Updates from Monday 17 May to Sunday 23 May
A Worcestershire road has been closed due to a collapsed wall.
The wall came down on Lansdowne Crescent Lane today.
Worcestershire County Council Highways said the road would remain closed while officers work to make it safe.
Image source, Worcestershire County CouncilAt least 79 cases of the India variant have been detected in the West Midlands region over a week.
The Public Health England statistics, analysed by the Wellcome Sanger Institute, cover the seven days up to 15 May.
Twenty-three cases were in the Birmingham City Council area and more than 10 in each of Dudley, Coventry and Sandwell.
Image source, Getty ImagesHowever, by way of comparison, the data shows there were hundreds of cases in Bolton, Blackburn and Bedford over the same period - 611 in Bolton alone.
Not all Covid-19 cases are tested for variants, so the numbers could well be higher.
The latest studies have shown that both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are highly effective against the India variant after two doses.
One man is charged following dawn raids in London, Coventry, Birmingham and Essex.
Read MoreWest Midlands Police is appealing for help tracing a man who attempted to ram a police motorcycle during a pursuit.
It happened in Oldbury on 5 May.
The car, which the force said was later discovered to be on cloned plates and is suspected stolen, was pursued by the officer on a motorcycle, before the suspect "attempted to reverse ram the officer".
The officer was not injured, but the car did make off from police.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the force.
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Demolition work to remove a steel frame building housing the plastic waste finished at the weekend.
Read MorePolice have appealed for witnesses after a woman was sexually assaulted by a group of men in Kidderminster.
Image source, GoogleThe woman was attacked while walking in the Broom Crescent and Dovedale Avenue area of the town at about 18:30 on bank holiday Monday, 3 May, police said.
"We would especially to like to identify a family that the victim spoke to at their home in the same area following the incident who offered her support," a West Mercia Police spokesperson said.
Anyone with information was urged to contact the force on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously.
Allen Cook
BBC News
A large fire at a cardboard and paper recycling centre in Birmingham was started accidentally, the fire service said.
Image source, West Midlands Fire ServiceMost of a single-storey building storing the waste was damaged in the blaze on Saturday at the site on Redfern Road, Tyseley.
West Midlands Fire Service said about 60 firefighters were needed to tackle the fire and it took until Sunday afternoon before they were sure it was completely out.
The blaze sent a large plume of black smoke into the air and people living nearby were told to keep their windows closed.
Passengers on trains faced several hours of disruption on Saturday evening due to smoke blowing across railway tracks., external
Image source, West Midlands Fire ServiceA loaded firearm has been recovered from a car stopped by officers in Birmingham.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceThe vehicle was stopped on Slade Road on Saturday after it had previously failed to stop for police.
The pistol was discovered on the back seat, and a teenager in the car was also found to be in possession of a knife, said West Midlands Police.
Two men aged 24 and a 17-year-old boy were arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm.
BBC Midlands Today
More surge vaccination centres are to open in Nuneaton after cases of the Indian Covid variant were found in the town.
Testing has been increased in the Wembrook and Abbey wards with hundreds of tests handed out to people on their doorsteps.
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council said, external nine cases of the variant were discovered in the town earlier this month.
Two temporary test sites have been set up at Bermuda Park and Attleborough Fields Industrial Centre.
The Army was called to deal with an unexploded shell found at a Shropshire beauty spot.
Image source, West Mercia PoliceA member of the public came across the Anderson shell in Callow Hollow, on the Long Mynd, said West Mercia Police.
It was removed and destroyed in a controlled explosion, the force tweeted on Sunday. , external
After a bright start for some, it will be another cloudy day with some heavy and thundery showers with highs of 12°C (54°F).
This was the scene earlier in Aldridge in the West Midlands as captured by BBC Weather Watcher Tippytoes.
Image source, TippytoesThe latest news, sport, travel and weather from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.
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