Summary

  • Updates from Monday 2 March to Sunday 8 March

  1. City Clean Air Zone: What you need to knowpublished at 09:16 British Summer Time 29 May 2021

    Drivers of high-polluting cars will pay £8 from 1 June in Birmingham city centre.

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  2. Man convicted of hotel stabbingpublished at 16:15 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    Panashe Bako, 20, died after being stabbed at the Crowne Plaza in Birmingham, on 22 July 2020.

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  3. Could Fishmongers' Hall attacker have been stopped?published at 13:33 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt were both killed by Usman Khan in London in November 2019.

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  4. Government HQ set to move out of Londonpublished at 13:17 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    The new housing department in Wolverhampton should be ready by the summer, the government says.

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  5. Bitcoin mine found stealing electricitypublished at 10:02 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    Police say they raided the building thinking they were going to find a cannabis farm.

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  6. Vaccine milestone reached in West Midlandspublished at 08:41 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    BBC Midlands Today

    More than 5.3m vaccine doses have been delivered in the West Midlands, with 10m people now vaccinated across the wider Midlands area, figures show.

    It's a major milestone and comes as anyone over 30 can now book an appointment for their jab.

    Over the next few days, one million people across the country aged 30 and 31 will be invited via text message.

    Birmingham's director of public health said reaching a younger age group was important to protect them against variants of the virus.

    Justin Varney

    "What we are seeing from across the world where we have these new variants, is that it's a younger audience ending up in hospital - the people who are vaccinated are protected and the younger age groups are starting to end up in A&E.

    "The faster we can vaccinate everyone the more protected we are against these new variants," he said.

    He said the success story of reaching millions of people in the region was down to giving people access to get vaccinated.

    "It's the entire system working together to put forward the vaccine in a way that gets to people and gives them the chance to protect themselves from a third wave," he added.

  7. Weather: A dry and dull Fridaypublished at 08:19 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    BBC Weather

    A mainly dry, dull day with overcast skies. Light winds and a high of 19C/66F.

    GnosallImage source, BBC Weather Watcher Shaun
    Image caption,

    This morning in Gnosall, Staffordshire

    Staying mostly dry tonight with lingering cloud and light winds again. Low: 11C/52F.

    You can get a latest forecast for your area at any time by going to the BBC Weather website.

  8. City's clean air zone divides opinionpublished at 06:44 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    Birmingham residents and business owners react to the launch of the zone on 1 June.

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  9. Pandemic-hit travel agent 'had nothing to live off'published at 06:37 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    Jason Young, who got a second job when the industry was decimated by Covid-19, urges MPs to help.

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  10. Rare triplets finally reunited at homepublished at 06:35 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    River joins brothers Beau and Leo at home after they were born in January at 29 weeks.

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  11. Haynes hit 97 as Pears dominate Derbyspublished at 19:32 British Summer Time 27 May 2021

    Jack Haynes hits a career-best 97, backed by Brett D'Oliveira's 71, to help Worcestershire close on 336-7 against Derbyshire.

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  12. Hain & Rhodes lead way for Bearspublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 27 May 2021

    Group One leaders Nottinghamshire claim some late wickets to keep Warwickshire under control at Edgbaston.

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  13. Doorman 'helpless and unprepared for racist abuse'published at 18:25 British Summer Time 27 May 2021

    Tristan Price was working at a bar in Birmingham on Saturday when a woman allegedly abused him.

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  14. Assault charge dropped against police officerpublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 27 May 2021

    The police watchdog says the case followed an incident at a Wolverhampton hospital.

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  15. Use of handcuffs 'contributed to Atkinson's death'published at 17:23 British Summer Time 27 May 2021

    "Poor management" of the ex-footballer while unconscious contributed to his death, a court hears.

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  16. Baby found in canal 'could have died during birth'published at 15:37 British Summer Time 27 May 2021

    Police say the newborn was "probably not alive" when he went into the canal.

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  17. Nineteen arrests in Staffordshire county lines crackdownpublished at 15:25 British Summer Time 27 May 2021

    Machetes, a crossbow and a sword have been seized by police who arrested 19 people in a crackdown on county lines drug dealing gangs in Staffordshire.

    A recreation of a drug dealImage source, Getty Images

    Forces across the UK boosted activity against county lines gangs in the week from 17 to 23 May.

    Staffordshire Police said, external they seized drugs and cash along with the weapons and those arrested were all held on suspicion of drugs offences.

    The drug seizures included a 20-year-old man as he got off the train from Walsall to Cannock who the force said had 50 deals of heroin and crack in his socks.

    Two vulnerable people were also found by officers as they searched 20 suspected "cuckooed" homes, places where gangs have taken over the place for criminal activity.

  18. Rapper Pa Salieu denies violent disorder chargepublished at 15:19 British Summer Time 27 May 2021

    The charges follow the death of Fidel Glasgow, grandson of The Specials singer Neville Staple.

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  19. Brothers banned from music videos glorifying crimepublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 27 May 2021

    Kareem and Theo White appeared in drill music clips on YouTube that encouraged violence, police say.

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