People with proof of a TF postcode can visit Blists Hill Victorian Town free over three days.

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A petition has been launched calling for the A38 Queensway tunnels through Birmingham city centre to remain open.

It's after the finalised Birmingham transport plan was approved by the city council’s cabinet yesterday. Among many other ideas, it suggests closing the tunnels to traffic in the future may be one consideration.

The council's Conservative group started the petition, but the councillor responsible for transport, Waseem Zaffar, has accused them of “scaremongering".

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The survey is withdrawn a day after its launch as the force makes "some revisions".

BBC Weather

It will start rather cloudy in the West Midlands today, with a chance of the odd spot of light rain. Any rain will ease by the afternoon, and cloud will break to reveal some warm sunshine in places.

Max: 16C (61F).

Tonight, it will be dry with a mixture of patchy cloud and clear spells. Min: 8C (46C).

For the latest weather updates, visit the BBC Weather website.

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A year after Tamba Momodu was shot dead, police urge those with information to come forward.

The remains are those of David Boswell, a worker at the plastics factory ravaged by flames.

Shane Bryant was held down by members of the public after raiding a Co-op store in Leicestershire in 2017.

Steven Bennett and Suni Singh Gill are due to be sentenced over the death of Anthony Bird.

Rob Barber is currently the county's deputy chief and takes over later this month.

One idea is to shut the A38 city centre tunnels but the council says there are no plans to do so.

Three men have been arrested and remain in police custody, West Mercia Police says.

PC Holly Necchi came to the aid of PC Paul Newman during a struggle in a storm drain.

Joanne Cole, from Stafford, is believed to be the first woman to give birth successfully with MND.

Wasps ask rugby authorities to rule on the acceptability of fans' Native American headdresses ahead of the visit of Exeter Chiefs.

The driver, a 67-year-old man, was later arrested on suspicion of drink driving, police say.

The Rocket Club in Birmingham has seen a temporary suspension of its licence overturned.

Alcester's Court Leet is mainly ceremonial but has some powers in the Warwickshire town.

Inspectors say the school's assessment of potential risk to pupils has been ineffective.

BBC Midlands Today

Tributes have been paid to a lung transplant patient from Birmingham who campaigned for more Black and Asian people to donate their organs.

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Great-grandfather Michael Willis, received a double lung transplant in 2017 after being diagnosed with the rare lung condition sarcodosis.

He devoted the rest of his life to campaigning and raised thousands of pounds for the NHS in the Midlands and in Cambridge, while raising awareness of organ donation among the black communities, who are underrepresented as organ donors.