Updates from Monday 13 January to Sunday 19 January
The disruption caused by a tree falling on overhead lines near Atherstone is expected to last the rest of the day.
National Rail Enquiries said it was affecting West Coast and Northwestern services and that trains "may be cancelled, delayed by up to 20 minutes or revised".
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Worcester city centre will get free public Wi-Fi this year after a search for a provider which began in July 2018.
The local authority is planning to work with a company called InTechnology and aims to have the service up and running by "mid-2020".
Image source, GoogleThe city council said it had to re-tender the work after deciding to extend the area covered, but that "contractually, everything is now in place".
Wasps cruise to their second European Challenge Cup win this season as they beat French side Agen 52-24.
Read MoreA restaurant is on fire in Birmingham.
Forty firefighters are battling the blaze at African Village on Birchfield Road in Perry Barr - an additional ten to those who arrived at about 16:00.
According to West Midlands Fire Service, a man has been rescued from a window at the premises - formerly the Crown and Cushion pub.
Image source, Simon WadeThere are reports of traffic disruption as the operation is under way at a major traffic island during rush hour.
Eyewitness Simon Wade said smoke had "engulfed the road".
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Businesses in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire are being invited to bid for grants, external of up to £150,000.
The money is partly from the European Regional Development Fund and companies can ask for money to pay for new buildings, extensions, renovations or repairs, as long as they pay half the costs themselves.
Image source, Getty ImagesShops and farming companies are exempt, however, and companies can't apply for retrospective funding for work they've already carried out.
Successful applicants will also have to prove the investment creates at least one full-time job within four months of the work's completion.
Funding is not affected by Brexit.
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The Port Vale defender Leon Legge has said he's looking to sign a new contract as soon as possible and has "knocked on the door a couple of times, hoping to sort something out".
His current deal expires in the summer, and while he says he is "concentrating on football", he wants to get a deal done.
Image source, Getty ImagesLegge has been one of Port Vale's most consistent players this season, starting 29 games.
Young West Ham United midfielder Joe Powell joins League One side Burton Albion on a two-and-a-half year contract.
Read MoreMore than 1,000 new homes are to be built by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, with hundreds of them for older people, the authority says.
It adds it plans to make 450 of them for sale over the next three years, either to landlords or private buyers, at a cost of £30m.
Another £125m would be spent on building 1,000 properties to serve as council homes, with 600 set aside for older residents.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe council says it will also spend £30m over the next six years on its existing housing and improve the stock's fire safety and energy efficiency.
And it will offer loans to help people buy some of the privately-rented homes which are currently empty in Stoke-on-Trent.
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The owners of the former Ironbridge power station have put in an application to build 1,000 homes on the site., external
Harworth Group is also applying to Shropshire Council for outline permission to build a new local centre with a primary school, shops, offices and leisure facilities.
And it has applied separately to extract up to 1.9m tonnes of sand and gravel from the site.
Harworth Group demolished the four power station cooling towers last month and is applying to Telford and Wrekin Council too, because some of the land is within its local authority area.
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Damaged overhead wires in the Atherstone area are causing rail disruption between Nuneaton and Rugeley Trent Valley.
Delays are expected until 17:00.
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Heavy rain has been falling on already-sodden ground, the Environment Agency says.
BBC Weather Watchers have been out and about capturing these images in Bodenham, Herefordshire, Upton-upon-Severn in Worcestershire, and Lydbury North in Shropshire.
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Image source, KEN MThree of Michael Oluronbi's victims had multiple pregnancies and his wife Juliana arranged abortions.
Read MoreThe government is considering ways of trying to help save airline Flybe from collapse - including cutting Air Passenger Duty.
In an interview with the BBC earlier, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there was no doubt about the importance of the company - which operates about a third of the flights out of Birmingham Airport.
The Conservative MP for Birmingham Northfield, Gary Sambrook, told the Commons that there would be anxiety among the local workforce.
Image source, Getty ImagesQuote MessageLast year 30% of all flights in Birmingham Airport were operated by Flybe and so there will be a lot of employees at both the airline and the airport that will be very worried about this current situation."
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People living and working in Birmingham are being asked for their thoughts on plans for a £25m regeneration of the city centre.
The city council wants the improvements in place ahead of the Commonwealth Games in 2022.
The proposed works includes improvements to Victoria Square, Colmore Row and Temple Street.
It will also work to replace and integrate "hostile vehicle" safety measures as part of a security strategy for the city, the authority says.
The public consultation, external exercise will end next month.
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Concerns have been raised by inspectors about the leadership of a firm at the centre of a BBC expose over allegations of abuse at a mental health hospital.
Image source, Getty ImagesCygnet runs more than 100 services for vulnerable adults and children, including some in Coventry. They care for people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and eating disorders.
The CQC found that patients under the firm's care were more likely to be restrained.
Higher rates of self-harm were also noted by inspectors who quizzed managers and analysed records at the company's headquarters.
Cygnet said it was taking steps to improve services, but added it was "not complacent" and would "take on board" the recommendations.
