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The Crewe Alexandra manager David Artell says the weather is going to test his players in tonight's match away to Cambridge United.

He warned: "It's going to be blowing a gale, it's going to be windy as anything, it's going to be chucking it down with rain."

He added the Abbey Stadium pitch had been "a little bit bobbly" at the weekend.

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A pitch inspection wasn't needed in the end and Artell said "we'll see how far some of our players have come".

Local Democracy Reporting Service
George Makin

Plans for a new centre for children with special educational needs will still go ahead, despite a severe fire on the Wednesbury site.

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Up to 60 firefighters from across the Black Country and Birmingham fought to contain the fire, which broke out shortly after midnight.

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The school closed in 2010 but the site was used by the Phoenix Collegiate which is considering a proposal to use part of the site for residential development.

The other part of the land, where the gutted building stood, will be transferred to the Department for Education for a proposed planning application to build a new 90-place Secondary Special Free School.

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BBC Weather

It will be a dry evening before heavy showers move into the area with gales developing by dawn and lows of 3C (37F).

Abdullah Muhammad, 16, died in a Birmingham park on 20 February.

BBC Weather Watchers

It's been a rainy day for many of us and the BBC Weather Watchers have been sharing photos of wet weather across the West Midlands.

These were taken in Birmingham, at Endon in Staffordshire and Stratford-upon-Avon.

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A delivery driver has suffered life-changing injuries in an attack in Wolverhampton, police said.

The 22-year-old was robbed on Paradise Lane and his white van was taken. When he attempted to get help, he was hit by a truck carrying scrap metal, police said.

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The van was carrying around 130 parcels and Staffordshire Police say the parcels may have been dumped or sold in bulk.

Footage shared online appeared to show West Midlands Police officers violently restraining a man.

Telford's ice rink is going to get new spectator seating and an improved reception area, as part of a £75,000 overhaul this spring.

There will also be changes to the boot hire area and the cafe.

The seats won't be replaced before 15 April and Telford and Wrekin Council says the rink will remain open while the work is carried out.

The coffins of four children who died in a house fire in Stafford were carried in horse-drawn carriages to the funeral.

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Gurdip Thandi

More than 180 children have gone missing in less than a year, a Walsall council report has revealed.

Some children who become victims of exploitation are conditioned into not trusting the authorities, care bosses said.

A report to Monday’s Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee said more than half of the children declined a "return home" interview.

Officers in the in-house team are currently looking at ways to engage with more children who go missing, as well as developing strategies to prevent incidents in the first place.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Plans for three major housing developments in Shropshire will go before councillors next week.

The largest of the three is a proposal for 3,000 homes and a commercial development off the M54 at junction three. A report going before the council's cabinet will recommend talks are held with neighbouring authorities in the Black Country over this development.

The other two proposals are the development of the forner Ironbridge Power Station site and the former Clive Barracks site at Tern Hill near Market Drayton.

The council's Director of Place Mark Barrow said "Shropshire has the potential to benefit significantly from these opportunities by securing large-scale investment in strategic and local infrastructure to help mitigate the impact of growth on existing towns".

However, he warned the scale of the developments would cause challenges.

A procession in honour of the four children takes place through the estate where they lived.

Birmingham Live

Some of today's Birmingham Live headlines are:

• Woman shot while walking along road with boyfriend, external
• 'One Eyed Baz' meets Blues fan who trolled Jack Grealish, external
• Schools chiefs back Parkfield in No Outsiders furore, external

What do we know about the Birmingham pub bombings?

West Brom veteran Chris Brunt says the Baggies need to get the tactical balance right between winning and entertaining.

West Midlands MPs have been waiting for the attorney general's legal advice on Theresa May's Brexit agreement, before deciding if they will support it, but now appear to be making up their minds.

The Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, who campaigned to remain in the EU, voted against her first agreement, but tweeted to say he will back this one:

Some other MPs, including the Bromsgrove MP and Home Secretary Sajid Javid, also say they will back the agreement when it is voted on tonight.

But the European Research Group in the Conservative Party is asking its members not to back it, saying it doesn't contain enough guarantees.

These include the North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson, who is against the agreement, and the Shrewsbury and Atcham MP Daniel Kawczynski, who said he was likely to oppose it too.

A restaurant in Staffordshire is selling £5 burgers as part of a campaign to boost the High Street.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Carl Jackson

A Birmingham nightclub has had its alcohol licence suspended after a stabbing incident with police fearing there could be "revenge" attacks this weekend.

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It is believed a fight, involving up to 25 people, broke out around 02:20 on Saturday after three men entered Medley's on Bristol Road South, Northfield, and "started trouble", police said.

The incident was initially described by officers, external as a "triple stabbing" although, a licensing meeting heard today one victim sustained a punctured lung after he was stabbed four times in the chest; another suffered a cut to his liver after he was stabbed in the abdomen while the third victim took himself to hospital after being glassed.

All three victims are men thought to be in their 20s, with their injuries not considered to be life threatening.

A Birmingham City Council licensing sub-committee granted the police’s application to suspend the licence at the venue, which is under the name of The Dukes, with a full expedited review due to take place within four weeks.

PC Deono Walker told the meeting up to eight suspects were yet to be arrested.

“We believe there could be revenge attacks, we don’t know whether the injured parties or friends of the injured parties could go back,” he said.

Shropshire Star

Here are three stories from the Shropshire Star today:

• Ambulance crews told not to bring patients into Telford A&E, external
• Appeal after serious crash near Shrewsbury, external
• Latest plans for Shrewsbury's Stew win support, external

Donna Ockenden said the inquiry into Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust now included 250 families.