West Midlands mayor Andy Street says he wants a new railway station for Tettenhall in Wolverhampton.

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Mr Street says he is currently working with local MPs Stuart Anderson and Jane Stevenson to hopefully win government backing for a new station to serve Pendeford and Tettenhall.

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Beauty spots around Solihull are set to benefit from £705,000 worth of grants.

The Love Your River Cole project, led by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, is among the first schemes nationwide to secure a share of the government's £80million Green Recovery Challenge Fund.

Other areas set to benefit are Chelmsley Wood’s Meriden Park and parkland near Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens.

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The Local Democracy Reporting Service said Solihull Council officer Liz Grove told a cabinet meeting the scheme would mean “investment and environmental improvements”.

While Ian Wykes, the wildlife trust’s programme manager, said: “The Covid crisis has demonstrated how valuable local green spaces are and this funding will go along away to improve these for people and wildlife.”

Children in part of Coventry are being encouraged to use their half-term break to spread kindness across the city.

Coventry City of Culture Trust said it has launched the Passports of Kindness initiative to challenge youngsters between seven and 11 from schools in Foleshill to complete ten acts of kindness "to help bring happiness and joy to those around them".

They have been given a passport and sticker set to record their acts.

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“I hope it will inspire and bring joy to the children and their families during lockdown. I can’t wait to read their poems, see their drawings and all the creative ways they find to be kind," said the trust’s Collaborative City Producer, Navkiran Mann, who is behind the initiative.

Thomas Rogers was found stabbed to death on Bristol Road in Birmingham in August.

An inquest opening heard she was attacked by a family dog in Kitts Green, earlier this month.

The latest news and updates from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

Lillian Greenway received cards and presents after an appeal to help her mark her 100th birthday.

Displays of ice lining country lanes across the West Midlands inspire photographers.

Father-of-four Mohammed Haroon Zeb died just hours after being shot in Dudley last month.

Mazammal Butt was stabbed after a heated row with his brother-in-law in a car park near his shop.

BBC Weather

It will be cold, dry and sunny today with just a few patches of cloud at times. Moderate winds and a high of 1C (34F).

Clear spells are forecast this evening and tonight which will keep it cold and dry. Winds will get stronger and the low will be -6C (21F).

You can keep up-to-date with your local forecast by going to the BBC Weather website.

More than two million doses of coronavirus vaccine have now been administered in the Midlands area.

Figures covering the period between 8 December and 7 February show that included 2,036,609 first doses and 70,639 second doses.

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The majority of the vaccinations given out in the Midlands so far have gone to people over the age of 70, but 731,353 people under the age of 70 have had their first jab now.

A total of 10,992,933 doses of one of the vaccines were given out across England in that period.

Darren Constantine denied murdering Julie Webb at her Birmingham home in 2019.

Zephaniah McLeod has denied murdering Jacob Billington but admits his manslaughter.

The landmark building was bought by private investors after House of Fraser said it was relocating.

BBC Weather

More cold weather is forecast today, with easterly winds, and it should be dry and sunny. High: 1C (34F).

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It should stay cold into tonight with a risk of frost and ice. Dry with a low of -3C (27F).

You can stay up-to-date with the weather for your area by going to the BBC Weather website.

A church pastor from Wolverhampton has accused the authorities of being "lazy" when it comes to targeting misinformation about coronavirus and the vaccine among black and minority ethnic communities.

"The biggest failure of the authorities – and I say this in the broadest sense – they have been quite lazy in my view, they assume that one size fits all," Derrick Campbell said.

The pastor said he has heard a number of theories from people about the vaccine, which while they may seem "ludicrous" are believable because they appear to come from credible sources.

"We’ve had overseas evangelists targeting the church communities, we’ve had people claiming to be doctors who have come out with some of this misinformation," he said.

He said authorities need to do more than simply removing misinformation from social media accounts and extend the work to "re-educating" people who have been influenced by it.

"We need to have more hand holding, a proper process of dealing with those issues.... as ludicrous as they may sound, people believe it and we need to be able to address that."

Birmingham Airport says it welcomes support after passenger numbers fall by 91% due to Covid.

Two out of five tests at the Walsall house appeared to have been used, it is claimed.

BBC Weather

Temperatures won't rise much above above freezing today and there could be a bit more snow.

And it's forecast to remain the same until the weekend.

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