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A man has been hit by a lorry on the M6 motorway.
He was struck just before 06:15 on the southbound carriageway close to J10, near Walsall, said West Midlands Police.
Drivers are being advised to avoid the area.
Emergency services are yet to comment on the man's condition.
Part of the M6 southbound carriageway is closed in the West Midland due to a "police incident".
Traffic is being diverted away from the area, from J11 to J10 near Walsall.
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Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather
It will be a windy day with outbreaks of rain and highs of 12C (54F).
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Vanessa Pearce
BBC News
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BBC News
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Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
A leisure centre's going to be renovated at a cost of £8m after councillors approved the plan today., external
Image source, Cheshire East CouncilCheshire East wants to install a new swimming pool at Congleton Leisure Centre and refurbish the sports hall and gym.
Work at the Worrall Street site could begin in May and finish in autumn 2020.
Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today
After the wind and rain today, tonight should start off clear and dry with light winds - here's how the rest of tonight and tomorrow's weather is looking:
Shefali Oza
You can get a latest weather forecast at any other time by heading to the BBC Weather website.
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
A shop worker has been attacked during a robbery in Crewe.
Image source, GoogleCheshire Police says two people got into a tile store on Oak Street via the fire escape on Monday evening.
The pair, who wore dark clothing and had their faces covered, demanded cash from the assistant before assaulting him.
Detectives say he was left shaken but "relatively unharmed".
BBC Radio Shropshire Sport
Stoke City defender Danny Batth says his team mates will relish the chance to play in front of a big crowd away to Derby County tonight.
The Potters are unbeaten in five and play three games in the space of seven days that could make or break their play-off chances.
Image source, Getty ImagesBatth also said "It's a big club and likewise an atmosphere you can really get up for".
Allen Cook
BBC News
A safe full of jewellery "with great sentimental value" has been stolen in a burlgary., external
Image source, GoogleCheshire Police says thieves got into the home on Bramhall Road, Crewe, on Monday morning when no-one was inside the house.
Shortly afterwards, they say two men, both with their faces covered, were seen carrying a safe while coming out of nearby Adlington Close.
The safe contained several items of jewellery including a gold sovereign coin and two watches.
Allen Cook
BBC News
A £5,000 reward's been offered to try and catch four men , externalwho attacked a 71-year-old man in his own home.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceThe masked men forced their way into the house on Titford Road, Oldbury, on 10 February and hit Albert Joseph with a hammer as well as stabbing and cutting him.
They also held a knife to his six-year-old son's throat during the robbery, external which saw them make off with £4,000 of jewellery and gold and £450 in cash.
The charity Crimestoppers says Mr Joseph has been left with a broken back and they're offering the reward for information in a bid to catch the men.
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Gurdip Thandi
"Devastating" cuts to youth services are partly to blame for a rise in knife crime in Walsall, the leader of the council has said.
Conservative councillor Mike Bird told a Safer Walsall Partnership meeting that since 2016 the authority had cut almost £800,000 from its youth services budget and said previous administrations had also made big cuts.
A report to the meeting said the number of young victims of knife crime had increased by 40% since 2016-17.
Mr Bird told fellow councillors "the blame lies here" and said the local authority had to "start engaging with young people in Walsall again".
Quote MessageI spoke to an elderly woman who lived through the war. She said 'after the war we had nothing, but we didn’t go around stabbing people'. We have got to start challenging our communities back."
Councillor Garry Perry, Chairman of the Safer Walsall Partnership board
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