Man pleads not guilty to murder over woman's deathpublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Abeen Thabet faces trial in connection with the death of Najeeba Al-Alariqy.
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Man pleads not guilty to murder over woman's deathpublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
'I was just there for his purpose, for his use'published at 15:50 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Women's Aid in the West Midlands sees 30 referrals since restrictions were eased.
Read MoreWitnesses sought after girl dies in crashpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Police are appealing for more information after the death of an 18-year-old in a crash near Crewe.
Francesca Bugliarello, from Sandbach, was a passenger in a car that was involved in a collision with a lorry on Haslington bypass in the early hours of Saturday.
Image source, Cheshire PoliceHer family say she will "live forever in their hearts".
A 17-year-old from Crewe, who was driving the car, was arrested and has been released under investigation pending further investigation, police said.
Theatre to turn into cinema in 'fight for survival'published at 15:08 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Chester's Storyhouse says there is "a very real threat" it "could be out of business by Christmas".
Read MoreAround the web: Second murder charge after stabbingpublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Coventry LiveSome of the Coventry Live headlines today:
Park clean-up after travellers evictedpublished at 14:38 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
BBC CWRCoventry City Council has begun a clean-up of a site after the eviction of travellers.
They set up camp at Top Green park in the city earlier this week.
The council put an eviction order up, and the vehicles had left the area by this morning with council clean-up teams moving in.
Malala Yousafzai graduates from Oxford Universitypublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Human rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai has expressed her "joy and gratitude" at graduating from Oxford.
The 22-year-old, who survived a shot to the head by Taliban soldiers, studied politics, philosophy, and economics at Lady Margaret Hall.
Tweeting earlier, external, she said: "I don't know what's ahead. For now, it will be Netflix, reading and sleep."
Ms Yousafzai was attacked for saying girls should be allowed to stay in education.
After recovering from her near-fatal injuries at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, she and her family made their home in the city.
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End of twitter postStoke City boss hopes to take charge after self-isolationpublished at 13:47 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
BBC SportMichael O'Neill is hopeful he will be able to take charge of Stoke City at Reading on Saturday, nearly two weeks after testing positive for coronavirus.
Image source, GettyThe ex-Northern Ireland boss has been self-isolating ever since, but is due to return to training later.
O'Neill has not shown any symptoms since the "shock" of his positive test.
"As things stand at the minute I'm asymptomatic and looking forward to getting back into the club," he told BBC Radio Stoke.
Flowers left after boy, 6, dies with head injuriespublished at 13:25 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Flowers and a toy car have been left outside a property where a six-year-old boy has died after suffering serious head injuries.
Officers were called to Cranmore Road in Shirley, Solihull, at about 15:00 on Tuesday.
The boy was found by paramedics in a critical condition and died in hospital in the early hours of Wednesday. A post-mortem examination is due to take place.
A man, aged 27, and a woman, 31, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are in custody.
Hospital staff car park given go-aheadpublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Tom DavisAn application for a 1,600-space car park for University Hospital in Coventry has been granted permission.
Image source, GoogleThe new staff-only car park is to be built at the rear of the hospital to help ease pressure on the current parking facility, freeing up spaces for visitors.
Parking has been a “nightmare” at the site, councillors at a planning committee admitted, while highways officers said the move would help reduce congestion heading in to the hospital site.
The site location raised concern as it is on a designated flood zone near to the River Sowe and requires crash barriers to stop “unattended vehicles floating away,” the meeting heard.
Giant oxygen cylinder proves unlikely crowd attractionpublished at 12:25 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Allen Cook
BBC NewsThe huge oxygen cylinder which has been making its way slowly across Staffordshire for the past few days has become an unlikely attraction for people.
Image source, Staffordshire PoliceIt might be due to the lockdown but crowds have regularly been turning out along the route as the wide load travelled across the county, having begun its journey on Monday in Cheshire.
Image source, Staffordshire PolicePeople have tweeted themselves having their photo taken alongside it, external and Staffordshire Police has also offered the odd photo opportunity:
Image source, Staffordshire PoliceThe cylinder's journey is now expected to finish tomorrow in Coleshill, Warwickshire, but if you missed seeing it, don't worry - another three will be making the trek in the next six weeks., external
Council aims to keep rough sleepers off the streetpublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
BBC ShropshireTelford and Wrekin Council has said it is "committed to seeing no return to rough sleeping" once the coronavirus pandemic is over.
During lockdown more than 200 people in the borough have been housed or stopped from being evicted and it said it wanted that to continue.
Image source, Getty ImagesMembers of the public in Telford and Wrekin will be asked to report people who are rough sleeping in the borough, so that the council can offer them support.
The local authority says the scheme is aimed at helping people and "not to be critical".
Second murder charge after garage stabbingpublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Pavandeep Daudher, 19, died in March from a stab wound to his thigh in Coventry.
Read MoreWoman accused of murdering missing motherpublished at 11:47 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Lucy Fox, 38, appears in court charged with murder and arson with intent to endanger life.
Read MorePub chain 'has no choice' but to open on 4 Julypublished at 11:30 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
The founder of a pub chain with venues in the West Midlands has vowed to reopen all of its sites on 4 July even if the government has not relaxed restrictions.
Oakham Inns runs The Globe in Warwick and Four Alls in Welford-on-Avon as well as The Beech House in Solihull.
"We cannot wait for the government to make a decision," Peter Borg-Neal wrote on Twitter, external.
The government has said pubs would not be able to reopen until July at the earliest under lockdown measures.
But it has not yet given a definitive date for reopening pubs, despite pressure from the industry.
Arrests after boy has cardiac arrest and diespublished at 11:09 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
A man and woman are questioned on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of the 12-year-old.
Read MoreTeaching assistant charged with sex offencespublished at 11:08 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Richard Perrin is charged with engaging in sexual activity with a child.
Read MoreIron Age funeral site discovered on HS2 sitepublished at 11:03 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Experts are studying the site at Coleshill, near Solihull, ahead of construction of the rail line.
Read MoreCouncil opposition leader diespublished at 10:56 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
The Leader of the Labour opposition group at Warwickshire County Council has died.
Richard Chattaway was one of Bedworth's longest serving councillors and had been a county councillor since 2001.
Council leader Izzi Seccombe paid tribute to her "brave and stoic" friend and colleague.
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End of twitter postNew parcel box to go on trialpublished at 10:30 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
A new "parcel box" is going to appear in Walsall town centre, as part of a nationwide trial to battle Covid-19.
The 6ft wide steel box, twice the size of a standard mail box, will allow the public to post large parcels, which would normally have to be sent via Post Offices.
Image source, Royal MailRoyal Mail said it would help people avoid the trip to the Post Office if they wish, so they can minimise contact with others.