BBC Midlands Today

Residents who have been affected by smells and noxious gases from a landfill site in Staffordshire are being invited to speak to officials about the issue.

There have been thousands of complaints about the odour coming from Walley's Quarry, in Silverdale.

Many residents said it was having a negative impact on their health, quality of life and businesses.

Today will be the first of two drop-in sessions on successive Tuesdays where members of the public can meet the council, police and public health officials to discuss what is happening.

A road in Kidderminster remains closed following a burst water main.

Worcestershire County Council Highways and Travel has shared a picture of the damage to Comberton Hill following the burst.

Severn Trent said while repair work was still under way, all customers should have water supplies back.

It said it would provide further updates once work was complete.

Image source, Worcestershire County Council Highways and Travel

BBC Radio CWR

MP Nadhim Zahawi has promised to repay the teachers who helped him when he first moved to England.

The education secretary was speaking at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.

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His family fled Iraq in the 1970s and he could not speak English when he arrived.

"Because of what they did for me," he said, "I am able to stand before you as the Member of Parliament for Shakespeare's Stratford and the Secretary of State for Education in Her Majesty's government.

"[The UK] took in a young Kurdish boy without a word of English and made him a Cabinet minister.

"Now it's my turn to make sure that the opportunities that transformed my life are available to every child in every corner of our great country."

BBC Midlands Today

The world's leading female cyclists will be in Walsall today as the latest stage of the Tour of Britain starts and finishes in the town.

The field includes the current world champion Elisa Balsamo, from Italy, and Britain's Lizzie Deignan, the defending champion.

It's the first time the race has come to Walsall and the council is hoping it will inspire more people to get on their bikes.

BBC Radio Stoke

A man has been airlifted to hospital after paramedics were called to Pets at Home distribution centre in Stoke-on-Trent.

The ambulance service said on arrival at the site on Monday, crews had found a man in a critical condition.

He was given emergency treatment before being taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital.

BBC Radio Shropshire

Two more Shropshire community ambulance stations have closed.

The Oswestry and Craven Arms bases closed on Monday, after stations in Market Drayton and Bridgnorth shut their doors for the final time on Sunday

Ambulance bosses have insisted emergency response times will not be affected by the move.

Congestion is expected following a burst water main in Kidderminster.

Worcestershire County Council said flooding had led to "substantial damage to the carriageway" after the main burst in Comberton Hill, which connects the town's railway station with the A451.

Today, silt is being cleared from the town's Ringway, leading to sections of the road being closed between Coventry Street and Worcester Road, which is set to cause "serious" congestion problems, Worcestershire County Council Highways & Travel said.

Image source, Worcestershire County Council Highways & Travel

BBC Weather

Today will start with bright spells, but cloud and scattered showers are expected to push in from the west.

These are expected to clear later on, with a few sunny spells, but it will be a breezy day overall.

Tonight those lingering showers will clear and it should stay dry, with a few patches of cloud and winds easing.

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College students capture the transformation of Birmingham's Great Hampton Street.

Alan Butler, 64, a retired policeman who became a staff investigator, is jailed for 18 months.

Specialist charities are on standby to help the victim after she is treated in hospital, police say.

Comberton Hill in Kidderminster suffers "substantial damage" due to flooding.

Almost 400 school pupils in Rugby tested positive for Covid-19 last week, the local authority says.

Midlands Live returns at 08:00 on Tuesday. Have a good evening.

Severn Trent, which supplies most of the water for the West Midlands, says it has no plans to make use of a relaxation to sewage treatment rules.

Water companies may face a shortage of chemicals because of Brexit and the pandemic, so the Environment Agency (EA) says they will not be fined if they release partially treated water into rivers.

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Severn Trent said it had not been impacted by a chemical shortage and had "no need or intention to apply to the Environment Agency" for dispensation.

The EA confirmed that to date no water companies across the country had made such an application.

James Bullock is charged over a fatal hit-and-run in Alvechurch, Worcestershire, in August.

BBC Radio WM

The removal of the £20 per week universal credit uplift is coming at the wrong time, one user says.

Gemma, from Birmingham, is among more than half a million people getting the benefit in the West Midlands.

She says the government should wait before getting rid of it.

"If they were going to do it, then they should have at least waited until the spring maybe when it is a little bit easier and people have a bit of breathing space where they haven't got the high bills, they haven't got the added cost of Christmas.

"It is hitting people who are the poorest in the country."

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The government says the uplift has always been a temporary measure.

But Labour MP for Perry Barr, Khalid Mahmood, said it should stay.

"That money was needed, that is why it was given and it is still needed," he said.

People in Walsall are being warned there could be disruption as the Women's Tour of Britain comes to the area.

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Stage two of the cycling event will start at the Arboretum at 11:30 and finish after a 64-mile circuit through town at about 14:20.

Transport for West Midlands said , externalbus services would be disrupted, with drivers facing some road closures.

Two men have been taken to hospital after a car being pursued by police crashed into a central reservation on the M6.

The West Midlands force said the BMW 140 had been caught speeding on the motorway shortly before 23:00 BST on 24 September and then failed to stop for officers.

The car crashed near junction 6 for Gravelly Hill, Birmingham. Police said the occupants fled but were chased down and detained.

Two 21-year-olds were taken to hospital and had since been discharged, police added. A third man, aged 19, was arrested on suspicion of driving offences and later released.

The force said a number of cars were understood to have been damaged due to debris left on the road and urged anyone affected to report it.

Detectives also appealed for any drivers who witnessed the incident to get in touch.