Walsall sign Melbourne and Osei Yawpublished at 23:33 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
Walsall sign Lincoln City left-back Max Melbourne and Oxford forward Derick Osei Yaw on loan until the end of the season.
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Updates from Friday 5 February
Walsall sign Melbourne and Osei Yawpublished at 23:33 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
MK Dons bring in Jules and Griggpublished at 23:16 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
MK Dons sign defender Zak Jules from Walsall for an undisclosed fee and Sunderland striker Will Grigg on loan until the end of the season.
Read MorePaddle-boarder rescues four flood-trapped horsespublished at 21:19 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
A drone has captured footage of the four horses who were trapped by flooding from Storm Christophe.
Read MoreVale sign Olagunju and Swan on loanpublished at 20:09 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
Port Vale sign Huddersfield defender Mustapha Olagunju and Nottingham Forest midfielder Will Swan on loan until the end of the season.
Read MoreIpswich sign Parrott & Matheson on loanpublished at 19:18 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
Ipswich Town sign Tottenham striker Troy Parrott and Wolves right-back Luke Matheson on loan until the end of the season.
Read MoreHarrogate sign Blues striker Andrewspublished at 19:14 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
Harrogate Town sign Birmingham City striker Josh Andrews on loan until the end of the season.
Read MoreBurton bring in Taylor, Earl and Broompublished at 18:56 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
Burton Albion sign teenage midfielder Terry Taylor from Wolves, while defender Josh Earl and midfielder Ryan Broom join on loan.
Read MoreCoventry sign Rochdale forward Tavarespublished at 18:26 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
Championship side Coventry City sign forward Fabio Tavares from Rochdale for an undisclosed fee on a deal until 2023.
Read MoreUpdates across the daypublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
Live updates have now ended for the West Midlands.
We'll be back with you from 08:00 on Tuesday with more news, sport, travel and weather.
Student walks 14 miles on crutchespublished at 17:57 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
John Bray
BBC NewsA student who needs to use crutches because of a nerve condition has walked 14 miles in seven days – raising more than £4,000 for charity.
Pat Smith, 20, from Lillington, in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, has a condition known as NF2, which means he has benign tumours across his body.
It affects his hearing, balance and mobility.
Media caption, Student walks 14 miles in seven days on crutches
Worcester Warriors sign prop from Waspspublished at 17:50 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
BBC SportWorcester have signed forward Jack Owlett from Premiership side Wasps.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 26-year-old London-born former Scotland Under-20 tight-head has signed an undisclosed-length contract.
Owlett is scheduled to arrive in the summer to become Warriors' second signing for next season to follow Scotland wing Duhan van der Merwe.
The ex-Exeter University student moved to Wasps from Exeter in 2019, having also played on a dual registration with Cornish Pirates in the Championship.
Public told to expect more SA variant Covid in regionpublished at 17:44 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
A public health leader has warned there are expected to be more cases of the South African variant of coronavirus in the region, after a case was identified in Walsall.
Image source, ReutersBirmingham City Council's director of public health Dr Justin Varney told a regional meeting: "Walsall is the first, there will be others in the West Midlands I'm sure."
The case is not being linked to international travel and the council is working with Public Health England in a bid to stop it spreading.
Boy, 16, arrested over homeless woman's tent firepublished at 17:31 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
A CCTV appeal was launched following the fire in which the woman was fortunately unhurt.
Read MoreMP calls for more help for aerospace businessespublished at 17:24 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
A Wolverhampton MP is calling on the government to start awarding contracts to local aerospace businesses which are struggling.
Image source, Parliament LiveThe Conservative MP for Wolverhampton North East, Jane Stevenson, told the Commons that aerospace and engineering companies in the city need a financial boost.
Defence Minister Jeremy Quin said the government had supported companies financially throughout the pandemic.
"What we've done through the pandemic is to make certain to maintain the drum beat of existing orders that they continue, and in indeed where necessary through the interim payments scheme - we've helped to support - with cash - defence companies where that's been required."
Testing ramped up as SA variant found in Walsallpublished at 17:00 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
The case cannot be traced to international travel and health teams are working to curb any spread.
Read MoreSacked actress 'would not have played gay role'published at 16:57 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
Seyi Omooba's dismissal from The Color Purple musical, is debated at a tribunal.
Read MoreAround the web: South African Covid variant detectedpublished at 16:45 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
Some of the Express and Star headlines include:
Primary school buildings set to be bulldozedpublished at 16:10 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
Local Democracy Reporting ServiceOld primary school buildings in Solihull are set to be pulled down to make way for a major new educational campus – offering about 100 places.
Image source, GoogleA planning application to pave the way for the demolition has been submitted by the council.
The scheme will see the former Bosworth Wood buildings, in Smith’s Wood, replaced by a new free school – catering for special needs children aged seven to 16.
It’s understood that the demolition is expected to happen before the end of April, with hopes of beginning construction on-site shortly afterwards.
Coronavirus rates dropping across regionpublished at 15:08 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
Rates of coronavirus are dropping across the whole of the West Midlands, figures show.
Image source, ReutersThe rate for the whole region stands at 350.4 cases per 100,000 people - the second highest in England.
This is down from 528.5 the previous week.
Wolverhampton has shown the largest drop down from 790.2 to 484.1.
Sandwell, which currently has the third highest rate in England, fell from 875.3 to 574.8.
Around the web: Car blocks road after crashpublished at 14:29 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
Coventry LiveHeadlines today from Coventry Live include:
