Covid-19 outbreak on blood cancer ward
Freezing conditions expected with snow warnings issued
Four in court accused of killing disabled man
Schools set to benefit from rebuild money
Hotel bookings for quarantine being made 'at pace'
Dancer 'swept away and killed' in storm landslide
School for 900 pupils given go-ahead
Updates from Friday 5 February
Snow and ice could bring disruption to travel in parts of Staffordshire later, the Met Office is warning.
Image source, Met OfficeA yellow warning for snow and ice has been issued from 22:00 until the end of Tuesday.
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An incident close to rail lines at Witton is delaying rail services between Birmingham New Street and Walsall.
Disruption is expected until 16:00, said Network Rail.
Emergency services are at the scene, it added.
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Fifteen-year-old Keon was shot and stabbed in an attack thought to have involved up to six people.
Read MoreIt is not known how many cases of the South African variant of coronavirus have been identified in Walsall.
Image source, Getty ImagesDr Lola Abudu from Public Health England told a meeting on Friday she was aware of cases in the West Midlands that the health protection team were investigating.
"We undertake enhanced surveillance to understand where the infection has come from and share this information nationally so that we understand the epidemiology and we can take the necessary control measures," she said.
Experts are studying the variant to understand what risk it poses.
Urgent testing for the South Africa variant of coronavirus is to start in Walsall and other parts of England, after cases were found with no known links to travel or previous cases.
Image source, Getty ImagesTwo cases were found in Surrey, and testing will also take place in London, Kent, Hertfordshire and Walsall.
Previous cases in the UK were traced back to South Africa.
Cases caused by the variant were identified as part of Public Health England's random checks on tests.
A 39-year-old man dies in hospital after being found seriously injured in Dudley on Sunday.
Read MoreWasps lock forward Tim Cardall signs a new undisclosed-length contract with last season's Premiership runners-up.
Read MoreA hospital leader in Coventry has said the latest peak in cases of coronavirus has been almost two thirds higher than the first wave.
Image source, GoogleAndy Hardy, chief executive of the University Hospital in the city said at the height in January the hospital had 262 patients - up from a high of 161 patients in April.
"It's going to take many months to recover," he told BBC CWR.
The hospital currently has 217 patients, of which 43 are in intensive care.
He also said the hospital now has more than 3,000 people who have waited over a year for routine operations.
"We're going to have to have some honest conversations with the public," he added, "to say what the NHS will be in a state to do moving forward."
Flood warnings are still in place across the rivers Severn and Avon in the West Midlands.
Image source, Environment AgencyWater 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:
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Two arson attacks in Staffordshire over the weekend are being investigated.
Image source, Staffordshire Fire ServiceA fire was started on Friday night at the old fire station in Stone - now owned by Joules Brewery.
The Club House on Granville Terrace in the town was targeted on Saturday morning.
The fire service said it was looking into whether the two incidents were linked.
Birmingham Live
Some of the Birmingham Live headlines today include:
A centre in Stafford is to start operating as a mass vaccination centre from this morning.
The Kingston Centre on Fairway will predominantly offer vaccinations for care workers this week before opening to the general public for appointments.
It has already been used to offer rapid coronavirus tests to people with no symptoms.
A man has died in a house fire in Wolverhampton in the early hours, said the ambulance service.
Image source, West Midlands Ambulance ServiceA woman also suffered potentially serious injuries in the fire at a property in Dawson Avenue, Bilston.
The man was found inside the property,ambulance crews said, and was confirmed dead at the scene.
A man is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in Dudley, police have said.
The man, in his 30s, was taken to hospital after being found injured in Queens Cross at about 00:35 on Sunday.
West Midlands Police said it had launched an inquiry. No arrests have been made.
Search teams have examined the grounds of a nearby gym, mosque and community centre.
Two teenagers are due to appear in court charged with the murder of a boy who was killed in a gun and knife attack.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceKeon Lincoln, 15, was attacked by a group of youths on Linwood Road in Handsworth, Birmingham, on 21 January.
West Midlands Police said a 14-year-old boy from Birmingham and a 15-year-old boy from Walsall are set to appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court later.
Keon died at Birmingham Children's Hospital after the attack, which is thought to have involved up to six people.
Flooding has closed a stretch of the A49 in Herefordshire.
Image source, Highways EnglandThe road remains closed from Hereford to Hay-on-Wye with large amounts of water still covering the surface.
Traffic is being diverted through Monmouth.
It will be a dull and overcast day but should remain dry with highs of 6°C (43°F).
Vanessa Pearce
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