Natalie Paul is spending thousands of pounds on Covid tests so she can travel for brain cancer treatment.

Five years after rising stars Viola Beach died in a crash, their families consider the band's legacy.

Steve Cotterill is recovering in hospital but is still leading Shrewsbury Town from his sick bed.

They wanted a judge to rule their father should be kept alive until they could get to his bedside.

Birmingham City chief executive Xuandong Ren says manager Aitor Karanka has "100%" boardroom backing.

Cheshire MPs call for the release funding designed to help councils after large-scale emergencies.

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BBC Weather

Temperatures overnight and tomorrow are likely to drop below freezing again and some parts of the West Midlands could see more snow.

But it's forecast to get a bit warmer on Sunday - up to a comparatively tropical 6C (43F).

Image source, Mez's Hill

The latest government figures show another fall in Covid-19 rates right across the West Midlands.

Every local authority area recorded a decline in cases in the week up to and including 8 February.

Walsall and Sandwell continue to have among the highest rates in England, however, with just Rutland and Corby in the East Midlands posting higher figures.

Dudley, Wychavon and Herefordshire saw the biggest falls in their rates in the region - all recording drops of more than 40%.

Three teenagers have appeared in court charged with the murder of 15-year-old Keon Lincoln in Handsworth last month.

Keon died at Birmingham Children's Hospital on 21 January after being shot and stabbed in an attack on Linwood Road in the Handsworth area.

Kieron Donaldson, 18, of Aston Lane, Birmingham, and two 17-year-old boys from the city, who can't be named, appeared before magistrates earlier and were remanded in custody.

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The two 17-year-olds have also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon and they are all due to reappear before Birmingham Crown Court on Monday.

Earlier this month, two other teenage boys also charged with Keon's murder appeared at Birmingham Crown Court.

The government is working with Solihull Council to provide hotels for travellers arriving at Birmingham Airport to quarantine, a meeting has heard.

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The requirement to quarantine in a hotel , externalapplies to British and Irish citizens, and UK residents arriving in England from 33 countries from Monday and will cost £1,750 for an individual booking.

The airport - one of five accepted entry points to the country - is expecting about 20 travellers a month who will have to spend 11 nights in a hotel room, the West Midlands Combined Authority meeting heard today.

A number of hotels have been identified, the West Midlands Mayor Andy Street said, but it was not public knowledge yet which ones they are.

He added it was a "relatively low number" of people expected in the region.

Another case of the South Africa variant of Covid-19 has been identified in Walsall.

The local authority said there appeared to be no links with the previous case in the borough and it wasn't linked to overseas travel.

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Director of Public Health Stephen Gunther said the person isolated as soon as they found out and has since made a full recovery.

Walsall is one of several areas in England, including Birmingham, Stafford and Worcestershire, where the South Africa variant has been detected.

It has prompted the roll-out of enhanced - or surge - testing to trace any further transmission.

The South Africa variant, one of thousands since Covid-19 emerged, is not thought to be any more dangerous than others circulating in the UK.

But there are concerns it can spread more readily and vaccines may not work quite as well against it.

Severn Valley Railway is warning people to stay off the tracks after one of its trains was forced to make an emergency stop because of trespassers.

It happened yesterday between Arley and Highley when one man was seen running along the track and another was lying close by it.

Image source, John Bray

The driver managed to stop in time and captured some video footage of the incident - which has been passed to police.

Although the railway isn't running passenger services, it is busy with maintenance so the tracks are in use.

BBC Sport

Worcester Warriors don't have to worry about relegation any more, because the RFU council has decided no team will go down from the Premiership this season.

After a vote passed earlier today with a "strong majority", the league will expand to 13 teams next term, with one side promoted from the Championship.

Worcester are second from bottom in the Premiership at the moment, with eight games played.

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Covid-19 has brought severe financial challenges to the clubs, and a points-based system has been used for deciding five cancelled matches - which some argue makes relegating a club unfair.

It has also been agreed that from Monday, Covid-19 testing will go back to once a week in the Premiership and Championship.

Displays of ice lining country lanes across the West Midlands inspire photographers.

BBC Sport

The list of football matches that have had to be called off because of the cold weather has been growing.

In our region it includes Crewe's match at home to Portsmouth, Port Vale's home match against Newport and Walsall's match at home to Cheltenham.

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The Walsall game has already been rescheduled, to be played on Tuesday.

Inspections are planned at other grounds over the next 24 hours.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A Sikh temple in Oldbury is looking for permission for a two-storey extension.

Gurdwara Guru Hargobind Sahib temple wants to replace its front entrance on Britannia Street.

Image source, Sandwell Council

The temple opened nine years ago after converting an old factory building and last June won a long-running planning battle to get a community centre built.

Some local residents had argued it didn't have enough parking and would cause traffic problems on surrounding streets.

Aston Villa boss Dean Smith says no contact has been made about his assistant John Terry for a management role.

Shropshire Star

Here are three stories from the Shropshire Star today:

• Health trust brought in to help improve maternity care, external
• Train forced to make emergency stop by trespassers, external
• £200 Covid fine for driver whose car got stuck, external

BBC Weather

Take a look at this icicle display, photographed on a country lane at Trysull, near Wolverhampton by Sarah Gough.

Image source, Sarah Gough

And there are incredible icicles to be seen all over the place at the moment, as ice melts in the sunlight and then re-freezes in the cold air.

These ones were photographed in Bridgnorth by BBC Weather Watcher Beautydog.

Image source, Beautydog