Summary

  • Updates from Monday 4 January to Sunday 10 January

  1. More snow on the way for the West Midlandspublished at 09:37 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2021

    Snow is expected to cause travel disruption on Saturday across the West Midlands, the Met Office is warning.

    A yellow warning has been issued, external for the whole of the region from 03:00 until 18:00.

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  2. What's the weather got in store?published at 08:32 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2021

    BBC Weather

    It is set to be a blustery day with spells of sunshine and the chance of a few scattered showers with highs of 10°C (50°F).

    Weather map
  3. Nuno donates £250,000 to poverty projectpublished at 21:27 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo donates £250,000 to help tackle poverty in Wolverhampton.

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  4. Vigil marks week since 15-year-old boy's killingpublished at 21:22 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    Family and friends of Keon Lincoln turned out to offer prayers and lay flowers.

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  5. Flood-hit school in leisure centre until mid-Marchpublished at 21:05 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    A fundraiser set up to help the school by the school's PTA raises almost £10,000.

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  6. Covid deniers 'complicit' in man's deathpublished at 20:41 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    Tristan Copeland thinks cousin Gary Matthews would be alive if he had not listened to conspiracies.

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  7. Man 'felt degraded' by 'power-hungry' Covid policepublished at 20:27 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    A force apologises over viral footage of an officer calling him an idiot amid "lock up" threats.

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  8. Video of Covid police goes viralpublished at 20:25 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    A male officer's behaviour has been described by his force as unacceptable.

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  9. Hundreds of jobs at risk as GKN plant set to shutpublished at 17:59 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    Up to 519 jobs are under threat with the proposed closure of Birmingham's GKN Driveline factory.

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  10. Mass vaccination centre opens in Telfordpublished at 17:41 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    Recent figures showed fewer people had received a vaccine in Shropshire than anywhere else in England.

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  11. Black over-80s 'half as likely' to have Covid jabpublished at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    A unique study of millions of patient records identifies "substantial" differences in vaccine coverage.

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  12. West Coast Mainline landslip repairedpublished at 16:57 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    Emergency work is taking place to repair a landslip on the railway line between Milton Keynes and Birmingham.

    LandslipImage source, Network Rail

    The damage near the Hillmorton junction, south of Rugby in Warwickshire, has been caused by recent heavy rainfall, says Network Rail.

    LanslipImage source, Network Rail

    Specialist earthwork engineers testing the site show the ground is still moving underneath several tracks on the West Coast Mainline.

    All services are still running but are being diverted via Northampton, adding about 30 minutes to journey times.

  13. Teen admits dog walker hit-and-run crashpublished at 16:43 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    The woman suffered a broken leg in the collision in July but her pet died at the side of the road.

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  14. Coronavirus causes big increase in delayed treatmentspublished at 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    BBC CWR

    The coronavirus pandemic has caused the number of people waiting for routine treatments across Coventry and Warwickshire to shoot up from 72 to 3,714.

    The Coventry and Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Groups said they was doing what they could to reduce the backlog and pointed out there were similar problems all over the country.

    University HpspitalImage source, Google

    Phil Johns, chief executive of the CCGs, told Coventry City Council's Health and Wellbeing board this week that those who required urgent treatment were being prioritised.

  15. Wasps sign Saracens wing Crossdalepublished at 15:18 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    Premiership side Wasps sign winger Ali Crossdale from Saracens for the 2021-22 campaign.

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  16. Convenience shop worker 'spat at and threatened'published at 14:42 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    A shop worker talks about abuse by customers, as police say attacks have increased.

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  17. Drying clothes 'caused house fire'published at 14:37 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    Clothes being dried too close to a heater are believed to have caused a severe house blaze, the fire service said., external

    Firefighters were called to Yardley Road, Birmingham.

    They have not said if anyone was hurt.

    Results of the fireImage source, West Midlands Fire Service
    Results of the fireImage source, West Midlands Fire Service
  18. Livingston plant begins manufacturing new vaccinepublished at 13:46 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    The UK government has pre-ordered 60 million doses of the vaccine, which is in trial phase.

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  19. 'Failed' flood barriers will not be used againpublished at 12:21 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    The Environment Agency says in the absence of the temporary defences, sand bags will have to be used.

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  20. Flood warnings issued after 'unhelpful' rainfallpublished at 11:23 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    Flood warnings have been issued for parts of the West Midlands after an "unhelpful" 15-20mm of rain fell overnight, the Environment Agency says.

    It's caused "significant" flash flooding in Worcestershire in particular, according to the agency's Dave Throup.

    The county was already dealing with major flooding that hit at the weekend.

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    These are the warnings issued by the Environment Agency so far: