Craft gin and equipment are auctioned off after a firm went into administration.

BBC Business News

Retailer Homebase is set to announce plans to close 42 stores, putting about 1,500 jobs at risk.

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The firm has 21 stores across the West Midlands,, external including two in Worcester and several around the Birmingham area.

Restructuring company Hilco, which bought the DIY chain for £1 in May, is expected to confirm its plans for a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) on Tuesday.

It hasn't revealed which stores will be earmarked for closure.

Coventry Live

From the Coventry Live website:

• Motorists warned after thousands fall foul of bus gate, external
• Couple face race against time to get married after cancer diagnosis, external
• Former Italian restaurant marked for demolition, external

Investigations are continuing after a pedestrian was hit yesterday by what the ambulance service called a "light goods vehicle".

A spokesman said a middle-aged man was left with "significant injuries" in the crash which happened at about 13:40 in Harborne, Birmingham.

Images from the scene show police inspecting a Royal Mail lorry.

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Birmingham is the city with the greatest need for new-build homes in the UK outside London, new figures show.

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According to the data, Birmingham is currently supplying new homes at just over half the numbers it needs to fulfill long-term targets.

The figures were calculated by taking government house-building targets each year, and setting those against a 10-year average of new-build numbers.

Almost a decade on from the financial crash of 2008, 52% of councils saw fewer homes built last year than in the year leading up to the crisis.

Sonia Kataria
BBC News

Twycross Zoo is raising awareness of the importance of orangutan conservation on Sunday.

The Leicestershire zoo is celebrating World Orangutan Day and there is free entry for everyone with red hair, including natural, dyed or red wigs.

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The zoo is home to it's own orangutan family – Batu, Maliku, Kibriah, Molly, Basuki and Kayan.

Express and Star

From the Express and Star website:

• Hospital allays fears on A&E closure amid Midland Met delays, external
• Free town centre parking scheme leaves council £500k down, external
• Jeremy Corbyn demands swift resolution to Ian Austin investigation, external

Staffordshire Police says it will be increasing the number of officers in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, over the next few weeks to reassure people it's safe to visit.

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Anti-social behaviour as well and drug and alcohol problems are creating what the force calls "an unfair reputation" for the area.

City council officers are to also offer advice to rough sleepers.

BBC Sport

West Bromwich Albion could have played in empty stadiums in 2016-17 and still made a pre-tax profit of more than £33m, BBC research has found.

The Baggies - then top flight - head a list of Premier League clubs during the period that could have profited in such a way.

In 2016-17, during which clubs benefited from a record £8.3bn in global TV revenue, matchday income contributed less than 20p in every £1 earned by 18 top-flight outfits.

A ruined Warwickshire castle has been restored to its former glory - using the computer game Minecraft.

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Built in the 1120s, Kenilworth was a royal castle for most of its history, but was ruined during the Civil War in 1642.

English Heritage commissioned game experts to restore the castle, virtually, as part of its #LoveCastles season., external

The charity is running Minecraft workshops at the site to give visitors the chance to rebuild the famous castle.

A man left paralysed from the chest down after a car crash has seen "massive improvements" to his experience thanks to inventions designed as part of BBC Two's Big life Fix.

Tobijah Thomas, who lives near Shrewsbury, severely damaged his spinal cord in the crash in 2006 and lost much of the use of his hands.

Materials expert Zoe Laughlin worked with him to create bespoke handles to give him greater independence in the kitchen and allow him to cook with his daughter.

She also designed a special glove that uses voice commands to help with fine motor skills, allowing him to more easily pick up an egg and hold hands with his partner.

She said the changes had made a "massive improvement" to Tobijah's life and described seeing the results as a "special moment".

Watch the full episode on BBC iPlayer.

BBC News Travel

Delays to a rail service between London and Birmingham are due to passengers causing a disturbance, says West Midlands Railway.

The service is being delayed at Milton Keynes Central, it says.

Vaping can damage vital immune system cells and may be more harmful than previously thought, a study at the University of Birmingham suggests.

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Researchers found e-cigarette vapour disabled important immune cells in the lung and boosted inflammation.

They "caution against the widely held opinion that e-cigarettes are safe".

However, Public Health England advises they are much less harmful than smoking and people should not hesitate to use them as an aid to giving up cigarettes.

Fire crews are into their sixth day of tackling a large wildfire in the Staffordshire Moorlands.

Firefighters have been at the blaze at the Roaches in Upper Hulme since it began on Thursday, but say they are getting it under control.

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Strong winds meant the fire spread quickly, with the blaze estimated to have affected a 219-acre (0.8 sq km) area - roughly a quarter of the reserve.

Staffordshire Fire Service said Roach Road and the surrounding lanes were likely to remain closed and asked people to stay away from the area.

BBC News Travel

There are severe delays on the M40 southbound between J12 and J11 in Warwickshire after two emergency incidents on the motorway.

Southbound traffic was held for a time during a police incident at about 05:20 in Oxfordshire, with a crash involving a car and two lorries then closing two northbound lanes between J11 and J12.

Travel time is about one hour and 20 minutes and there is congestion to J13 as well as routes through Gaydon, including Banbury Road and Fosse Way.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

It should be a dry day with some sunshine, but also cloudy at times with highs of 23C (73F).

Vanessa Pearce
BBC News

Welcome to our live service for Tuesday.

We'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather for the West Midlands.

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BBC Sport looks at how profitable Premier League clubs are thanks to TV money and how important fans are to club finances outside the top flight.

The cyclists were seen pedalling along the Aston Expressway in Birmingham and onto the M6.

Jasmine Forrester, 11, was killed after a mental health team said it could not help her great-uncle.