West Midlands Railway advises some services out of Birmingham will finish shortly.

There's also a loss of power at Birmingham New Street which is affecting all lines, just to add to the delays.

National Express West Midlands has published a long list of disrupted bus services, check if your service is running normally here, external.

Services not listed will be running the usual route, but may be slower than normal, the operator says.

Tonnes of snow is cleared from the Bromyard to Hereford Road as wind whips up mountains of snow.

Reports of a dressing room bust-up at West Brom should be "music to fans' ears", says boss Alan Pardew.

Andrew Dawkins
BBC News

Worcestershire is braced for more heavy snow this evening and tonight., external

The county council says it's been battling snowdrifts of 10 feet (3m) in places and some rural communities have been cut off.

Image source, Worcestershire County Council

The authority says it'll be out gritting and ploughing while getting help from farmers to clear some areas.

Monica Rimmer
BBC News

The two men charged today in connection with the murder of Jaskaran Kang have been remanded in custody after appearing in court.

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The body of 24-year-old Mr Kang, from Handsworth, Birmingham, was discovered at a property in Stourbridge Road, Dudley, on 6 January.

Joshua Campbell, 18, of King Edmond Street, Dudley,is charged with murder and conspiracy to commit robbery. He has been remanded in custody at Dudley Magistrates ahead of his next court appearance on Monday.

Tyrone Johnson, 21, of Malthouse Drive, Dudley, was also in court today accused of conspiracy to commit robbery. He will next be in court on 3 April and has been remanded in custody until then.

A man responsible for an armed siege at a bowling alley wanted to be killed by armed police, a judge has said.

David Clarke has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his armed siege of the MFA Bowl in Nuneaton on 22 October.

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Judge Andrew Lockhart QC, sentencing, told Clarke: "Your selfish actions have deeply affected many people.

"You wanted to put into effect your dreadful scheme to commit as you said 'suicide by cop'.

"It was planned hostage-taking in a place you knew where children would be present."

Three armed men who stole a large quantity of cash and threatened a worker at a shop in Birmingham have been captured on CCTV.

Police are appealing for information after a member staff at Sana Collections in Ward End was threatened with a knife by the men.

The armed robbery happened at about 17:40 on 12 February.

PC Stephen Tighe from West Midlands Police said: “Someone in the area will know who this is. They’re wearing distinctive clothing and are likely live in the local area themselves."

Jailing David Clarke for 12 years, the judge told him he "brought terror to the MFA Bowl" in Nuneaton.

Warrington Guardian

Firefighters tackled a blaze at a bus depot in Warrington, external for several hours after it broke out just after 01:00 GMT.

Part of the A41's going to stay closed in Shropshire, external due to the current weather forecast.

Telford and Wrekin Council says the closure's from Tern Hill to the A519 and from the A518 south to the A5.

Image source, Telford and Wrekin Council

BBC Hereford and Worcester

We all know that temperatures have plunged this week as Storm Emma and the "Beast from the East" collided over the UK.

But few would have thought it would get so cold, the River Wye would freezer over - but it has!

Advice from the RSPCA on how to look after your furry, and feathered, friends during cold weather.

The man is seen skiing across Sling Lane playing fields as snow makes many roads treacherous.

Birmingham's Hippodrome has had to cancel a performance from comedian Dara O'Briain due to the weather.

The venue said it would be in touch with ticket holders to arrange a refund.

Meanwhile, a Paul Weller gig at the Genting Arena is due to go ahead as planned.

Last night's Stereophonics performance at the venue also went ahead, however many people were unable to make it because of the snow. The Genting Arena said it is working on compensating ticket holders who could not attend.

Worcester's new "mini plough" is sweeping away the streets' snow, proving it's not all about size.

The council Tweeted, external to say the new plough is at work in the city's high street keeping Worcester "#openforbusiness".

Image source, Worcester City Council

Allen Cook
BBC News

Image source, Staffordshire Police

You might think these photos show somewhere around a beach, a giant chocolate dessert record attempt, or even a torrential mud slide but no, these are from today in Lichfield.

Staffordshire Police officers took them and tweeted, external that the strange looking snow is down to mud covering the snow from a nearby field on this country lane.

Image source, Staffordshire Police

BBC Entertainment and Arts

Maisie Sly is six years old and is the star of Stoke-on-Trent born Rachel Shenton's short film The Silent Child which has been nominated for Best Live Action Short Film at Sunday's Oscars.

The tells the story of a profoundly deaf four-year-old girl Libby, played by Maisie.

She lives a silent life until a social worker, played by Rachel, teaches her how to communicate through sign language.

Chris King
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

Crewe Alexandra's announced it won't be holding an independent review into allegations about former youth coach Barry Bennell, external while he worked at the club, despite promising one in 2016.

Last week, the 64-year-old was jailed for 31 years after being found guilty of 43 charges of historical child sexual abuse.

In November 2016, Crewe said it would carry out an independent review into claims involving Barry Bennell while he was employed by the club and what the club may have known about his offending.

Now though, they say that, as Cheshire Police carried out an "extremely thorough investigation" into Crewe since then, they don't intend to carry out a further independent investigation.