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The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has been in Birmingham today, supporting the party's candidate in the West Midlands mayoral election, Liam Byrne.

He spoke to students and asked them how they'd been coping with the pandemic.

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Local elections, including those for directly elected mayors take place tomorrow and a full list of the candidates standing to be West Midlands Mayor can be found here.

Earlier we told you about a number of people who were injured in an incident where shots were fired in a Walsall street, after a crash involving two cars.

West Midlands Police said it believed the incident was a "targeted attack".

The force said four people had been arrested as detectives continued to establish what happened on Cobden Street on Tuesday.

A man, 33, was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender while another man, 26, was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life - both remain in police custody.

A 20-year-old man was arrested for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and a woman, 34, was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.

They are both being treated for their injuries in hospital and will be questioned at a later stage, the force said.

The man has a bullet wound and is in a serious but stable condition.

The woman has injuries to her legs which are not thought to be life-threatening.

Police have also recovered a VW Polo, which it believes was involved.

It will be forensically examined and the force said it is still working to trace its occupants.

Shrewsbury Railway Station is to be lit up in honour of the work being carried out by the NHS.

The station will be lit up in blue on 5, 12 and 14 May.

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It marks three dates set up to celebrate medical professionals - 5 May is International Day of the Midwife, 12 May is International Nurses Day and 14 May is National Operating Department Practitioners Day.

Julia Clarke, Director of Corporate Services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said: “Lighting up the railway station in blue is a great way of paying tribute to the hard work that these, and all the other professions within the NHS, are continuing to deliver as we come out of the latest lockdown, and certainly the worst wave of the pandemic.”

Matt Hancock calls on the Environment Agency to "urgently" resolve problems at Walleys Quarry.

Birmingham City Council has published its Clean Air Zone Charging Order which sets out how the scheme will operate.

After 1 June 2021, specified vehicles that do not meet emissions standards set out in the order, external will be required to pay a charge to drive in the Birmingham Clean Air Zone, within the A4540 Middleway.

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The order also sets out the exemptions available, how the council will approach any enforcement associated with non-payment of fees and how it intends to use any income generated from the zone.

A Stoke-on-Trent beauty salon says its customers were made to feel uncomfortable by drinkers.

A cat has been rescued after three days stuck up a tree in north Staffordshire.

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Ginger feline Harry was stuck 50 feet (15m) up the tree in Yarnfield near Stone.

The RSPCA says the first ladder the fire service used to try and get him down wasn't long enough and it had to deploy a cherry picker to the scene.

Aamer Araf repeatedly stabbed the woman until she lost consciousness, police say.

Boris Johnson has arrived in the West Midlands to show his support for the region's Conservative mayoral candidate, Andy Street.

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Mr Johnson joined the current mayor, who is seeking re-election, on one of the region's cycle-for-hire bikes which he said "looked very familiar".

Polls for the West Midlands mayor, as well as police and crime commissioners and local councils open tomorrow.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is due to arrive in the region later to join the campaign for his party's mayoral candidate Liam Byrne.

The Ricoh Arena in Coventry is to be renamed the Coventry Building Society Arena, after a new deal.

Wasps Group, which owns the site, has agreed a new naming rights deal, which means the venue will take on the new name for the next 10 years.

The Coventry-based venue is the home of Wasps Rugby and Wasps Netball – and will welcome back Coventry City Football Club in August.

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Stephen Vaughan, Wasps Group Chief Executive, said: “We are thrilled to be joining forces with Coventry Building Society as we embark on a hugely exciting period for the venue with the imminent return of Wasps and Coventry City supporters, along with the reopening of our conferencing, event facilities and hotel.

“Coventry Building Society, like our venue, has strong local roots and a national reach, and we are looking forward to supporting each other over the coming years."

Steve Hughes, CEO of Coventry Building Society, added: “This is a fantastic partnership for us, for Wasps and for the city of Coventry."

Heidi Carter from Coventry says non-fatal disabilities should be subject to the standard 24-week abortion limit.

Spending on mental health by councils varies widely - and help groups say not enough is being done.

A new on-demand bus service is being introduced in Coventry and parts of Warwickshire.

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Users can book a journey without needing to use a specific bus number or stop.

The bus will serve Balsall Common, Kenilworth, Leamington Spa, Meriden, the University of Warwick, Warwick Parkway and Wellesbourne.

Passengers will have to register before being able to book a journey via an app.

Facebook removes Instagram accounts that sent racist abuse to Stoke City's Wales winger Rabbi Matondo.

Rachel Elwell says she is facing bankruptcy after losing money to a scammer.

West Midlands elections come along like busespublished at 12:14 British Summer Time 5 May 2021

12:14 BST 5 May 2021

Elizabeth Glinka
Political Editor, BBC Midlands

The prime minister has been campaigning in the West Midlands this morning.

Here in the region, it feels like elections arrive like buses; you wait for one and then 25 come along at once.

Tomorrow's vote brings a combination of those postponed last year due to the coronavirus outbreak, and those due this year.

All county council seats are up for grabs in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.

All are Conservative controlled, and are unlikely to deliver any surprises. Likewise Unitary Shropshire.

Warwickshire has traditionally been most likely to swing, but with the Conservatives holding more than double the seats of Labour and the Lib Dems combined, recent revelations about the prime minister would have to have some serious cut through for either party to make inroads.

Normally, the big Metropolitan Boroughs that elect by thirds are less likely to have a change of control.

This time Solihull, Coventry, Dudley, Walsall and Sandwell all have elections, but there are definitely some ones to watch, not least because of the changing voting behaviour, which saw Labour’s ‘red wall’ collapse across the Black Country at the last general election.

Conservative-run Walsall and, to an even greater extent, Dudley, are finely balanced between blue and red.

Solihull, too, is currently Conservative-led, but the loss of just one seat, would mean losing control.

The Greens who are the main opposition party, have been building their base here for the last decade.In our smaller district councils - Nuneaton and Bedworth, Cannock Chase and Worcester are all on a knife edge.

The RSPCA is appealing for witnesses after a cat was shot in Willenhall.

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Eight-year-old Molly's owner returned to her home off Stroud Avenue on 16 April to find her pet "screaming in pain".

A vet discovered she had been shot through the ear with an air weapon and the pellet had become lodged in her neck.

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"Thankfully, Molly is OK - but she was left with really nasty injuries to her ear and neck, and clearly things could have been even worse," RPSCA inspector Claire Davey said.

The animal welfare charity said it currently had no leads and was appealing to local residents to come forward with any information.

The Black Country coroner has written to a care home in Walsall after a 91-year-old man died after a fall there.

Joanna Lees wrote to Castlehill Specialist Care Centre urging managers to make changes after Eric Bird fell and hit his head on 21 November last year. He died nine days later.

Following an inquest into his death, the coroner found Mr Bird, who had dementia, suffered seven falls in four weeks at the care home. Despite him being assessed as high risk, only two of those falls were witnessed.

Mrs Lees raised a number of areas of concern at the home, including delays in calling 999 and paramedics being unable to gain access when they arrived as no one was in reception to let them in.

She urged the care home to take measures to prevent future deaths.

Campaigners say non-fatal disabilities should be subject to the standard 24-week abortion limit.