Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 07:57 British Summer Time 27 July 2020
The latest news, sport, travel and weather across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.
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Updates from Monday 20 July to Sunday 26 July
Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 07:57 British Summer Time 27 July 2020
Staying up better than play-off win - Smithpublished at 19:49 British Summer Time 26 July 2020
Aston Villa's Premier League survival feels better than when they were promoted last season, says manager Dean Smith.
Read MoreVilla avoid relegation with draw at West Hampublished at 18:48 British Summer Time 26 July 2020
Aston Villa will play Premier League football next season after a draw at West Ham is enough to ensure they escape relegation on the final day.
Read MoreChelsea beat Wolves to seal top fourpublished at 18:41 British Summer Time 26 July 2020
Chelsea seal fourth place in the Premier League to wrap up qualification for next season's Champions League with a 2-0 win over Wolves.
Read MoreCovid outbreak hits 21 at caravan parkpublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 26 July 2020
Three cases were confirmed last week, and health officials predict the number will rise.
Read MoreSpain quarantine: 'We found out three minutes after landing'published at 16:19 British Summer Time 26 July 2020
Holidaymakers arriving to the UK from Spain and its islands must now self-isolate for 14 days.
Read MoreMartin resigns from Birmingham 2022 boardpublished at 16:08 British Summer Time 26 July 2020
Commonwealth Games Federation president Dame Louise Martin steps down from the Birmingham 2022 board amid concerns over a lack of diversity.
Read MoreCoventry deny ending Wasps Ricoh talkspublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 26 July 2020
Coventry City reject Wasps' claims they withdrew from negotiations to play home games at the Ricoh Arena next season.
Read MoreKitten thrown from car 'like piece of rubbish'published at 12:15 British Summer Time 26 July 2020
Daisy was rescued by another motorist but has significant injuries, the RSPCA says.
Read More'Pedestal' dream for Pokémon trading cardspublished at 09:28 British Summer Time 26 July 2020
The Shadowless Pokémon trading cards could fetch as much as £35,000 when they go under the hammer.
Read More'Soft play is heading for a cliff edge'published at 00:23 British Summer Time 26 July 2020
With no date for reopening, children's play centres are closing and hundreds more are under threat.
Read MoreFundraising appeal after athletics club vandalisedpublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 25 July 2020
The City of Stoke Athletic Club says it has been hit three times during lockdown.
Read MoreTwo charged with murder over fatal stabbingpublished at 10:16 British Summer Time 25 July 2020
The 22-year-old victim was found at a house in Redditch.
Read MoreMuseums consult over job cuts due to coronaviruspublished at 09:41 British Summer Time 25 July 2020
Birmingham Museums Trust said about half of its staff have been placed at risk of redundancy.
Read More29,000 miles, eight countries, 365 days - Wolves' marathon seasonpublished at 07:19 British Summer Time 25 July 2020
After starting their 2019-20 campaign against Crusaders in the Europa League on 25 July 2019, Wolves' one-year-old season is far from over.
Read MoreEnd of live updates for Fridaypublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 24 July 2020
Allen Cook
BBC NewsWe'll be back with more news, sport, travel, weather and more for the West Midlands from 08:00 on Monday.
Backing for River Severn plan which could heat citypublished at 18:55 British Summer Time 24 July 2020
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Christian BarnettThe River Severn could be used to heat buildings in Worcester after the city council agreed to investigate the idea.
Councillors backed plans to spend up to £7,000 on studying whether a heat network could be created in the city and at ways the river could be used for energy.
The proposal would see water drawn through a network of pipes from either the river or the ground and pumped around many of the buildings.
A report to the city council's environment committee on 21 July said the heat produced by the river would be the equivalent of 10,000 gas boilers.
Witness appeal over Smethwick murderpublished at 18:50 British Summer Time 24 July 2020
Police are appealing for help to identify six potential witnesses to a murder in Smethwick
Jagdev Lally was found by a passer-by with serious head injuries in an alleyway near Tollgate Shopping Centre in Smethwick on 14 April and died almost three weeks later on 1 May.
West Midlands Police said the 39-year-old had been attacked at approximately 03:00.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceAshley Pace, 34 , of no fixed address, who was previously charged with wounding, has now been charged with murder.
The force has issued an appeal to trace further witnesses, captured by CCTV cameras covering the Tollgate shopping precinct in the hours before Mr Lally was found.
Image source, West Midlands Police
Image source, West Midlands PoliceWest Midlands Police is also reissuing a previous appeal for a seventh man, who the force said it was hoping would come forward.
Image source, West Midlands PolicePair found dead in orchard after car came off roadpublished at 18:46 British Summer Time 24 July 2020
A man and a teenage girl have died after their car came off a road and ended up in an orchard.
The vehicle was travelling last night on the road between Mordiford and Dormington, near Hereford, West Mercia Police said. , external
The car appeared to come off the route at Clay Hill Pit and was found among the fruit trees.
Officers said the 23-year-old man and 17-year-old girl were both dead.
Coronavirus cases at farm rise to 134published at 18:42 British Summer Time 24 July 2020
Workers have been asked to self-isolate at AS Green and Co in Mathon since the outbreak began.
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