Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 07:16 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather
It will be a cloudy day with the possibility of some patchy rain later and highs of 12C (54F).
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Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 07:16 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Media caption, Live updates for the West Midlandspublished at 07:00 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
Vanessa Pearce
BBC NewsWelcome to our live service for Friday.
We'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather for the West Midlands.
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'After son's suicide, I turned to football'published at 01:13 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
A man is remembering his son's life with a tournament that raises money for a health charity.
Read MoreMissing baby boy found 'safe and well'published at 22:57 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
A manhunt for James Dempsey was launched after a five-month-old was reported missing in Birmingham.
Read MoreManhunt as baby boy goes missingpublished at 19:56 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
The five-month-old is believed to be with James Dempsey, who was last seen heading towards Coventry.
Read MoreMore than 300 jobs go at pottery firmpublished at 19:41 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Jobs are lost with immediate effect as 200-year-old Dudson in Stoke-on-Trent collapses.
Read MoreFirm admits failure in storm debris deathpublished at 19:32 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Tahnie Martin was killed by falling wood from a Wolverhampton shopping centre during Storm Doris.
Read MoreOur live coverage across the daypublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Andy Giddings
BBC NewsWe'll be back with the news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 tomorrow.
Woman charged with murdering husbandpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Deborah Carroll is due to appear in court on Friday over John Carroll's death.
Read MoreNesting birds could delay the start of train station workpublished at 18:58 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Plans to build a third entrance for Birmingham's Snow Hill railway station could be delayed by birds.
The West Midlands Rail Executive wants to build it in a vacant Victorian arch but has been told there might have to be an ecological assessment to see if any birds are nesting there.
Image source, GoogleThey're protected by wildlife laws and if the project is approved, it's thought they could delay the work until September.
Classic cars recreate race for first time in 94 yearspublished at 18:55 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Classic cars have been holding time-trial races through Hereford today, for the first time in 94 years.
They were popular on public roads in the 1920s, with one car racing at a time against the clock to see which was the fastest, but they were banned across the UK in 1925 after an accident.
Today's race at Rotherwas was backed by the police and the city's mayor and the competing cars raced along a half-mile route.
Hayfever sufferers deal with symptoms earlierpublished at 18:48 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
BBC Midlands TodayLast year's warm summer has had an early impact on pollen levels.
Some hayfever sufferers have already had to deal with symptoms, which is earlier than normal.
Scientists at the University of Worcester are responsible for the pollen forecast and say the recent weather has also made a difference.
Quote MessageI think it's moderately bad shall we say. It's not going to be the worst we've ever had... We were expecting a fairly moderate year, but then of course we had fantastic weather in February, which is very good for birch trees to produce lots of pollen."
Beverley Adams-Groom, Pollen forecaster
The New Saints build on goal difference advantagepublished at 18:39 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
BBC Radio Shropshire SportThe New Saints have a four-point lead at the top of the Welsh Premier League going into the final four days of the season, but they also have a massive goal advantage lead over their nearest rival, Connah's Quay Nomads.
Last night's 7-0 win over Bala Town saw them increase it to 70 and puts them within reach of their own record of 75 in the Welsh Premier League.
The team with the next highest goal difference is Connah's Quay with 42, so they're unlikely to be overtaken and they hold the advantage if the two sides finish level on points.
Missing man search called off after body foundpublished at 18:30 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Staffordshire Police has called off the search for a missing man from Hanley after a body was found this morning.
Officers believe it to be that of Philip Taylor, 31, who hadn't been seen since 20 March.
The body - found in the canal near to the Etruria Industrial Museum - has yet to be formally identified, but Mr Taylor's family is being supported by specially trained officers.
Video: What's the weather got in store?published at 18:19 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands TodayIt will be a cloudy night with some clear spells but also rain towards dawn - lows of 3C (37F).
Media caption, Latest weather for the West Midlands
Your photos: Snow remains in western parts of the regionpublished at 18:14 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
The snow which fell this morning appears to be staying put in parts of Shropshire and Herefordshire.
These two photos were taken in the last couple of hours by BBC Weather Watchers in Clee Hill and Mainstone.
Image source, Shiver Me Timber
Image source, Kevin OnionAnd in Leominster it looks like they've been having hail.
Image source, DrifterIn the papers: Residents oppose 'fleecehold' charges at new housing estatepublished at 18:05 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Some of the headlines on the Worcester News website today are:
- Residents oppose 'fleecehold' charges at new housing estate, external
- Worcester to take part in celebrations marking the pioneering Mayflower journey to USA, external
- Worcester Warriors Big Sleep Out starts tonight with over £20,000 raised so far, external
Shrewsbury could be without midfielder Norburnpublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
BBC Radio Shropshire SportShrewsbury Town could be without midfielder Ollie Norburn for Saturday's home game against relegation rivals Scunthorpe.
He hasn't been able to train for most of the week after picking up an achilles injury and is one of a number of players the manager Sam Ricketts says have "niggles" at the moment.
Image source, Getty ImagesRicketts also says he's had to hold Norburn back because "his character is that he will play through anything for the team".
Husband jailed for immigration row murderpublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
Dana Abdullah stabbed Avan Najmadiein 50 times after she refused to support his immigration application.
Read MoreBad weather ahead of cricket seasonpublished at 17:52 British Summer Time 4 April 2019
BBC Midlands TodayThe cricket season gets under way tomorrow, but it didn't feel like it at Edgbaston this morning as Warwickshire's annual press call took place in freezing rain.
Warwickshire and Worcestershire don't play in the first round of County Championship fixtures tomorrow as they take on university sides.
Quote MessageIt's not been kind to us today for (the) photo call, but we have been really lucky this part of the season to be able to get some good games in, once we got back from Abu Dhabi and our pre-season trip. So yeah we're happy with what we've been able to do so far, (there's the) game tomorrow against Leeds/Bradford uni and hopefully the weather will change overnight."
Jim Troughton, Warwickshire head coach
