BBC Midlands Today

A University Hospitals Birmingham facility has been recognised as a centre of excellence for patient care.

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The Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission was praised following an exercise designed to recognise and award neuro-oncology centres for their excellence.

Facilities were measured on a range of criteria including excellent clinical practice and training opportunities; emphasis on patient quality of life; providing clinical trials and offering a high standard of research opportunities.

Birmingham Live

Some of the Birmingham Live headlines today include:

• Murder probe after man stabbed to death, external
• 'Mini forest' of 600 trees springing up in Erdington, external
• Business secretary welcomes plans for a car battery 'gigafactory', external

BBC Radio Shropshire

Health bosses in Shropshire have admitted leftover doses of the Covid-19 vaccine are being given to police officers and other emergency service workers to save them being wasted.

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It comes after reports of a number of police officers turning up at Bridgnorth Medical Practice (generic image above) last week to get vaccinated.

The move has also happened at the Telford International Centre and at other GP surgeries.

Dave Evans, who commissions healthcare services in Shropshire, has defended the move.

BBC Radio WM Sport

Wolves head coach Nuno believes the club will be boosted in the long-term by the extra minutes he's needed to give young players this season.

Injuries will again mean there's an inexperienced Wolves bench for this evening's trip to the champions-elect Manchester City.

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Pep Guardiola's (pictured) team currently have a 12-point lead over second-placed Manchester United, while Wolves are in 12th position.

Nuno's sure the likes of 18-year old Fabio Silva will have benefited from the opportunities that have come their way.

BBC Midlands Today

More than 150 weddings have been re-arranged in seven days in Shropshire.

The ceremonies were re-booked after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the road map to remove restrictions.

Since March last year, more than 1,000 nuptials have been re-arranged, some multiple times.

Shropshire Council, which rearranged the weddings, says it's also continuing to take new bookings.

Mountain hares have new protections in Scotland, but in England they can be culled without a licence.

A man has been charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer after one was punched in the head and an attempt was made to headbutt another on Sunday.

Another charge of the same nature was made against a 21-year-old woman after another officer was bitten and spat at at Nuneaton Justice Centre.

In another separate incident, a 34-year-old woman was arrested after an officer was kicked in the head after he tried to detain a woman suspected of driving a stolen car.

She is also being questioned on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs and theft of a motor vehicle.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

More than 31,500 people in Worcester have received at least one Covid vaccine so far, according to NHS figures.

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Vaccination figures show 31,514 people have received at least one jab as of 21 February - roughly 30% of the total population.

Of the people in the city who have received at least one jab, 18,875 were aged under 70 and 8,010 were aged between 70 and 79.

A total of 45,245 people in Wychavon, which includes Evesham, Pershore and Droitwich, have received at least one dose so far, compared to 30,470 across Malvern Hills who have received at least one jab.

Today is expected to be dry with a good deal of cloud. It will feel chilly under the cloud with light winds of variable direction. Highs of 6 to 9C (43 to 48F).

Tonight will be dry and cloudy throughout. Mist and fog patches will develop overnight under calm conditions. A cold night with light winds. Lows of 2 to 5C (36 to 41F).

Get the latest forecast on the BBC Weather site.

The mosaic, which took Jackie Nash a year to create, serves as a coronavirus tribute to NHS staff.

Indy Bains says it has been "devastating" losing his mother and sister to the virus.

The youth "looked around and smirked" after murdering 17-year-old Nasir Patrice, the court heard.

By one measure, unemployment benefit claims are higher in Birmingham than anywhere else in the UK.

Coronavirus-hit Shrewsbury Town manager Steve Cotterill is readmitted to hospital - a fortnight after being released.

Filming has begun on an adaptation of Kit de Waal's award-winning debut novel My Name is Leon.

Malachi Kirby, Sir Lenny Henry and Christopher Ecclestone are among the cast of the 90-minute film, the BBC has announced.

Set in 1980s Birmingham, My Name is Leon will tell the story of nine-year-old Leon, a mixed-race boy who hopes to reunite his family after being taken into care and separated from his blond and blue-eyed baby brother.

"Set against the backdrop of the race riots in the 1980s, this tender and inspiring tale balances gritty realism with charm and gentle humour, exploring the issues of identity and belonging with both urgency and wit," the BBC press office said.

A report of a disorder in which a man was stabbed is not believed to be linked, police say.

Birmingham Live

Some of the Birmingham Live headlines today include:

• Family pays tribute to man killed in hit-and-run, external
• ‘Bags upon bags of drugs and cash’ seized in Jewellery Quarter tower block raid, external
• 'Loud boom' heard as massive fireball meteor seen from Birmingham and across UK, external

Ellie Wright holds five-week-old Leo's hand after having life-saving treatment following his birth.

Last night’s meteor, visible over the West Midlands, was caused by a piece of asteroid entering the earth’s atmosphere, according to scientists from the UK Fireball Alliance (UKFAll).

The fireball sent a sonic boom across southern England, the organisation said.

Dr Luke Daly of the University of Glasgow and UKFAll said: “This meteor fragmented a lot, as you can see in the videos.

"Most of the meteoroid vapourised during the six seconds of visible flight. However, with this one we think quite a few fragments probably reached the ground”.

About 20 guests had to leave the Hilton Garden Hotel during the early hours of Sunday.