Phil Mackie
Midlands correspondent, BBC News

A man has appeared via video link at Birmingham Magistrates' Court charged with the murder of Jacob Billington on Sunday morning.

The 27-year-old spoke only to confirm his name and address during a brief hearing. He’s been remanded in custody until until a hearing at Birmingham Crown Court tomorrow.

He was also charged with the attempted murders of Dimitar Bachvarov, Migle Dolobauskaite, Thomas Glassey, Michael Callaghan, Shane Rowley, Rhys Cummings and Ryan Bowers.

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The Shrewsbury manager Sam Ricketts has said he's getting his players to think differently and be more attacking this season.

Last season, only bottom-of-the-table Bolton Wanderers scored fewer goals, but Ricketts said their performance in the 4-3 loss to Middlesbrough in the League Cup showed their intent.

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Ricketts said their attacking play, however, mustn't come at the cost of conceding more goals and added "we don't want to be open as well".

Health bosses in Wolverhampton have warned a sharp rise in coronavirus infection rates over the last few days has put the city at real risk of a local lockdown.

Latest data shows there were an average of 27.09 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 residents in Wolverhampton over the seven days up to 5 September, up from 12.6 cases per 100,000 for the 7 days to 29 August, the city council said.

However, the rate remains relatively low, compared with that in nearby Birmingham (69.1) and Solihull (52.2).

John Denley, Wolverhampton'sdirector of public health, said the rise in cases has been driven by a big increase in cases among 18 to 30-year-olds.

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The council has already put a stop to all non-essential visiting at care homes, and has seen year groups at several schools have to self-isolate due to Covid-19, he said.

"While the vast majority of residents and businesses are continuing to do their bit – practising social distancing, good handwashing and wearing face coverings where required – others have relaxed far too much," Mr Denley added.

"If they don't start taking this seriously right now, they will put Wolverhampton at a very real risk of facing additional lockdown measures."

Benny's Babbies by Birmingham artist Cold War Steve will be one of the new items on display.

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Warwickshire coach Jim Troughton said Ian Bell reminded everyone of his talent in his final first-class innings yesterday.

Bell scored 90 in the second innings of their Bob Willis Trophy match, to help them declare on 347-7 and set Glamorgan a victory target of 331.

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Troughton said his scores on 50 and 90 on what he thought was a bowler-friendly wicket "shows the class that he has".

And he said Bell would be "sorely missed going forward", adding he had "achieved incredible things in the game".

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People in Ironbridge have complained about queues of traffic around the coronavirus testing centre at Jiggers Bank.

The police were called and the testing centre was forced to close yesterday, with cars being turned away.

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At the same time, people in Shropshire are asking why the NHS computer booking system is sending them to places like Oldham, Builth Wells, Chester and even Scotland, when there are testing centres much closer to home.

The Ironbridge testing centre has since reopened.

Care home visits have been suspended in Solihull after a rise in the local infection rate.

Since the start of September, there have been 115 cases of Covid-19 in the borough compared with a total of 84 cases across the whole of August.

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In the first week of September, Solihull had the 19th highest rate of cases in England and the council says it will review the decision weekly, until the risk reduces again.

Visits have also been suspended in Bromsgrove.

A man is due to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court in connection with a series of knife attacks in the city.

Zephaniah McLeod, 27 and from Nately Grove in Selly Oak, is facing one charge of murder and seven of attempted murder.

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Jacob Billington, who was 23, died from a stab wound to the neck.

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We should see some sunshine today in between some light cloud. Temperatures could rise to 19C (66F) in parts of the West Midlands.

And the weather could get even better by the weekend when temperatures are forecast to rise to 24C (75F)/

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Andy Giddings
BBC News

Welcome to our live service for Wednesday.

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Zephaniah McLeod is charged with the murder of 23-year-old Jacob Billington.

Fans attend elite competitive football in the UK for the first time since March as Cambridge beat Fulham U21s in the EFL Trophy.

Anyone who visited one of a dozen venues across Staffordshire had been urged to get tested.

Tariq Khan was filmed shaking hands and hugging people at a gathering broken up by police.

Health bosses in Solihull and Bromsgrove ban most care home visits to protect vulnerable residents.

The 27-year-old is held on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder.

Andy Giddings
BBC News

We'll be back with the news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 tomorrow.

A campaign to revive some of the brine baths in Droitwich has won royal support.

During their heyday in the early 19th Century, one of the baths bore the 'Royal' title, after visits from Queen Adelaide (pictured below), the wife of William IV.

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Buckingham Palace has now given the campaign permission to use the "Royal" prefix and the search continues for a location for the new baths.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

Here are three of the updates from the Stoke Sentinel's website today:

• Drink-driving shopper flips PCSO onto bonnet, external
• Aggressive beggar arrested for pestering passersby, external
• Partying young people 'to blame' for Stoke-on-Trent's new surge, external

England batsman Ian Bell makes 90 in his final first-class innings as Warwickshire take control against Glamorgan.