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A wheelie bin was set on fire which then spread to a house overnight in Coventry, after a spate of suspected arson attacks, police say.

Image source, West Midlands Police

West Midlands Police has issued CCTV images of a man officers would like to speak to after a series of similar arson attacks in the Coundon area in recent days.

Image source, West Midlands Police

Fire crews were called to the property in Lavender Avenue, Coundon at about 04:45 this morning after a wheelie bin fire spread to an adjacent house.

No-one was in at the time, said West Midlands Police, but the blaze still caused damage estimated at several thousand pounds.

Wheelie bin fires have also been reported in the early hours of Tuesday morning, including ones in Lavender Avenue, Redesdale Avenue and Banks Road, which resulted in a car catching fire.

And a tree was also set alight in Browett Road on the same morning, the force added.

Image source, Frank Slevin

Image source, Frank Slevin

Frank Slevin whose property on Lavender Avenue went up in fire overnight said whoever was responsible was "clearly escalating" their behaviour.

"I just worry terribly for my neighbours, one of them is in a wheelchair, he might not have been able to make it out of the house."

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One person went into cardiac arrest on the bus and was confirmed dead at the scene.

A speed camera has clocked a driver speeding at 129mph (209kmph) on a road where the maximum speed limit is 30mph (48kmph).

More than a third of cars travelling eastbound on Binley Road in Coventry exceeded the speed limit, said the camera enforcement team from West Midlands Police.

The average speed camera recorded the figures during a week in May as part of a speed survey.

BBC Weather Watchers

The West Midlands is basking under the sunshine today in the heatwave and it must be officially hot, the padding pools are appearing in photos from our BBC Weather Watchers.

These two came in from users Les at Large in Wolverhampton and Beefy in Halesowen, Dudley:

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Image source, Beefy

BBC Radio Stoke

More police officers will patrol a city park in the coming days after a woman was attacked and a man robbed there in the space of 24 hours.

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On Sunday evening, a woman suffered injuries to her face in the assault in Central Forest Park, Stoke-on-Trent, and three people were arrested.

Separately, Staffordshire Police said a man had been charged with robbery after another man in his 60s was left in hospital , externalfollowing a robbery at knifepoint.

Ch Insp Mark Barlow said , externalofficers were seeing cases of anti-social behaviour with more people leaving their houses as lockdown eases and would be introducing more patrols in the park.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

The Stoke-on-Trent Live website's covering these stories today:

• Woman desperate to find the wheelie bin arsonists who killed her mum and daughter, external
• Three women taken to hospital after crash between lorry and car, external
• Extra police patrols at crime-ridden Stoke-on-Trent park after man and woman attacked, external

A woman and two children escaped from the fire unhurt, West Midlands Police say.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

A six-year-old boy with a rare form of leukaemia is heading home from Singapore after specialist treatment for the illness.

Image source, Family handout/Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust

Oscar Saxelby-Lee, from Worcester, flew with his parents for CAR-T therapy last year, with the help of £500,000 raised through crowdfunding.

He had the treatment over Christmas, a stem cell transplant from his father in March and earlier this month his family posted on Facebook he'd been cancer free for six months.

Today, they posted another message , externalsaying they were now heading home as "the day we’ve dreamt of has now become a reality".

Three teenagers have been arrested following stabbings at a shopping centre in the West Midlands.

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The incident happened at West Cross Shopping Centre in Smethwick at about 12:15 on Wednesday.

A 17-year-old who suffered injuries to his back and a 16-year-old who received stab wounds to his arm have both been arrested on suspicion of affray after being treated in hospital.

A 14-year-old boy has also been arrested on suspicion of wounding but remains in hospital in a stable condition, said West Midlands Police.

BBC Shared Data Unit

Sandwell Borough Council says it doesn't know at the moment how it will meet an expected budget shortfall of £2.8m this year due to Covid-19.

Nearly 150 authorities across the UK have forecast a combined budget shortfall of at least £3.2bn, a BBC investigation's found.

In Sandwell, the local authority says the financial impact from coronavirus so far stands at £24.385m and it's had £21.578m in emergency funding from the government.

Deputy leader councillor Wasim Ali says making any predictions on the long-term effects would be based on assumptions and it doesn't know if ministers will provide more money.

"Once we understand this position better, we will then have to decide where we can make necessary savings and where we need to reprioritise and redirect resources as appropriate."

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Alex Moore

Officers are using New Year’s Eve as a “reference point” as they approach the reopening of pubs, a top police officer has said.

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Supt Jim Baker, Telford and Wrekin’s local policing commander, said 31 December and the following morning was “typically our busiest night of the year" and it would provide a template for 4 July.

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced pubs – along with other facilities, including restaurants and hotels – could reopen from a week next Saturday, as social distancing rules are eased.

Speaking in a live question-and-answer session with West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion, Supt Baker urged the public to “be sensible and pace themselves”.

Shropshire Star

The Shropshire Star's covering these stories today:

• Future Fit: Covid outbreak puts plans under pressure as business case not expected until next year, external
• Shropshire pubs and attractions excited for post-lockdown return, external
• Two arrests after Shrewsbury police stop car with 'large' amount of drugs, external

Wildlife volunteer Cyril Bennis has been caring for the animals in Stratford-upon-Avon for years.

BBC Shared Data Unit

Birmingham City Council is forecasting a shortfall of £212m over 2020-21 and 2021-22 and said effectively declaring itself bankrupt "would not rectify this situation".

Nearly nine out of ten local authorities face budget deficits as a result of the coronavirus, including 10 of the 14 in the West Midlands.

Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in the country, is facing the UK's biggest worst-case shortfall, although the £212m includes a reduction in the council's rates and tax collection.

The shortfall equates to £186 for every person living in the city.

Some councils have considered using a section 114 notice, which basically stops a council from making any new spending commitments, but still honours its existing ones.

BBC News Travel

A crash involving two lorries and a car has halted traffic on the M5 northbound in the West Midlands.

The crash is just at the point where traffic from the M5 northbound merges with the M6.

There's congestion back to J7, for Great Barr.

Health bosses say the move does not involve the nightingale hospital and is to bust backlogs.

An attack involving two pipe bombs that were thrown at a house in Birmingham has been described as "deeply worrying" by the region's police and crime commissioner (PCC).

Image source, Express and Star / James Vukmirovic

A teenage girl remains in hospital after having surgery to remove shotgun pellets, following the attack in Coronation Road, Tipton in the early hours of Wednesday.

The devices failed to go off and the girl was "caught in the crossfire", police said, after a shotgun was "fired at visitors to the address".

PCC David Jamieson said: "This is a horrific attack where a young girl has been injured in the crossfire by a firearm.

"Fortunately the pipe bombs did not detonate, however it is deeply worrying that some people are creating such deadly weapons.

"West Midlands Police and I take this very seriously and the police are continuing their investigation into this awful incident."