A 40-year-old man from Tamworth has been arrested after what Staffordshire Police are calling a "two-hour rooftop siege" in the town yesterday afternoon.

The force said during the stand-off, tiles were ripped up and thrown from the roof of a house in Alfred Street on to the road below.

Image source, Staffordshire Police

The street was cordoned off and neighbouring properties were evacuated, with occupants sent to a nearby boxing club while officers attended the incident.

Police said the arrested man remained in custody.

He caused damage whilst trying to park it and left the vehicle for others to find, a force says.

Specialist teams are continuing to search land near to where a teenager disappeared more than 20 years ago.

It's a private investigation team that is searching for Nicola Payne at Coombe Abbey Country Park, Warwickshire.

A number of items have already been recovered, but nothing "significant", says Peter Faulding from Specialist Group International.

He said: "It is now about looking for evidence, looking for evidence relating to Nicola’s disappearance, so perhaps something connected to her, something she had with her, as well as, of course, crucially looking for Nicola."

"Holly" was a victim of child exploitation in Telford from the age of 14.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC News

Precinct shopping in Coventry during the city's post-war years is to be celebrated in an exhibition as part of a major arts festival.

Image source, City Architects/Coventry Archives

The exhibition is curated by Photo Archive Miners, external, a Coventry group, and is part of the Shop Front Festival;, external the city's first significant arts event since winning City of Culture 2021 status.

Image source, Richard Sadler

The photographs were taken by Coventry City Council architects and renowned photographer Richard Sadler and document changes in the city during the 1950's.

Image source, City Architects/Coventry Archives

The exhibition runs from 15 to 31 March at Artspace Arcadia Gallery in the City Arcade.

Managers at the hospitals in Shrewsbury and Telford are hoping the chancellor's spring statement will contain news of funding for a reorganisation of services in the county.

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust wants consultation on plans for an overhaul that would cost about £300m, but the consultation can't move forward until it knows there is money to make it happen.

The plan would involve some of Telford's accident and emergency department, plus women and chldren's services, moving to Shrewsbury; while planned care would move in the opposite direction.

What is it like being a mum and son at construction college, and would they go into business together?

A woman told the Victoria Derbyshire programme earlier she was raped by multiple men in Telford.

She spoke following a Sunday Mirror investigation which claimed hundreds of girls were abused in the town, dating back to the 1980s.

The woman, who appeared anonymously, said she was the victim of a grooming gang and was first abused at the age of 14 and had two abortions.

She said her phone number was sold by boys her own age to older men, who bombarded her with calls.

Telford MP Lucy Allan has called for an independent inquiry.

Here's a clip from this morning's programme in which a journalist claims there could be 1,000 victims.

BBC Sport

Britain's Menna Fitzpatrick and guide Jen Kehoe from Stoke-on-Trent claimed a Winter Paralympic silver medal in the women's visually impaired super combined event.

Image source, Reuters

The pair were second after the super G run and despite a storming slalom effort they were unable to get the better of Slovakia's Henrieta Farkasova and guide Natalia Subrtova, who were winning their third gold medal.

Fitzpatrick, 19, was born with congenital retinal folds and has no vision in her left eye and limited sight in her right, but started skiing aged five.

Express and Star

Among the stories on the Express and Star website today are:

• Two dozen Carillion workers axed at Midland Met site as rumours swirl over new contractor, external
• West Midlands to unveil £10 billion prospectus at MIPIM, external for UK’s 'new growth capital'
• Black Country sexual groomer caught at KFC by paedophile hunters, external

Efforts to investigate the nerve agent attack in Salisbury are being bolstered by West Midlands Police, it's been confirmed.

Police and Army activity continues in the area, with a Sainsbury's car park becoming the latest site to be sealed off in the city.

Prime minister Theresa May said it was "highly likely" Russia was responsible for the attack on the Russian former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia.

The Avon and Somerset force is also among those lending its support to the investigation, along with Welsh police.

It's great to be appreciated, and after a high-profile case of a woman insulting ambulance crews for parking near her drive, several services across the country have received anonymous messages of thanks showing them just how much their help means to people.

Here's the latest we're aware of:

It was left on an East of England Ambulance, external attending a call in Thetford, Norfolk, on Monday.

"You're amazing and worth your weight in gold," the note says.

An angry note left last month on an ambulance in Stoke-on-Trent ordering paramedics to move their vehicle prompted a backlash on social media, and the woman who posted the note was fined for her actions.

Coventry Telegraph

Some of the main stories on the Coventry Telegraph website today are:

• £100m transformation of derelict city centre site, external
• University of Warwick to showcase developments worth £400m on the world stage, external
• Police appeal for help to piece together final movements of man who died on the A45, external

Leeds owner Andrea Radrizzani writes to the Football Association, Premier League and EFL to ask for clarification on the link between Wolves and agent Jorge Mendes.

BBC News Travel

The B4103 Castle Road - Kenilworth Ford - is closed in both directions between Castle Hill and B4101 Forrest Road due to high water.

Image source, Richard Robinson

Flood warnings and alerts have been issued by the Environment Agency, external across the region, with roads in Warwickshire and Worcestershire already affected.

The alerts cover the length of the Severn through Worcestshire.

Flood gates have been closed at New Street in Upton-upon-Severn.

Image source, Environment Agency

BBC Weather

Mostly cloudy this morning, possibly with the odd spot of rain. More sunshine will develop this afternoon, but there is the chance of an isolated shower. Winds will be fairly light with highs of 9C.

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BBC News Travel

In Worcestershire, flooding has closed the B4080 Eckington Bridge in Eckington and Jubilee Bridge in Fladbury.

BBC Midlands Today

Plans for the new High Speed Rail Interchange station in Solihull are to be redesigned to include thousands of new homes nearby.

The move to create an "urban quarter" near the M42 motorway comes as planners head to Cannes to attract private investors at the international MIPIM property conference.

Mel Coles
BBC Weather presenter

There will be a mixture of sunny spells and cloud around today with the odd shower this afternoon and highs of 10C (50F).