Ancient ceremony cancelled by Covidpublished at 01:50 British Summer Time 22 October 2020
The Wroth Silver ceremony, mentioned in the Domesday Book, had kept going through two world wars.
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Girl, 11, hit by car seriously hurt
Shots fired on Birmingham street
Telford, Birmingham and Wolverhampton councils to supply free school meals over half-term
Covid-19: Coventry and Stoke prepare to enter tier two
Boy returns to school after months of pioneering cancer treatment
E-scooter trial 'could detect drunk riders'
Updates from Friday 23 October
Ancient ceremony cancelled by Covidpublished at 01:50 British Summer Time 22 October 2020
Ten-man Stoke get Barnsley pointpublished at 22:04 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
Ten-man Stoke City come from behind twice to deny Barnsley a first league win of the season.
Read MoreKilman signs new deal at Wolves to 2025published at 19:54 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
Wolves defender Max Kilman agrees a new contract with the Premier League side until 2025.
Read MoreCoventry to move into tier 2 Covid restrictionspublished at 19:04 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
Extra restrictions on households mixing in homes and hospitality venues are being introduced.
Read MoreEnd of live updates for Wednesdaypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
Allen Cook
BBC NewsWe'll return on Thursday from 08:00 with the latest news, sport, travel and more for the West Midlands.
Man raises £20k on tribute walk to sonpublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
BBC Midlands TodayA man has completed a 350-mile walk from the south coast to Stoke-on-Trent in memory of his baby son who died from heart complications last year.
Chris Gibbs, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, set off from Eastbourne four weeks ago.
The walk raised £20,000 for the Royal Stoke University Hospital and Birmingham Children's Hospital, which both cared for his son, Thiago.
Mr Gibbs said his walk connected important places in his life.
"That meant my birthplace, Eastbourne. So I set off from there, went via Birmingham where we lost our little man in November last year and ending in Stoke-on-Trent at the hospital where my wife works and my son was born."
University's Old Joe getting overhaulpublished at 17:43 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
Parts of the world’s tallest freestanding clock tower are going to be taken away and cleaned this week.
Image source, University of BirminghamOld Joe, which has stood at the heart of the University of Birmingham since 1905, is being serviced this week, the university said, external.
Once the parts have been refurbished they will be refitted in the coming months.
Around the web: Woman convicted of manslaughterpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
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Big rise in Covid-19 patients at hospitalspublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
Two hospitals in Staffordshire have seen a "significant increase" in new patients with Covid-19 in the past 10 days, health bosses said.
Image source, UHNMStaff at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and the County Hospital Stafford are currently caring for 94 people with the virus.
The University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust said , externalit had to go back to May to find similar figures.
It added on Twitter: "it is clear that we have our work cut out for us this winter."
Prostitute organiser ordered to pay back £400,000published at 17:01 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
Sun Sun Wong was jailed in 2018 after police posed as clients and visited an address in Cambridge.
Read MoreCity faces ‘tsunami of job losses’published at 17:00 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
Local Democracy Reporting ServiceBirmingham faces a "tsunami of job losses" in the coming months unless the government steps in, according to the deputy leader of the city council.
Speaking during a council audit committee meeting yesterday, on the issue of Brexit, Brigid Jones said she was concerned by the prospect of Britain leaving without a deal and the future rights of EU citizens living in the city.
Image source, BBC/ Resolution FoundationMs Jones said one in five under 25s in the city were unemployed, while one in four people in Ladywood were claiming unemployment benefit.
"Furlough ends in 11 days, and we are going to see a tsunami of job losses unless the government makes a decision about job retention going forward... our economy locally is the second most exposed region in the UK to Brexit," she said.
The government's Job Support Scheme replaces its furlough offering from the beginning of November and is expected to cost the treasury hundreds of millions of pounds a month.
It will pay people who can't go to work because their business is closed under tier three restrictions and firms which are allowed to open and where employees can return part-time.
In September, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said it was designed to support jobs as far as possible, but added: "We obviously can't sustain the same level of things that we were doing at the beginning of this crisis."
Fifteen people treated after substance sprayedpublished at 16:55 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
A 20-year-old man has been arrested after he handed himself in at a police station.
Read MoreAccused denies wanting to 're-enact' horror moviespublished at 16:51 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
Nathan Maynard-Ellis and his boyfriend deny murdering Julia Rawson at their "flat of horrors".
Read MoreAround the web: Further arrests in murder probepublished at 16:42 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
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Hospital porters vote for strike actionpublished at 16:24 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
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Health correspondent, BBC Midlands TodayPorters at a hospital have voted for a two-day strike over working conditions.
Image source, GoogleUnison said the ballot among members at Heartlands Hospital was 92% in favour of the 48-hour stoppage beginning on 30 October.
The planned walkout is over the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust wanting to bring in a rotating shift pattern.
Talks will be held tomorrow at the independent arbitration service Acas in a bid to resolve the dispute.
The trust said the new shift pattern was already in place at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and would create fair working practices across its sites.
Arrest after suspected arson attackpublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
A man has been arrested over a suspected arson attack on a car and a van.
The vehicles were set on fire on Monday night on Newbury Road, Norton Canes, near Cannock, Staffordshire Police said. , external
The 36-year-old, from the West Midlands, was arrested on suspicion of attempted arson with intent to endanger life and released on bail., external
Boy stabbed 40 times in 'targeted attack'published at 16:00 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
Four 19-year-old men deny the murder of Keelan Wilson, 15, who was stabbed in Wolverhampton.
Read MoreWork stops on hospital build after positive Covid casespublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
BBC Radio Hereford and WorcesterA construction site at a hospital has closed for up to 14 days after several workers tested positive for coronavirus.
MTX, which is building the three-storey extension at Hereford County Hospital, said up to 12 additional staff are also self isolating and waiting for test results.
The director of the firm told BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester the firm was working with Public Health England, Herefordshire Council and the Environment Agency, who it said were happy with how the site was being run.
Around the web: Tonnes of hay destroyed in blazepublished at 15:38 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
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Fireworks thrown at crowd hits police officerpublished at 15:16 British Summer Time 21 October 2020
He was hit in the face after police were called to reports fireworks were being thrown at a crowd.
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