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European Rugby Champions Cup: Wasps fail to qualifypublished at 08:24 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2018
BBC Sport
Wasps secured a bonus-point win over Ulster in their final Champions Cup pool game but both sides failed to qualify for the quarter-finals.
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Wasps' victory allowed Premiership rivals Saracens to progress to the quarter-finals as the third-best second-placed side.
Support offered to residents affected by Carillionpublished at 08:08 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2018
A support package , externalhas been put together to help staff at risk of redundancy due to the collapse of Wolverhampton-based construction company Carillion.
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Training providers, working as part of the City of Wolverhampton's taskforce, are offering help and advice to those in the Carillion supply chain or are currently an apprentice with the company.
One-to-one counselling is available alongside advice on career development and access to IT facilities are all on offer free of charge.
Crash closes community centrepublished at 07:52 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2018
A community centre in Birmingham will be closed today after a car collided with the entrance area on Sunday.
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The crash happened at Shard End Wellbeing Centre at 10:15, police say.
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The centre will temporarily close so a clean-up and repairs can take place.
Shows cancelled as venue undergoes lengthy revamppublished at 07:39 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2018
Wolverhampton Civic Hall - a popular entertainments venue - looks set close for the next two and a half years to enable a £38m revamp.
The Grand Slam of Darts and shows by comedians including David Baddiel, Sarah Millican and Jason Manford have been moved because of the work.
The 80-year-old Grade II listed building has a number of maintenance issues which could jeopardise its future if left.
The Civic Hall closed in December 2015 for initial renovation works, which had been set to be finished by March.
However, the council has decided to expand its existing improvement programme to a full restoration - adding an extra £23.7m to the original costs.
Debris blocking M42 southboundpublished at 07:19 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2018
BBC News Travel
Debris in the road, thought to be wooden boards, is causing problems on the the M42 southbound in Warwickshire.
Two lanes are closed between J9, for the M6 Toll and J8.
Speed restrictions in the area mean there's congestion back to J11.
Mylee Billingham stabbing treated as "domestic"published at 07:19 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2018
An incident in which an eight-year-old girl was killed is being treated as "domestic".
Mylee Billingham died in hospital shortly after being found seriously injured in Valley View, Brownhills, near Walsall, on Saturday evening.
A 54-year-old man has been arrested and is in a critical condition with a stab wound to the stomach. West Midlands Police said they would be questioning him in due course.
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A post-mortem examination is scheduled for later.
Video: What will the weather be like today?published at 07:08 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2018
Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather
It will be cloudy with some bright spells and the odd shower over higher ground with highs of 9C (48F).
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Live updates for the West Midlandspublished at 07:01 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2018
Vanessa Pearce
BBC News
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