The 49-year-old is alleged to have sent an offensive message to Romaine Sawyers on social media.

BBC Weather Watchers

Most of us are forecast a cold but bright day, with some sunshine later.

And the BBC Weather Watchers have been sharing their photos from earlier this morning.

These pictures were taken near Bredon in Worcestershire and Leek in Staffordshire.

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Tom Davis

A new student development in Coventry is to be used as apartments after sitting empty for a year during the coronavirus.

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A temporary change of use has been agreed for Greyfriars House to operate as both student accommodation and serviced apartments until September 2022.

The site, on Greyfriars Lane, in the city centre, was only recently renovated with an additional two storeys to create 36 student flats, taking its total capacity to 96 bedrooms.

Work was completed in February 2020 but developers Blue Bear Management Ltd said it has remained unoccupied ever since, with an “unprecedented degree of disruption” from the pandemic resulting in “lower demand” for student places.

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The video assistant referee could not reverse an offside decision which cost West Brom a goal against Southampton because officials could not find a definitive camera angle.

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Mbaye Diagne thought he had scored when he flicked Darnell Furlong's shot into the net - but it was flagged offside.

Replays suggested it was Kyle Bartley who was offside rather than Diagne.

However, the VAR could not determine whether Diagne was offside, so the on-field decision remained.

The incident happened with the game evenly poised at 0-0 but the Baggies made sure the early misfortune did not damage their survival bid as they ran out comfortable 3-0 winners.

The investment bank is creating a new Midlands outpost which will eventually employ up to 500 staff.

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West Bromwich Albion moved to within eight points of fourth-bottom Newcastle in the Premier League last night, with a 3-0 win over Southampton at The Hawthorns.

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The Baggies had an early goal controversially ruled out by VAR, before a Matheus Pereira penalty and a quickfire second from Matt Phillips saw them lead 2-0 at half-time.

Sam Allardyce said the side are "pricking up people's ears" after they made it back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time this season with the victory.

"It is one of many top quality performances over the past eight or 10 games but we haven't received the credit because we didn't win," Allardyce said.

"We have missed out on many points due to our poor finishing."

BBC Weather

It will be a dry and sunny day with some cloud later and highs of 12°C (54°F).

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Yasir Hussain died five days after he played in goal at his Birmingham school, an inquest hears.

Tim Kershaw is cycling 26.2 miles a day to raise money for charity after losing over 12 stone.

A jury has been sworn in at the inquest into the death of two graduates killed at Fishmongers' Hall.

Live updates have now finished for the West Midlands.

We'll be back with you from 08:00 on Tuesday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.

A one-year-old child was taken to hospital after a car left the carriageway of the M5 in Worcestershire.

The Mercedes left the southbound carriageway between J6 and J7 on Saturday at about 19:00, police said.

The front seat passenger received minor injuries and the child was taken to hospital in Birmingham for emergency surgery.

Police are appealing for any witnesses.

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A van has overturned on the M6 in the West Midlands causing severe delays.

There is six miles of queuing traffic ahead of the crash on the northbound carriageway between J2 and J3.

The baby boy, who was found in a Morrisons car park in Bilston, is thought to have been premature.

A £1,000 reward has been offered after Darius vanished from his home in Worcestershire on Saturday.

The parents of a baby girl with an aggressive form of leukaemia say she was admitted to hospital for an emergency platelet transfusion.

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Eight-month-old Azaylia Diamond Cain was to undergo specialist treatment in Singapore after £1.5m was donated towards her care, but her family said on Thursday her leukaemia was too rare and aggressive.

In a post on Instagram, external, her Nuneaton parents, ex-Coventry City player Ashley Cain and partner Safiyya Vorajee, said she was taken to hospital on Sunday and had a transfusion "but this didn’t stop the bleeding over night".

"I have the privilege to wake up this morning and watch her open her eyes and play - this is precious," the post continued.

PC Colin Noble, of West Midlands Police, faces dismissal for allegedly "trying it on" with victims.

A pub in Coventry is under investigation by the city council after a long queue of people arrived for its opening at midnight when lockdown restrictions were eased.

Videos posted on social media showed more than 100 people lining the street outside the Oak Inn, near the city's university, after it advertised plans to open its large outdoor space with heaters, marquees and blankets.

A Coventry City Council spokeswoman confirmed the pub was under investigation and said: "We would like to remind everyone about the importance of following the rules."

West Midlands Police said it had visited the venue and found customers were following government guidelines.

"We'll be continuing to monitor the city centre and work with the council to ensure people can enjoy the reopening of pubs safely, and in accordance with the current rules," the force added.

Police in Birmingham have tweeted, external a picture of a busy city centre urging people to stick to social distancing guidelines.

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The post on the Birmingham city centre police account said there were "lots of people out and about" on the sunny day.

"Guys just be mindful that we aren't out of the woods yet so please stay safe and stick to guidelines for your safety and that of others," it posted.