A police officer says PBs in Hockley is the "worst premises" he has been dealing with in Birmingham.

Two men and a woman are suspected over the attack in a park which left Anthony Bird with a broken neck.

David Gomoh was stabbed to death days after his father died from contracting Covid-19.

The number of Sandwell DPD depot workers with coronavirus has risen to 31.

Sandwell Council announced an outbreak last week after 19 workers tested positive.

Further tests on staff at the parcel delivery site in Oldbury were carried out.

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The authority says testing is complete and all workers with the virus are self-isolating at home.

The risk of viral transmission from parcels is "extremely low," the council says, adding the company is "taking all the necessary steps to make sure employees who need to isolate are doing so".

The judge ordered Chana - who he said showed no remorse - to serve a minimum of 36 years in jail.

A London-based student says her dreams have come true after a donation to fund her at university.

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People camping around the south west had a rough night, as Storm Ellen brought strong winds and heavy rain.

At the Tencreek Holiday Park near Looe, a number of campers took refuge on the floor of the clubhouse after their tents were ravaged by the storm in the early hours.

Darryl Smith said his tent was damaged beyond repair, as he and his family chose to decamp to their car at about 03:00.

He said: "We were just concerned about keeping the kids safe." He added they may have to travel home to Coventry today if they can't find anywhere else to stay for the weekend.

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Steven Heywood was accused of misleading an inquiry into the police shooting of a man in Cheshire.

Footage shows the building reduced to rubble in a controlled explosion.

Three boys have had a "lucky escape" after getting into trouble in the River Avon in Warwick,.

Crews were called to rescue the boys, who had jumped into a weir and were struggling in the fast-flowing water.

While two had been able to get themselves out, the fire service said one boy was still missing when they arrived at the scene on Thursday evening and was found "safe but shaken" further up the river.

The fire service's area manager, Paul Morley, urged parents to talk to children about the dangers of open water.

Officials in Birmingham are concerned the city could face tougher restrictions and even a lockdown, following a rise in coronavirus infection rates.

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Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward said the increase was “extremely concerning” and urged residents to pull together to prevent a return to the “dark days of spring".

Dr Mike Tildesley - an associate professor in infection modelling at the University of Warwick - said it was possible the city could go into lockdown if cases signifcantly increased.

"What form those measures take is still a little bit difficult to tease out," he said.

"The key thing as well is we could see decisions being made very rapidly," he added.

"If you're going to have the most effectiveness of any kind of control policy you need to make a decision quickly - so we could find that actually it's announced and brought into force extremely rapidly if cases are going up."

The infection rate is currently 30.7 people out of every 100,000 people for the week ending 16 August. That compares to 22.4 for the week before.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for strong winds across the country today.

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It is expected to lead to some travel disruption and potential power outages in the area.

There are already reports the gusts have led to fallen trees across the region, with West Mercia Police urging drivers to take extra care on the roads.

The latest updates on the weather warning and advice from the Met Office can be found on their website., external

Chris Day, who thinks he is the UK's only black glass blower, has an exhibition in London.

Data reveals vacancy adverts are down by 59% compared with last summer, with some areas down 80%.

A London-based Portuguese student has had her "dreams come true" after the gift to fund her at university.

Reece Cox was found with serious head injuries outside a pub and pronounced dead at the scene.

Anmol Chana played pool in a pub after the "horrendous attack" at his mother's home, police say.

One woman says her car and seven others were damaged overnight in the Italianate resort of Portmeirion.

A Met Office warning, external has been issued for strong winds on Friday.

The yellow warning, covering the whole of the West Midlands, warns of strong winds between 04:00 and 18:00 tomorrow.

It could lead to some travel disruption and some temporary power disruption, the Met Office says.

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More than 190 people turned up on Thursday to a temporary coronavirus testing site in Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent, where a coronavirus outbreak has been recorded.

Dr Paul Edmondson-Jones, the area's director of public health, said the authority has been able to link the majority of cases to 15-16 households across 6-8 streets.

The majority of cases are the result of household transmission, he said, and identifying the hotspots has enabled the council to target the area and inform the community about how to stay safe.

"Any outbreak is serious," he said. "We don't want the numbers to rise any further, so what we want to do is contain that.

"The measures we've put in place we feel are sufficient that we will be able to contain this."

In Normacot, the number of people who had tested positive for coronavirus between 5 and 19 August was now 61, with 45 positive cases in the past seven days, Stoke-on-Trent City Council said.