Simon Johnson death: Teenage burglar guilty of murder
Drunk passengers 'risk death on railway'
Children's home TV film prompts inquiry
Car theft 'relay' devices seized in Birmingham
Cash and phones found in police raids
Small police stations 'could move to community buildings'
Council's 'ludicrous' threat to evict Christmas tree
More flood alerts for the West Midlands
Darts prepares to say farewell to unlikely revolutionary
Updates from Friday 15 December
Click on Related Stories to view stories from your area
A family home in Shropshire has made it on to the National Heritage List of 20 Intriguing Places for 2017. , external
Image source, Historic EnglandBridge House in Condover is a three-bedroom house and was given Grade II status earlier this year.
It was built by Mervyn Seal in 1958 as a home for his young family while he worked as an architect for Shropshire County Council.
Officers are carrying out a search of a canal in the Brierley Hill area of Dudley in an effort to locate a missing man, police say.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceThey shared these ice-breaking scenes earlier.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceAmong the main stories on the Coventry Telegraph website today:
BBC Midlands Today
New railway services have been launched in Kidderminster and Stourbridge in a bid to make it easier to get to England's capital.
Chiltern Railways has introduced new direct trains to London Marylebone on Saturdays and Sundays.
A council hoping to offer a new "water cremation" service has put plans on hold amid concerns about liquid remains of dead people getting into the water system.
Sandwell Council in Oldbury has been granted permission to offer "water cremation" at Rowley Regis crematorium, which it says is "more environmentally friendly than traditional cremation".
But water provider Severn Trent refused the council a "trade effluent" permit which dictates which substances may go into sewers.
A source at Water UK, which represents water companies, said the technology needed to be explored in much greater depth.
"It is the liquefied remains of the dead going into the water system," it said. "We don't think the public will like the idea."
A total of 53 phones were recovered by police after the show at the Arena Birmingham.
Read MoreThis edited video reveals images prepared for Herefordshire Council to show what the road may look like in future.
Read MoreThese are among the top stories on the Shropshire Star's website today:
Vanessa Pearce
BBC News
The residents of a Warwickshire village have, once again, dressed an old statue as part of a tradition going back decades.
Locals in Dunchurch have been secretly dressing the Lord John Scott memorial since the 1970s.
He's been everything from a Star Wars stormtrooper to an Olympic athlete.
A statue in Warwickshire is secretly dressed up by locals at least once a year
Sacked Paul Lambert tells BBC WM that he could have been as successful as Nuno at Wolves with the same money to spend.
Read More
Matt Lee
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke
A Cheshire man's arrived for his last day at work this morning after a rather unusual four-day commute - by paddle board.
Kevin Bell set off from his home in the Macclesfield area on Friday morning and got to his office in Stoke-on-Trent this morning, external after paddling 35 miles along a canal.
He's so far raised more than £1,000 for The Pulmonary Fibrosis Trust in memory of his dad and father-in-law., external
Quote MessageFriday when I set off, lovely and sunny, bit icy but I had a narrowboat going ahead of me, breaking the ice, so that was all cool. Saturday, very different. Frozen solid, no boats moving so I had to carry the board half the time which was a nightmare frankly."
Kevin Bell, Paddle boarder
The profession of a man who died in a crash that killed five others "worried" his family.
Read More
Calum McKenzie
BBC News
Two people had to be rescued from the roof of their car after blindly following their sat-nav into "icy water".
Image source, Leicestershire PolicePolice from Market Bosworth and Hinckley, external said they were expecting to be "covering the Christmas party goers" on Friday night but got called out to this rescue.
The driver and a passenger, from Birmingham, had driven onto Watery Gate, Thurlaston while following instructions and ignoring what was in front of them.
They took refuge on top of the car, before being rescued by firefighters on a raft.
Two more victims of a Birmingham crash in which six people died have been named - Mohammed Fasha, 30, and 26-year-old Tauqeer Hussain, known as Tox to his family.
Image source, Family HandoutMohammed Fasha pictured with his baby nephew
Both lived in St Benedict's Road in the Small Heath area of the city.
Image source, Family HandoutTauqeer Hussain
The pair were among three people travelling in an Audi who died. A fourth man who was in the vehicle is in a serious condition in hospital.
A taxi driver who died along with two passengers was named earlier as Imtiaz Mohammed.
Charity project Coventry Foodbank says it is not just homeless people needing the service in December.
Read More
Lucy King
News Editor, BBC Radio Stoke
A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of arson, external after a house fire in Stoke-on-Trent in which a dog died.
Police say emergency services were called to Cumberland Street, Fenton, in the early hours of this morning and rescued the people inside the home.
Image source, GoogleBut they say two dogs were also inside and one of them died. The other is getting veterinary care.
A 48-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman are in police custody.
Volunteers manning the cart hope to encourage commuters to talk to people who may be having suicidal thoughts.
Read More
Allen Cook
BBC News
There are likely to be transport delays in parts of the West Midlands this evening and over night because of fog.
Image source, Met OfficeThe Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for most of the region, external, covering the period between 20:00 on Monday and 12:00 Tuesday.
It says the fog is likely to mean slower journeys and could see flights from airports delayed or even cancelled.
Flowers and tributes are being left at the scene of the Birmingham crash in which six people died.
One card reads: "To Mum, I love you loads.
"Life isn't going to be the same without you.
"We miss you so much and hope you're in a better place."
BBC News Travel
All rail lines in and out of London Euston are blocked as emergency services deal with an incident between Milton Keynes Central and Watford Junction, Virgin Trains says.
Virgin Trains tickets are being accepted on Chiltern Rail between London Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill.
West Midlands Railway is accepting tickets via any reasonable route until further notice.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
