.

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    You're not going to get out the league unless...[you have] options....you want change."

    Harry Redknapp, Birmingham City Manager

  18. Boy suffers 'serious' head injury in crash with carpublished at 10:35 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    A young cyclist is being treated in hospital , externalafter colliding with a car in Rubery.

    AmbulanceImage source, PA

    West Midlands Ambulance Service said the 12-year-old boy suffered a serious head injury in the crash in Ormond Road just after midday on Sunday.

    Paramedics said there was no car at the scene when they arrived.

  19. Children's cries alert police to dead married couplepublished at 10:21 British Summer Time 7 August 2017
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    The bodies of a husband and wife have been recovered from a home in Oldbury following what's thought to have been a murder-suicide, police say.

    The West Midlands Force attended the Pel Crescent property after a neighbour raised concerns over the cries of children there.

    Police

    Officers on Saturday afternoon found a 26-year-old woman who had suffered fatal head injuries. A 30-year-old man was discovered in another room.

    Three children - all aged under eight - are being cared for by family members.

  20. Three arrested over nightclub murderpublished at 10:06 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    The victim has been named as 24-year-old Ryan Passey.

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