Murder arrest over death of woman, 82, at housepublished at 14:05 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
The woman was found at a house in Stourbridge a fortnight ago, West Midlands Police said.
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Murder arrest over death of woman, 82, at housepublished at 14:05 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
Around the web: Murder inquiry after body foundpublished at 13:56 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
Some of the Coventry Observer headlines today include:
- Murder inquiry in Coventry as body found with stab wounds, external
- Road rage attack businessman ordered to pay victim compensation, external
- Probe to look into Leamington Assembly clubbers' claims, external
Agency nurse suspended following patient deathpublished at 13:39 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
BBC ShropshireAn agency nurse has been suspended from working at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust, following the death of a patient.
Concerns were raised as to whether the appropriate observations were made and about the agency nurse involved when the patient died unexpectedly in accident and emergency on 14 December.
Image source, SATHThe nurse is suspended until an investigation into what happened has been completed.
It's one of eight serious incidents reported by the trust that month.
Apart from the unexpected death, most incidents relate to delays in diagnosis and treatment, but there was also one fall that resulted in a wrist and head injury and two incidents in maternity.
Your photos: More frozen scenespublished at 13:25 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
Temperatures today are hovering only just above freezing and we're seeing lots of frosty photos from the BBC Weather Watchers.
These ones were taken near Norton Canes, Staffordshire; Ruyton XI Towns, Shropshire; and Belbroughton, Worcestershire.
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Image source, TrishNurse suspended after death in 'inadequate' A&Epublished at 13:08 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is investigating the patient's death in December.
Read MoreStabbing victim is boy, 15published at 13:04 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
The victim of a stabbing in Coventry was a 15-year-old boy, police have said.
The teenager was attacked near Petitor Crescent just before 19:00 on Wednesday, West Midlands Police believe.
Ch Supt Mike O’Hara from Coventry Police said officers were working to discover the motive for the killing and called it "appalling and saddening".
Image source, West Midlands PoliceThe force said it had received some encouraging calls from the public and had spoken to a number of witnesses.
The boy, who hasn't been named, died of several stab wounds to his torso and died at the scene.
Thousands apply for settled statuspublished at 12:45 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
More than 57,000 (57,340) EU citizens living in Birmingham have applied to live and work in the UK after Brexit, the Home Office has announced.
The city has the most applications outside London.
Those applying for settled status must prove their identity, show they live in the UK and declare any criminal convictions.
Once granted settled status, they can use the NHS, study and access public funds and benefits, as well as travel in and out of the country.
Between August 28 2018 and December 31 2019, more than 2.4 million (2,450,220) applications were finalised, the Home Office data showed.
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End of twitter postGiant bear made for climate change protestpublished at 12:30 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
An artist has created a 10ft (3m) high sculpture of a polar bear from willow and tissue paper to highlight his concerns about climate change.
Bamber Hawes, from Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, said it would be mounted on a platform and carried to Glasgow for the United Nations climate conference, later in the year.
Mr Hawes is planning some test runs to make sure his bear "sedan" chair works, and it will be on show in Ludlow on 14 February.
Port Vale extend Burgess contractpublished at 12:02 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
Midfielder Scott Burgess signs a new two-year deal with League Two side Port Vale.
Read MoreUnion raises Wedgwood job loss concernspublished at 11:56 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
The GMB union has written to one of Stoke-on-Trent's MPs to express concerns over more potential job losses at Wedgwood, in Barlaston.
The firm has said up to 45 office jobs could be affected by changes parent company Fiskars is making globally.
The GMB said it was another "body blow" for the UK ceramics industry, and is waiting to hear from Stoke South Conservative MP Jack Brereton.
Wedgwood says Barlaston remains an important site.
Coventry house fire investigatedpublished at 11:41 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
Fire crews remain at the scene of a house fire in Coventry.
Image source, West Midlands Fire ServiceAt its height, about 20 firefighters were sent to the property on Lythalls Lane, in the Foleshill area of the city, after a blaze broke out shortly before 03:00 GMT.
Image source, West Midlands Fire ServiceNo-one was hurt, said the fire service. An investigation is being carried out.
Labour announce Liam Byrne as mayoral candidatepublished at 11:23 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
Liam Byrne has been announced as Labour's candidate to take on Conservative Andy Street for the position of Mayor of the West Midlands.
Elections will take place on 7 May.
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End of twitter postAround the web: £380,000 paid to council HQ consultantspublished at 11:18 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
Here are three of the stories from the Shropshire Star today:
- £380,000 paid to consultants working on stalled council HQ, external
- Woman arrested after teenager stabbed, external
- Nurse suspended following unexpected death, external
Restaurant fire extinguishedpublished at 10:57 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
The fire at a restaurant in Sparkhill, Birmingham, has now been extinguished, said the fire service.
Image source, West Midlands Fire ServiceCrews were sent to Pranzo restaurant, in Warwick Road, shortly before 09:00 GMT after the blaze had spread to the roof of the property.
More than 30 firefighters were sent to the scene.
They are now carrying out checks for hot spots and ventilating the building.
Warwick Road is still closed in both directions around Albion Road.
Stoke manager up for awardpublished at 10:49 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
BBC SportStoke City's Michael O'Neill has been nominated for the Championship manager of the month award for January.
He's up against Phillip Cocu of Derby County, Lee Johnson of Bristol City and Sabri Lamouchi of Nottingham Forest.
Image source, Getty ImagesStoke City won three of their five matches in January and have been pulling away from the Championship relegation zone.
Fund to fix street signs could be set uppublished at 10:27 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
Local Democracy Reporting ServiceA £15,000 fund could be set up to fix Worcester's street signs, to end the debate over which ones should be fixed and which shouldn't.
Conservative councillor Simon Geraghty, who put forward the plan, said: “If it needs doing, it needs doing. But let’s do it properly.”
Image source, GoogleMr Geraghty explained the problem had been, in the past, people had had to lobby for individual signs to be repaired.
But Adrian Gregson, the deputy leader and leader of the city council’s Labour group, said the council had recently looked at which signs needed fixing or replacing and the money had been spread across the city “rationally”.
Smear test results delayed by 10 weekspublished at 10:12 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
Thousands of women are thought to have been affected by the backlog in the West Midlands.
Read MoreFire breaks out at Birmingham restaurantpublished at 10:10 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
A fire has broken out at a restaurant in the Sparkhill area of Birmingham.
Drivers are being warned to avoid Warwick Road.
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End of twitter postSecondary school tables: How did your school do?published at 09:58 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
Use the BBC News postcode search to see how your school has done in this year's secondary league tables.
Read MoreAround the web: Young man's body found Coventrypublished at 09:57 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2020
Coventry LiveThese are some of Coventry Live's headlines this morning:
