Tamer Moustafa killed wife, Nelly and neighbour Zahida Bi, in a "drug-fuelled rage", say police.

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A new church will be built in Evesham, after being given planning permission by Wychavon District Council.

Councillors also approved plans for 33 homes on the site, off Offenham Road.

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The Baptist church will have 200 seats, as well as a community centre equipped with a hall, function rooms and a creche.

Fog patches across the West Midlands could cause some travel disruption, the Met Office is warning.

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More trees could be planted across Birmingham as part of the city council's plans to become carbon neutral by 2030.

There are proposals to increase canopy coverage by 25% across the area which at the moment can vary from ward to ward.

The plans also include increasing pedestrianisation in the city, more cycle lanes and 9,000 electric vehicle charging points in the next 10 years.

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Birmingham still has "some way to go" in its fight against coronavirus, despite a fall in the rate of new cases, the city's director of health has warned.

Dr Justin Varney said: "We are still some way above the England average. There is still quite a big gap to close."

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The infection rate in Birmingham for the week ending 22 November was 339.8 per 100,000 people, compared with 380.3 for the previous seven days.

Dr Varney said: "There are green shoots of good news in terms of the restrictions are starting to have an impact but it is very early days."

He urged people to be careful at Christmas, adding: "We have got some light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the vaccine but there is still several months to go before we can relax."

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Paul Dance, who hated wearing glasses, "found his vision deteriorated" after corrective surgery.

Abdul Wahid Xasan, 19, was shot twice in the back as he walked home from Friday prayers.

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Coronavirus rates continue to fall across the West Midlands, the latest figures from Public Health England show.

All 30 local authority areas in the region reported a drop in cases for the week up to and including 22 November..

Stoke-on-Trent, Dudley, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Sandwell recorded the highest figures, with infection rates still in excess of 400 cases per 100,000 people.

In Stoke-on-Trent, the rate fell to 419.3 per 100,000 people in the week up to 22 November from 552.3 a week earlier.

Six weeks earlier than that however it stood at just 53.8.

Stratford-upon-Avon, which as part of Warwickshire was earlier put into tier three, and Malvern Hills had the lowest rates in the West Midlands.

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Being moved into tier three from next week is the "worst possible news" for the hospitality industry, a restaurant owner said.

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Jabbar Khan is the founder of the Lasan Group of venues in Birmingham and said today's news was terrible for the whole sector.

Under tier three, hospitality venues are not allowed to open with only takeaways and deliveries allowed.

Mr Khan said the businesses had been getting ready to reopen and he couldn't see the logic in staying closed.

"I just don't understand how schools can remain open yet hospitality venues that abide by social distancing etc can't," he said.

A swathe of areas in the region will be placed in tier three - the highest alert category.

A Coventry businessman behind a new hotel that was due to open in Coventry on 4 December said today's news was “just devastating”.

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Ian Harrabin Director of Complex Development Projects said: "We’ve had our young, eager staff who have been newly recruited training over the last few weeks and all excited to be opening a brand new hotel in the city. To have that taken away from you is a nightmare.

"We were hoping for tier two as the Coventry rate has come down so much in comparison to the rest of the West Midlands."

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The hotel on the site of the former Coventry Telegraph offices was initially set to open on 18 November, with that date put back until 4 December.

Birmingham chef Glynn Purnell was due to launch a pop-up experience at the hotel’s rooftop bar for the hotel’s opening.

“We had over 400 bookings for our rooftop experience – and it doesn’t make sense you can’t sit outside, yet you can go into a gym – where’s the logic in that. It's just heartbreaking,” Mr Harrabin said.

The Royal Shakespeare Company has said it's "desperately disappointed" to hear Warwickshire will move into tier three restrictions after lockdown.

It said: "We know audiences want to come and be welcomed back into the theatre."

It added it had "worked hard over many weeks to put strong safety measures in place ready for that moment".

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The RSC said all tickets for its winter events had been sold, and instead it would go ahead with plans to stream them online.

The theatre said it would now "look forward optimistically to 2021", but that today's announcement meant "further difficulties and hardship to theatres and freelance colleagues around the country on top of those already faced over the last eight months".

A fruit and veg seller in West Bromwich said she was worried how she would pay her rent as people will be afraid to come out after lockdown.

Like the rest of the West Midlands, the government said the area would be placed in tier three from next week.

Sarah Payne works on the town's High Street and only took over her pitch four weeks ago.

"It's just not happening. I'm struggling to find the money to pay for my pitch. I can't see it's going to get better," she told the BBC.

The landlord of the Rising Sun in Stourport-on-Severn is worried that tier two restrictions will hit people living alone who come to the pub to socialise.

Julie Roberts said it was also likely to put off the people who "come in here after work, couple of pints on the way home to their tea".

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People will be allowed to have a drink in pubs if it is with a "substantial meal" in tier two areas, but she said a lot of her customers "aren't going to want to sit in here and have food".

People in the city helped to raise £750,000 for the six-year-old to undergo cancer treatment abroad.

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The co-owner of Port Vale FC said the club was "disappointed" at not being able to have fans back in once lockdown ends next week.

Earlier this week, the government said fans would be allowed at outdoor events in limited numbers but only in tiers one and two.

With Stoke-on-Trent set to be in tier three, the Vale won't be able to host any supporters.

Co-owner Carol Shanahan said, external the news was not unexpected and they were "cautiously optimistic" the city could be moved into a lower tier later next month.

She added: "Your club is ready. A huge amount of work has taken place and is taking place to plan for the return of fans to Vale Park.

“We look forward to welcome supporters back home as soon as we are allowed."

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The manager of a bingo hall said she just wanted Covid-19 "to be over as soon as we can".

Stoke-on-Trent will be in tier three after lockdown under government plans meaning the Mecca Bingo in the city will stay shut.

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Manager Tony Beverley said it was not just the staff to consider, but also customers, many of whom only go out to play bingo.

"We just want this thing to be over as soon as we can so that we can get back to normal," he told BBC Radio Stoke.

"It is quite a difficult time, some people cope differently but we do absolutely everything we can to make sure people are safe."