Updates from Monday 11 November to Sunday 17 November
BBC News Travel
Planned industrial action by members of the RMT Union means London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway will run a reduced service on Saturdays in November and December.
A very basic service will run on those routes.
The National Rail website warns significant disruption is expected so consider if your journey is absolutely necessary., external
Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather
Showers at first, followed by rain pushing in from the west. Highs of 4 to 8C (39 to 46F).
Weather from the West Midlands
Andrew Dawkins
BBC News
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Garret Hurst died after becoming trapped under Harrison Walker's car, Warwickshire Police say.
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Andy Giddings
BBC News
We'll be back with the news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 tomorrow.
A tram honouring the comedian Jasper Carrott will be unveiled tomorrow morning.
He's the third person to have a Midlands Metro tram named after him, following Ozzy Osborne and the late Cyrille Regis.
Image source, Getty ImagesMr Carrott will be at the tram stop outside Birmingham Town Hall in Victoria Square for the ceremony.
"Having a tram named after you is indeed an honour especially when it is all tied up with Birmingham and the West Midlands where I was born and bred," he said.
Stoke-on-Trent Live
Here are three stories from the Stoke-on-Trent Live website today:
Warwickshire coach Jim Troughton says they will be stronger after coming through an 'extraordinary' injury crisis in 2019.
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BBC Radio Stoke Sport
Crewe Alexandra are hoping first choice goalkeeper Will Jaaskelainen makes it back from international duty in a fit state to play on Saturday.
The 21-year-old is away with Finland for their under 21s UEFA European Championships qualifying match against Romania on Thursday.
Image source, Getty ImagesHe is due to fly back into the country on Friday and if he's fit to play, he will go into the side for the trip to Northampton.
Local Democracy Reporting Service
A bomb disposal squad was called to investigate a suspicious package in Ross-on-Wye during a visit by Prince Charles last week, it's been revealed - but it turned out to contain Christmas presents.
The heavy parcel, which had been sent from the Netherlands, was spotted behind the Crown and Sceptre pub on 5 November, town councillor Rob Taylor said, and because nobody knew who it was meant for, he called the police.
Image source, GoogleThe Prince of Wales was in town that day to officially launch next year's Gilpin Festival, which celebrates the work of an 18th Century travel writer.
Mr Taylor said the Post Office didn't know how the parcel had got there, but confirmed the presents were harmless.
Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter
It will be a dry night with some clear spells and lows of 2C (36F).
Latest weather for the West Midlands
A former Hollywood stunt man has been recruited by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service and says he is looking for something "a little more stable and a little less risky".
Alex Temmink, 40, performed stunts in films including Pirates of the Caribbean, Assassin’s Creed and War Horse, and also recently qualified as an ambulance paramedic.
Image source, West Midlands Fire and Rescue ServiceMr Temmink said he'd seen fellow stuntmen get injured and now that he had two young children, he wanted to get out of the business.
He'll be part of the on-call crew at Albrighton fire station.
Each day the names and images of officers and staff who died on that date will be published.
Read MorePrayers have taken place at Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Wolverhampton as part of 550 years of Guru Nanak .
Guru Nanak, proclaimed as the founder of Sikhism was born in 1469 and was a wandering teacher from Talwandi, near Lahore, in what is now northern Pakistan.
Celebrations are taking place around the wold.
You can read more here.
Two teenagers tell BBC Newsnight about their experiences of living in semi-supported accommodation.
Read MoreMore than 300 households in Birmingham still have a black and white television licence, new figures show.
Image source, Getty ImagesPublished on the 50th anniversary of colour television on BBC One, the figures show there were a total of 6,586 black and white licences across the UK at the end of September this year.
According to the latest figures published by TV Licensing, London leads the way with 1,311 black and white permits, followed by Birmingham with 323 and Manchester with 245.
Quote MessageWhilst only accounting for a very small proportion, it's interesting to know that some households still like to watch their favourite shows on a black and white telly
Paul Cooper, TV Licensing spokesman
The coroner urges a council to consider a road's safety after the death of driver Steffan Evans, 28.
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Tom Davis
An "adventure play experience" is being planned at Coombe Abbey as part of a £800,000 revamp.
Image source, Coventry City CouncilPlans for an “exciting and challenging” course have been proposed to update the existing “outdated” facilities.
The play area will cost £2 per session and £5 for a family ticket of up to four children.
Coventry City Council is also proposing to update an existing play area next to the visitor’s centre.
If the plans are approved by cabinet, external, and subject to planning consent being obtained, it is proposed to have the new facilities open by the summer of 2021.
BBC Radio Shropshire Sport
Shrewsbury Town boss Sam Ricketts says preparations for tomorrow's home Football League Trophy tie against Macclesfield have been difficult, because they don't know which players they'll be facing.
Their opponents' first-team squad is on strike over unpaid wages and at the weekend a side made up of loan players and youth-teamers lost 4-0 to non-League Kingstonian in the FA Cup.
Image source, Getty ImagesRicketts said they've gone through their training as usual, but "it's not easy when you don't have a specific target to focus on".
Here are three stories from the website of the Shropshire Star newspaper:
