Murder arrest after man with injuries found deadpublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 12 June 2021
A 34-year-old man was arrested on Friday in Sandwell and remains in custody, police said.
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Murder arrest after man with injuries found deadpublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 12 June 2021
Trams suspended until at least end of Mondaypublished at 10:53 British Summer Time 12 June 2021
Birmingham's Clean Air Zone charges are due to come into force on Monday morning.
Read MoreBaby loss campaigner appointed MBEpublished at 08:38 British Summer Time 12 June 2021
Zoe Clark-Coates, founder of The Mariposa Trust, says the award is an "amazing acknowledgement".
Read MoreGeoff Thomas an MBE for cancer charity workpublished at 23:08 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
The former England player has raised millions of pounds after being diagnosed with leukaemia.
Read MoreHonour for woman who started lockdown meal servicepublished at 23:06 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
Molly Bufton Stear helped make 2,500 meals for older people in Kenilworth during the first lockdown.
Read MoreProfessor made MBE for Covid ventilator testspublished at 23:04 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
Prof Thomas Clutton-Brock developed a rapid service for testing ventilators during the pandemic.
Read MoreRepair Shop host made an MBE for services to craftpublished at 23:00 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
Jay Blades says he is "completely over the moon" to receive the honour.
Read MoreCharity worker honoured for Covid supplies aidpublished at 22:52 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
Martin Blondel worked with pubs, rugby clubs and Johnny Vegas to provide essentials during pandemic.
Read MoreCurran fires Surrey to second T20 winpublished at 22:48 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
England all-rounder Sam Curran smashes an unbeaten 72 as Surrey's batsmen fire again to beat Somerset.
Read MoreSurge testing rollout amid variant concernspublished at 20:57 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
Additional testing is now being rolled out in Northwich and Winsford after Delta cases detected.
Read MoreCovid-19: Surge testing over Leek variant risepublished at 20:32 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
More than 60 people have tested positive for the variant with testing also being held in Cheddleton.
Read MoreThree Pro-Palestinian activists arrested over demopublished at 20:05 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
Three protesters are arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and aggravated trespass at the factory.
Read MoreGirl first in UK to get mobile heart devicepublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
The machine allows 18-month-old Grace Westwood to spend several hours outside her hospital ward.
Read MoreOur live coverage across the weekpublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
We'll be back with the news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday.
Almost 11 million vaccinated in the Midlands, says mayorpublished at 18:12 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
The number of people who have been vaccinated in the Midlands has nearly reached 11 million, West Midlands mayor Andy Street says.
But he is urging anyone who has not yet received their jab to have it to protect against variant strains.
In England, people aged 25 and over can now have a jab of either Pfizer-BioNtech, Oxford-AstraZeneca, and Moderna.
The Pfizer and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines are highly effective against the variant first identified in India after two doses, a study from Public Health England has found.
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End of twitter postFour convicted of sexually exploiting girlspublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
The two men and two boys were convicted of offences in Burton dating back to 2018 and 2019.
Read MoreLiteracy charity transforming livespublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
Read Easy UK says some clients have hidden their struggles to read and write from their own family.
Read MoreCricket: Fancy dress fans enjoy Edgbaston atmospherepublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
Thousands more cricket fans have been enjoying the chance to watch live sport on day two of the second Test between England and New Zealand at Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Many have been dressing in fancy dress with all the supporters having to show a negative Covid test in order to get to their seat.
You can follow live coverage of the Test itself here on the BBC website.
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Image source, PA MediaDrivers warned of overnight A38 closurespublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
The A38 Aston Expressway will be closed every night next week.
Birmingham City Council said, external motorists could "expected delays all week" as the closure will run daily from 20:00 to 05:00.
The overnight work might require the buffer or red lane to be coned off during the day from Tuesday to Friday, it added.
PC who struck Atkinson 'believed he posed threat'published at 17:06 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
The police officer, on trial with a murder-accused colleague, lacked experience, a court hears.
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