In the papers: University jobs at riskpublished at 07:35 British Summer Time 4 October 2019
Some Express and Star headlines today include:
Summary
Updates from Monday 30 September to Sunday 6 October
In the papers: University jobs at riskpublished at 07:35 British Summer Time 4 October 2019
Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 07:16 British Summer Time 4 October 2019
Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenterIt will be a cloudy day with some rain and highs of 15C (59F).
Media caption, Latest weather for the West Midlands
Live updates for the West Midlandspublished at 07:00 British Summer Time 4 October 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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Moors ask fans to 'pay what you like'published at 22:08 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
Solihull Moors ask their fans to "pay what you like" for their National League home game against Sutton United.
Read MorePub bombing relatives 'treated with contempt'published at 20:28 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
The families of Birmingham pub bombing victims have criticised the UK government's response to their campaign.
Read MoreOur live coverage across the daypublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
Andy Giddings
BBC NewsWe'll be back with the news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 tomorrow.
Coventry City striker hasn't suffered injury set-backpublished at 18:46 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire SportCoventry City striker Max Biamou hasn't suffered an injury set-back, the club has said, despite being taken off before the end of Tuesday's Birmingham Senior Cup tie at Rugby Town.
He has returned to the squad recently after missing most of last season through injury.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe club said he suffered cramp at Butlin Road and is available for selection for this weekend's match at Rotherham.
In the papers: 'Asbestos no threat in university buildings'published at 18:29 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
Here are three of the stories from the Worcester News today:
- Uni says asbestos no threat in its buildings, external
- Shock at high rate of homeless deaths, external
- Flood levels on river peak after heavy rain, external
Tree campaigners 'won't leave threatened woodland'published at 18:15 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
A group of campaigners say they won't leave woodland in Warwickshire due to be cleared to make way for HS2, despite the government putting the felling on hold.
They're camping out in Cubbington Woods which stands in the way of the high-speed rail route.
Image source, Siemens/PAThe transport secretary said any work was on hold while an independent review into the project is carried out.
There are 11 woodlands in Staffordshire and Warwickshire likely to be affected and work on six will now be deferred to early 2020 and autumn or winter 2020 , externalon the remaining five.
Man jailed over 'obscene' bestiality and child abuse videospublished at 18:01 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
A man whose phone was found to contain "obscene" videos involving bestiality and child abuse has been jailed.
The videos featuring adults and a child engaging in sexual activity with animals were found on the phone of Jake Cunningham, after he was arrested on an unrelated matter.
The 26-year-old, of Brailes Drive, Sutton Coldfield, and an accomplice were suspected in a theft case and his phone had been seized as part of that investigation, said the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
The 17 "disgusting" videos had been received via Whatsapp with two of them being downloaded on to his phone, the CPS added.
At Birmingham Crown Court on 30 September, he was jailed for two years and 10 months after admitting two counts of extreme pornography as well as possessing cocaine along with class B drugs, and theft.
Attacker jailed years after leaving man paralysedpublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
Paul Proctor is sent to prison again for manslaughter, after victim Mark Wilkie died in 2017.
Read MoreWoman killed in B&Q car park crash namedpublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
Tributes are paid to Rosemary Myers, 67, who was hit by a car at Meir Park, Stoke-on-Trent.
Read MoreVideo: What's the weather got in store?published at 17:44 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
Alex Hamilton
BBC WeatherIt will be a cloudy night with blustery wind and rain at times and lows of 10C (50F).
Media caption, Latest weather for the West Midlands
HS2 protest group living in ancient woodlandpublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
Protestors say they are willing to do "whatever it takes" to stop the woodland being destroyed.
Read MoreRobbers smash way into pawnbrokerspublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
Robbers forced entry to a pawnbrokers in Coventry and smashed a display cabinet, police say.
Image source, Dylan Parrin
Image source, Dylan ParrinOfficers were called to the shop on Shelton Square in the city centre just after 21:00 on Wednesday.
Nothing was taken, said West Midlands Police.
Detector tells smokers to move away from children's unitpublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
Local Democracy Reporting ServiceA heat detector which tells smokers to go somewhere else has been installed outside Telford's women and children's unit.
The Princess Royal Hospital bought it after getting complaints from mums that people were smoking outside their windows while they were caring for newborn babies.
A hospital board meeting was also told signs have been put up, along with fencing, to keep smokers away from the specialist maternity wards.
Two Villa players in England squad for 2020 qualifierspublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
BBC WM SportAston Villa's Tyrone Mings (pictured below) and Tom Heaton are both in the England squad again for the Euro 2020 qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Bulgaria.
The former Villa loanee Tammy Abraham has also been picked.
Image source, Getty ImagesHeaton is likely to be a backup for Everton's Jordan Pickford, while Mings is yet to get on to the pitch for the national team.
New department store replaces outgoing Debenhamspublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
Frasers comes to Wolverhampton's Mander Centre but House of Fraser in Beatties will close.
Read MoreCar crashes into front of chicken shoppublished at 16:50 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
Police are trying to trace the driver of the car after it crashed into the front of the takeaway.
Read MoreCrashed car 'must have been travelling at speed'published at 16:49 British Summer Time 3 October 2019
The owner of a chicken shop damaged after a car crashed into it said he believed the vehicle must have been travelling at speed.
The BMW was left embedded in the front of Rio's Piri Piri in Coventry's Foleshill Road after crashing with a van, police said.
Saqib Hussain told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire he had only been alerted to the incident when a friend had called him this morning.
"It must have been doing 70 or 80 miles an hour to have that much impact," he said.
Detectives are trying to trace the driver of the car, who was not at the scene when emergency services arrived.
