Summary

  • Man charged with murdering six-month-old son in Walsall

  • Stolen van set alight causes rail chaos

  • Scammers target dying woman

  • IPCC probes crash after car fails to stop for police

  • Two lorry drivers deny M1 crash death charges

  • West Midlands businesses "negative" over Brexit

  • Updates on Friday 27 October 2017

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Live Reporting

  1. Delays of an hour after M6 crash

    BBC News Travel

    All lanes have reopened on the M6 southbound after an earlier crash around J17 for Sandbach, Highways England says.

    However, there are delays of about an hour in the area.

  2. Your live updates for the Midlands

    Stephanie Barnard
    BBC News

    Good morning and welcome to live updates, covering Birmingham and the Black Country, Coventry and Warwickshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire and south Cheshire.

    You can get in touch with the team by visiting our BBC Midlands Facebook page, emailing us, or tweeting @BBCMTD.

    We'll be bringing you all the latest news, sport, weather and travel until 19:00.