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Carl Storer: 'Good brother and deeply missed'published at 08:20 British Summer Time 2 July 2019
A man who died trying to save a nine-year-old girl from drowning in a country park reservoir has been named.
Image source, Staffordshire Police
Carl Storer, 21, from Tamworth, got into difficulty after he went into Chasewater Reservoir in Burntwood, Staffordshire, to help a nine-year-old girl out of the water.
She made it to safety.
His family said he was a good brother who would be deeply missed and always loved.
Engineering works affecting rail servicespublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 2 July 2019
BBC News Travel
Rail services in the West Midlands are being affected by overrunning engineering works.
Lines have now reopened but services are likely to be delayed or cancelled throughout the morning.
Tickets are being accepted on local bus services.
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Suspected arson attack investigatedpublished at 07:47 British Summer Time 2 July 2019
A fire involving 1,800 wooden potato boxes on Herefordshire farmland is being treated as a suspected arson attack, police say.
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Fire crews were first called to the site next to Shobdon airfield, near Pembridge in Herefordshire, shortly after midnight.
Police are asking anyone who witnessed suspicious activity in the area to come forward.
Signal failure affecting tram servicespublished at 07:36 British Summer Time 2 July 2019
BBC News Travel
Trams are not running between Wolverhampton St George's and The Royal due to a signalling failure.
Tickets are being accepted on local bus routes.
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Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 07:23 British Summer Time 2 July 2019
Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather
It will be a dry day with spells of sunshine and highs of 19C (66F).
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Live updates for the West Midlandspublished at 07:00 British Summer Time 2 July 2019
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.
We love to hear from you and you can get in touch via email, Twitter, external and Facebook, external.
The young people learning to restore vintage carspublished at 00:58 British Summer Time 2 July 2019
The apprentices are offered four-year courses in heritage engineering to fill a skills gap.
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How cricket is helping to heal Bangladesh after Christchurch terror attackspublished at 20:52 British Summer Time 1 July 2019
Bangladesh head coach Steve Rhodes talks of the unique bond between his players after many came "within minutes" of disaster.
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Self-harming teen 'was found unconscious'published at 20:47 British Summer Time 1 July 2019
The 17-year-old was declared dead after being taken to hospital, an inquest hears.
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Our live coverage across the daypublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 1 July 2019
We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.
In the papers: Proposed job cuts at Ricoh Arenapublished at 18:56 British Summer Time 1 July 2019
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Your photos: BBC Weather Watcherspublished at 18:50 British Summer Time 1 July 2019
BBC Weather Watchers
Here are some more of the photos our local BBC Weather Watchers have sent us today, as well as keeping us updated on the weather where they live.
They're from users Muffin The Mule in Walsall, Melanie in Wolston, Warwickshire and Snapper Simon in Hereford:
Image source, Muffin The Mule
Image source, Melanie
Image source, Snapper Simon
Clean Air Zone ruled out to tackle Lichfield air pollutionpublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 1 July 2019
Allen Cook
BBC News
A consultation into how to cut nitrogen dioxide at Muckley Corner, along the A5, and on a stretch of the A38 between Streethay and Alrewas has begun.
Image source, Reuters
Five areas of action, which include trying to divert more lorries onto the M6 Toll, has been drawn up by Lichfield District Council which is running the consultation until 7 August., external
But the council says there won't be a clean air zone, external such as the one to be introduced in Birmingham as it says it'd be "impracticable" and would need "costly" cameras.
Man found seriously injured in roadpublished at 18:28 British Summer Time 1 July 2019
Allen Cook
BBC News
A man's been airlifted to hospital after being found unconscious with potentially life-threatening injuries. , external
The man, thought to be in his 70s, was discovered this afternoon on the A422 Arrow Lane, Arrow, near Alcester in Warwickshire.
He was near a badly damaged bicycle, the ambulance service said.
Burton Albion sign defender Andersonpublished at 18:25 British Summer Time 1 July 2019
Burton Albion sign teenage defender Jevan Anderson on a one-year contract.
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'Systemic' failings before Storm Doris deathpublished at 18:23 British Summer Time 1 July 2019
A company has already admitted health and safety breaches after Tahnie Martin's death.
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Bears fight back after Bell-Drummond tonpublished at 18:21 British Summer Time 1 July 2019
Openers Dom Sibley and Will Rhodes lead a Warwickshire fightback after Daniel Bell-Drummond's century puts Kent in charge.
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Police dog is stabbed in the headpublished at 18:19 British Summer Time 1 July 2019
An officer is also hurt as a man is detained in Hanley on Monday afternoon.
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M5 Oldbury roadworks: Contraflow removedpublished at 18:18 British Summer Time 1 July 2019
BBC Midlands Today
Traffic is now flowing again on both sides of a stretch of the M5 after repair work was completed.
Image source, Highways England
But Highways England said it still has to mend the central reservation along a two-mile stretch of the Oldbury Viaduct.
The agency found it had to make 14,000 repairs to the M% carriageways instead of the 4,000 initially thought to exist.
Work is expected to finally be finished this autumn but the contraflow has now been removed.
Police dog stabbed in headpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 1 July 2019
Allen Cook
BBC News
A police dog was stabbed in the head when he and his handler were called to reports of a man with a knife., external
Image source, Staffordshire Police
PD Audi was injured in Town Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent this morning.
A police officer was also hurt although Staffordshire Police hasn't revealed the extent of the officer's injuries.
They later tweeted that the dog , externalwas in a stable condition.
The force said a man who was arrested is thought to have suffered a medical emergency and was taken to hospital.