A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of robbery after a woman was reportedly assaulted in Birmingham.

Emergency services were called to Water Street in the city's Jewellery Quarter at 09:40 GMT after the woman, in her 40s, was attacked and reportedly had her bag stolen.

She was treated at the scene for minor injuries and taken to hospital for a check-up, police said.

The man was arrested on a canal towpath in Birmingham city centre shortly after and remains in police custody.

Michele Paduano
Health correspondent, BBC Midlands Today

A child had a 17-hour wait before they were seen by medical staff at Birmingham Children's Hospital at the weekend.

A spokesperson for the hospital said the emergency department had been "exceptionally busy" but staff there were "doing all they can to offer the very best care and support to our patients and families".

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Children's services have been struggling elsewhere this weekend too, with one paediatric nurse responsible for the care of 42 children in the emergency department (ED) at Worcester Royal Hospital on Sunday.

Matthew Hopkins, Chief Executive of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, said there had been "a record number" of patients at the trust at the weekend but the children had been "well cared for" with the majority sent home.

"As a result of the rising demand in the department, our ED team are working with our paediatric department to put in place further measures to help at times of very high demand," he said.

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Bidders after a piece of one of the demolished cooling towers at Ironbridge power station offered to pay £3,100 in an online auction.

The four disused concrete towers were brought down by explosives on Friday. Missed it? We have the full story of the demolition as it happened here.

An Ebay listing for the 100-gram chunk of pink concrete from the site attracted 48 bids before the online sale finished yesterday afternoon, with the buyer offering to part with £3,100 for it.

However the man who was selling it was Pete Jackson, the chair of local community project Cinderloo, which remembers a Shropshire miners strike in 1821 where two people died.

He said he would not accept the money, as "Telford's heritage should not be up for sale" but offered to send it to the buyer so long as they paid postage.

When it opened in 1969, the power station was one of the largest of its kind in the UK, producing enough electricity for the equivalent of about 750,000 homes.

Banksy's reindeer highlighting the plight of the homeless is covered with protective sheeting.

Two men from Bridgnorth have been arrested over homophobic abuse during Brighton and Hove Albion’s match against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.

The pair were identified by stewards and also thrown out of the ground, Sussex Police said.

Brighton's chief executive Paul Barber says it was "sad and depressing" having to address the situation of discriminatory abuse.

The men – aged 46 and 48 - have been released pending further inquiries.

More than £2m has been spent improving a grade I listed hotel in Ludlow, more than a year after a fatal outbreak of Legionnaires' disease.

The Feathers Hotel closed in September 2017 following the death of 69-year-old guest Elaine Brown.

Mrs Brown, from Stoneycroft, Liverpool, stayed at the hotel in July. Another woman also contracted the disease but recovered.

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The property's new owner Crest Hotels said the plumbing system had been replaced, along with many other improvements.

The firm has been opening parts of the hotel since May and spokeswoman Sarah Tunnadine it had just received their first overnight guests, which was a huge moment.

The group was fixing salvaged cars using parts stolen-to-order on a huge scale, say police.

Man jumps over barriers to spray two red noses on festive mural in Birmingham.

The jury has gone out in the trial of a man accused of murdering another man whose body was found at a house in Kidderminster.

Paul Lundy, 48, was found dead by police at the property in Broad Street on 23 May.

At Worcester Crown Court, Nathan Calder, of Eddy Road, in Kidderminster, denies his murder.

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Here are some of the top stories in today's Worcester News:

• The trial of two men who deny being involved in an attack on a ‘drug rival' heard the police interview in which one denied knowing the other., external
• CCTV image released to identify a potential witness to a Droitwich 'murder', external.
• Fewer traveller caravans are pitching up in Worcester than a decade ago., external

Ahead of the general election, BBC reporter Caroline Lewis takes a look at how much the UK spends on defence.

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BBC Midlands Today

Four men from Birmingham who stripped more than 100 vehicles taken in car-jackings and burglaries to fix write-offs bought at salvage auctions have been jailed.

The cars were then sold on to unsuspecting buyers through online auction sites, without mechanical or safety checks.

Police said the scale of the operation was "unprecedented in the West Midlands".

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All of the men admitted conspiracy to handle stolen vehicles and car parts at an earlier hearing at Birmingham Crown Court.

• Nadeem Arshad, 42, of Eastlands Rd, Moseley, was jailed for seven years
• Zahir Hussain, 31, of Finch Rd, Lozells, was jailed for four-and-a-half years
• Mohammed Nadeem, 28, of Glovers Rd, Small Heath, was jailed for six years
• Amaan Zameer, 30, of Gladstone Rd, Sparkbrook, was jailed for five-and-a-half years and also admitted assault with intent to resist arrest

Separately, Lisa Spence, 34, of Henshaw Road, Small Heath, admitted possession of vehicle log books for use in fraud. She was given a nine-month suspended sentence and ordered to do 100 hours' unpaid community work.

Kara Cox's bedroom door was removed, electricity cut off and she could not get into her flat.

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Boris Johnson says if he win's Thursday's general election, he would consider a full public inquiry into the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings.

Image source, Birmingham Inquests

He told BBC WM he would look very hard at what he could do to bring some measure of satisfaction and reassurance to the families and that he would talk to West Midlands mayor Andy Street about having an inquiry, if it would give closure to those bereaved in the blasts.

Mr Johnson said: "I will look very, very hard at that and to see what we can do to bring some measure of satisfaction and reassurance to the families, all those who knew the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings and clearly there is strong feeling about that and we will do what we can."

Julie Hambleton, whose sister Maxine died in the attacks, said she was "encouraged" but added: "The problem is that when... Boris Johnson says 'I need to look at the evidence', he doesn't need to look at the evidence. The evidence is there, but the issue here is that it's been buried 45 years."

Last month Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told Birmingham Live, external there "has to be an independent inquiry".

Asked if he backed an independent inquiry, he said: "Absolutely right, because the inquiries should first of all not be done by the police that are being inquired into.

"Another force should be investigating the issue - it should not be West Midlands Police, it should be somebody else."

Police have released an image of a suspect they'd like to speak to about an assault in Hereford that left a man with a broken jaw.

Image source, West Mercia Police

The West Mercia force said the victim, a 20-year-old man, had been attacked by a group of men as he walked along Commercial Road at about 01:30 BST on 18 October.

The suspect was caught on a police officer's body-worn camera as officers patrolled in Hereford that night.

Police asked anyone with information to come forward.

Almost a dozen children in Herefordshire will lose out on school transport following a review by the council, parents claim.

The council says it is looking at the service to ensure it has a range of vehicles which will be adequate for student demand now and in the future.

It admits the changes, which come into effect from 20 December, may lead to fewer vacant seats available to sell to students who do not qualify for free school transport.

Parents in Eardisland say 11 students who travel to Weobley High School will be affected.

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Claire Pritchard, who is affected, said: “As you can imagine we are all angry about this decision as most of us work and don’t know how we are going to fit in picking up our children at 3.30pm when most work until 5pm."

A spokesman for the council said the review had identified the current size of vehicles being operated is no longer appropriate for the number of students travelling who are entitled to free school transport.

“This has reduced the number of spare seats available for sale. We have consulted with schools at each stage of the programme and are working with Weobley High School to determine whether there are any other options for these students.”

A woman is being treated by paramedics after reports of an assault in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said it had been called to Water Street by police at 09:43 GMT.

A spokesperson said the woman was being treated at the scene and her injuries were not believed to be serious.

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On Monday, we went to meet Maximus - a cat who has been taken in by rescuers after living stray in Great Barr for a decade.

Take a look at his recovery if you haven't already.

Well, his carers at Stray Cat Rescue Team West Midlands told us he'd been touching hearts around the world and it's safe to say he's had the same effect on some of you.

David Byatt said Maximus was a "gladiator" and told to cat to "keep fighting, we are with you".

"I can not believe this little beauty has endured so long on his own on the streets," Barbara Fox said. "Have a long happy safe life with your very own family."

"This is so heartbreaking," Idris Mussa said. "How has no one ever noticed him?"

Mark Cavoto has bought and sold about 3,000 books from the wizarding series.

A coroner calls for action following the death of Evha Jannath at Drayton Manor theme park in 2017.