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A major overhaul of canals in Warwickshire is set to take about five months, the Canal and River Trust has announced.
Image source, Canal and River TrustOld canal walls, locks and bridges are set to be repaired as well as new lock gates installed as part of a £520,000 project.
A car has overturned in the Northfield area in Birmingham after a crash with another vehicle, the ambulance service says.
Image source, West Midlands fire ServiceTwo patients have been treated at the scene after the collision on Frankley Beaches Road, close to the junction of Sir Herbert Austin Way shortly before 11:30.
Image source, West Midlands Fire Service
BBC News Travel
Good news on the M6 southbound near Stoke-on-Trent, after the earlier car fire:
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Gavin Kermack
Newsreader, BBC Hereford & Worcester
A case of tuberculosis has been confirmed at a school in Worcester.
The affected pupil at Nunnery Wood High School "is receiving treatment and responding well", a statement from Public Health England said.
"Since starting treatment the person has not been into the school and will not return until there is no risk of infection to others," it added.
Image source, GoogleFollowing the diagnosis, Public Health England says there is no risk to children or staff at the school on Spetchley Road.
As a precaution, it's screening students and staff who were in contact with them before they were diagnosed.
Rob Mayor
Political reporter, BBC WM
A councillor has voluntarily stepped down from a senior role in Sandwell, after allegedly sending lewd messages about female colleagues to an online blogger.
Richard Marshall is the subject of an inquiry by the Labour party, after the messages, which appear to have been sent from his phone, appeared online.
Image source, GoogleHe said he wanted the matter "thoroughly and independently" investigated.
Mr Marshall said the local authority had a proper standards process "unlike parliament" and he had self-referred the complaint to the monitoring officer.
Sandwell Council Leader Steve Eling said all complaints were "taken seriously".
Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke
Stoke City striker Peter Crouch says he wants to start more matches for the club.
Image source, ReutersThe 36-year-old has scored three Premier League goals this season despite not starting a single league game.
Crouch says performances like his one on Saturday, when he scored to get a point for Stoke, should give him the chance to do that.
Quote MessageOf course, you get frustrated on the bench at times but I always try and come on and make an impact and the biggest impact is scoring so I'm pleased to have helped the team to a point."
Peter Crouch, Stoke City striker
BBC News Travel
One lane has now reopened past the car fire on the M6 between junctions 15 and 14 on the southbound side.
Staffordshire Fire Service says crews found the vehicle was "well alight" when they arrived.
Highways England says the fire's caused about five miles of queues on the motorway., external
Image source, Highways EnglandIt's been a frosty start to the week for most of the West Midlands and our BBC Weather Watchers have been out snapping photos.
These three are from Z70 in Seighford, Staffordshire, Laura and Glenn in Delph, Dudley and Carol in Wolston, Warwickshire.
Image source, Z70
Image source, Laura and Glenn
Image source, CarolSome of the stories today headlining in the Coventry Telegraph today include:
The trial of a man accused of killing his two young children at their home has been adjourned until later this week.
Endris Mohammed is alleged to have smothered eight-year-old Saros Endris and his sister, Leanor Endris, six, at the family's property in Holland Road, Hamstead, Birmingham.
The children's bodies were found after a house fire in October 2016.
BBC News Travel
Traffic is now at a standstill on the M6 southbound J15 to J14, Highways England says, as emergency services deal with a nearby fire.
Image source, Highways England
BBC Inside Out
Small pottery producers across Stoke-on-Trent are reporting an increase in sales, helping to boost the area's ceramic industry.
Their success is attracting a growing number of artisan firms to set up in the city.
Despite that, there are now fewer than 9,000 potters employed in Stoke-on-Trent - according to the organisers of local festival the British Ceramics Biennial, compared with about 60,000 in the 1950s.
You can see our full report on BBC Inside Out West Midlands on BBC One at 19:30 tonight.
Four men are to stand trial after denying putting up stickers supporting a banned far-right extremist group at a university campus.
All four entered not guilty pleas at Birmingham Crown Court today after being accused of displaying offensive material likely to stir up racial hatred after National Action-branded labels were discovered at Aston University last year.
A trial date has been set for 3 April 2018.
Bosses believe that a jump in applications to join West Midlands Ambulance Service could be down to a BBC One documentary series.
TV series Ambulance followed crews responding to 999 calls across the region.
Now an advert to recruit and train new medics has been viewed almost 19,000 - three times more than the previous one released by the trust.
Allen Cook
BBC News
Image source, Staffordshire Fire ServiceFire crews are still at a farm in Staffordshire where 300 tonnes of wood chip went up in flames at the weekend. , external
Staffordshire Fire Service was called to Mill Farm on Stone Road, Eccleshall just before 02:00 on Saturday and had five fire engines there at its height.
They say they haven't been able to discover what caused the blaze as they are still pumping water on to the site as they damp it down, external.
Image source, Staffordshire Fire Service
Kate Tebby
Newsreader, BBC Shropshire
Passengers have been allowed back into Shrewsbury Railway Station after a train fire forced the site to be evacuated.
Passengers return to railway station after fire.
Shropshire Fire Service says crews put out the blaze, external which was in the rear carriage of a train at the platform.
Nobody was reported to have been injured and Arriva Trains Wales says services through the station were disrupted for several hours., external
Under-fire Walsall manager Jon Whitney says he 'can't keep carrying the can' for his players' errors.
Read MoreClaire Mackenzie was found collapsed on a road in Erdington a year ago and later died.
Read MoreHere are some of the stories featuring on The Sentinel's website today:
The firework is thought to have exploded for about two minutes after it was put into the house, police say.
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