West Midlands Metro estimate the repairs will take at least four weeks to complete.

A taxi driver was sprayed in the face with a substance outside Wolverhampton railway station, police said.

On 22 October at 11:50, a man was seen attempting to steal a scooter from the station car park by a driver parked in the taxi rank. He sounded his horn in an attempt to stop him, British Transport Police said.

The man then ran towards the taxi, banging on the window and threatening the driver before returning to the scooter as a second taxi driver got out of his car and shouted at him to stop, the force said.

The man walked towards him, pulled out a cannister from his pocket and sprayed a liquid directly in the taxi driver’s face before fleeing the scene towards the town centre.

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The victim was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to hospital, but did not suffer any lasting injuries.

British Transport Police has released a CCTV image of a man who may have information which could help the investigation.

It asked anyone who recognised him, or who may know something which could assist officers, to come forward.

The damaged ambulance is out of service as it awaits repairs, the service says.

Wolves fans are being invited to spend a night sleeping rough at Molineux to raise funds to support homeless and vulnerable people.

Rough sleeping has increased by 94% in the past ten years according to the club.

Last year's sleep-out, which was held virtually due to the pandemic, raised £13,000.

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Money raised this month will help charities like Feed Our Pack and and the Good Shepherd.

And it is back to being held at the stadium in Wolverhampton on 12 November from 19:00 GMT to 07:00 the following day.

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Jay Lee Gallier is accused of killing Barry Johnson, who was found at a property in Brierley Hill.

A second trial to reduce traffic in parts of Shrewsbury town centre at weekends is to begin on 20 November.

Under the plans Wyle Cop uphill, High Street, Milk Street and Shoplatch will be closed to all traffic on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 to 16:00 while The Square will be closed to traffic every day during the same hours.

It follows a previous trial that ran from July to September this year.

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Once the trial begins, people will be able to provide feedback online.

Meanwhile, feasibility work has also begun into a Low Traffic scheme for Town Walls, ahead of councils being given new legal powers to enforce moving traffic orders from next year.

Scott Sutherland stole defibrillators from the North West Ambulance Service to sell on eBay.

Birmingham Live

Some of the Birmingham Live headlines today include:

• Community stunned as girl crossing road with family killed in hit-run crash, external
• Shocking footage shows driver 'flying' over Digbeth bridge before killing grandad, external
• Pupil 'hid on school bus' which returned to depot, external

The three-year-old died after being hit while on a zebra crossing in Tyseley, Birmingham.

BBC Midlands Today

A performing arts school said money from Children in Need has meant it has been able to introduce more activities to help children suffering as a result the Covid pandemic.

OCAP in Nuneaton works with children and young people of all abilities offering dance and acting classes.

As well as extra support to improve mental health, it offers a mentoring scheme to help young people develop their confidence.

Steph's seven-year-old daughter Lily attends classes every week and she said it had changed her life.

"We have got that trust with them here, we can leave Lily, we know she is safe, we know she is getting what she needs to get, she is happy...it is amazing really," Steph said.

BBC Children in Need will air on 19 November.

Cyril Pepper says he damaged his arm and was on his back in pain.

An MP demands change after Jim Rotheram, 89, was left waiting "in agony" for help to arrive.

BBC Radio WM

The GMB union said it is not ruling out strike action as part of a row with Birmingham City Council over equal pay.

In 2012 the local authority said it would have to pay at least £757m to settle equal pay claims brought by mainly women who missed out on bonuses.

The union warned there could be a wave of fresh equal pay claims from staff after significant new information" emerged about how the council evaluated roles.

The trade union has urged members not to agree to settlements and said it was reviewing unresolved cases with immediate effect.

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Michelle McCrossan, from the union, said: "The first step in solving any problem is to recognise that there is one and we had hoped this was recognised all those years ago.

"As you can see, it is increasingly clear, that Birmingham City have had their head in the sand.

"Strike action is always a last resort, however, I think that Birmingham City Council would be very surprised to see how strong its women colleagues, my female workers, how strong they are when we club together.

Birmingham City Council said: "The council is committed to treating all members of staff fairly and committed to resolving any outstanding matters around equal pay once and for all."

Rescuers say it has been an "unbelievable last two weeks" as an estimated 40 swans die.

The Coventry MP receives thousands of messages of support after racist emails.

A blind veteran will march at the Cenotaph in London on Sunday for Remembrance Day.

Wayne Perry, 62, from Rugby, will take part in the commemorations with more than 30 other blind veterans supported by charity Blind Veterans UK.

Mr Perry joined the Army in 1975 as a solider in the Junior Leaders Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, transferring into the adult regiment in 1976.

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He spent his military career working in different countries, including the UK, Germany, Cyprus and Northern Ireland.

Having served for 18 and a half years, he left the Army in 1993.

He lost his sight due to macular damage caused by Toxoplasmosis, external, which is a blood-borne disease that results from an infection from a parasite.

"When I first got the illness, it hit me hard. I was a young man, doing well in my military career, playing football at junior and senior level for the Army and I lost all of that overnight.

"Blind Veterans UK have been brilliant because they get you to realise there is a life there, whereas I didn’t have that support initially," he said.

He now volunteers as a Standard Bearer for his local RBL branch, Rugby No.1.

"I'm really looking forward to the weekend," he said.

"Remembrance means a lot to me as many of my family are ex-military... my father was in the Royal Signals and was sadly injured in a bombing during the 1950s uprising in Cyprus.

"My grandfather was also in the First World War at 14 years of age. It does mean a lot to say thank you to all those who tried to keep peace and without them, we wouldn’t be the country that we are today."

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of fraud after a man lost nearly £9,000.

Warwickshire Police said the victim had been contacted back in December 2020 by someone purporting to be from his bank, who convinced him that the funds in his account were at risk and he needed to transfer them to a number of ‘safe’ accounts.

The victim then made three separate transfers of funds totalling nearly £9,000 to the offenders.

On Wednesday, officers made three arrests in the Crawley and Croydon area in connection with an offence of fraud against a victim living in Warwickshire.

The recipient accounts were identified and it was discovered that the funds "had been quickly dissipated", the force said.

A 24-year-old woman from Crawley, a 27-year-old woman from Croydon and a 37-year-old man from Thornton Heath were interviewed and have been released under investigation while inquiries continue, it added.

BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester

An application for £49m of funding to tackle congestion in Bromsgrove has been submitted to the Department for Transport.

Worcestershire County Council wants the money to help it deliver the next phase of the A38 Bromsgrove Route Enhancement Programme., external

It said the already-heavy congestion which causes chaos for drivers at peak times will only get worse unless improvements are made.

Andrea and Mike Law from Bromsgrove won £2m in the draw.

BBC Sport

The first fixtures, external have been released for team sports at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games next year.

The netball and women's T20 competitions will both get under way on 29 July, the day after the opening ceremony.

And the defending netball champions, England, will be first on court.

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Birmingham 2022 will be the first time that T20 cricket has been included in the Commonwealth Games.

It is also the first time that women’s cricket has been on the sports programme.

The finals of both competitions will be played on Sunday 7 August.