The city council is told by the government it has to cut pollution levels on a road in Fenton.

If the counterfeits were real they would have been worth £32,800 Warwickshire County Council says.

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Outline proposals are to be discussed for a £50m redevelopment of a Birmingham railway station.

The proposed overhaul of Snow Hill in the city centre is expected to help create more than 7,700 jobs.

Papers due to go before the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) next week have revealed early plans for the "major" scheme.

Other transport plans due to go before the WMCA next week include a £285m maintenance project on the original Line 1 Metro route between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, and £109m interchange improvements at Sutton Coldfield and Solihull.

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Proposals are set to be discussed at the West Midlands Combined Authority’s (WMCA) board meeting on 17 September.

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A fire in April at a Telford plastic waste site caused Shroshire's fire service to overspend by £50,000.

The Greenway Polymers site continued to smoulder for weeks afterwards, resulting on extra spending on staffing, equipment and uniforms.

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Reporting to Shropshire's fire authority, the fire service said the money would be found to meet the costs from its "extreme incidents reserve".

Telford's MP Lucy Allan has criticised the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust over a decision to cancel some elective appointments.

Nigel Lee, chief operating officer, said in line with pressures across the NHS, the trust was seeing high levels of demands for patients needing urgent care, as well as rising numbers of Covid-19 patients needing inpatient treatment.

As such, he said, the trust "had to temporarily step down some of our least clinically urgent planned surgeries", but urgent procedures were still taking place.

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Ms Allan said: "I have constituents who are in debilitating pain and who have had to wait throughout the pandemic for an operation, but even now cannot be offered a date for surgery.

"A surgery date gives people hope that their suffering will end."

The government offices in Wolverhampton will serve as HQ for some civil servants from April 2022.

The former West Midlands PC attacked a man, then kicked and punched a 15-year-old boy.

Imran Ahmad Khan appears at the Old Bailey to deny the offence alleged to have happened in 2008.

A woman has died after two cars crashed in Warwickshire on Thursday.

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A man was also airlifted to hospital after the incident on Campden Road, in Shipston on Stour, shortly before 13:40.

Two other people, a man and a woman, were also taken to hospital suffering potentially dangerous injuries.

A further patient was assessed at the scene and discharged, said the ambulance service.

A CCTV image has been released of a man police want to trace following a series of cashpoint vandalism attacks in Coventry.

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More than 50 cashpoints have been targeted with a glue-like substance inserted into the card reader, police say.

Machines on Tile Hill Lane, Jubilee Crescent, Earlsdon and Holbrook lane have been damaged.

Damage totalling thousands of pounds has been caused, says the West Midlands force.

He is widely regarded as one of country's finest contemporary classical actors.

Jonathan Houseman is jailed for life over the "executions" of Will Henry and Brian McIntosh.

Suzanne Van Hagen's family say they have fought for more than eight years to get the truth.

A show marking a small theatre's 10th anniversary has opened in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.

Blue Orange Theatre says it is "proud to have survived the tough times" and finally put on The 39 Steps, external which has been delayed several times because of coronavirus restrictions.

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Mark Webster, Blue Orange founder, said it took more than a year to transform the premises in Great Hampton Street "from a shell with concrete ceilings" to a thriving theatre.

He established an arts charity to run the venue, which opened in April 2011. It is involved in social projects and has an active youth theatre.

In The 39 Steps, a cast of four delivers "over 150 zany characters".

The sun pendant is one of the most important finds of the last 100 years, the British Museum says.

The Labour member breaks down in tears as she recalls being treated as an "enemy of the country".

The family of a man who died after his car crashed with a coach have described him as a "gentle giant with a heart of gold".

The collision happened on the afternoon of 8 September as Simon Harris was driving a Jeep Renegade at Halfpenny Green near Bobbington in Staffordshire.

The 28-year-old, from Claverley in Shropshire, was pronounced dead at the scene.

His family said he was "generous and kind-hearted, a true gentleman".

The tribute continued: "A larger than life personality who loved creating cosplay characters, travel and helping others.

"You will be greatly missed by all.”

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Staffordshire Police has appealed for any witnesses, or anyone who may have dash cam footage of the collision, to come forward .

The number of coronavirus cases in Telford and Wrekin has increased for the fifth week in a row, with "significant" growth among young people, the council says.

The "concerning" trend can be expected to continue as schools return, according to a public health official.

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The area currently has the highest Covid-19 infection rates in the West Midlands, with 828 new cases reported in the seven days to 5 September.

On 8 September, there were 31 patients with Covid-19 in hospital - with a further two deaths reported within 28 days of a positive test.

The total number of deaths in the borough since the start of the pandemic is 270.

A man has been arrested in connection with an attack in Stoke-on-Trent that left two men in hospital with serious head injuries.

Police were called to reports of a disturbance in Stafford Street, Hanley, shortly after 05:00 on Sunday.

The suspect, aged 23 and from the city, is being questioned on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent, the Staffordshire force says.

He remains in custody.

Three men have been arrested after a shooting in a Birmingham street.

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Armed police were sent to Bellefield Road on Thursday night after people reported hearing a gunshot and a group of men were seen running away.

Three men, aged 20, 24 and 26, were arrested in the street on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, and remain in custody.

West Midlands Police said a 22-year-old man later turned up in hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg.

Officers are investigating whether his injury is connected to the Bellefield Road incident.