Spare a thought for those sea swimming, feeding the lonely and even giving birth on Christmas Day.

Pots, jugs and jewellery are among the items carefully dug up from burial sites in Warwickshire.

A three-course festive feast for 350 people is served up at Birmingham's New Street station.

Andrew Miller was elected in 1992 and served under five Labour leaders before standing down in 2015.

That's it for our coverage on Christmas Eve.

We'll be back with more news, sport, travel and weather updates from 08:00 on Friday.

Have a great Christmas.

More than one million people are expected to be working on Christmas Day, according to trade union body the TUC, an increase of 22,000 since 2016.

But just because you're working on Christmas Day, it doesn't mean you can't enjoy a Christmas meal, as this photo from West Midlands Ambulance Service shows.

Care workers and nurses account for the biggest share of those on duty across the UK tomorrow, totalling more than 300,000, said the TUC.

Police, firefighters, chefs, waiting staff, bar staff and security personnel are also among those working.

Birmingham's Chamberlain Square will be "truly great" when complete, the team behind its re-development says.

The square, which closed about four years ago, is to partly reopen in January.

Rob Groves, director of the Paradise project,, external said workers were "completely transforming" the square which will feature public seating areas surrounded by impressive buildings.

"It's going to be a truly great square," he said. "It's going to be one of the best public squares in Birmingham - if not throughout the UK."

BBC Midlands Today business and transport correspondent Peter Plisner said the first phase of the Paradise scheme was almost complete but the whole project was expected to take nine more years.

Hereford Times

Here are some of the stories from the Hereford Times:

• Herefordshire Council leaders have approved a strategy to tackle homelessness, external and rough sleeping
• Bromyard Town Council plans to increase its local tax by just 65p a year for the average home, external
• Town and parish councils in Herefordshire have highlighted road safety, drugs and fly tipping as problems, external, a new survey shows

BBC Hereford and Worcester

Worcester's HMV store has announced it's to close after Christmas.

The music chain went into administration earlier this year, leading to the closure of the Hereford branch, but the Worcester shop appeared to have been saved.

However a sign has now gone up confirming the Crowngate Shopping Centre store is to close.

People seem to be in a hurry to get home.

Motorway police on the M6 said they had clocked three vehicles doing in excess of 100mph today, external.

Image source, CMPG

They said the uninsured drivers had been reported and would soon be attending court.

A festive banquet is being held for 350 homeless and vulnerable people at Birmingham's New Street station this evening.

Image source, Birmingham New Street

It's being hosted by Network Rail and the charity Midland Langar Seva Society.

The event will provide a three-course meal, non-alcoholic drinks and entertainment in the form of a DJ, carol singers and Christmas gifts.

Image source, Birmingham New Street

Earlier, Santa and his rail helpers were getting ready for the visitors whilst most other people were sleeping.

Anna Church
Weather Presenter

A chilly but sunny start to Christmas Day. Thereafter, a fine and dry day is expected with further prolonged spells of winter sunshine. Highs of 5-8C (41-46F).

A van containing about £30,000 worth of counterfeit Michael Kors watches, handbags, Louis Vuitton belts and other designer items has been seized by police in Birmingham.

BBC WM Sport

Aston Villa head coach Dean Smith says one good performance or even one bit of luck could turn their season around again.

Image source, Getty Images

They dropped into the bottom three in the Premier League after last weekend's defeat by Southampton, making their Boxing Day game against Norwich appear all the more significant.

Smith feels for much of the season so far they were doing reasonably well and things have really only gone awry over the last four games.

Coventry Live

Here are some of the headlines from Coventry Live:

• Fire at Hillfields home - after dog turns oven on, external
• Taxi driver too scared to work after robbers hold knife to her throat, external
• Hertford Street works to carry on into the new year, external - despite newly laid tarmac

Nearly 40 people have been arrested on suspicion of drink driving in a Christmas crackdown in the West Mercia Police area over the last week, external.

Between 18 and 23 December, 22 people were also arrested over drug driving, the force said.

The director of Birmingham Hippodrome's annual pantomime has marked 10 years in the role.

Michael Harrison was given a special cake featuring past productions as he was joined by actors, including Snow White and Seven Dwarfs stars Lesley Joseph and Matt Slack (pictured).

Image source, Simon Hadley

“The team at the Hippodrome are wonderful collaborators and it’s a joy to create magic for the city’s audience every festive season," Mr Harrison said.

"I’m looking forward to many more years of panto magic on Hurst Street to come.”

A Hippodrome spokesperson said Mr Harrison had overseen more than 700 performances watched by a million people during that time.

The RAC and AA motoring groups expect the M1, M5, M6 and M25 to see the worst congestion.

Detectives investigating a sex assault on a train have released images of a man police believe may have information which could help their investigation.

Image source, British Transport Police

On 2 December at about 17:45 a man boarded a train at Banbury and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old boy.

The man then followed the victim off the train at Birmingham and into the city centre, police say, trying to engage him in conversation.

The victim managed to flag down officers and the man quickly ran off.

British Transport Police has appealed to anyone who saw the incident to come forward.

Shropshire Star

Here are some of the headlines in the Shropshire Star this afternoon:

• Two men arrested after violent incident at Telford traffic lights, external
• Telford men, aged 32 and 33, guilty of attacking teenage victim of modern slavery with hammer and machete, external
• Woman trapped after car crashes into Shropshire house, external