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  • Updates from Monday 11 January to Sunday 17 January

  1. Murder probe after fatal shootingpublished at 12:41 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021

    A 39-year-old man dies in hospital after being found seriously injured in Dudley on Sunday.

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  2. Flood warnings remain in placepublished at 12:09 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021

    Flood warnings are still in place across the rivers Severn and Avon in the West Midlands.

    flood water south of WorcesterImage source, Environment Agency

    Water levels have peaked and are slowly falling, said the Environment Agency, but with further heavy rainfall forecast this week, it said it was monitoring levels "very closely".

    The flood warnings cover:

  3. What's the weather got in store?published at 08:14 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021

    It will be a dull and overcast day but should remain dry with highs of 6°C (43°F).

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  4. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021

    The latest news and updates from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

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  5. Community group sees drop in food donationspublished at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    Organisers say they have gone from getting dozens of bags of food each week to a handful.

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  6. How Monty Python's dead parrot went livepublished at 07:14 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    It is 50 years since the comedy troupe performed in Coventry, making the leap from TV to stage.

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  7. Couple marry on hospital Covid wardpublished at 12:17 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    The wedding came after an urgent appeal on Twitter to find a registrar to carry out the ceremony.

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  8. 'Most' Covid transmission 'between workplace and household'published at 17:54 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2021

    Most of the coronavirus transmission in the West Midlands is happening between workplaces and households, health officials say.

    Generic image of office workersImage source, Getty Images

    "It is people going out to work, catching it at work and bringing it home," Clive Wright, the regional convenor for the Department of Health and Social Care in the West Midlands, told a regional press briefing, highlighting small and medium-sized businesses.

    "There may also be instances where people are letting their guard down, but most of it is workplace to household and household back into the workplace," he said.

    This could in part, he added, be why Sandwell and other areas of the Black Country were particularly affected at the moment, as the area had a high concentration of small businesses.

    More than 60 suspected Covid outbreaks in offices were recorded in the first two weeks of the current lockdown in England, a BBC investigation has found. Current restrictions state people should only travel to work if they cannot reasonably do their job from home.

  9. Further teen arrested over Keon Lincoln deathpublished at 17:39 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2021

    The 15-year-old is suspected of murdering Keon in a street attack in Handsworth, Birmingham.

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  10. Ex-priest subjected boy to 'depraved' sex offencespublished at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2021

    Joseph Quigley has been jailed for more than 11 years for abuse carried out between 2006 and 2009.

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  11. Weather warnings for snow revisedpublished at 12:55 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2021

    A weather warning for snow on Saturday, external has been updated, and now only affects parts of Shropshire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

    However new warnings have been issued , externalthat will affect the whole of the region from 21:00 on Monday through to Wednesday evening.

    About 5 to 10cm of snow is expected on higher areas, said the Met Office.

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

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    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).

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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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.

  20. 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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