Police are looking to speak to six men in connection with an assault outside a Bromsgrove pub.

The victim had to be taken to Alexandra Hospital after he suffered a broken cheek bone and severe swelling in the attack outside Ye Olde Black Cross Pub at about 03:00 BST on 24 September.

CCTV images have been released of people West Mercia Police wants to identify.

Image source, West Mercia Police

PC Hayley Bain said: “We believe this group are from the Birmingham area.

“We ask anyone who may have any information that could help identify them to please get in touch.”

Image source, Google

Michelle Miley said parents of children with autism are fighting a broken system.

Three patients are being assessed by ambulance service workers after a crash involving a lorry and two cars on the M6 in Staffordshire.

Paramedics were called to the scene on the northbound carriageway near to the junction 14 exit shortly after 12:15.

The northbound carriageway remains closed, with no access to nearby Stafford Services.

There's also now seven miles of queuing traffic on the southbound carriageway after a separate crash.

Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC Radio WM

I went out this morning to try and find a petrol station with any fuel for BBC Radio WM and visited about half a dozen that had all run dry.

From the Esso garage on the A38, Catshill, to the BP garage in Longbridge, they all told me they were expecting deliveries but were out of fuel this morning.

I spoke to some of the drivers turning up hoping to find a flowing pump and one told me he was hunting for fuel for himself, his wife and daughter so they could all get to work.

With none at the garage where I met him he was going "back on the road, I have given myself a margin so I do not get stuck out here".

Another woman told me that, over the weekend, her local forecourt had about 20 cars queuing and today was out of fuel. "It's ridiculous, it is a good job I only want milk this time," she said.

BBC Radio Stoke

Cars have been breaking down as they run out of fuel during the search for petrol and diesel in Staffordshire at the weekend, a recovery firm says.

Image source, EPA

With drivers panicking over long queues at forecourts, Greg Burgher from GDB Recovery, Stafford, said his company's weekend had been "absolute madness".

He said: "We have had people breaking down on the way to the pumps [and others] have obviously broken down [at] the pumps when they have panicked and put the wrong fuel in the car.

"People have been going from forecourt to forecourt on the hunt for fuel, and it is just absolutely bonkers."

A lorry has jackknifed, blocking the M6 in Staffordshire, after crashing with two cars.

Image source, Central Motorway Patrol Group

The motorway is closed northbound from junction 14 for Stafford North and junction 15 for Stoke-on-Trent.

The lorry is across all lanes by the entry slip road from Stafford Services with traffic unable to enter.

Traffic that was stuck in the services can now exit, travel service Inrix is reporting.

There is severe congestion on the A449 through Stafford as drivers seek alternative routes.

BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester

Extra fuel deliveries have been organised by an independent petrol station to cope with increased demand.

Danni Tooth, who manages Chaddesley Fuel Station, near Kidderminster, Worcestershire, says it has its own HGV drivers to bring fuel directly to the forecourt, and is confident of not running out.

Image source, PA Media

"Usually we have three deliveries a week [but] we have been doing two deliveries a day since Friday," Ms Tooth said.

However she admitted the weekend had been "pretty chaotic" with busy trade, adding the site opened late on Saturday for front-line workers and NHS staff.

Chris Noble, from the Humberside force, is set to succeed Gareth Morgan who is retiring.

England all-rounder Moeen Ali has announced his retirement from Test cricket, but will continue to be available to play in limited-overs internationals.

The 34-year-old from Birmingham scored 2,194 runs and took 195 wickets in 64 Tests, having made his debut against Sri Lanka in 2014.

Image source, Getty Images

He won the 50-over World Cup in 2019 and is in England's preliminary squad for this year's T20 World Cup.

"I want to play for as long as I can and I just want to enjoy my cricket," said the player.

The victim - a 15-year-old girl - was attacked in the sea off Bournemouth by a teenage boy in July.

BBC Radio CWR

Animals injured in crashes have died because rescuers can't get out to help them due to a lack of fuel, a charity says.

Image source, PA Media

Geoff Grewcock runs Nuneaton and Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary and says there have been five calls over the weekend staff could not attend.

"We cannot go out and pick [animals] up so they are actually dying so it is a bad state of affairs. I wish people would stop panic buying [petrol]," he said.

In separate cases, he added, four deer and a badger were hit by cars, but charity staff were unable to find fuel for their two rescue vehicles.

He added staff could not afford to wait in queues because they had been so busy.

The 17-year-old is accused of sending an abusive message to winger Tyreik Wright online.

BBC Radio CWR

Customers at a petrol station in Nuneaton are being rationed to £30 of fuel per visit amid "choc-a-block" scenes whenever a delivery arrives.

Image source, Google

Rupen Hindocha, owner of Pingles Service Station, says the premises are getting supplies but petrol runs out within hours due to a "huge amount of panic buying".

He said: "As soon as we see a tanker on the forecourt, [customers] just line up down the road waiting for us to open, and as soon as we open, within a few hours, the majority [of petrol] is gone."

As well as rationing drivers, he said he had put on more staff to cope with the demand.

A petrol station that had none to sell before the weekend said sales had been "manic" since fuel returned to its pumps.

Graham Wylde, who runs Shawbury Service Station in Shropshire, said Friday was the first time in 48 years he had run dry.

After taking a delivery on Saturday afternoon, he said sales skyrocketed, with fresh queues from the moment the site opened at 07:45 BST on Monday.

Image source, Google

Mr Wylde said he had also seen a lot of new customers as people looked for viable sellers.

The largest purchase over the weekend, he said, was £110.

"It is extremely busy here this morning, absolutely manic busy.

"I haven’t limited people, it would be too difficult to police it."

He added: "It is too busy. It is a little bit unfair on me and the staff because it is hard work."

A Shropshire petrol station says sales have "calmed down slightly" after selling out of fuel.

Jonathan Corbo, from Shell in Much Wenlock, said the premises had seen queues of up to 200m (656 ft) over the weekend.

After selling out of fuel due to "manic" sales on Friday, he said, he was able to get a delivery on Saturday, although another expected the day after was delayed until 05:00 BST on Monday.

Image source, Google

Normally, Mr Corbo said, they made orders every three days, but had increased it to every other day because of the increased sales and potentially delayed deliveries.

"We only ran out Friday because of the sudden mad rush. If we had pre-empted that many people, it would have been fine, and we have been fine since," he said.

"It has been relatively manic. We shut half the court to ease the flow of cars...and we have [a spend] limit of £40, just to try and get a bunch out.

"I am trying to contact nurses to say we have fuel, a lot of carers and a lot of nurses need fuel....but it is not like Friday, it is calming down slowly."

Two taxi drivers have been assaulted in Bromsgrove.

West Mercia Police is appealing for information over the attacks that it believes were carried out by the same person.

At 03:15 BST on Sunday, the force said, a male driver was assaulted on Worcester Road.

A few minutes later, another was assaulted on Market Street.

Image source, Getty Images

The suspect is described as a white man, in his mid-30s, of average height and build with a bald head and a short, dark beard.

He was wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans.

PC Josh Cashmore said: “We are asking anyone who may have been in the area at the time of these incidents to please get in touch.

“We would also like to hear from anyone who was driving in the area and may have captured the incidents on dash cam.”

A fallen tree in Birmingham is causing railway delays and cancellations.

The tree has come down near the Jewellery Quarter and disruption is expected on the line towards Stourbridge until at least 11:00.

Police see the lighter side of a university halls crash in which no one is hurt.

Relive the opening day of the Bob Willis Trophy final at Lord's as Warwickshire make a strong start against Lancashire.

A search for a man believed to have died in a factory fire is set to begin on Monday - nearly a month after the blaze.

Image source, Warwickshire Police

David Boswell, 52, was working at Leeson Polyurethanes Ltd when flames broke out on 27 August. He has not been seen since.

Police said the search for his remains at the Leamington Spa site had had to wait until it was made safe.

The Warwickshire force said firefighters, structural engineers and demolition experts had all been involved in a "long and complex procedure" to clear the site of dangers.