Traffic on Great Charles Middleway in Birmingham is being held up by an Insulate Britain protest.

Image source, Sophie Zumbe

Image source, Sophie Zumbe

Twitter user Sophie Zumbe posted pictures showing the protesters, external who were "intermittently letting buses through".

Police officers can be seen at the site close to Paradise Circus.

The protest is causing delays into the city on the Aston Expressway and Sand Pits, according to Highways Teams.

A protest by the group Insulate Britain is blocking roads around Paradise Circus in Birmingham, highways teams say.

West Midlands Roads are advising there are delays into the city on the Aston Expressway..

It has advised drivers to allow extra time for journeys.

A fallen tree is blocking a road in Worcestershire.

It has come down on Fockbury Mill Lane in Dodford, near Bromsgrove.

Police said highways teams are aware.

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A cat that spent three days stuck up an oak tree has been rescued by fire crews.

Ruben’s owner, Amanda Holland, said she had tried to coax him down from the tree near her home in Kenwick Springs, Ellesmere, Shropshire, after he ran up it in pursuit of squirrels.

After becoming concerned for his welfare, she decided to call the RSPCA, but its inspector Nayman Dunderdale was unable to reach the cat, which was up about 30 feet (9m).

Mr Dunderdale called Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, which was able to free the animal.

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Ms Holland said: “He'd been stuck for three days and two nights in terrible weather and I really don’t think he would have lasted much longer.

"He was in a very precarious position and was just too scared to move from the crook of the tree and come down by himself.”

Mr Dunderdale added: “The weather in the area had been windy, cold and rainy at times, so it would have been an extremely unpleasant experience for Ruben."

In the vast majority of cases, cats are quite capable of getting themselves down from trees, the RSPCA says, so unless there are special circumstances, it advises owners to try to coax down their pet with strong-smelling food, then phone for assistance if the cat has not come down within 24 hours.

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A man has been charged after a 20-year-old suffered a puncture wound to his neck outside a Burton-upon-Trent nightclub.

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Staffordshire Police said the injured man was in a stable condition in hospital after being hurt outside The Association on High Street.

Officers were called to the scene at 04:00 on Sunday.

A 19-year-old man who was charged with wounding with intent was due before magistrates on Monday.

A man has died and another has been seriously injured after a car overturned in Coventry during the early hours.

The BMW hit a lamppost on Jardine Crescent just before 03:45, said West Midlands Police.

A man in his 20s remains in hospital in a serious condition.

The force said it didn't believe anyone else was involved.

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Cancer patients at Birmingham Children's Hospital are to benefit from a new form of surgery, thanks to a donation from The Azaylia Foundation.

In August, the hospital's charity was given a cheque for £20,000 from the foundation, which is to be spent on a piece of equipment that enables augmented reality surgery.

The Azaylia Foundation was created in memory of Azaylia Cain, who was treated at the hospital after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukaemia at just eight weeks old and died in April.

The surgery uses special dye to light up some tumours, but it can show where the normal tissues are, helping to determine what tissue needs to be removed.

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Max Pachl, a consultant paediatric surgeon at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, said: “This equipment and use of dye has the potential to be a game changer in the standard of care for oncology surgery.

"I have trialled the procedure myself with a number of our patients and families, so know first-hand what a difference it will make to hundreds more over the coming years. In the longer term, widespread use of ICG in our oncology surgery in Birmingham will place us firmly as one of the top performing hospital trusts in the UK and Europe for cancer surgery in children."

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A project to create new orchards is getting under way after being delayed due to the pandemic.

Three new orchards have been planted at the county's National Trust-run Brockhampton Estate in Herefordshire after years of decline.

It's estimated that during the last century, over half of all orchards across the country have been lost.

"We've lost 22 hectares at Brockhampton so putting in this orchard has put that back and some, so we really feel that we've done our bit," says Iain Carter, countryside manager with the National Trust.

"You know, we're in Herefordshire, surely orchards are what's associated with our county."

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