Updates on Friday 11 June
Police are investigating reports that shots were fired in Coventry on Thursday afternoon.
Image source, GoogleWest Midlands Police said armed officers had been sent to St James' Lane in the Willenhall area just before 14:00 BST.
"The investigation is at an early stage, but there are no reports of any injuries so far," a spokesperson said.
The force appealed for any witnesses to come forward.
Services across the West Midlands Metro network have been suspended until further notice after a fault was discovered with some of the trams.
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Operators said the decision to remove all trams from its network between Birmingham and Wolverhampton "had not been taken lightly".
All of its 21 trams will be inspected as "a precautionary measure" and a spokesperson said "at no point has staff or customer safety been compromised".
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A main road into Shrewsbury remains closed this morning as demolition works start at a house at risk of collapse.
Several people who live in rooms at 110 St Michael’s Street have been moved out and the road is shut for a short stretch from St Michael’s Gate to New Park Road near Kwik Fit.
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The street is a busy route into Shrewsbury so disruption is expected during Friday morning's rush hour.
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A former wartime building which was built with 13 inch (33cm) thick walls, capable of surviving a Luftwaffe raid, is going to be turned in to a modern, five-bedroom home.
The old power station near Balsall Common once served nearby RAF Honiley, but it closed in the late 1950s and large areas of the runway have since been dismantled.
It has since become overgrown.
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Campaigners want Birmingham City Council to stop using pesticides in parks and on grass verges because of a threat to wildlife, particularly bees.
Bee Friendly Brum, a group of local residents formed just recently, have set up a petition calling on the council to stop using glyphosate-based pesticides.
High concentrations can be fatal to bees, and can also severely affect their navigation, sleep and larval development.
Image source, Getty Images"The number one thing we’re asking the council to do is stop using weedkillers, and pesticides in the city," says Laura Hackett, one of the group's founders.
"So that’s all the public spaces, in the parks, on the grass verges, on the pavements, on the areas where they spray, we want them to stop spraying and we would like that to be part of a wider initiative of restoring habitats and promoting biodiversity and increasing habitats in the city."
She said as Birmingham was one of Britain’s greenest cities, the authority was in a "really strong position to lead the way in actively restoring biodiversity".
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The former Wolves and Shrewsbury Town midfielder Dave Edwards has joined Welsh Premier League side Bala Town.
The 35-year-old, who scored three goals in 43 international appearances, was released by Shrewsbury at the end of the season.
Image source, Getty ImagesEdwards said earlier in the season that he was contemplating retirement at the end of the campaign.
Bala boss Colin Caton said: "I spoke to Dave on a couple of occasions while Charlie [Caton's son] was training with Shrewsbury, we had a couple of good chats but never thought he'd be interested in the Cymru Premier."
"He's been great with Charlie since he's been at Shrewsbury and asked him [Charlie] a couple of questions about the Cymru Premier before the end of the season and asked about Bala, he was sort of deciding then whether he was staying full-time or part-time.
"He was obviously interested in playing part-time so I sent him a message earlier after the season had finished to give him time to think about it."
A children's hospice charity says it is "overwhelmed" to get £21,000 in donations after one of its shops was damaged in a break-in.
Image source, Acorns HospiceThieves caused thousands of pounds worth of damage in the burglary at the Acorns Children's Hospice shop in Kings Heath, Birmingham, on Monday night.
The charity said hundreds of people had donated £24,000 within 24 hours of a fundraising page being set up.
Chief executive Toby Porter said the total so far would pay for three full days of care at one of its hospices.
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