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

Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited a vaccination centre during a visit to Stoke-on-Trent.

Image source, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundations Trust

Image source, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundations Trust

Image source, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundations Trust

He spent time speaking to staff, patients and volunteers during the meeting in Tunstall at lunch time, said Midlands Partnership NHS Foundations Trust.

The management team told him more than 380,000 citizens have now been vaccinated locally, the trust added.

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.

BBC Sport

Shrewsbury Town manager Steve Cotterill has been readmitted to hospital as he is suffering from Covid-pneumonia.

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The 56-year-old recently spent 33 days in hospital after being admitted with Covid-19 symptoms on 15 January.

He has since been working from home, managing the club by phone and Zoom calls after being released from Bristol Royal Infirmary earlier this month.

Assistant manager Aaron Wilbraham has been taking daily charge of the League One side in Cotterill's absence.

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.

A councillor and hospital worker has died after testing positive for Covid-19.

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Conservative MP for Nuneaton, Marcus Jones, said the death of Dawn Downes was "very sad news indeed."

Ms Downes was "a member of our theatres team, our Unison Convenor and Staff Side Chair," said George Eliot Hospital.

She was also a local councillor and did a "huge amount of charitable work across Nuneaton and North Warwickshire," the hospital trust added.

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”.

The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has visited a school in Stoke-on-Trent to find out how they are preparing to open to more pupils next week.

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He was visiting St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Ladywell road, in Tunstall earlier.

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He joined pupils in reading and painting lessons.

He told reporters that he expected the road map for easing England's restrictions would be irreversible.

"What we are doing is embarking now on a journey, a one-way road map to freedom and it is designedly cautious in order to be irreversible.

"That is what we are hoping to achieve. Some people say we should go faster, some people say we should be more hesitant."

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"Education is the priority, getting all schools open on March 8 is something that we have set our hearts on for a long time and I am confident we will be ready," he said.

A burst water main has closed part of Neachells Lane in Wednesfield.

Traffic is being diverted away from the the stretch between Willenhall Road and Wednesfield Way.

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Championship side Sheffield Wednesday have appointed former West Brom player and boss Darren Moore as their new manager.

Moore, 46, had been in charge of League One Doncaster since July 2019 and departs with them sixth despite a run of four defeats in five games.

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Former Jamaica international defender Moore took over as West Brom boss, initially on a caretaker basis, when they were in the Premier League in April 2018.

He could not save the club from relegation and was sacked by the Baggies in March 2019, when they were fourth in the Championship.

More victims of the Windrush scandal are receiving compensation, figures this week revealed, but is it time for a rethink of the scheme?

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

The former Royal Artillery servicemen said he had to choose between food or heating his Birmingham flat, and described removing his own teeth after developing a mouth infection.

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.

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

Another mass vaccination centre is set to open.

The Three Counties Showground site in Malvern, Worcestershire, will be operational from Tuesday with the capacity to vaccinate 2,500 people per day.

People over 60 who haven't yet had a jab are being invited to arrange an appointment through the national booking service.

The showground's head of operations John Wilesmith said the site will operate seven days a week.

BBC Weather

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