Police hand out more than 30 fines for the rogue event and a birthday bash with a four-piece band.

He will serve a custodial term at a youth detention centre following the incident in Handsworth.

West Midlands Police handed out fines totalling more than £24,000 to people at the two events.

A Sikh women's group in the West Midlands says calls to its helpline have more than doubled during the pandemic.

Keep Britain Tidy says there has been a rise in the number of people asking for litter picking kit.

Jess Phillips reads a list of all women killed in UK over the past year, in Women's Day debate.

Women around the UK have reacted to the disappearance of Sarah Everard by sharing their stories.

Ellie Wright contracted coronavirus when she was 30 weeks pregnant but could not have treatment.

Tyrell Harris is due to be sentenced next month over his attack on Karl Gallagher in Smethwick.

Some plants are to be removed from a Birmingham park in a bid to stop the spread of a harmful pest.

A Statutory Plant Health Notice has been issued by the Forestry Commission for the Lickey Hills Country Park after the discovery of phytophthora ramorum - a pathogen harmful to trees and woodland.

It means Larch and rhododendron will be removed from a 12-hectare (29.6 acre) area of the park in the Beacon Hill area.

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Phytophthora ramorum is transmitted through airborne spores, but felling or killing infected plants has been found to be effective in reducing the spread.

Councillor John O’Shea, responsible for parks, said: “It is clearly unfortunate that we have to carry out work on such a significant scale, but this is essential, and we will ensure that all activity is done in the most environmentally conscious way possible.”

Almost 88,000 people have now been vaccinated against the coronavirus in Wolverhampton.

The city council said a total of 87,657 vaccinations had been delivered so far, with 83,370 people having received the first of their two doses and 4,287 patients having had both.

It means over 10,000 jabs were given in the last week.

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Councillor Jasbir Jaspal, said: “Thousands more people have received a life-saving Covid-19 vaccination in the last week and the pace is only set to increase further in the weeks ahead as more individuals become eligible for their first jab and others go back for their second dose."

BBC Weather

Early showers, with hail in places, should clear away to leave a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers. High: 9C (48F).

Turning cloudier tonight with wet and windy weather forecast which could see some heavy outbreaks of rain. Low: 4C (39F).

You can keep up-to-date at the BBC Weather website.

The site has been found "inadequate" by inspectors and placed in special measures.

A Labour MP lists all women killed in the UK over the last year where a man has been convicted or charged.

After BBC News reported on a woman who spends Friday evenings litter picking, others got in touch.

BBC Weather

A very windy start to Thursday with gales in some places but the winds should ease a little through the day with sunny spells mixed with scattered showers. High: 10C (50F).

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Those showers should slowly fade away this evening leaving clear spells overnight which will make it quite chilly. Low: 3C (37F).

You can get a latest forecast for your area at any time by going to the BBC Weather website.

Sophie Tristram has cystic fibrosis and was told pregnancy in her case could prove life-threatening.

BBC Weather

There's a Met Office warning of high winds overnight, along with rain showers.

With temperatures due to drop to around freezing tomorrow, we could have some hail showers to come.

The Met Office warned the winds could mean problems for travel and might cause power cuts.

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Jack Barry, 19, was found seriously injured on Sunday night and pronounced dead at the scene.

BBC Midlands Today

West Midlands Police still has a lot of work to do to create more trust in black communities, according to its chief constable.

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Sir David Thompson told the BBC the "seismic events" of last summer's Black Lives Matter protests, in the wake of George Floyd's death, have not been lost on the force.

He said it had been working to recruit a more diverse workforce with 17% of current recruits from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.

The chief constable said officers had also been examining how they use stop-and-search powers in communities.

"There has been a lot of work going on around that, but certainly how we use our powers, how we demonstrate legitimacy and how we recruit our staff are the big focus," he said.