City Clean Air Zone: What you need to knowpublished at 09:16 British Summer Time 29 May 2021
Drivers of high-polluting cars will pay £8 from 1 June in Birmingham city centre.
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City Clean Air Zone: What you need to knowpublished at 09:16 British Summer Time 29 May 2021
Bamford treble ends Villa's winning startpublished at 00:27 British Summer Time 24 October 2020
Leeds end Aston Villa's winning start and deny them top spot in the Premier League table thanks to a Patrick Bamford hat-trick.
Read MoreGirl, 11, hit by car and seriously hurtpublished at 10:40 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
She has suffered potentially life-threatening injuries, West Midlands Ambulance Service says.
Read More'City faces gridlock unless people drop the car'published at 10:30 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
There's a warning that Birmingham's streets could be gridlocked within 10 years unless we stop using the car as much.
Image source, Birmingham City CouncilThe government is giving the West Midlands Combined Authority £17.2m as part of a travel fund to encourage people to cycle and walk more.
"We need to build a city that makes it easier and safer for people to be cycling and walking," Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward said. "We need to be building a city where we are not suffering the current levels of death from air pollution."
Some of the measures the council are trialling include pop-up cycle lanes, closing off roads and "giving more space over to walking on the footpaths".
From Civil Rights to Smethwick: Why was Malcolm X in the West Midlands?published at 09:52 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Malcolm X’s name resonates down the decades – Kanye West, Jay-Z, Frank Ocean and Ice Cube reference him in their music – and many others. Movies have been made about him – lots, big-name stars like Denzel Washington playing the lead. The man who rejected his childhood surname because of its slavery connotations is still one of the biggest names from 60s America - and still divides opinion. So why was this superstar of civil rights in the UK? And why Smethwick – a small industrial town seemingly a million miles away from the segregation and racism of the USA? As part of Black History Month, Newsbeat has been finding out. Edited and Produced by Woody Morris
Narrated by Levi Jouavel
Maxwell-Keys to referee Premiership finalpublished at 09:49 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Craig Maxwell-Keys will referee the Premiership final between Exeter and Wasps after Wayne Barnes tests positive for coronavirus.
Read More'Serious collision' near Stratford-upon-Avonpublished at 08:57 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
There has been a serious collision in Snitterfield, near Stratford-upon-Avon, this morning, says Warwickshire Police, warning of road closures.
Emergency services are in attendance on the A46, and the junction of Snitterfield, Gospel Oak Lane and Kings Lane are closed to traffic while they carry out their work.
Police have urged people to avoid the area.
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End of twitter postUrgent bridge repairs close rail linepublished at 08:31 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
BBC News TravelThe rail line between Whitlocks End and Stratford-upon-Avon has been closed for urgent repairs to a bridge.
Train services are being diverted via Solihull, cancelled or revised.
A bus replacement service is running between Shirley and Stratford-upon-Avon in both directions.
Ticket acceptance measures are also in place with Chiltern Railways and National Express.
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End of twitter postWeather: Wet today and even wetter tomorrowpublished at 08:18 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands TodayIt's fairly clear this morning but with cloud in places across our region.
That'll thicken later on, bringing rain, although you'll likely see some sunny spells breaking through later this afternoon.
Media caption, West Midlands weather 23 October
HS2 ancient woodland habitat move 'a smokescreen'published at 04:34 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Soil is being moved to new sites but ecologists question whether the process is effective.
Read MoreStoke's Collins has red card overturnedpublished at 18:36 British Summer Time 22 October 2020
Stoke City defender Nathan Collins has the red card he was given in the 2-2 draw with Barnsley rescinded.
Read MoreLate Bishop used status for 'appalling' abusepublished at 18:10 British Summer Time 22 October 2020
The former Bishop of Chester sexually abused at least 18 victims over 15 years, a review finds.
Read MoreWarrington in talks over move to tier 3 regulationspublished at 18:08 British Summer Time 22 October 2020
There are "continued and stubbornly high levels" of coronavirus in the town, the council says.
Read MoreBoy seriously hurt in bike crashpublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 22 October 2020
BBC Radio WMA nine-year-old boy is in a serious condition in hospital after his bicycle was hit by a car.
The collision happened at the junction of Manor Road and Church Road in Wordsley, near Stourbridge, this morning, West Midlands Police said.
The boy suffered head and leg injuries and officers said the driver of a car was helping with their investigation.
New government Covid-19 scheme 'a glimmer of hope'published at 17:42 British Summer Time 22 October 2020
Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC WMIncreased support for jobs and workers hit by Covid-19 restrictions from the chancellor has been welcomed by a bar owner in Birmingham as "a glimmer of hope".
Rishi Sunak announced big changes to the Job Support Scheme set to replace furlough in November.
Businesses in tier two areas such as Birmingham, particularly in the hospitality sector, had complained that they would be better off if they were under tier three restrictions.
Under the revised scheme, employers will pay less and staff can work fewer hours before they qualify.
Dani Collins runs Velvet on Broad Street and said she had been "absolutely dreading" 1 November when furlough ends.
"The future is so uncertain, we are running at a constant loss, but this means we carry on and keep our workforce," she said.
Biker critical after hit-and-run crashpublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 22 October 2020
A motorcyclist remains in a critical condition in hospital after a collision with a car which drove off from the crash.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceIt happened on Kenilworth Road, Coventry, on Saturday evening, West Midlands Police said., external
The 28-year-old was knocked off his bike and collided with a bus going in the opposite direction.
Officers have released photos of a panel and a fog light which they said the car left behind at the scene.
Tax rise plan for climate change fund abandonedpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 22 October 2020
Simon Gilbert
Political Reporter, BBC Coventry & WarwickshirePlans to ask residents in two towns to pay extra council tax to tackle climate change have been shelved as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Image source, Getty ImagesA referendum on whether people in Warwick and Leamington would be willing to pay £1 extra a week was due to be held in May.
However, it was cancelled along with all local elections as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Warwick District Council leader Andrew Day has now confirmed the vote won't be held in 2021 either.
Instead the council is looking to form a "super district" by merging some services with Stratford-on-Avon District Council.
The two authorities will look at how they can work together to tackle climate change issues.
'Team-mates used racist language as banter'published at 17:06 British Summer Time 22 October 2020
Ex-Premier League player Paul Williams says he found it difficult to challenge racism he experienced during a 16-year career.
Read MoreAround the web: Broadband speed criticisedpublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 22 October 2020
A few of the day's headlines from the Shropshire Star:
Spike in Covid cases at universitypublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 22 October 2020
BBC Radio ShropshireMore positive cases of Covid-19 are expected at a university in Shropshire after they shot up in the past few days, according to its vice-chancellor.
Image source, GoogleSixty-six students have tested positive since Saturday at Harper Adams University, near Newport, along with three members of staff.
The figures, from the university, , externalshow 19 cases among students the week before and none a fortnight ago.
Vice-chancellor David Llewellyn said cases had been increasing across Telford and Wrekin.
"The last thing we want to do is for anybody in the local community to feel as though students are the only cause of this issue of Covid because clearly they are not. There is a community-wide issue going on here."
The infection rate for the wider Telford and Wrekin area has increased from 79.0 per 100,000 in the seven days to 10 October to 142.9 a week later.
