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In case you're just joining us, here's a round-up of the news on post-lockdown tiers.

Five areas of the West Midlands will move in to tier two restrictions once lockdown ends - Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and Cheshire.

All the others will be placed under tougher tier three restrictions.

There will be no parts of the West Midlands returning to tier one, although all this will be reviewed after a fortnight and some areas could be downgraded.

The government has explained the reasoning behind each of the decisions and generally speaking the areas with the higher infection rates and greatest pressure on the local NHS are in tier three.

A number of areas are in a different tier to the one they were in when lockdown started, with Warwickshire showing the biggest shift - up from tier one to tier three.

The Severn Valley Railway plans for life in tier two as England prepares to end lockdown.

Three other people were discharged at the scene in Tunstall after being rescued.

Rob Mayor
Political reporter, BBC Radio WM

A move into tier three was widely expected in the West Midlands conurbation.

Although rates of coronavirus have been falling, they remain high and hospitals in the region are still under strain.

Political leaders have told me they are hopeful a fall in cases which they have been seeing will continue and that a move to tier two could be on the cards in mid December.

Just four local authority areas in the West Midlands have escaped the toughest, tier three restrictions - Shropshire, Telford, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

The government hasn't explicitly said why these areas have been placed in tier two, but its explanatory notes reveal some of the thinking behind it.

For Shropshire and Telford it said the overall case rates and those for the over-60s remain high, but are both falling. They are also currently below the rates in tier three areas.

And there is no mention from the government of pressure on the local NHS being high - something which is included as a factor for the tier three areas.

That's not to say the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal hospitals won't be feeling the heat.

The reasoning for placing Herefordshire and Worcestershire in tier two is similar, with infection rates in decline, but the government also mentions that they are "too high for allocation to tier one". Suggesting perhaps they may be be on the borderline between tiers one and two.

People in the West Midlands are being urged to "think about one last heave" by mayor Andy Street over the new Covid-19 restrictions set to be introduced after lockdown.

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The government has set out the coronavirus tier system for after lockdown with the whole of Birmingham and the Black Country facing the toughest restrictions.

Mr Street told BBC Radio WM he understood why people had might have had enough of restrictions.

"We've had this for nine months. I would ask everyone to think about one last heave. There is light at the end of the tunnel," he said.

"We've got to continue to do what we are doing, so that in two weeks time we are looking at a lowering of our tiers."

Simon Gilbert
Political Reporter, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Coventry and Warwickshire both enter the most restrictive tier three which I’m sure won’t be welcomed by many businesses and those living in the areas.

It will be a shock particularly to the people in Warwickshire and the politicians there – I think there was a feeling that Warwickshire had a bit of a better grip on rates, particularly in the south of the county, and they thought that they might get away with avoiding those highest level restrictions and may have even got into the lowest – but as it turns out today that’s not the case.

This obviously means a big change for some coming from the lowest restrictions before the national lockdown with restaurants and pubs now having to close.

High case rates of more than 236 per 100,000 people have been put forward by the Department of Health (DoH) , externalas the reason for areas in the West Midlands being in tier three.

All of Birmingham and the Black Country, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent and Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull have rates currently higher than this.

But the government placed Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin (200 per 100,000), Herefordshire (160.3) and Worcestershire (201) in tier two from the end of lockdown.

For the tier three areas, the DoH added the pressure on the local NHS in those places "remains high".

Allen Cook
BBC News

A decision is due later today on which tiers each part of the West Midlands will be placed in when the national lockdown ends on Wednesday.

Most of England is expected to be placed in the two toughest tiers of coronavirus restrictions which have been beefed up since the previous tier system was used.

Differences between the tiers include limits on where households can meet up - for instance, in the new tier one, the rule of six applies indoors and out. In tier two, the rule of six remains outdoors but there is no household mixing indoors.

We will let you know as soon as we can which tier your part of the West Midlands is in here on the live page.

BBC Weather

A dry day with any low patches of cloud and fog clearing away to leave sunny spells for most areas. There'll be gentle winds, turning chilly after sunset with a high today of 8C/46F.

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Dry and chilly tonight with clear spells to begin, before large areas of low cloud and fog move in. Low: 2C/36F.

You can get the latest forecast for your area by going to the BBC Weather website.

William Kingham, 15, died when the car he was in flipped in Knowle, near Solihull, on Monday.

A report exposes a raft of failings in Birmingham including pupils being taken to the wrong schools.

Alongside today's Spending Review, Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the government's National Infrastructure Strategy - setting out plans for faster broadband, new roads, cycle lanes, upgraded railways and zero emission buses.

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The chief executive of Shropshire Chamber of Commerce particularly welcomed plans for faster broadband, saying it could help rural businesses bounce back from the economic downturn.

Richard Sheehan said broadband and better mobile reception would also benefit the extra people working from home.

The death of 19-year-old Cameron Wellington shows coronavirus can affect anyone, his parents say.

Four people were rescued from the house in Stoke-on-Trent and one remains in a critical condition.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Population estimates for Coventry, which have been used to justify the building of thousands of new homes on green belt land, have been criticised by local MPs.

Coventry City Council believes it must accommodate 42,400 homes by 2031 based on ONS figures which suggests a growth in population by 31%.

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Labour's Taiwo Owatemi and Zarah Sultana have put their names to a letter alongside Conservative colleagues Jeremy Wright, Mark Pawsey and Craig Tracey, who represent Warwickshire constituencies.

The letter, from the countryside campaign group CPRE, challenges the assumptions behind the population growth estimate and asks why it is more than double the average estimated growth of 14% in the West Midlands.

Taiwo Owatemi, the Coventry North West MP, said it "would be tragic to tear up these green spaces".

BBC Radio Stoke

The government is being urged not to put Staffordshire in the highest Covid tier once lockdown is lifted.

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The three-tiered regional measures will return in England from 2 December, the prime minister confirmed this week.

Areas will find out which tier they are in on Thursday, with the decision based on factors including case numbers, the reproduction rate - or R number - and pressure on local NHS services.

Staffordshire County Council leader Alan White said he wanted to avoid the county being placed in the highest tier.

"I want to make sure the tier we are allocated is proportionate and I want to make sure that it gives us the best chance of getting back on our feet once this crisis is over", he told BBC Radio Stoke.

"The number of businesses that are contacting the county council all the time in distress as a result of the regulations means that I am really keen we get back on it as soon as we possibly can."

Shropshire could more than double the amount of woodland it has, Friends of the Earth has said.

It has produced a map of the UK, showing the potential for more trees, and it shows the county currently has 47,000 acres of woodland.

The campaign group said there was enough land to increase that to 115,000 acres and has asked for more funding to be given to councils and farmers, so they can plant trees.

Martin Payne claimed to be collecting money for the NHS, Staffordshire Police says.