The election was due to take place in 2020 but postponed until this year because of the pandemic.

The election was due to take place in 2020 but postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The election was due to take place in 2020 but postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City have "come through hell to do something incredible" by extending their winning run to 21 games with victory against Wolves.

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.

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.

HMP Birmingham has been described as a “difficult setting” to reduce Covid transmission.

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Birmingham's Covid outbreak engagement board heard there has been a “large number of cases” at the facility which is skewing case rate figures for the area.

Public health director Dr Justin Varney has said the outbreak was responsible for the high case rate currently being seen in the Soho and Jewellery Quarter ward.

The Prison Service has not given numbers of infections at the prison but has said precautionary measures in line with public health guidance are being taken.

What's been reported as a meteor was captured on CCTV and on doorbell cameras last night, an astronomer has said.

The bright streak across the sky was spotted shortly before 22:00 and was visible for around seven seconds, said astronomer Andrew Lound.

The debris which hit the earth's atmosphere was "probably only the size of a pebble," he said.

Posts on social media show it was spotted in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Solihull.

BBC Weather

It will be a dull, grey day with lingering patches of fog and cloud with highs of 8°C (46°F).

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

There are plans to link the new "urban quarter" to the bet365 Stadium by water taxi.

Anthony Williams, who was refused access to work, the NHS or welfare for more than five years describes how he was affected by poverty.