Police have appealed for help on the 30-year anniversary of Janine Downes's body being discovered.

A public health leader has warned there are expected to be more cases of the South African variant of coronavirus in the region, after a case was identified in Walsall.

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Birmingham City Council's director of public health Dr Justin Varney told a regional meeting: "Walsall is the first, there will be others in the West Midlands I'm sure."

The case is not being linked to international travel and the council is working with Public Health England in a bid to stop it spreading.

Rates of coronavirus are dropping across the whole of the West Midlands, figures show.

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The rate for the whole region stands at 350.4 cases per 100,000 people - the second highest in England.

This is down from 528.5 the previous week.

Wolverhampton has shown the largest drop down from 790.2 to 484.1.

Sandwell, which currently has the third highest rate in England, fell from 875.3 to 574.8.

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Fifteen-year-old Keon was shot and stabbed in an attack thought to have involved up to six people.

A 39-year-old man dies in hospital after being found seriously injured in Dudley on Sunday.

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

It is 50 years since the comedy troupe performed in Coventry, making the leap from TV to stage.

Most of the coronavirus transmission in the West Midlands is happening between workplaces and households, health officials say.

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"It is people going out to work, catching it at work and bringing it home," Clive Wright, the regional convenor for the Department of Health and Social Care in the West Midlands, told a regional press briefing, highlighting small and medium-sized businesses.

"There may also be instances where people are letting their guard down, but most of it is workplace to household and household back into the workplace," he said.

This could in part, he added, be why Sandwell and other areas of the Black Country were particularly affected at the moment, as the area had a high concentration of small businesses.

More than 60 suspected Covid outbreaks in offices were recorded in the first two weeks of the current lockdown in England, a BBC investigation has found. Current restrictions state people should only travel to work if they cannot reasonably do their job from home.

The 15-year-old is suspected of murdering Keon in a street attack in Handsworth, Birmingham.

A weather warning for snow on Saturday, external has been updated, and now only affects parts of Shropshire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

However new warnings have been issued , externalthat will affect the whole of the region from 21:00 on Monday through to Wednesday evening.

About 5 to 10cm of snow is expected on higher areas, said the Met Office.

Snow is expected to cause travel disruption on Saturday across the West Midlands, the Met Office is warning.

A yellow warning has been issued, external for the whole of the region from 03:00 until 18:00.

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It is set to be a blustery day with spells of sunshine and the chance of a few scattered showers with highs of 10°C (50°F).

A force apologises over viral footage of an officer calling him an idiot amid "lock up" threats.

A male officer's behaviour has been described by his force as unacceptable.

Emergency work is taking place to repair a landslip on the railway line between Milton Keynes and Birmingham.

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The damage near the Hillmorton junction, south of Rugby in Warwickshire, has been caused by recent heavy rainfall, says Network Rail.

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Specialist earthwork engineers testing the site show the ground is still moving underneath several tracks on the West Coast Mainline.

All services are still running but are being diverted via Northampton, adding about 30 minutes to journey times.

The woman suffered a broken leg in the collision in July but her pet died at the side of the road.

A shop worker talks about abuse by customers, as police say attacks have increased.

Flood warnings have been issued for parts of the West Midlands after an "unhelpful" 15-20mm of rain fell overnight, the Environment Agency says.

It's caused "significant" flash flooding in Worcestershire in particular, according to the agency's Dave Throup.

The county was already dealing with major flooding that hit at the weekend.

These are the warnings issued by the Environment Agency so far:

• River Alne at Bird in Hand, external
• River Alne at Chapel Lane and Church Lane in Aston Cantlow and Great Alne, external
• River Avon at Strensham and Bredon, external
• River Avon at Wyre Piddle, external
• River Severn at Abbots Court, Deerhurst, external
• River Severn at Chaceley and Haw Bridge, external
• River Severn at Court Meadow, Kempsey and Callow End, external
• River Severn at Hanley Castle, Rectory Road in Upton upon Severn and Saxons Lode, external
• River Sow and River Penk, external
• River Sence from Temple Mill to Sheepy Magna, external
• River Stour at Mitford Bridge, Shipston on Stour and Tredington, external

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Any early rain should clear to allow some brighter spells with highs of 9°C (54°F).

Sir David Thompson, who leads the West Midlands force, says he has had a "mild dose" of the virus.