West Brom complete the permanent signing of Sporting Lisbon winger Matheus Pereira after a successful season-long loan.

Wasps forward Thibaud Flament opts to leave at the end of the season after turning down an offer from the Premiership club.

About 30 students protested outside Gavin Williamson's office over the A-level results system.

A Coventry student has described a government U-turn on how A-level grades are awarded as a "weight off my shoulders".

A-level and GCSE students in England will be given grades estimated by their teachers, rather than by an algorithm, it has been announced.

Zara from Bishop Ullathorne School in the city said: "I have been feeling so heavy and miserable and angry these last couple of days.

"I was predicted A*AA and was given A*AB and that one grade meant that I couldn't go to any medical school.

"I understand though that my university does have a set amount of spaces and that they might not have enough space for me, so if I have to defer for a year I will."

The fruit supplier's distribution centre in Coventry has closed for 48 hours to allow for cleaning.

A fire at the Cadbury chocolate factory's social club was started accidentally, investigators say.

The blaze at The Cadbury Club on Bournville Lane, Bournville, Birmingham, began on Friday afternoon.

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It is believed to have been caused by an electrical fault in a light fitting, West Midlands Fire Service tweeted. , external

Championship club Stoke City sign former Chelsea and Nigeria midfielder John Mikel Obi.

They have been celebrating with neighbours after Covid-19 hits plans for a more traditional setting.

Les Cherrington was badly injured when his tank was attacked during the Battle of the Mareth Line.

Dozens of students have gathered outside the Staffordshire constituency office of Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.

Pupils from Codsall Community High School acted after A-level results were downgraded from teacher-awarded marks when the exams regulator used an algorithm based on schools' previous results.

These are some images from the protest...

Image source, PA Media

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Image source, PA Media

Police say inquiries into the death of one-year-old Elaina Rose Aziz are continuing.

Students marching on the Education Secretary's constituency office say they're protesting to achieve "justice for students all over the country".

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Jessica Moody, one of the organisers from Codsall Community High School, said: "We want the government to trust the teachers."

There's been some variation on teacher-assessed grades. About 40% of A-level results have been downgraded after the exams regulator Ofqual used an algorithm based on schools' previous results.

"We want [Gavin Williamson] to be aware that we're not happy with grades across the country. We want him to think about how this is going to affect future years."

A march by A-level students is under way in Codsall, Staffordshire.

The teenagers from the town's Community High School headed to the constituency office of Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.

It comes after covid-19 disrupted students' final year and exams, meaning grades could not be issued in the normal way.

Students are protesting over the government's working out of marks, with pressure mounting on ministers to let teacher-assessed grades stand in England.

The students from Codsall chanted "trust our teachers" and "you're having a laugh, Gav".

Some members of the public gathered to cheer the group, with one shouting: "Go on kids, show them."

A Department for Education spokesman said hundreds of thousands of students had received a calculated grade to "enable them to progress" and that the department aimed "to build as much fairness into the appeals system as possible".

A school in the Education Secretary's constituency says it will appeal all A-level results.

Students from Codsall Community High School are marching to the offices of Gavin Williamson to bring that message.

They're protesting over the way the government has awarded some grades after exams were not taken due to coronavirus.

Headteacher Alun Harding said the students wanted to protest about the "significant level of disappointment and frustration they feel".

He said: "The system has been so poorly thought-through - the impact on [the students'] lives going forward is going to be enormous and they want to vent their frustration.

"We'd predicted very, very strong A-level results this year and the algorithm has left us with a negative score for the overall year group - I don't feel that it recognises the significant hard work the students put into that."

The government has defended the approach it used to determine grades.

A 15-year-old boy remains in hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed in Birmingham on Sunday.

He was taken into an alleyway by a group of people and stabbed several times, police said.

Emergency services were called to Westley Road, Acocks Green, just before 15:30.

The teenager is accused over injuries including a woman's shattered pelvis.

Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC WM

A report into the impact of coronavirus on the West Midlands' black, Asian and ethnic minority communities shows they were hit hardest.

The inquiry was led by Labour's Hodge Hill MP Liam Byrne. It found that black men and women were four times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white people in the region.

A task force set up as part of the investigation has made 35 recommendations, and calls for a judge-led independent inquiry, and ethnicity to be included on death records.

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The Environment Agency has issued a number of flood alerts, external for areas around Birmingham.

Torrential downpours could lead to flash flooding, the group warns.

Nicola Maxey, a spokeswoman for the Met Office, said: "If you're caught by a thunderstorm, you're likely to see 20mm-40mm (0.8in-1.6in) of rain within the hour, and some areas could see 50mm-70mm (2in-2.8in) within three to four hours."

A teenage boy suffered serious injuries when he was stabbed in Birmingham on Sunday afternoon.

The ambulance service said it was called to Westly Road in Acocks Green shortly before 15:15.

The boy was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital for further treatment.

Pressure is mounting on ministers to resolve the exam grades crisis.

They face calls to delay the results, change the grading algorithm or use the grades estimated by teachers, after complaints of unfair A-level results.

Students protested in Coventry's Broadgate on Sunday saying they had faced a "huge injustice".

Image source, Alan Van Wijgerden

Image source, Alan Van Wijgerden

One of the event organisers, Yaqoub Imran from Sidney Stringer Academy, said due to the downgrading of marks he had missed out on a scholarship to the University of Birmingham.

Students across Coventry and the whole country have faced a "huge injustice" he said.

"I want the government and Ofqual to acknowledge their mistake and have the courage to make a change."

Image source, Alan Van Wijgerden

Image source, Alan Van Wijgerden

Image source, Alan Van Wijgerden

In England, 280,000 A-level results were downgraded from teachers' assessments on Thursday, almost 40% of the total. In Wales, 42% of A-level results predicted by teachers were lowered by the exam watchdog.

The government has defended the approach it used to determine grades.