Man charged with murder over machete attackpublished at 09:37 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
Paulius Petrasiunas, who had a one-year-old son, died in Wolverhampton on Monday.
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Man charged with murder over machete attackpublished at 09:37 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
Smethwick coronavirus cases '10 times higher'published at 09:18 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
BBC Radio WMThere have been 40 coronavirus cases in Smethwick in the last seven days of data,, external a rate the Director of Public Health (DPH) in the area said was "10 times higher" than that seen in recent weeks.
Dr Lisa McNally, DPH for Sandwell, said "an awful lot" of positive cases were in households where there was a cluster of other cases and there was "a fairly large outbreak" at a packaging firm.
The company was officially slightly over the border in West Bromwich, but had quite a few workers based in Smethwick, she said.
But otherwise, Dr McNally said there was "a general rise in the number of cases in the community".
Asked how close Sandwell and Smethwick were to becoming a Leicester lockdown situation, she stated: "We're not there yet... but what is keeping me awake at the moment is the sharpness of the rise.
"So the numbers themselves aren't up at Leicester's numbers yet. Unless we as a community can really respond to this, then we are potentially looking at further measures.
"If we do get to the point... we will work with central government to see what they want us to do next and that might include closing down whole sectors depending on where we see the transmission happening."
Man due in court after woman 'held hostage'published at 08:47 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
A man is set to appear in court charged with threats to kill and false imprisonment after a woman was allegedly held hostage.
Police were called to reports a woman was being held in Tarrant Grove, Birmingham at about 17:30 on Friday.
Negotiators were at the scene until about 10:30 on Saturday.
Shazad Mahmood, 35, of Hubert Road, Selly Oak, is set to appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court later.
Is the sunshine set to stay?published at 08:23 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
It will be a largely dry day with sunny spells but also some cloud with top temperatures of 19C (66F).
This was the scene at Warwick Castle earlier, as taken by BBC Weather Watcher Alison S.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers/Alison S'I couldn't count how many times I went missing'published at 08:10 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
The BBC has uncovered evidence of children disappearing from local authority care for long periods.
Read MoreLive updates for the West Midlandspublished at 08:06 British Summer Time 20 July 2020
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