West Brom manager Tony Pulis confirms Swansea City's interest in Baggies' winger Nacer Chadli.

BBC WM Sport

The away allocations for each of the derby matches between Blues and Villa this season have been increased slightly. , external

The football clubs say the allocation has been increased to 2,100 seats, a 5% increase on last season in recognition of better behaviour by supporters.

Both clubs will now be able to take just over 2,000 fans to the away fixture

The derby fixtures are;

• Blues v Villa - Sunday, 29 October (12:00 KO)
• Villa v Blues - Sunday, 11 February (12:00 KO)

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Aston Villa complete the signing of winger Robert Snodgrass from West Ham United on a season-long loan.

Birmingham Post

Birmingham's road network is set to face more disruption, external when gas mains are upgraded in the north of the city.

Walsall sign teenage forward Tyler Roberts on loan from West Bromwich Albion until January.

Riyah Collins
BBC West Midlands

Train provider London Midland has announced it will change its signs on accessible toilets to acknowledge invisible disabilities.

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The new signs will be displayed on all accessible toilets throughout London Midland's 43 stations.

Dan McLean, from Crohn’s and Colitis UK, said it was a great step towards "reducing stigma and raising awareness that not every disability is visible".

Joanne Malin
BBC Midlands Today

A bank holiday weekend is on the cards for many of us so if you're planning on moving around the region be aware that you may face some disruption on both roads and rail.

Though most roadworks in the country are being lifted that will not be the case on the M6 at Spaghetti Junction and the M5 at the Oldbury viaduct.

The work there is considered too vital to stop.

Rail passengers will also face problems when London Euston closes, external on Saturday and Sunday as upgrade works take place.

Disruption continues on the Chase railway line until Tuesday, affecting passengers in Rugeley, Hednesford and Cannock areas.

The Asian Hornet eats British honey bees and it could overrun the country in a matter of decades.

Brian White was adopted but now faces deportation and losing his place at Oxford University.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

The parents of a Walsall man whose body was found in Cannock at the weekend say they're "extremely devastated, external" at the "tragic loss" of their son.

Ryan Shenton, 25, was discovered on Saturday morning in a secure yard off Market Place.

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Staffordshire Police says it's still unclear how he died.

His parents say he was a hardworking, successful electrician who "did everything possible for those he loved".

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

A mystery surrounding a barge left by the side of the road in Sandwell has been solved.

The council, feeling high and dry, made an appeal earlier this week to find the owner of the vessel on Vittoria Street in Smethwick. They've now been identified - water way to solve a riddle.

The owner, who has not been named, has been asked "to get it moved as quickly as possible", we're told.

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Bad news to all those people who took to social media and offered to take it off the council's hands.

Birmingham Mail

The extraordinary work of the West Midlands Ambulance Service, external featured on a major BBC One documentary series last night.

Louisa Currie
Reporter, BBC Midlands Today

A road in Dudley remains closed while police investigate the circumstances surrounding a man's serious leg injures amid reports of gunshots.

Emergency services were called to Himley Road at about 22:00 following reports of a man being knocked over and the sound of firearms.

A 36-year-old man is being treated in hospital, police say.

Officers are carrying out house-to-house inquiries.

The narrowboat was abandoned on a street in Smethwick, near the Birmingham canal.

BBC Sport

Birmingham are still hoping to sign Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing, reports the Birmingham Mail., external

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Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Some of the last images showing a woman who was found dead at her home in Staffordshire last month have been released by police who say they still don't know how or why she died. , external

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The body of Kerry Cast, 40, was discovered on 1 July at her house in Herondale, Hednesford.

A post-mortem examination failed to prove how she died.

Staffordshire Police says it hopes the CCTV images jog people's memories.

Warwickshire's Chris Woakes is back in the England side for the second Test against Windies - a match in which there've been some early wickets.

Catch up with the action here.

Kathryn Stanczyszyn
BBC WM

A union representing bin men in Birmingham is calling on the chief executive of the city council to step down over the authority's handling of a dispute which saw weeks of strike action and a build-up of rubbish.

Stella Manzie has been chief exec at the council since May, external.

Unite is angry over an authority report that says the ground conceded to refuse collectors - that brought an end to strike action - is not financially viable.

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Mr Beckett added the council should be backing its leader, saying: "John Clancy has shown leadership and recognised what the residents of Birmingham want, and that is an end of this dispute. I wish everyone in the council would come on board."

Birmingham Mail

A former police officer and gang mediator has criticised, external this week’s l, externalandmark injunctions as too punitive labelling them “all stick and no carrot".

Bin bags are dumped in a Birmingham road in an apparent protest against rubbish going uncollected.