Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 07:14 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2020
It will be a windy day, with a few early morning showers, and some sun in the middle part of the day.
Video: Your 50-second weather forecast
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Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 07:14 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2020
Media caption, Live updates for the West Midlandspublished at 07:09 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2020
Sophie Madden
BBC NewsWelcome to our live service for Wednesday.
We'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather for the West Midlands.
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'Time for Grealish to make England breakthrough'published at 23:35 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
Jack Grealish's form for Carabao Cup finalists Aston Villa means he should be in the next England squad, says Phil McNulty.
Read MoreCrewe Alexandra 2-0 Leyton Orientpublished at 22:41 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
Charlie Kirk makes the most of a goalkeeping calamity to help Crewe beat Leyton Orient to move them back into the top three.
Read MoreFleetwood Town 0-0 Coventry Citypublished at 22:35 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
Fleetwood and Coventry struggle to find a breakthrough in a wind-affected goalless draw on the Fylde coast.
Read MoreWalsall 0-2 Morecambepublished at 22:34 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
Relegation-threatened Morecambe claim a priceless win at Walsall to move four points above bottom side Stevenage.
Read MoreAFC Wimbledon 2-2 Burton Albionpublished at 22:32 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
Callum Reilly scores against his old club as AFC Wimbledon twice come from behind to draw against Burton.
Read MorePort Vale 3-1 Exeter Citypublished at 22:26 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
Ritchie Bennett scores twice as Port Vale come from behind to beat Exeter City in League Two.
Read MoreSolihull Moors 0-0 Barrowpublished at 22:15 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
Solihull Moors start life after Tim Flowers with a goalless draw against National League leaders Barrow.
Read MorePublic Health England retracts coronavirus statementpublished at 21:52 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
Earlier Public Health England (PHE) issued a statement saying blood tests were being carried out to see whether a Birmingham resident had contracted the coronavirus.
PHE West Midlands had said the man, from Harborne, had returned to the UK from Wuhan, China - the city at the epicentre of the outbreak - on 31 December. It added while that was more than 14 days ago, he was being tested because he had shown symptoms during the period.
PHE West Midlands said it wanted to retract its statement, adding its communications team did not hold patient details and was not in a position to comment on individual cases.
It said there were no confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK, adding: "When a clinician assesses someone who meets the case definition for novel coronavirus, they take samples from the nose, throat and deeper respiratory tract and send these samples to PHE Colindale.
"PHE can provide a laboratory result from this specific virus in 24 hours."
Cardiff City 2-1 West Bromwich Albionpublished at 21:42 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
West Bromwich Albion's promotion bid suffers another blow as they lose at Cardiff City to surrender top spot in the Championship to Leeds United.
Read MoreMansion clear-out reveals 'collectors paradise'published at 19:06 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
Objects collected by the Berkeley family include a rare edition Shelley novel and 16th Century artwork.
Read MoreOur live coverage across the daypublished at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
Andy Giddings
BBC NewsWe'll be back with the news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 tomorrow.
Villa sign Genk's Samatta for £8.5mpublished at 18:50 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
Aston Villa complete an £8.5m deal for Genk's Tanzania striker Mbwana Samatta.
Read MoreYour photos: Rainbows, snow and sunsetspublished at 18:47 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
We've seen all sorts of colourful photos from the BBC Weather Watchers today.
These ones were taken in Hallow, Clent and Clun.
Image source, Muffinn
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Image source, Our viewPlan to name new streets after war heroespublished at 18:36 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
Seven new streets in Lichfield are going to be named in honour of local servicemen who died during the two world wars.
There are 22 men commemorated in Lichfield’s Garden of Remembrance, and Lichfield District Council is seeking the permission of their families over seven surnames.
Image source, Lichfield District CouncilThe names of the men are: JF Axten, C Axten, GV Baker, J Baker, WB Baker, WH Baker, J Mullarkey, P Mullarkey, AA Smith, CG Smith, JG Smith, SJ Smith, T Smith, TN Smith, CWH Turner, SB Turner, E Ward, W Ward, AE Whittle, GP Whittle, DC Whittle and EH Whittle.
The proposed street names are Axten Avenue, Baker Way, Mullarkey Drive, Smith Close, Turner Road, Ward Close and Whittle Street.
Your weather forecast: A cold, clear night in storepublished at 18:18 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
Tonight will be cold and largely dry with long clear spells and lows of 0C (32F).
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / AJthewalkerWednesday will be dry and fine with long sunny spells and patchy cloud.
You can find a detailed weather forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.
Sister wants to 'put right' breast cancer deathpublished at 18:12 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
Marie Pinfield was operated on by disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson and died in 2008.
Read MoreMast application for driverless car testingpublished at 18:01 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Tom DareThe testing of driverless cars on roads in the West Midlands looks set to move a step closer after planning applications were submitted for infrastructure to support the technology.
Image source, Transport for West MidlandsThe region won a national competition to become the UK’s first test bed for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs).
Planning applications for two masts in Birmingham have been put forward by Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), which is responsible for running the project.
The devices would be located on land to the south west of the A38, Salford Circus, and on land immediately adjacent to Dartmouth Circus on the A38 Aston Expressway.
Police dog finds wedding ring thrown out in ragepublished at 17:48 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2020
German shepherd Odin, six, tracked down the band for a "hugely embarrassed" husband.
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