BBC Sport

Worcester Warriors have created an email address, external so that well-wishers can post messages of support for lock Michael Fatialofa.

He remains in a serious condition at St Mary’s Hospital in London after suffering a neck injury in last weekend's match against Saracens.

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The club also said Michael and his wife, Tatiana, have been overwhelmed by messages of concern from around the world.

More than 150 upskirting crime reports were made to police in England and Wales under a new law.

BBC Weather Watchers

Some of us had some welcome early sunshine this morning.

These are a few of our favourite images uploaded by BBC Weather Watchers taken in Leek by Mr Twister, Ellenhall, Staffordshire by Z70 and Sutton Coldfield by Sutton Walker.

Image source, Mr Twister

Image source, Z70

Image source, Sutton Walker

Birmingham Live

A few of the stories appearing on Birmingham Live today:

• Woman seriously injured in hit-and-run, external
• 'I was stabbed, but fear my attackers will never be caught', external
• Cocaine haul worth £20m rumbled by police in Hockley, external

Two people had to be rescued from flood water in Warwickshire overnight.

Image source, Warwickshire Fire Service

Image source, Warwickshire Fire Service

The pair were helped from their vehicle in Wellesbourne.

Image source, Warwickshire Fire Service

A property in the area was also flooded where water had run off from fields and overwhelmed drainage ditches, the fire service said.

One flood warning and several flood alerts remain in place around Warwickshire.

An ex-MP has said Labour lost its seats in Stoke-on-Trent because party members couldn't get voters to share their support of Jeremy Corbyn.

Charlotte Atkins was Labour's MP in the Staffordshire Moorlands until 2010 and she said: "You had a lot of people that were enthusiastic about the Corbyn project, but I'm not sure how deep it went into communities."

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Ms Atkins also said: "I don't think people thought Labour representatives were listening to what they were saying."

For the first time ever, all three seats in the city were won by the Conservatives in December's general election.

BBC News Travel

An incident is blocking rail lines at Birmingham Moor Street.

Services are being delayed, said West Midlands Railway.

The full Moon tonight, which is the first full moon of the year, is called a wolf moon.

It will look a bit different as the Moon will drift into Earth's shadow and become a wolf moon eclipse, casting an eerie shadow across the Moon.

BBC Weather Watcher Little Acorns was up early and captured an image of this morning's Moon in Southam, Warwickshire.

Image source, Little Acorns

BBC Weather's Matt Taylor explains a bit more about what we can expect.

Coventry Live

Some of the Coventry Live headlines today include:

• Pedestrian hit by car in Coventry city centre, external
• Campaign to keep police museum in Coventry steps up a gear, external
• Swimmers left without clothes after locker system crash at The Wave, external

BBC WM Sport

Wolves striker Patrick Cutrone has flown to Italy to complete a move to Fiorentina.

The Serie A side tweeted pictures of the 22-year-old arriving in Florence to sign a deal which is believed to be an initial loan, with a view to a more permanent move.

The Italian joined Wolves in the summer for £16m from AC Milan, scoring 3 goals in 24 appearances.

World-renowned ballet danger Carlos Acosta has taken up his position as the new director of Birmingham Royal Ballet.

Image source, PA Media

The Cuban-born dancer and choreographer has previously said he wanted to "reach out to new and more diverse audiences".

Mr Acosta, born in Havana, was the youngest of 11 children and went on to train at the National Ballet School of Cuba before enjoying a celebrated 30-year career in dance, including 17 years with the Royal Ballet. He was appointed a CBE in 2014.

During his career he won, among other accolades, an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance and the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award from The Royal Academy of Dance.

On his first day he tweeted: "Everything is possible".

Jess Phillips has secured enough support to run in the contest to succeed Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

The MP for Birmingham Yardley joins Rebecca Long Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Keir Starmer on the ballot paper.

Ms Phillips has the backing of former Labour ministers Margaret Hodge and Chris Bryant.

The leadership candidates tweeted to thank the people who had nominated them, with Ms Phillips celebrating the amount she had raised through crowdfunding, adding: "It means so much to be powered by people."

The new leader and deputy leader will be announced on 4 April.

A flood warning has been issued, external for the River Dene at Walton near Wellesbourne in Warwickshire.

Flood alerts are also in place for the Avon in Worcestershire, the Frome in Herefordshire, the Lugg south of Leominster and Leam and Itchen in Warwickshire.

Warwickshire Fire Service said it had received calls overnight to flooding in properties in Stretton on Fosse and Darlingscott.

Crews had been called to six incidents overnight, it added.

Express and Star

A few of the early headlines from the Express and Star:

• Victim Amjad Khan 'murdered after attempted handshake led to beating', external
• Walk-in centre set to move to Sandwell Hospital, external
• Walsall Sprint bus plans set to move to the next stage, external

Local Democracy Reporting Service

More than £2m was donated to help improve facilities at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and Stafford’s County Hospital in the last financial year.

The University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust said more than £1.2m of that was made up of legacies left in wills.

Image source, LDRS

The money has been used to pay for music and art therapy for children, caps which are used to help cancer patients combat hair loss, an ultra sound scanner for the critical care unit and 50 new wheelchairs, among other things.

Industrial action by refuse workers in Sandwell has been put on hold.

The GMB union said its members were unhappy about being asked to do extra work and it was threatening to "work to rule", meaning some bins might have gone uncollected.

But an agreement between the unions and Sandwell council's contractor, Serco, has been reached.

Annette Joyce for Serco said “Given the concerns raised by our employees and the unions this week about the changes to the collection rounds we have agreed to suspend the round changes made in November 2019.

"We have also agreed to the unions request to revisit work allocations which we will do over the next three months.”

Stuart Richards from GMB described the move as a "positive step forward" adding "we hope that we are able to work constructively to address concerns of our members.”

A woman is in a critical condition she was struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run incident.

Image source, Google

The 40-year-old was struck on College Road in Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, yesterday evening.

The driver stopped to speak to two male members of the public before getting back into his car and leaving the scene.

Officers are appealing for the two men to get in touch.

Tinsel's owner says she couldn't believe her pet "had survived such a perilous journey".

It will be a mostly dry day with sunny and bright spells with highs of 8C (46F).

Vanessa Pearce
BBC News

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