Ben Godfrey
BBC Midlands Today

Hundreds of residents are facing months of upheaval after Birmingham's biggest water main burst leaving homes saturated.

Flood water affected about 100 properties in Wheeler Street, Newtown, Birmingham on Saturday, leaving thousands of pounds worth of damage.

Severn Trent say the repair has now been completed, and apologised to residents for the inconvenience.

The road is expected to reopen tomorrow.

You can see my full report on Midlands Today on BBC One at 18:30.

New shift arrangements have being brought in at Jaguar Land Rover so workers can watch England's World Cup semi-final against Croatia.

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"It's been 28 years since England were in a World Cup semi-final," the company said.

"In recognition of this achievement, we wanted our workforce to be able to enjoy the game and support the England team".

Workers at plants in Solihull, Castle Bromwich, Halewood and Wolverhampton, as well as the Coventry headquarters are all set to benefit.

The "revised production schedule," drawn up in partnership with the trade union, will have "no impact on customers," the company said.

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Four men who made £20,000 from stolen cars are told to repay £1 at a Cardiff Crown Court hearing.

Gentoo penguin Pablo and his colony at Birmingham's Sealife Centre have predicted four out of five of England's results so far.

And once again they say the team will triumph over Croatia tomorrow.

Image source, Sealife Centre

"Pablo and his cheeky colony are all very excitable and love playing new games, so have quickly got into the spirit of choosing the winning flags," said curator Jonny Rudd.

A bystander who tried to stop a pub fight has died, police said.

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The 31-year-old was found with severe head injuries after reports of a fight outside The Malthouse pub on New Road,Willenhall, Walsall, just after midnight on Monday.

He died in hospital on Monday afternoon.

Det Insp Justin Spanner said: "We understand there was a fight that ended with a bystander being attacked - and shockingly he passed away at hospital a matter of hours later alongside family members".

Officers are asking for any witnesses to come forward.

Birmingham Live

Some of the headlines on the Birmingham Live website:

• Tributes to pub worker as police hunt Willenhall killer, external
• National Express buses to be diverted from Broad Street for World Cup match, external
• Brummies call for big screen to show England's World Cup semi-final, external

More than 200 jobs have been lost at a shopfitting and interiors company.

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The Alan Nuttall Partnership currently employs more than 500 people at premises in Dudley and Hinckley.

Blaming the growth of online retail, and confidence at a "worrying level" as the country heads towards Brexit, the managing director said it needed to be done so the company could live to fight another day.

The firm also made a number of redundancies earlier in the year.

Poundworld, the struggling discount retailer, will close 25 stores, including the Birmingham Fort Retail Park shop, resulting in 242 job losses, administrators said.

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The stores named for closure will operate until 15 July, according to a memo sent to Poundworld staff.

"The administrators have been preparing contingency plans in the event that we are not able to deliver a sale of the business as a whole," the memo said.

Other stores in the area set to shut, are Sutton Coldfield and Crewe, the BBC understands.

Birmingham City Women sign attacking midfielder Lucy Staniforth from fellow WSL club Sunderland.

A murder investigation is launched after a 31-year-old man dies following an attack outside a pub.

Birmingham's Paradise Circus is to close for almost a year for work to be carried out on the next stage of the Westside Metro extension.

It will shut in both directions from September until the summer of 2019.

Paradise, as it is now called, is the area between Chamberlain Square, next to the town hall, and Centenary Square, where the library is.

The closure is so the Metro can be extended from Victoria Square to Centenary Square, Midland Metro Alliance said.

Image source, Midland Metro Alliance

The A38 Queensway underpass, which runs beneath Paradise, will remain open in both directions for the works, which start on 3 September.

Traffic marshals will be in place 24/7 to assist drivers wishing to access Holliday Street from Suffolk Street Queensway.

Bus services using the route by Centenary Square will be diverted via Sheepcote Street and Bath Row.

Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo signs a one-year extension to his deal and is now tied to the club until 2021.

Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce believes the club will have to sell Jack Grealish to comply with Financial Fair Play rules.

Students have been accused of fly-tipping in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and Coventry.

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National Express buses are being diverted away from Broad Street in Birmingham tomorrow night during England's semi-final clash with Croatia.

The public transport provider has asked people not to climb on their buses as a fall would be "dangerous" and "very serious".

Incidents across the country during the quarter final match on Saturday, saw an ambulance jumped on in London and a taxi being vandalised in Nottingham.

Buses will stop running down Broad Street from 20:00.

Express and Star

Some of the headlining stories on the Express and Star website today are:

• Fire bosses in U-turn over plans to deal with calls, external
• NEC unveils new look for £4.5 million transformation, external
• Man left fighting for his life after trouble flares near pub, external

"Complicated" work to repair a burst pipe will take longer than hoped but the water supply has been turned back on.

Image source, West Midlands Police

Severn Trent engineers worked through the night at Lichfield Road in Aston, Birmingham, after it burst on Sunday night.

The company said people in the area may experience low water pressure whilst the system is recharged with water.

Meanwhile, work is ongoing to repair burst pipes in Wheeler Street, Newtown, and Cornwall Road in the city centre after they also burst.

Birmingham is the safest major city in the UK with less crime than Liverpool and Manchester - according to a new report.

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The Birmingham Community Safety Partnership's figures show the total recorded crime in the city compared to its population was "relatively low".

The partnership includes the city council and West Midlands Police.

The city was the best-performing out of the "core cities" which do not include London, followed by Sheffield then Leeds, Liverpool, Bristol, Nottingham and Newcastle.

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

A mainly dry day with sunny periods but feeling cooler with highs of 24C (75F).