Neve, seven, made the emergency call while her five-year-old brother looked after their mother.

Neve and Billy remembered important details like the family's address and that their mother also had allergies.

We're going to start off with some sunshine this morning with clear conditions, but as we make our way through the afternoon we'll start to see some cloud build up.

Highs of up to 24C (75F) in the sun and as the cloud moves in it will start to feel a bit humid with a muggy night expected.

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Street racing has been reported on the A449 in Coven Heath, near Wolverhampton, on two weekends.

The 26-year-old man was found by a relative at his home in Olton, Solihull, on Monday.

A video online shows teenagers shouting highly offensive terms at a family in a Wolverhampton park.

A man has been arrested after police carried out a drugs warrant at a property in Staffordshire.

On 1 June, police officers carried out the operation in Westover Drive, Stone.

A large amount of cannabis was found within the property, Staffordshire Police said, as well as equipment to cultivate of cannabis found in the roof.

A 31-year-old man from Stone was later arrested on suspicion of producing a controlled drug of Class B – cannabis, and has since been released under investigation.

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Det Con Danielle Brannan said: “We will always look to shut down drugs operations which blight the lives of the communities we serve and will continue to pro-actively seek to bring the perpetrators to justice.”

PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith says she was trying to protect herself and her murder-accused colleague.

It is only legal to ride e-scooters on private land in the West Midlands, police have said.

Patrols will be out this month with the aim of preventing the scooters being used on public roads or pavements.

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People caught riding them illegally could have their e-scooter seized, get six penalty points on their driving licence and a fine of £300.

There are some legal trials of e-scooters in Birmingham, Coventry and Sandwell, but only in places where people can ride bicycles such as roads and cycle lanes and they cannot be ridden on pavements.

Since the start of the month, the force has seized 10 scooters.

Molly, a 17-month-old black Labrador, was chasing her ball down a bank but then ran into a branch.

Brenda Venables disappeared in 1982 and her remains found in Kempsey nearly 30 years later.

Vets suspect the injuries to the Jack Russell terrier were caused by a significantly larger dog.

A Labour MP and a Conservative chairman object to plans to carve up the City of Chester constituency.

With the launch of The Hundred on the horizon, the T20 Blast begins on Wednesday with the aim of providing fireworks of its own.

A new set of business support grants will launch on Wednesday.

The grants from Wolverhampton City Council will aim to assist businesses and organisations not eligible for the government’s mandatory Restart Grant and help them undertake Covid compliance measures.

Eligibility criteria, and how to access the online application process for the new grants, will be available from 13:00 BST on Wednesday.

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Funds are limited and grants will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, the authority said.

Front-line workers who risked their lives to save others during the pandemic will be honoured during a party in the park.

Black Country Musicom Festival will take part in Himley, Dudley, on 11 July.

It will also see local staff presented with the freedom of the borough for their work during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Councillor Anne Millward, mayor of Dudley, said: "[The festival] has a special meaning this year, giving us the chance to say thank you to all those people who worked so tirelessly risking their lives on the front line to protect us all during the pandemic."

An elderly man is in a serious condition after being stabbed at his home, police said.

It happened at about 12:00 BST on Monday in Three Spires Avenue, Coventry, West Midlands Police said.

The victim, aged 84, was taken to hospital with serious injuries to his abdomen and remains in a serious but stable condition.

A 38-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and assaulting a police officer remains in custody, the force said.

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Officers are examining the scene, the police force said, as well as speaking to potential witnesses and viewing CCTV to try to establish what happened.

Anyone with information has been urged to come forward.

Two men and three youths are charged with murdering Dea-John Reid who died from a stab wound.

A Leek school has five cases of Covid-19, two of which are thought to be a "variant of concern".

High demand for Covid-19 vaccinations at a mobile site in Nechells, Birmingham, means the queue is now full and has closed for the day.

The jabs are being offered to people from the immediate area aged over 25 as well as over-18s in the Cohort 6 group, such as carers.

The two mobile vans will return tomorrow, as health chiefs say they want to "reduce the transmission of the virus, which is particularly important as the new variant is 40% more transmissible".