Midlands Live: Snow and ice disruption latest

Summary

Rail services finishing early
Gunman jailed for 12 years for bowling alley siege
Freezing weather 'worst in a decade'
Several train services suspended
Man arrested over grandmother's murder
Live updates from Friday 2 March
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Signal fault disrupts Worcester/Droitwich trainspublished at 07:42 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2018
BBC News Travel
Rail services are being disrupted this morning between Worcester and Droitwich Spa due to a signalling fault:
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Rail services suspended due to 'shortage of carriages'published at 07:31 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2018
Allen Cook
BBC News
There's major disruption today to Arriva Trains Wales services between Manchester and south Wales.
National Rail Enquiries says there's a shortage of trains due to extra safety inspections., external
That means Arriva Trains Wales services from Manchester, through Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and into south Wales, are suspended.
It currently expects disruption to last until at least 12:00 but adds there's no firm estimate of how long it'll last and advises passengers to use tickets on other operators.
Snow forces closures of A537 and A53 in Peak Districtpublished at 07:21 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2018
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
The continuing wintry weather's forced the closure this morning of the A537 Cat and Fiddle, from Macclesfield to Buxton, and the A53 Leek Road, from Leek to Buxton., external
Derbyshire County Council says conditions in places are treacherous and temperatures have plummeted.
Image source, Derbyshire County Council
More freezing weather in today's forecastpublished at 07:17 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2018
Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather
It's been an extremely cold night and the wintry weather looks set to continue for the next few days, here's how today is looking.
You can keep up-to-date with the latest weather by going to the BBC Weather website at any time.
Media caption,
Alex Hamilton
Welcome to the start of Wednesday's live coveragepublished at 07:00 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2018
Allen Cook
BBC News
Good morning, there are still freezing conditions across the West Midlands and we'll bring you any disruption from the weather through Wednesday.
We'll also have more of the other latest local news, updates on sport, travel and more, plus a chance for you to share your photos of the area and your comments on our stories.
You can do that via email, Twitter, external or Facebook, external.
Abuse support charity folds amid reviewpublished at 00:13 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2018
The Amirah Foundation launched an internal review when a whistleblower spotted "unusual transactions".
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Peterborough United 2-1 Walsallpublished at 23:43 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018
Peterborough win for the first time in eight games as they defeat Walsall in wintry conditions at the ABAX Stadium.
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Wycombe Wanderers 0-1 Coventry Citypublished at 22:11 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018
Marc McNulty scores a late penalty as Coventry win for the first time in five games by beating Wycombe.
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No music event to replace V Festivalpublished at 20:13 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018
V Festival replacement Rize Festival will not take place in Weston Park, organisers have revealed.
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M1 fatal crash driver 'on autopilot'published at 19:58 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018
An investigator says the driver was suffering "inattentional blindness" while on a hands-free call.
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Our live coverage across the daypublished at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018
Andy Giddings
BBC News
We'll be back with the latest news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 on Wednesday, but keep an eye out here for more updates before then.
Arrest over 'ski mask knife man'published at 18:55 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
A man's been arrested following reports of someone in a ski mask walking through Newcastle armed with a kitchen knife.
Police say a 26-year-old suspect from Stoke-on-Trent was detained on King Street after a number of calls this afternoon about the town's High Street.
Nobody was hurt and the "knife", police said, turned out to be a spiked garden stake.
Ambulance blocked in by cars frustrates paramedicpublished at 18:43 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018
A paramedic in Birmingham was shocked to return to his ambulance this morning to find he'd been blocked in by parked cars.
Simon Wong said he'd been sent to Small Heath to take a man with a "medical emergency" to hospital, but was unable to get the stretcher on and off.
Image source, WMAS
Image source, WMAS
He called it "inconsiderate parking" and pointed out he'd left the ambulance on double yellow lines with a warning light flashing on the rear.
Family escapes house after kitchen firepublished at 18:30 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018
A family with four children escaped their home in Highley, Shropshire, this morning when the kitchen caught fire in the early hours.
Firefighters were called to the property on Hazelwells Road at 02:44.
Smoke alarms woke up the occupants and allowed them to get out in time.
Image source, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service
'Psycho' waitress jailed for chef murderpublished at 18:22 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018
Georgina Henshaw said she was "full of anger" and wanted to "cosh" her carvery colleague to death.
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Canal freezes at Victorian museumpublished at 18:21 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018
The Victorian re-enactors at Shropshire's Blists Hill museum might want to stay indoors and wear an extra shawl, because it's freezing there at the moment.
The museum has shared these photos showing the canal has frozen over.
Image source, Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Image source, Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Police put killer waitress in handcuffspublished at 18:21 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018
Police footage shows Georgina Henshaw being arrested over the murder of a Toby Carvery colleague.
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In the papers: Road closed after five-vehicle crashpublished at 18:10 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018
Shropshire Star
Here are three headlines from the Shropshire Star:
- A442 in Telford closed after five-vehicle crash, external
- Talks have opened for replacement event for V Festival, external
- Wrekin MP delighted over ban on animals in circuses, external
Video: What's the latest on the weather?published at 17:58 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018
Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather
It will be very cold tonight with clear periods, but there is also the risk of some further light snow showers and lows of -5C (23F).
Media caption,
Latest weather forecast for the West Midlands
Speed cameras could return to citypublished at 17:49 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018
Speed cameras could return to Coventry for the first time in five years.
They were switched off in 2013 to save money, but now Coventry City Council is considering spending £120,000 to re-install them.
If the plan gets the go-ahead, the cameras will be installed on the Ansty Road and London Road.